Gary Moore and Seymour Duncan

[badco33]

I was listening to some of my old Gary Moore albums last night and noticed in the liner notes on his "After the War" CD that he gives special thanks to Seymour Duncan. I don't remember ever hearing or reading that Gary used Duncans until I read that. Does anybody know what pup he used? Maybe Evan knows?

I believe "After the War" was his last rock album before "Still Got the Blues" came out. Ozzy is actually on a couple of tracks.

 

[JeffB]

Re: Gary Moore and Seymour Duncan

I was listening to some of my old Gary Moore albums last night and noticed in the liner notes on his "After the War" CD that he gives special thanks to Seymour Duncan. I don't remember ever hearing or reading that Gary used Duncans until I read that. Does anybody know what pup he used? Maybe Evan knows?

I believe, though I'm not certain that a "thanx" to SD may be on the liner notes of Run for Cover (1984) too...not sure...I'll look tonite

I believe "After the War" was his last rock album before "Still Got the Blues" came out.

That is correct. Since no-one asked I won't offer my opinion on that particular album (AtW)

 

[badco33]

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"Since no-one asked I won't offer my opinion on that particular album (AtW)"

OK, I can't resist. What's your opinion of this album? I'm a big Gary Moore fan and it looks like you are as well so I'd like to know.

 

[JeffB]

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"Since no-one asked I won't offer my opinion on that particular album (AtW)"

OK, I can't resist. What's your opinion of this album? I'm a big Gary Moore fan and it looks like you are as well so I'd like to know.

LOL Yeah I'm a huge Gary Fan..prior to that album at least (tho I did really enjoy that live Video he did at Hammersmith for the Still Got the Blues tour..his playing killed and the tone he was getting out of the Les Paul/Soldano is one of the best I've ever heard)

Short version about AtW: Phenomenal playing as usual from Gary, over processed production and re-hash songwriting/material. Pretty much every song on AtW (barring perhaps "led Clones" with Ozzy) sounds just like something he did previously..e.g. After the War/Out in the Fields...Dun Luce (sp)/ Alot of Thin Lizzy Era Material (Black Rose/Emerald)....Messiah Will Come Again/The Loner, etc etc.

Just a poor effort, IMO..you could tell he was burned out.

 

[badco33]

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I agree. It's kind of a more slick version of his previous albums. What you explained is exactly the reason he gave for making Still Got the Blues. He just felt his rock songs were all starting to sound the same.

Have you seen the new (fairly new) Monsters of Rock DVD yet? It's nice to see he can still do some of his old rock songs.

I still want to know what Duncan's he used. Maybe there's a Gary Moore wind in the Custom Shop vault.

 

[JeffB]

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Have you seen the new (fairly new) Monsters of Rock DVD yet? It's nice to see he can still do some of his old rock songs.

I have not. Is this available through amazon or similar?

I still want to know what Duncan's he used. Maybe there's a Gary Moore wind in the Custom Shop vault.

I would like to know too. He did do EMG's for quite some time in his Charvel strats w/ Floyds (actually sounded very, very good, Check out the Live in stockholm vid..Wild Frontier tour) and even later in his regular Strat w/ singles(which sounded horrible, IMO...)

He did have brief artist endorsements w/ Hamer, Heritage and Ibanez over the years. I wonder if one/some of those is what the Duncans went in?....

 

[badco33]

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The Montser's Of Rock Video is available at most of the normal outlets. I got mine at Tower records last year. It was recorded on the European Monsters of Rock tour with Y & T, Whitesnake and some others on the tour. He's playing in a power trio with the lineup from his "Scars" album and plays a white explorer through most of the show but also plays his GM Signature Les Paul. Not his best video (his singing seems to go down hill every album) but it's nice to hear him play some of his old rock songs. He plays his old solo piece "Dirty Fingers" and it's pretty Bad A**. You'll have to get it to add to your collection. They are probably on eBay for pretty cheap. The highlight is when he does "Don't Believe a Word" by Thin Lizzy. He does the slow blues version that was on his 1st solo album and them jumps into the upbeat version that Thin Lizzy does. Good stuff. He always seems to get great tone no matter what guitar he is playing or what kind of music he is playing and doesn't need a huge rig just his Marshalls and a few foot pedal effects.

I wouldn't be suprised if he had a JB, Custom, or Custom Custom mixed in on his older albums. Especially Run for Cover, Wild Frontier or ATW.

 

[Brow]

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I'm a huge Gary Moore fan too and would love to hear which (if any) Duncan's Gary has used and on what albums

Craig

 

[Rainmaker]

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Over the Hills and Far Away.... WOWZERS!

Love that song. Just thought I'd add a bit of OT info to the mix. lol.

 

[darkshadow54321]

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OT: The Loner is the best guitar instrumental ever made....

In my humble opinion, of course.

 

[shred-dog]

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i know he used HAMER'S on the run for cover cd and those hamer's came with seymour duncan pickups JB bridge i do not know if that is what he used but i have seen a "gary moore" special order from that era that hamer sold double cut mahogany body with 2hb and a floyd rose that guitar came with 59/jb he had another one almost the same as the steve stevens model with s/s/h i do not know what pickups are in that one hope that helps ! later scott