Jeff Beck demos...

guitars4you

Vaiai said:

Go back to the older stuff and you won't hear the trem so much - especially Wired and Blow by Blow

I tend to agree - I think the trem arm use became more of his thing with the Guitar Workshop album

JDE

Jalapeno said:

Love the quote of Barney Kessel's Cry Me A River intro at the start of the first video

Me too. All of the first clip I thought was stellar, and I think to a non-guitar playing audience would have been mindblowing. The second clip is not my style. I appreciate it, but that kind of stuff has been moved so far forward by Vai and others of that ilk, I'm not sure it does much for me. I find it gimmicky, and like any gimmick playing, it better blow me away or I won't like it. I actually prefer Beck's playing the most when he's doing the whole 50's rockabilly Scotty Moore thing. He is wicked, though.

Blackjack

I was lucky enough to know Jeff personally twenty odd years ago. A thoroughly lovely guy and such a massive talent. 

Plectrum

Blackjack said:

I was lucky enough to know Jeff personally twenty odd years ago. A thoroughly lovely guy and such a massive talent. 

I've also been told that he's really nice. A friend of mine is a pro guitarist and last year Jeff was  the special mystery guest at a show where my friend's band was the main act. Jeff gave him a Strat!

dindude

Incredible guitarist. Well we've had a recent thread on Robben Fod, now Beck, only Eric Johnson to go to make it a hatric of my top three "guitarists guitarists".

I'll chuck this into the mix, a lesson in dynamics that few guitarists can match.

Modulus_Amps

first I heard of Jeff Beck was this, probably some of his best work on that album IMHO  ha ha

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d11yIXP4xJ0

richardhomer

I've posted this before - but for my money the best thing I've ever heard him do:

JDE

@richardhomer that is such a great jam 

bingefeller

SimpleSimon said:

Heard a new Van Morrison track on the radio the other day and im pretty sure its Beck playing guitar on it. Certainly sounded like his more recent warblings. His tone is incredible. I love his older stuff and i loved the JBJ young guns soundtrack stuff.

That Young Guns soundtrack has some of Jeff Beck's best playing  IMO.  

bingefeller

Rabs

And while we are on the subject.. For anyone who hasn't seen this... 

professorben

richardhomer said:

Where Were You is truly lovely - but the use of the trem on everything irritates me. I wish he'd play 'straighter' from time to time - the trem thing really gets in the way of my enjoyment of his more recent work.

Ditto Scott Henderson. 

Rabs

57Deluxe said:

ask him to play Hi Ho and that'll take the smugness off....

Ha.. I went to see Jeff and Clapton once (at the O2) and they played it..  The first thing Jeff did before they started was apologise for his singing

I got some footage of it 

JDE

professorben said

Ditto Scott Henderson. 

Truth. I know he's not, but I always think of SH as being constantly flat, pitchwise. He's the Dido of fusion guitar, for me.

english_bob

Cirrus said:

I don't really know much of his work, except that he played on Roger Water's Amused to Death and that's got some killer guitar parts, so I like him. Where, as a novice, should I start listening with him?

I'm not a Jeff Beck superfan or anything, but I do like his Live at Ronnie Scott's album. It's basically a "greatest hits" of his solo career, but played with his current style and technique (unlike a lot of guitarists, Beck actually seems to get better with age), and without the dated instrumental sounds that might potentially put you off his 70s output.

 Pretty much an all-star fusion band backing him too- Tal Wilkenfeld, Jason Rebello and Vinnie Colaiuta. Imogen Heap and Joss Bleedin' Stone guest (because Jeff does seem to like working with attractive young women), as does Eric Clapton if you get the DVD.

Plus with the DVD you get to look at Tal Wilkenfeld, which some people like, and you get to see various interviews with Jeff that will convince you- if you needed it- that he's 95% of Nigel Tufnel.

stratman3142

english_bob said:

Cirrus said:

I don't really know much of his work, except that he played on Roger Water's Amused to Death and that's got some killer guitar parts, so I like him. Where, as a novice, should I start listening with him?

I'm not a Jeff Beck superfan or anything, but I do like his Live at Ronnie Scott's album. It's basically a "greatest hits" of his solo career, but played with his current style and technique (unlike a lot of guitarists, Beck actually seems to get better with age)...

I suppose I am a Jeff Beck superfan. I agree that Live at Ronnie Scott's is a good place to start for the reasons given above.

impmann

richardhomer said:

I've posted this before - but for my money the best thing I've ever heard him do:

I love the fact that Beck is actually mimicing Clapton and out-Clapton's him on that middle solo on Let it Roll - that's why Eric is laughing. Brilliant.

english_bob

stratman3142 said:

english_bob said:

Cirrus said:

I don't really know much of his work, except that he played on Roger Water's Amused to Death and that's got some killer guitar parts, so I like him. Where, as a novice, should I start listening with him?

I'm not a Jeff Beck superfan or anything, but I do like his Live at Ronnie Scott's album. It's basically a "greatest hits" of his solo career, but played with his current style and technique (unlike a lot of guitarists, Beck actually seems to get better with age)...

I suppose I am a Jeff Beck superfan. I agree that Live at Ronnie Scott's is a good place to start for the reasons given above.

Not for Tal Wilkenfeld or the "proof I'm Nigel Tufnel" interviews?

Rabs

stratman3142 said:

english_bob said:

Cirrus said:

I don't really know much of his work, except that he played on Roger Water's Amused to Death and that's got some killer guitar parts, so I like him. Where, as a novice, should I start listening with him?

I'm not a Jeff Beck superfan or anything, but I do like his Live at Ronnie Scott's album. It's basically a "greatest hits" of his solo career, but played with his current style and technique (unlike a lot of guitarists, Beck actually seems to get better with age)...

I suppose I am a Jeff Beck superfan. I agree that Live at Ronnie Scott's is a good place to start for the reasons given above.

Yes..  This gig is an absolute mater class in guitar and music... Ive watched it a few times and it totally mesmerises me each time..  Watching him play is such a pleasure. And as mentioned... He just seems to get better and better with age and doesn't hold himself back with pre-conceptions.

Even if you don't usually listen to this sort of music.. You should really give it a try.

AlexC

May be a good place for my all time favourite Ronnie Corbett joke...
I went to the doctor and asked him if he had anything for a stiff old hip joint. He said: yes. Here's two tickets to Ronnie Scott's.