If Jake E. Lee played... Waitin' for the Bus by ZZ Top

[n1kk]

Hello everyone,

Recently I've posted a video imagining if Jake E. Lee, as one of the tone kings from 80's and early 90's, would play ZZ Top's hit "Waitin' for the Bus".
Sad news arrived two days ago about Dusty Hill passed away, such a bad coincidence and a great loss for sure... This band is one of my major favorites and I was hoping to see them again someday and somewhere in Europe.
Anyway, with Jake E. Lee and Billy Gibbons being in the top 5 of my guitarists I'd come up with idea a month ago to play this song like if Jake would. Using my Fender Tom Delonge Stratocaster with JEL-style pickguard loaded with Seymour Duncan TB-4 and two DiMarzio SDS-1s hopefully gets me close to Jakey's tone though the pedal/amp chain doesn't have anything to do with Marshalls he used.

Hope you like this take on the song.

p.s. Rest in Peace, Dusty, you'll be missed dearly.

 

[JOLLY]

The video doesn't play for me.

 

[JOLLY]

is this it? If so, it's badass.

 

[hamerfan]

What's his bridge humbucker?

 

[n1kk]

Oops, my bad, should've checked the video after posting. Fixed now!

is this it? If so, it's badass.

Exactly! And thanks!

 

[n1kk]

What's his bridge humbucker?

Well, I believed that Jake mostly used (and uses?) Allan Holdsworth Seymour Duncan, but in some interviews he states that he uses "Duncan Jeff Beck" (sic!).

http://www.dinosaurrockguitar.com/node/249 (I know actually that it's not Jeff Beck)

 

[LLL]

Hello everyone,

Recently I've posted a video imagining if Jake E. Lee, as one of the tone kings from 80's and early 90's, would play ZZ Top's hit "Waitin' for the Bus".
Sad news arrived two days ago about Dusty Hill passed away, such a bad coincidence and a great loss for sure... This band is one of my major favorites and I was hoping to see them again someday and somewhere in Europe.
Anyway, with Jake E. Lee and Billy Gibbons being in the top 5 of my guitarists I'd come up with idea a month ago to play this song like if Jake would. Using my Fender Tom Delonge Stratocaster with JEL-style pickguard loaded with Seymour Duncan TB-4 and two DiMarzio SDS-1s hopefully gets me close to Jakey's tone though the pedal/amp chain doesn't have anything to do with Marshalls he used.

Hope you like this take on the song.

p.s. Rest in Peace, Dusty, you'll be missed dearly.

I dig it.

 

[jeremy]

tb4=jb sounded damn good!

i did a bunch of zz top songs at the gig sunday, including this one into jesus left chicago, as it should be. i didnt jake it up though, i can bgf ok, i cant jel well

 

[n1kk]

I dig it.

Thanks!! Glad to hear this!

 

[n1kk]

tb4=jb sounded damn good!

i did a bunch of zz top songs at the gig sunday, including this one into jesus left chicago, as it should be. i didnt jake it up though, i can bgf ok, i cant jel well

Yup, I like its tone here as well.

Nice to hear about that! And yeah, better to stick with Billy's style on these, I'm not sure if a lot people might get that JEL-style take. ZZ Top's still known for great boogie groove and tasty bluesy licks. I played Antenna Head, not in a band, just by myself and found the guitar part pretty interesting. Of course, great solos from Mr. Gibbons.