Steemit Open Mic Week 66 - People Get Ready Jam.
Hi Team
This one is a simple jam over the chord progression from People Get Ready, nothing spectacular but when I hear Jeff Beck's playing on this song it makes my heart ache.
I attempted a few things here and there inspired by Jeff but I don't really have much experience using a tremolo beyond the standard dive bombs etc :D
It's a long one, and it's not the most coherent but I absolutely love this tune.
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Guitar - Customised Chinese strat copy - knockoff two point trem, kramer quad rail pickups and locking tuners.
Amp - Boss Katana - Brown channel full gain, full channel volume and everything else flat with a slight bass rolloff.
Effects - Bad Horsie Wah (V1)
Bittersweet sound, but that old guitar gets it rough around the edges in just the right ways.
Cheers @rasgriz311 Interesting story about that guitar: I have two, they are $100 AUD from Artist Guitars here in Australia. They come with a single humbucker and a volume control, very basic. They have some redeeming features, they are real wood (lol) and the necks really feel nice. So anyway, I made one into a fretless, that was this guitar originally - I was going to sand it down etc but never got a round to it, the main reason for that is I really screwed up the holes for the two point bridge on the other one (that had pristine paint) so yeah, I ended up swapping this body that had been sitting in the garage getting scratched and munted over and got the holes right.. thing is it's great to play, it's really an amazing axe - it stays in tune with whammy abuse and although I sometimes leave it in it's case for weeks at a time when I pull it out I am always blown away by it. TLDR - It's a pig but I love it haha.
Im glad you continued the Beck trail hahaha cheers man, very nice jam !
Last night driving home from work I had tears in my eyes listening to Jeff and Rod going for it. I'm just so glad my hacked together guitar stays in tune 99% of the time. I can't pull up on the bar as it is setup right now... looks like the router is coming out again :D
Nice playing. I love Jeff's guitar work on this song too but he didn't write the song as you may know.
"People Get Ready" is a 1965 single by the Impressions, and the title track from the People Get Ready album. The single is the group's best-known hit, reaching number-three on the Billboard R&B Chart and number 14 on the Billboard Pop Chart. The gospel-influenced track was a Curtis Mayfield composition that displayed the growing sense of social and political awareness in his writing.
Rolling Stone magazine named "People Get Ready" the 24th greatest song of all time and also placed it at number 20 on their list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks.
You do it justice in this performance and your tone is great. Love that crybaby sound.
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Thanks @luzcypher for the informative post, I'm about to put the best of Jeff Beck on repeat for my hour commute to work, good times. Cheers!
wow very rocking my friend great work