1964 - The Tribute

[leesh]

I've had a Tonelab LE on order forever...they haven't seemed to hit the street yet. I tried one out at NAMM and it was super. I sold my SE a while ago and I'm just waiting for the LE's to start hitting the stores.

[rickosound]

1964 played in Kansas City last night (September 14). My son and I went to see them. Their guitars were probably tuned down 1/2 step, but you would have to micro manage to notice that (which we did, but mainly out of curiosity, not criticism.) If you closed your eyes, they did a great job of recreating the sound. Judging by the other comments here, they may vary their song selection from night to night. Last night, there were no "weak" songs, but we thought You Can't Do That, Help!, And Your Bird Can Sing, and Paperback Writer were standouts (although on Writer, Ringo pitched in on the vocals, in a concession to fantasy.)

They stayed with the Harrison-Gretsch/Lennon-Ric combo throughout. By the time they got to some songs like Taxman, they weren't really playing the right guitars and a purist might question that. The difference in tone was noticeable.

That said, one thing that struck us was the mix between the Gretsch and the Rickenbacker. Nothing the Beatles did was an accident. Those two guitars, in the lead/rhythm format are like peanut butter and jelly-something that was meant to be.

Elsewhere in this thread, there is a discussion of the AC30 and the lack thereof with this band. We understand the logistics of travel and the restrictions placed upon nightly performances. As we drove home, we did discuss the fact that since the tribute bands are attempting to recreate the visual image of the Beatles, the lack of amplifiers on the stage, and particularly the presence of Vox amps in the background, does detract somewhat from the total package. Just a small comment.

A good band worth seeing.

[greg_feo]

KUDOS to 1964! Can't say enough here.

ENJOY this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yREgYNOziU

[325_fan]

Nice!

[rickm]

Does anyone here who knows the members know if they would ever consider sharing their Tonelab settings? That would be awesome, as their tone is right on! Rick

[2ricks]

Does anyone here who knows the members know if they would ever consider sharing their Tonelab settings? That would be awesome, as their tone is right on! Rick

I know the members of the group and they actually prefer to keep their tonelab settings to themselves. That's what I heard anyway

[Memphis Blue]

I've seen them 3 times over the years...the last time was last winter and the no amps on stage thing was disheartening. I'm as big a VOX queer as I am a Ric queer.
I saw them years ago in a club here in memphis and it was magnificent.
The whole idea is to stand in the back...don't get too close...but they have been the best I've seen so far...my British Invasion cover band Jeffrey and The Pacemakers did a show with RUBBER SOUL this past August and they played 3 hours and went deep on the older stuff.
Killers guitars and amps and great guys to boot
http://www.rubbersoul.us/theband.htm

The guy that does Lennon is spooky good

[36012c63]

I've seen them 5 times in various places around Ohio, but the most memorable location was in Liverpool, Enland in the late 1990's. And at an appearance in Celina, Ohio, I was very honored to be allowed backstage at the intermission where Mark Benson very kindly used, almost his entire break, to give me a hands-on tour of the fine instruments they used. He has made many of the guitars that the group has used over the years.
I also had made the acquaintance of "1964's"very first "George"(that I know of)who predates Jimmy Pou. Larry Caeser played with them in the 1980's. I saw a videotape concert of them in Akron in 1984. I had met Larry at a guitar show in Columbus in the mid-1990's and recommended him as my replacement in the British-Group tribute band I was in. He had used a Mark Benson Rick replica 360-12V64 that I couldn't tell apart from my own Rick 360-12V64.

[kieran campbell]

Interesting. Does anyone have a pro or con opinion of the Vox Tonelab pedal? My experience with modeling circuits is limited to the Line 6 Spyder 212 amp and it was a big negative

I have one there a Great little thing I use it through my AC30 TB and It sounds great !

[brammy]

I saw 1964 a number of times in the mid 80's around the Boston/NH area. They were really great. One time, a mis-advertised NH gig at a club resulted in about 10 people attending. They delayed going on for almost an hour and then played one set. I was right up front singing along - only a few feet away - and it was like my personal concert. Another time at an old theater in Concord NH there was a large crowd. They got a good reaction until the opening chord to AHDN was struck. At that moment, something in the audience kicked in and Beatlemania took over. Everyone surged to the stage and the screaming began. It was amazing - and gave you some inkling of what the real thing must have been like.
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Pa ... eacon.html