Don't Make My Baby Blue - TOTP!

[nivramarvin]

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.

[johnc]

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..