Make your bands cover of Sweet Home Alabama more authentic...

Strat54

Jason is on a roll...his wife Amanda Shires bought him a '53 Goldtop with Bigsby for Christmas.....! 

springhead

Strat54 said:

Jason is on a roll...his wife Amanda Shires bought him a '53 Goldtop with Bigsby for Christmas.....! 

I shall be pointing that out to my wife for next Christmas. Needs to up her present ideas. 

sweepy

That 52 conversion ! Yes please 

https://cartervintage.com/collections/ed-king-collection/products/gibson-les-paul-standard-conversion-1952

stickyfiddle

I love Carter vintage. Best shop in Nashville by miles. 

clarkefan

So it turns out my favourite ever Strat sound was a stock off the shelf 73 Strat, wow, I'd no idea, that's great

Weren't Skynrd famous for playing Peavey solid state amps as well? Please let it be true

designerseye88

https://www.scribd.com/doc/23991125/Lynyrd-Skynyrd-Ed-King-Equipment-History

An interesting look at Ed's gear over the years, Looks like he wasn't that keen on the Strat (page 4)

rossi

ICBM said:

miserneil said:

Am I being dense? I don’t get the gag here??

The gag is that there's a perpetual dispute about what key Sweet Home Alabama is in - some say G, some say D.

For some it's in G major because it's a V-IV-I chord progression with G as the I - but the melody line is a D major scale, so some people think it's that, and want it to end on the D... which can make stopping the song quite hard if one or more members of the band want it to go round again .

I think the answer is that it's in G with the melody in a different mode (I forget what it's called), but I don't know enough about music theory to know if that's correct - for me it's in G because it seems to want to end on that, as Skynyrd did, and because Ed King said it was in G... and he wrote it!

I'm the fugging singer and they stop when I bring my hand down in an authentic  flourish ...sometimes.

ICBM

clarkefan said:

Weren't Skynrd famous for playing Peavey solid state amps as well? Please let it be true

Solid-state preamp but valve power amp - the Mace, which is the largest (180W head!) model of the original Classic series.

At least on stage - in the studio they used other amps, I think I read somewhere that SHA was recorded on a Fender Twin.

stickyfiddle

heavyrocker

stickyfiddle said:

But how can it sound so good when we all know 70s Strats are rubbish? 

stickyfiddle

heavyrocker said:

stickyfiddle said:

But how can it sound so good when we all know 70s Strats are rubbish? 

It's as if what matters is the player (don't tell anyone of the whole industry will fall apart!!) 

hotpickups

heavyrocker said:

stickyfiddle said:

But how can it sound so good when we all know 70s Strats are rubbish? 

Because it's all in the hands?

crunchman

hotpickups said:

heavyrocker said:

stickyfiddle said:

But how can it sound so good when we all know 70s Strats are rubbish? 

Because it's all in the hands?

That's a large part of it.

Early 70s isn't as bad as late 70s though.  There is a difference between a 73 and a 79.  Still don't like the big headstock though (unless it's upside down).

stickyfiddle

MOAR!

AlexC

I hope Neil Young buys it.