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Originally Posted by javadog
I disagree. To use an example that I brought up earlier, in this thread or the last one about him, go listen to his version of "Going Down" that he recorded at the Greek Theatre on the Three Kings tour. I'm not sure if it's on the internet. If not, seek it out. There may be other versions on the net but those are not the recording I want you to listen to. Then, go listen to Freddie King's original. Then, listen to a cover by someone like Jeff Beck. If you don't like the JB version better, I can't help you.
It's like Clapton's covers of Robert Johnson's songs. If you don't like the Clapton versions better, you are one weird dude. Johnson may have a place in history but his recordings are hard to listen to. It's not the recording technology he used, such as it was, it's the playing, the voice, etc.
JB can play like anybody he wants to mimic, if that's what he wants to do. He has the ear, he has the talent. He's obsessed with guitars and amps and how everything from his fingers to your ears affects the final sound.
When you compare him to other "busy" players, like Stevei Vai, or Eddie VanHalen, I finf JB to be far more musical. Sometimes it takes a few listens to get what he's doing but there's more in there than it may sound like when you first hear it.
JR
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Can't say I agree on RJ vs. EC. Too different but both great, mostly. Some EC versions too mmm, nice for lack of better word.
One thing I also like about JB that you eluded to, he uses vintage guitars to get the sound. Fine, great sounding instruments and aptly for a car site, he does not keep them as garage queens.