for the few jake e lee fans here

[willow13]

wow time to get a bit more excited



jake on that metal show...using his NEW charvel prototype (as seen in the pic earlier in the thread)


damn another charvel I can't afford

[hamo]

damn another charvel I can't afford

Story of my mofo'n life.

[willow13]

I'm sure he won't mind me posting this ...... photo from Tonemaker currently watching red dragon cartel live (yes I am super jealous)

[Tonemaker]

That was an awesome show...I just read this thread from the beginning and I wish I would have known some of this stuff before I went to see him... So I have been playing the album daily for a couple of weeks or more trying to pick up on some of the trickery... I wish I would have known to watch for the dive bombing and other techniques he uses instead of using a trem. He did do it at the show but it was so quick I didnt realize what he had done, wasnt looking at him when he did it. I dont know what guage strings he uses but I could tell they were really heavy looking and he hits em really hard. If the show makes it over to NZ at some point, he does his new songs, some Ozzy and also some badlands.. He has a great sound live, it was very lively, it did not sound like over loud mush that you hear with some local bands, it was very clear and loud. He was super friendly and approachable, I had left the front of the stage at the end of the show and looked back and he was talking to people and shaking hands..

The over loud mush is in reference to some of the bands I have seen recently in small clubs, so it was a small club reference as well..

Wow

http://www.ultimaterhoads.com/viewtopic ... 0&start=15

GW: I didn�t know that you played keyboards.

Jake: �Yeah, that�s what I started on. I started playing keyboards when I was six and I�m classically-trained. I took classical piano two to four hours every day till I was 16. I went to the Music Conservatory when I was 12 and I was the second-youngest person ever admitted there. I was supposed to be a real promising piano player.�

GW: Did Ozzy remark about the fact that you don�t use a tremelo bar?

Jake: �Yeah, the first thing he said was, �Do you know how to play a guitar with a wang bar on it?� And I said, �Of course, anybody can play a guitar with a wang bar, but I don�t like it.� And he said, �Well, why don�t you think about using one? Because I don�t think you can play some of these songs without one.� And I said, �I can. I�ll show ya� and after rehearsal he said, �Yeah, fine, it sounds like you�ve got one, I don�t care. As long as it sounds good you don�t need to use one.�

�He was almost under the impression that a modern guitarist cannot play with out a bar because you�re limiting your vocabulary that way. I proved him wrong, I hope. I can�t think of anyone new who doesn�t play without a bar.�

[werdna]

Check out this 1984 footage of Jake E Lee with Ozzy, before Ozzy got on the wagon. Ozzy, face bloated from alcohol, walks back and forth across the stage, eyes not blinking, rictus grin, and his neck and waist locked in place like a toddler learning to walk. Tragic for a man who was only in his late 30s. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oOjvo3jaF0 Jake E Lee plays the crap out of the solo though.

[willow13]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oOjvo3jaF0

that VHS was the whole reason I play guitar.

[Tonemaker]

So Jake must have played that classical style piano piece on the new album?

[willow13]

So Jake must have played that classical style piano piece on the new album?

yep. Apparently he wrote it when he was 14 and has been trying to get it on an album ever since