Leslie West:

JohnnyGoo said:
Awesome but im not sure that Les Paul Custom sounds as nasty as when he played that song with a Les Paul JR.
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The mix is a little dense but I think the P-90's in that Custom have plenty of punch (and I'm not the biggest P-90 fan in the world). If anything, all things being equal, I'd expect the LPC to have more cut than the Jr.
 
gball said:
The mix is a little dense but I think the P-90's in that Custom have plenty of punch (and I'm not the biggest P-90 fan in the world). If anything, all things being equal, I'd expect the LPC to have more cut than the Jr.
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to my ear the version in post three is Gritty and more RAW than the one in the first post --- even the vocals are "raunchy" which is as I recal the essence of the song.....the TV show version seems controlled and even his vocals are faint and lacking expression ---doesnt look like he is having fun to me----at 6:45 he looks bored--
 
Gahr said:
Leslie West REALLY knows how not to play fast. So simple, yet so great. Instantly recognizable.
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It's interesting how Leslie's style evolved. We crossed paths quite
a few times when he was in the Vagrants before fame arrived.
Back then he played a blonde Guild Starfire V . He wore the
guitar way high up the way Larry Carleton does and his playing
was blindingly fast, but it was not shredding. He actually played
all the notes and always used alternate picking (updownupdown).
For amplification he used a Ampeg Super Echo Twin sitting up on
a chair in back of him. He also used a lot of volume knob swells.
(The SF V has that master volume control on the lower horn
near the pickup selector.)
It was very different from what came later.
 
Tony M. said:
It's interesting how Leslie's style evolved. We crossed paths quite
a few times when he was in the Vagrants before fame arrived.
Back then he played a blonde Guild Starfire V . He wore the
guitar way high up the way Larry Carleton does and his playing
was blindingly fast, but it was not shredding. He actually played
all the notes and always used alternate picking (updownupdown).
For amplification he used a Ampeg Super Echo Twin sitting up on
a chair in back of him. He also used a lot of volume knob swells.
(The SF V has that master volume control on the lower horn
near the pickup selector.)
It was very different from what came later.
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I believe you talked about this in another thread, one of mine I think.

I read at least once comments like, "he is a great guitar player, but a real lousy human being."

Whats your take on it Tony M?
Was he mean, or an arrogant A-yahola, liar, thief?
 
His signature guitar is Dean one pick up job. He played Les Paul Juniors. Both can be boring as a shop film but the Dean is nasty. They had one on the price is right the other day.
 
Tony M. said:
It's interesting how Leslie's style evolved. We crossed paths quite
a few times when he was in the Vagrants before fame arrived.
Back then he played a blonde Guild Starfire V . He wore the
guitar way high up the way Larry Carleton does and his playing
was blindingly fast, but it was not shredding. He actually played
all the notes and always used alternate picking (updownupdown).
For amplification he used a Ampeg Super Echo Twin sitting up on
a chair in back of him. He also used a lot of volume knob swells.
(The SF V has that master volume control on the lower horn
near the pickup selector.)
It was very different from what came later.
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Short solo at 1:25

 
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