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There isn't any footage I could find of Berry Oakley playing a bass solo I could find. 

He was the best bass player ever in the Allman Brothers Band. All the original members said that. Berry unique approach playing outside the normal parameters of a bass player, at times like a lead guitar player, according to Gregg, Dickey, Butch and Jaimoe, was a HUGE part of the UNIQUE sound the Allman Brothers had from the beginning. 

Now in a 2009 interview Butch Trucks said Otiel was the best musician ever in the Allman Brothers* and he and Otiel listened carefully to old tapes of the band and Otiel said himself that the way Oakley played was a big part of the Allman Brothers sound. 

* I've decided not to take anything Butch said too seriously after about 2000 AD. 

Here is Berry but not a bass solo. Couldn't find one. 

 
Posted : March 11, 2023 11:11 am
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Here is some righteous guitar playing with a row of pedals 10 feet long and a smoky, space station tone!! 

 
Posted : March 11, 2023 9:35 pm
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Fender Princeton Reverb compared with a Deluxe Reverb

https://headstrongamps.com/blog/2023/1/30/why-do-the-princeton-reverb-and-dleuxe-reverb-amps-sound-so-different

 
Posted : March 13, 2023 11:33 pm
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Did anyone know Motley Crue fakes their live shows. They only pretend to play and sing. The music is on tape. Madonna was doing that but when someone told she didn't deny it and said she can't dance that hard and sing too. Too out of breath. 

https://guitar.com/news/music-news/mick-mars-motley-crue-not-happy/

 
Posted : March 15, 2023 2:17 pm
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Fender Squier 40th anniversary article. Great history of why Fender created the Squier line.

https://www.guitarworld.com/features/40-years-squier-fender

 
Posted : March 15, 2023 5:14 pm
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Joe Perry admits in new Guitar World that he used Fender Stratocasters on all Aerosmith albums in the 1970's!!!

Shoot I thought he was using Sears Silvertones:) 

https://www.guitarworld.com/news/joe-perry-fender-strats-studio-70s

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Posted : March 16, 2023 4:39 pm
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The Gibson Les Paul

https://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/news/141484/

 
Posted : March 16, 2023 10:43 pm
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Isiah Mitchell tells guitar world he has played Les Pauls and Teles but he gets more out of a Strat and a stack of Marshals than anything he has tried. 

Here he is with Mark Ford, Harold Dodge and Larry Buick. 

 
Posted : March 18, 2023 6:50 pm
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I think the song is better with Eric Clapton playing guitar!! 

 
Posted : March 18, 2023 7:01 pm
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Portable battery powered practice amp with modeling and other cool features

https://www.engadget.com/positive-grid-unveils-ultra-portable-spark-go-enhanced-guitar-amp-212007445.html

https://www.positivegrid.com/products/spark-go

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Posted : March 22, 2023 8:45 pm
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Marcus King plays Paul Kossofff's 1955 LP Black Beauty

https://www.guitarworld.com/news/marcus-king-plays-paul-kossoff-eric-clapton-1955-gibson-les-paul-custom

 
Posted : March 22, 2023 9:02 pm
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Best Epiphones

https://www.musicradar.com/news/best-epiphone-guitars

 
Posted : March 22, 2023 9:46 pm
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Paul Kossoff's 1959 Les Paul

https://www.musicradar.com/news/jared-james-nichols-plays-paul-kossoffs-1959-les-paul-plays-all-right-now

 
Posted : March 22, 2023 9:53 pm
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Gibson Custom shop Korina Flying V

 
Posted : March 22, 2023 10:11 pm
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Blackberry Smoke rig rundown

 

https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundowns/blackberry-smoke-2023

 
Posted : March 23, 2023 11:17 am
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Some classic guitars on the Blackberry Smoke rig rundown. 

They had two of these at the big music store here last night and the guitar is getting a lot of positive buzz. It's a brand new design based on the long time famous session player Michael Landau and how he modified his Stratocasters. 

This new guitar is called the Fender Michael Landau Coma Stratocaster. 

