Irish Trad on a Strat

dallcorp

Stumbled across this..........not the most obvious choice for this music.......but the out of phase clean sound works really well!

EricTheWeary

Nice. 

Doodlegame

I mean Rory Gallagher had a strat and he was Irish.... Therefore you can play Irish music on it..... 

dallcorp

Doodlegame said:

I mean Rory Gallagher had a strat and he was Irish.... Therefore you can play Irish music on it..... 

I know you're having a laugh..........but Rory likely did play a bit of Trad on that Strat during his early showband years?.......and I think you can hear a trad influence in his composition and soloing.........so you accidentally make a good point! :-)

Kebabkid

Gary Moore on the Irish Medley section of Thin Lizzy's 'Black Rose' - that sounds like a Strat and too twangy for a Les Paul

brooom

Well I enjoyed that. And yes I do ear a lot of this in Rory's playing.

Thanks

maltingsaudio

Not unusual at all to see strats and teles in a folk band bashing out jigs and reels, and possibly the most famous  traditional Irish rock solo whisky in a jar was played by Eric Bell on a strat

EricTheWeary

Kebabkid said:

Gary Moore on the Irish Medley section of Thin Lizzy's 'Black Rose' - that sounds like a Strat and too twangy for a Les Paul

IIRC Gary learned traditional Irish music as a lad, the blues rock stuff came later, and would sit and twiddle on a traditional tune in his own time. 

57Deluxe

didn't do Rory Gallagher any harm...

Rocker

IMHO your playing style will always lean towards your influences. Tony McMahon, a well known accordionists, always sounds slightly like the tune would be if he were playing a set of uileann pipes. Not that surprising as he came from Clare and would have heard the uileann pipes played all his life. 

tsj93

very nice, what tuning is that? DADGAD?

jamesoliver1234

Richard Thompson plays jigs and reels on his strat as well

skullfunkerry

I bought a Charvel Spectrum (superstrat) from a guy on eBay 10 years or so ago, and he told me that a guy in a local jazz band where he lived played a bright orange one, strung with flatwounds

marantz1300

I play jigs and reels too.
should be no supprise.
strats and Tele's are great for bluegrass.

dallcorp

jamesoliver1234 said:

Richard Thompson plays jigs and reels on his strat as well

I did think of Richard Thompson when I first watched the clip.........he's another player who can make the Strat sound like the Pipes similar to what Rocker mentioned.......his bending technique is very Northumberland Pipes

sticker

Nice , more than a little Mark Knopfler vibe about that and there is something “lyrical” about that Strat tone that lends itself to that style for sure! 

MrBump

Very cool.  I hear a lot of RT and Adrian Legg, actually.

jamesoliver1234

@MrBump ; technopicker by adrian legg is a great guitar cd 

Aidanspaghetti

Fwiw Steve Cooney is a trad legend over here.
Gotta mention Jeff Becks "Declan" here too surely?

Aidanspaghetti