This one was a super fun challenge to sing and play at the same time! The guitar is a James Tyler Variax JTV-59P, which has taken a lot of attention away from my Strats since I got it last March.
Thanks! I'm using a Helix, but in this case not using amp modeling, but my Voc AC4HW1 and Fender Princeton Reverb 65RI. Effects chain is octaver, tube screamer, phaser, slapback. Then I might have added just a touch of studio reverb in the DAW.
Wow That was Superb !! Certainly not an easy one, Kudos to your Drummer as well nailed the part thanks for Sharing that
That's awesome! I was impressed with the JTV when I played it a while back at GC. And the drummer did really well! That's a tough one to play! Yall did great!
Brilliant playing as always. Everyone sounded great. I’m pining for your Variax. I had the James Tyler JTV69 but sold it a few years ago. It’s the only guitar of many I sold that I regret selling. I may need to find another.
Simply fabulous Didger... I'm jealous of your pipes and the quality of your recordings. Always so much fun to listen to your band.
Thanks! I've got a JTV-69S that has become my main gigging instrument, mostly using its analog Strat-ness, but using Variax models on like 15% of the songs. Then I use an acoustic or this JTV-59P on some songs for its magnetic pickups and general Les Paul-ness. I tell you, though, apart from the ability to emulate a 12-string or whatever, the Variaxes also come in handy for places with bad electricity. At one venue we play regularly, I get really bad noise on high gain sounds with the magnetic pickups. I just switch over to the Variax model version of the same pickups and voila, zero noise. Some people don't like the JTV-69's chunky neck. I don't know if that has anything to do with you selling it. It is a standard Strat neck pocket, so you can swap necks. The holes don't all match, so you just have to drill at least one hole to make it work. If you put a familiar Strat neck on, the guitar would feel pretty much like home.
Donṯ be jealous, just practice! Just a few years ago, I didn't think I'd be a lead singer in a band. I hadn't been since high school. But now in my mid-40s, I'm still not the best singer on the planet, but I'm better than ever! I wish I was this good when I was young and still viable in the music industry.
Thanks guys! I'm going to pass that on to Alex, the drummer. He's our normal full time drummer and loves this song, but isn't a huge Zeppelin fan, so we've used other guys when we've done Zeppelin tribute shows. The bassist, keyboardist and I have played this song with two other drummers, but Alex grooves it best! I highly recommend them! I got the Strat-like JTV-69S first, then got a Les Paul-like JTV-59 next, specifically to do Led Zeppelin shows. And then I found out they briefly made the 59P, exactly the same but with P90s, and I had to have one! So that's this black one. They've become my main gigging guitars. There's nothing better for a cover band that covers a lot of territory.
I never gigged mine. I used it mainly for the little recordings I do. The best feature for me was the digital tuning. It was great to be able to tune down to C# for example with a flick of the dial and retain the same string tension. The models were pretty good too although many of them were very similar. I didn't mind the neck at all. I sold it along with a slew of other equipment simply because I was downsizing. Unfortunately I erroneously assumed I wouldn't miss it. I was wrong!
Wow! That was brilliant on all fronts! Great performance all round. So well recorded and produced too. Bravo les gars!
Gotcha. I'm the opposite with it. I would always record a Strat instead of the 69S, a real 12-string instead of a model, etc. The 59 & 59P however are my only Les Paul-like guitars, so they definitely get recorded. The Variaxes are mostly about gigging convenience for me, replacing way too many guitars I used to drag out to 3-hour bar gigs. I had an Eb-tuned Strat, an E Strat, an electric 12-string, a baritone, a Steinberger, sometimes a DADGAD-tuned Tele, sometimes both a 6 and 12-string acoustic. And yeah, tuning at the flip of a switch is amazing, hence replacing my baritone and DADGAD, and two different tuned Strats. Where it gets even better is integration with the Helix so you can have tunings and models stored along with your effect presets to change all together with a tap of your foot. Or even automated via MIDI for elaborate shows. I've posted it before, but check out this if you haven't. Variax & Helix together is amazing.