It has new noiseless single coils in the middle and neck position with a FIVE way switch. In the bridge position is a Fender Humbucker. It has a lock in whammy, stays in tune and the guys at the store are excited at all the tones you have a your fingertips. A fast well made neck and it's a great solid stays in tune instrument that is modified at the factory and ready to go. 

The demo man here plays a beautiful passage from LAYLA at 8:45 in. 

 
Posted : March 23, 2023 12:19 pm
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Jimmy Page demos iconic guitars https://www.musicradar.com/news/jimmy-page-the-met-play-it-loud-gear-demo-video

 
Posted : March 24, 2023 6:01 pm
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Gibson. Les Paul Tribute

https://adamharkus.com/gibson-les-paul-tribute-the-holy-grail-of-guitars-for-under-a-grand/

 
Posted : March 24, 2023 6:05 pm
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New ERIC CLAPTON interview!! 

 
Posted : March 25, 2023 5:18 am
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@bill_graham  Joe with a down and dirty LP tone. I like it. Not typical of a hot Paul. 

https://youtube.com/shorts/GtSkaLUwX3k?feature=share

 
Posted : March 25, 2023 5:29 am
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Posted : March 25, 2023 6:18 pm
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This guy hates Gibson but he is funny IMHO

 
Posted : March 25, 2023 7:24 pm
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@bill_graham He is funny. Yes Gibson just settled a law suite with Dean. I think they did. 

I love my SG. It's my number one. 

 
Posted : March 26, 2023 8:23 am
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A cool cat who is an Elmore James fan checking out the Allman Brothers version of "I Must Have DID Someone Wrong. "

There is an audience tape I've heard and Duane Allman said " Elmore James was a pretty good side player. He didn't get to see me" Smile /p>

 

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Posted : March 26, 2023 8:27 am
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Elmore James died in 1963 at age 45! He didn't get to see Duane Allman. And Duane died in 1971 at age 24. Lot of players here in 2023 didn't get to see either man. 

 

Duane in 1970. This is still on You Tube  so let's look again. Elmore would say " That skinny white boy got it going on man!! Yesser!!"

 

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Posted : March 26, 2023 8:52 am
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One of the rarest Gibson Les Paul's ever made.

A rare factory 1959 black Les Paul Standard. Not a Custom!

https://www.guitarworld.com/news/kirk-hammett-factory-black-1959-les-paul-standard

Joe Bonamassa has one that was going to be a 1959 burst that the factory painted over black for a special order and gave it a 1960 serial number

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Posted : March 26, 2023 5:52 pm
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@bill_graham I always liked the looks of the black Les Paul. They are usually standards aren't they? 

I use to hear in the 1970s the black Standard didn't sound as good and was built as well as the Custom with a sunburst or flame top body. 

But this guitar is actually a custom disguised as a standard. Right? 

 
Posted : March 26, 2023 6:44 pm
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@robertdee 

My understanding is Customs are not considered Standards as they are unique Les Paul's.

They were the most expensive Les Paul's and the top of the line back in the 1950's.

Also the 1950's Custom's body was all Mahogany and did not have a maple top like a regular standard. I never played one but have read a 1950's Custom had a darker tone as the maple top of the Standard added some brightness to the tone.

The Custom also has an ebony fingerboard while the Standard is rosewood.

Doing some research I have read  post 1968 Customs have a maple top now but back in the 1950's they evidently didn't.

https://www.guitarchalk.com/gibson-les-paul-custom-vs-standard/

This 1968 reissue explains Gibson added a maple top to their Custom's starting in 1968

https://www.gibson.com/en-US/Electric-Guitar/CUS118365/Ebony

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Posted : March 26, 2023 7:57 pm
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Fender vs. Squier Strat

https://guitarsonmain.com/blogs/news/fender-vs-squier-strat-what-are-their-differences

 
Posted : March 26, 2023 10:33 pm
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@bill_graham Thanks Bill.

 
Posted : March 26, 2023 10:48 pm
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