I'm no Jon Lord - Replicating Lord's Hammond on Guitar:

bea said:
... well i strongly dislike when he hit guitars into pieces.

But anyway, @Robert Herndon, Your playing is good. But to my ears there should be some kind of contrast between the intro and the remaining song. Purple also play with the contrast between guitar and organ (and, BTW, Uriah Heep do that as well, but on a slightly lower musical level).
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I agree. This is just a demo and nothing more, so no doubt it will evolve.
 
bea said:
... and that might have caused trouble between the two.

One of the most obvious examples for this can be found in Child In Time: Jon Lord improvises on the full harmonic scheme, and is playing is melodically creative, while Blackmore just makes noise on A minor and needs to speed up the timing in order not to be too boring.
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Another interesting piece is this version of Smoke on the Water. Jon Lord does the instrumental, instead of Ritchie Blackmore. I really like what he does on the organ for the solo part.

Also, part way through intro, Lord doubles Blackmore on the main riff and does that through the rest of the song. The organ blends with the guitar and makes the riff much fuller.

 
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Session 5 said:
Well I am no expert , and do not intend to be. But I will say something here. It sounds DARN GOOD to my ears.
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Thank you, S5....im not done yet...but I've already included a lot of subtle details you'll need headphones to enjoy!

I EQ'd the Les Paul to be very cutting and "in your face," so it jumps out at you... :-)
 
@smitty_p - In the original recording, Ritchie does a divebomb beginning on-the-beat at 2:22 and ending at 2:25. I thought about the effect and decided to add my own. I executed a divebomb at 2:22 that was sufficient to allow the strings to rattle against the pickups. I then fretted the 'E' string to match the key change at 2:245, so my return note was in the correct key and time signature.

I then modulated several note pulsations - mixed with heavy delay and reverb - panned out left and right to 70%. It certainly is a hauntingly dramatic effect!!!!!!
 
Anyone interested to hear a sneak-peak of the dive-boming action in our version of this song???? I replicated a dive-bomb effect that Blackmore did at 2:22 - 2:25 on the original recording. Blackmore's phrase drops pitch and then slowly returns. In the interest of always being unique, I approached this in a different manner. Using my 1987 Squirecaster, I executed a dramatic pitch drop - allowing the strings to flutter against the pole pieces - then fretted the correct note (in advance of the key change) and performed a return to correct pitch with several heavy up/down pulsations. Coupling this with a dramatic delay effect gives a very foreboding effect and welcomes the statacco phrase.

Been a long time since I used a dive-bomb effect like this....Thought???

Perfect Strangers - Deep Purple Cover
 
Since I do not have a keyboard - and our group has yet to find a suitable keyboardist - I created/replicated (to some extent but staying faithful to my originality theme) a keyboard part by playing two single-string guitar phrases a 12 semitones apart. I then reduced the volume on the lower register phrase, to help the higher register stand out. The end result is a very bizarre harmonizing effect that has some elements of a keyboard to it.

Difficult - although not impossible to replicate live. I feel like this ending phrase - which is heavily influenced by Jon Lord's outro solo, really captures that Arabic/Shiraz vibe.

Thoughts???

PERFECT STRANGERS - OUTRO KEYBOARD SOLO PLAYED ON GUITAR
 
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