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chilipeppermaniac said:
John ,, I never did understand these old clips from UK, DE. etc where the bands " faked it"

I mean they flat out could play. How come they have to do this?
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Several factors, Chili but I believe it can be summed up to one simple concept: If it's already recorded and people like it the way it is, DO NOT CHANGE IT. Eliminates all possible variables having to do with live playing that can wreak havoc with the program (and the execs upstairs' psyches), making the performance SAFE and PREDICTABLE while "retaining" the appeal of the band "being there" as mere eye candy. Ultimate example of this: TOTP (Top Of The Pops). But I may be wrong... maybe @Beagle, @SkyMonkey, @Ramo or any of our other British Brethren could shed further light on the subject...
 
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Thanks Six String. I am pretty sure Ramo was not born when the bulk of the Top of the Pops stuff was done.

I am inclined to agree with you, but it just seems cheesey to see these clips 20, 30, 40, 50 years after they were done.
I know I have found quite a slew of them, from The Who, Creeam, Scorps, Stones, etc.

Somehow I guess the teens of that era were glad to see the actual band with essentially studio stereos playing the songs, and the band pantomiming the rest.
 
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On a side note, I can never get enough of the jewels these bands left us like this. I mean, just listen to Klaus Meine and of course the guitars on Evening Wind. It is not bubble gum, not thrash, not top 40 or even played on top rock stations, but songs like these are why I enjoyed WHOLE albums instead of just radio or the singles.

 
chilipeppermaniac said:
Anyone know what pups Rudolf Schenker's V had in it here?

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That video is from 1985. Mattias Jabs has said in numerous interviews that they (He and Rudolf) started using the 22k ohm Dommenget MuscleBucker around late 1984.

From a Guitar World interview:

“Yes, you mention the Musclebucker - honestly, I’ve never heard a pickup with so much output and yet still all the clarity. We used relatively high gain, yet you can hear every string in a full barre chord without it sounding washy, like one noise. You can hear all the individual harmonies – those are some great pickups."
 
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