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mr_sooty wrote: as much as I'm a Strat guy, Claptons tone went massively downhill when he switched from Gibsons to Strats.
I assume this correlates to his Lace Sensor period, but for a while he seemed to be actively seeking the worst tone on the planet.
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Beano Album. Still one of my favorites. Guitar licks on that album are ripper and the tones are pretty hard to beat.

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Dharmajester wrote:
HappyEnding wrote: I bought his autobiography years ago when it came out. Really should get around to reading it.
Chuck it and remain a fan.
I did read some reviews that said he rates his fancy cars and fox hunting above all else in his life. Thus a bit of a dick.

But mostly the mere idea of reading it renders me immediately bored.

(By contrast, currently reading Steve Jones’s autobiography. He uses “having a pedal” as a synonym for having a wank. Hadn't heard that before. I doubt Eric touches on important topics.)

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HappyEnding wrote:
Dharmajester wrote:
HappyEnding wrote: I bought his autobiography years ago when it came out. Really should get around to reading it.
Chuck it and remain a fan.
I did read some reviews that said he rates his fancy cars and fox hunting above all else in his life. Thus a bit of a dick.

But mostly the mere idea of reading it renders me immediately bored.

(By contrast, currently reading Steve Jones’s autobiography. He uses “having a pedal” as a synonym for having a wank. Hadn't heard that before. I doubt Eric touches on important topics.)
I'm not a fan but i've read it. Alright to the point where he gives up the junk then shite for the rest.
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Most of his original stuff on the live album 24 Nights and on Slowhand I can bear to listen to. In fact some of it is excellent, in the former case mainly because of the quality of the keyboard player. Otherwise I have trouble relating to his music.

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He's the only one of the bunch who can improvise a solo of any length which sounds like it was worked out beforehand.
The trouble is that he almost always sounds like it was worked out beforehand, largely in the sense that he usually sounds bland and derivative. There are plenty of examples of Hendrix slowly building solos in a musically interesting way while playing live.

Having said that, I doubt that Vai ever plays anything that is not worked out in advance, but more often than not, sounds interesting, despite his apparent inability to do anything other than the Vai sound.

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I must be getting old, hearing about Clapton's Christmas album doesn't trigger excessive eye revolutions. I won't buy it, but I won't froth if someone else tries to play it to me. Hand me my walking cane.
Tin arse!!

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I remember bringing this up a few years back and being shot down due to my generation.
I went away and listened to a bunch of stuff that weekend, Beano album's not bad, but I still say, he's massively overrated, sorry.
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Les_Paul86 wrote:I remember bringing this up a few years back and being shot down due to my generation.
I went away and listened to a bunch of stuff that weekend, Beano album's not bad, but I still say, he's massively overrated, sorry.
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Tell ya what, to listen in context spend the week listening to pre-1966 guitar music, nothing but music produced and released prior to 1966, for a week. No radio, no random YouTube, iTunes and Spotify, just playlists from before 1966. Then put on the Beano album.

You will get it.
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Any of the Clapton fans want this book? Never read Christmas gift, yours for cost of postage, or pickup Auckland cbd. Hard cover, big >A4. Little faded on the spine.

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https://www.amazon.com/ERIC-CLAPTON-Man ... 1850282471

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I'd be keen on that if you will post to Lower Hutt.

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k1w1 wrote:I'd be keen on that if you will post to Lower Hutt.
Sure, PM me your address. I'll get it in the post.

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New Slash/Steve Jones interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiFaSaZsyTk

Some interesting perspective on Clapton.
Clapton's influence on Eddie VH.
Clapton being "adult music".
"Not that exciting" in the now.
(And guitar talk. Slash has a Gibson Firebird on the way.)

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