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by nivramarvin » Sat Sep 29, 2018 3:24 pm
johnc wrote:I hate to say it, but I think Hank's fuzz solo on this great track is one of the poorest he ever played on a recording. He sounded like he was struggling to play a hip trendy fuzzbox contemporary 'wild' solo and failing...lighter gauge strings may have helped, but the bent notes always sound off-pitch to my ears..
I’ve always liked this solo very much and the fuzz-sound too. To my ears the bent notes sound correct, even the tricky up-bending of the deep E by the vibrato arm.
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by johnc » Sun Sep 30, 2018 3:49 am
nivramarvin wrote:johnc wrote:I hate to say it, but I think Hank's fuzz solo on this great track is one of the poorest he ever played on a recording. He sounded like he was struggling to play a hip trendy fuzzbox contemporary 'wild' solo and failing...lighter gauge strings may have helped, but the bent notes always sound off-pitch to my ears..
I’ve always liked this solo very much and the fuzz-sound too. To my ears the bent notes sound correct, even the tricky up-bending of the deep E by the vibrato arm.
Fair enough! Very subjective comment by me!
OTOH, I thought the solo Hank did for the song on the Shads Final Tour DVD was much better..
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