Rusted Root?

wormdiet · Post by **wormdiet** » Sat Aug 09, 2003 7:46 pm

Anybody ever heard of these guys??

Reason I ask is this - last night I had to opportunity to see them live. They are a pretty darned good folk 'n' roll group that's been around for around 10 years or so.

Anyways, one of the guitarists had a 325 with toaster, "oven knobs," what looked like a bigsby, desert gold. (at least I think it was DG - with weird stage lighting. . . who knows?)

It sounded very good - but *nothing* like the stereotypical Beatles jangle. Honestly, had I not seen the guitar, I would have guessed semi or full hollow Gibson. He was playing through some Fender tube amp and used a wah occasionally. The problem was, the mixing guys put him too far back in the brew. When the other guitar was playing, the Rick was impossible to hear. GRRR!

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Wormdiet

bear · Post by **bear** » Sun Aug 10, 2003 12:28 am

John,
If you go to their website Rusted Root and click on Band there is a little image flip book that shows the guitartist with the aforementioned Ric, that appears in the upper left corner.

jwilli · Post by **jwilli** » Sun Aug 10, 2003 8:54 am

Checked out the pics. Its a 325V59 MG.

wormdiet · Post by **wormdiet** » Tue Aug 12, 2003 4:24 am

Ahhh.. . .what flourescent lights can do to natural finishes in a live situation. . . .

ken_james · Post by **ken_james** » Mon Aug 18, 2003 3:46 am

I saw them during the Page/Plant tour a few years ago, it seemed that they influenced by Dead can Dance at that point, but I haven't heard much from them lately.

wormdiet · Post by **wormdiet** » Mon Aug 18, 2003 8:26 am

Nope, didn;t hear much DCD type stuff last weekend - would have been interesting though. I did get a chance to play a 325 (the natural one with oven-top knobs) last saturday - I was very impressed with the tones I could get from it.