Billy Gibbons and the PG
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Guitar Toad
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Re: Billy Gibbons and the PG
FYI: LaGrange is not one. I made that mistake on another thread that I started about Pearly Gates.
FYI: LaGrange is not one. I made that mistake on another thread that I started about Pearly Gates.
the guy who invented fire
Fuzzy. Guitars
Re: Billy Gibbons and the PG
He was using them before we could buy one. Billy has been getting custom wound pickups from Seymour for a lot of years, as for recordings...LOTS of the last 3 albums (which I really, really like BTW...) will feature a PG in something...almost all of his live guitars have a PG if it is a bucker.
It really is an excellent pickup...one of my favorites!
He was using them before we could buy one. Billy has been getting custom wound pickups from Seymour for a lot of years, as for recordings...LOTS of the last 3 albums (which I really, really like BTW...) will feature a PG in something...almost all of his live guitars have a PG if it is a bucker.
It really is an excellent pickup...one of my favorites!
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theodie
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Re: Billy Gibbons and the PG
I heard he uses a Rio Grande BBQ/Texas set also.
I heard he uses a Rio Grande BBQ/Texas set also.
baba o'riley
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Re: Billy Gibbons and the PG
He usually only uses Rio Grande in his Tele. Most of the time it's Duncans in his LP's. No idea if the guitar he used in the Crossroads DVD had stock pups or not.
He usually only uses Rio Grande in his Tele. Most of the time it's Duncans in his LP's. No idea if the guitar he used in the Crossroads DVD had stock pups or not.
twoheadedboy
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Re: Billy Gibbons and the PG
The last 3 ZZ records are my favorites by FAR. I can barely even listen to the old stuff these days. Sometime around 1996 ZZ Top decided to become awesome and starting kicking complete ass.
The last 3 ZZ records are my favorites by FAR. I can barely even listen to the old stuff these days. Sometime around 1996 ZZ Top decided to become awesome and starting kicking complete ass.
Re: Billy Gibbons and the PG
I have PGs in my main Paul - very cool. They can go from vintagey blues, to ZZ, to Warren Haynes and as they are potted you can really crank the gain with no problem and get some real Zakk like pinched harmonics going on.
I've had them in for a year and can't imagine changing them!
gotta love those Pearlys!
I have PGs in my main Paul - very cool. They can go from vintagey blues, to ZZ, to Warren Haynes and as they are potted you can really crank the gain with no problem and get some real Zakk like pinched harmonics going on.
I've had them in for a year and can't imagine changing them!
gotta love those Pearlys!
the guy who invented fire
Fuzzy. Guitars
Re: Billy Gibbons and the PG
The expandoras are used...you can here them ALL OVER the last 3 records, and live all Billy's crunch comes from boxex, and the expandoras are sopme of the units used. La Grange is a 57 hardtail Strat...at least that's what I've heard...atleast the rhy guitar...
gripweed said:
The expandoras are used...you can here them ALL OVER the last 3 records, and live all Billy's crunch comes from boxex, and the expandoras are sopme of the units used. La Grange is a 57 hardtail Strat...at least that's what I've heard...atleast the rhy guitar...
dr.barlo
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Lewguitar
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Re: Billy Gibbons and the PG
I know this has been covered before but I'd like to hear some more opinions on how the PG compares to the APH-1: the Alnico 2 Pro HB...especially the neck models.
Someone said they felt that the APH-1 had just a little bit of a single coil personality compared to the PG, even though they felt that the PG was brighter or had more "sizzle" to the highs...or something like that.
I do not have much experience with APH-1.
Thanks! Lew
I know this has been covered before but I'd like to hear some more opinions on how the PG compares to the APH-1: the Alnico 2 Pro HB...especially the neck models.
Someone said they felt that the APH-1 had just a little bit of a single coil personality compared to the PG, even though they felt that the PG was brighter or had more "sizzle" to the highs...or something like that.
I do not have much experience with APH-1.
Thanks! Lew
gripweed
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Re: Billy Gibbons and the PG
Well Billy has been very unreliable when it comes to giving information on his equipment. I know that live the Expandora's are not used, they are just a part of that strange totem that Gibbons uses. There were articles in both Guitar Player (a couple of years back) and a more recent article in Vintage Guitar that document that. If I can find where I put those articles I'll quote them. Who knows what Billy does in the studio...
the guy who invented fire said:
Well Billy has been very unreliable when it comes to giving information on his equipment. I know that live the Expandora's are not used, they are just a part of that strange totem that Gibbons uses. There were articles in both Guitar Player (a couple of years back) and a more recent article in Vintage Guitar that document that. If I can find where I put those articles I'll quote them. Who knows what Billy does in the studio...
accipiter
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Re: Billy Gibbons and the PG
Here's a great interview with the Rev., talkin tone to the bone.
http://www.guitarworld.com/allaccess/interviews/billy-gibbons-guitarodyssey.htm
Here's a great interview with the Rev., talkin tone to the bone.
http://www.guitarworld.com/allaccess/interviews/billy-gibbons-guitarodyssey.htm
Aceman
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Re: Billy Gibbons and the PG
Thank you for the back up on that. Now, he only uses one - but he uses it! The totems are cool - kinda like the big hair 80'2 skyscraperracks where they only used a lexicon verb patch and an spx90 tight delay!
And I concur on the strat for la grange - never trust what you see as being whatb you hear on the album. I reference stairway to heaven for the best example of that...
But PG's do ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
the guy who invented fire said:
Thank you for the back up on that. Now, he only uses one - but he uses it! The totems are cool - kinda like the big hair 80'2 skyscraperracks where they only used a lexicon verb patch and an spx90 tight delay!
And I concur on the strat for la grange - never trust what you see as being whatb you hear on the album. I reference stairway to heaven for the best example of that...
But PG's do ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Re: Billy Gibbons and the PG
Agreed about the last few albums:AntennaHead, Rythemean, and Mescalero are great. "XXX" jury's out for me on that one, seemed rushed to me. I think I read that he used a hodge poged togeather 2-10" 50wt Marshall in the studio for the recent recordings. He is also tuning down a few steps on many of the recordings. I've heard him say he always takes Pearly to the studio with him, it been on every album. Funny, on the crossroads DVD he makes the Gretsch filtertrons sound just like PG. It's in the hand and mind!
Agreed about the last few albums:AntennaHead, Rythemean, and Mescalero are great. "XXX" jury's out for me on that one, seemed rushed to me. I think I read that he used a hodge poged togeather 2-10" 50wt Marshall in the studio for the recent recordings. He is also tuning down a few steps on many of the recordings. I've heard him say he always takes Pearly to the studio with him, it been on every album. Funny, on the crossroads DVD he makes the Gretsch filtertrons sound just like PG. It's in the hand and mind!
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