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The Taxman Solo
Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 6:31 am
by 1965
Re: The Taxman Solo
Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 12:12 pm
by kiramdear
Haha, cool!. Good one, Wes!
Gotta be hard to imagine how mind-blowing that solo was when it first appeared, if you missed it in context of the timeline. You can bet that Jimi was listening hard.
Re: The Taxman Solo
Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 11:33 pm
by shamustwin
Nails it!
Good job on one of Paul's best solos!
Re: The Taxman Solo
Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 9:15 am
by beatlefreak
Spot on!
Re: The Taxman Solo
Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 11:05 am
by JakeK
This is nice...what pedals are you using? I know the guitar is a '57 Les Paul Goldtop (duh) and the amp is more than likely your JMI AC-30/4. I would assume your pedal is the Fuzz Face?
Re: The Taxman Solo
Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 1:50 pm
by libratune
shamustwin wrote:Nails it!
Good job on one of Paul's best solos!
I thought that was Ringo, no?
Nice job, Wes.
Re: The Taxman Solo
Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 2:59 pm
by 1965
JakeK wrote:This is nice...what pedals are you using? I know the guitar is a '57 Les Paul Goldtop (duh) and the amp is more than likely your JMI AC-30/4. I would assume your pedal is the Fuzz Face?
I usually use a few pedals, but this time it's just the LP plugged straight into the cranked JMI. Doesn't get better than that.
Re: The Taxman Solo
Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 3:02 pm
by kiramdear
1965 wrote:JakeK wrote:This is nice...what pedals are you using? I know the guitar is a '57 Les Paul Goldtop (duh) and the amp is more than likely your JMI AC-30/4. I would assume your pedal is the Fuzz Face?
I usually use a few pedals, but this time it's just the LP plugged straight into the cranked JMI. Doesn't get better than that.
That was my guess. Nuttin' at all except drive.
Re: The Taxman Solo
Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 3:02 pm
by scotty
Hats off.
nice one
Re: The Taxman Solo
Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 3:06 pm
by deaconblues
As usual, an excellent recreation.
Re: The Taxman Solo
Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 6:54 pm
by godber
CAF as usual Wes. Nice one.
Re: The Taxman Solo
Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 10:53 am
by mgauction
I'm impressed, Wes! A great early dirty solo for the 60s.
Re: The Taxman Solo
Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 10:52 pm
by johneek
kiramdear wrote:Haha, cool!. Good one, Wes!
Gotta be hard to imagine how mind-blowing that solo was when it first appeared, if you missed it in context of the timeline. You can bet that Jimi was listening hard.
+1....except it's still mind-blowing to me....
Re: The Taxman Solo
Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 12:39 pm
by shamustwin
What I like about a lot of the Fabs' solos is they weren't built around the Chuck Berry/blues licks.
Nothing wrong with those riffs, they built Rock and Roll. But it seems Harrison in particular went to the Carl Perkins school of rock whilst most others copied Chuck B.
This solo by Paul and George's in She's A Woman (very rockabilly) among others are quite unique.
Watching Wes play the Taxman solo affirms it's not easy playing Beatles' solo as well!