Play The Game doesnt have the Red Special
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[b]Lester Burnham wrote: [/b]
Play The Game doesnt have the Red Special
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I think it does. The video has a sunburst strat, but that's just for visual effect. The RS was played on the record itself.
[b]Lester Burnham wrote: [/b]
Play The Game doesnt have the Red Special
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I think it does. The video has a sunburst strat, but that's just for visual effect. The RS was played on the record itself.
> Are you sure it wasn't a buffalo?
Positive. It wasn't an auroch either.
> Just the Tele, all the time (but the accoustic, of course)? I have to pay attention to that again. At first this made me a bit confused but I was thinking about the live version.
Live (1979-1982) it was Freddie on Ovation Pacemaker, Brian on Ovation, then Tele, then RS. Live (1984-1986) had Fred on Tele rather than Ovation. But in the studio it was Freddie on Martin D-18, Brian on Roger's Tele, and that was it. No RS, no Ovation, no black or cream Tele.
> Staying Power? Can't remember if it has a RS solo or something or even if there's an audible guitar at all.
It's actually got two guitars: Bri's RS doubling the synth here and there, and John's Tele doing double-stops.
> Back Chat has a lot of other guitar(s) but the solo is the RS.
And there's a rhythm RS as well, doing power chords.
> What did they use on Man on the prowl? the tele again?
Probably *a* Tele, but not necessarily the same as in CLTCL.
> Wasn't it the Double-Six used on Long Away?
Brian had a green Double-Six, but that's not the one I'm talking about. I mean a white six-stringed Burns Bison he'd also got during that era.
> There is quite a difference between an electric (RS, tele) and an acoustic (12 string, spanish) guitar.
Actually Queen never used twelve-string Spanish guitars. They did use twelve-string acoustic (folk) guitars, but whenever they played Spanish guitars (Who Needs You) they were six-stringed.
> Princes Of The Universe doesnt have the Red Special
Princes of the Universe, Play the Game, We Will Rock You, Spread Your Wings, Flash's Theme and Radio Ga Ga don't feature the RS in the videos, but they all have it on the record.
Positive. It wasn't an auroch either.
> Just the Tele, all the time (but the accoustic, of course)? I have to pay attention to that again. At first this made me a bit confused but I was thinking about the live version.
Live (1979-1982) it was Freddie on Ovation Pacemaker, Brian on Ovation, then Tele, then RS. Live (1984-1986) had Fred on Tele rather than Ovation. But in the studio it was Freddie on Martin D-18, Brian on Roger's Tele, and that was it. No RS, no Ovation, no black or cream Tele.
> Staying Power? Can't remember if it has a RS solo or something or even if there's an audible guitar at all.
It's actually got two guitars: Bri's RS doubling the synth here and there, and John's Tele doing double-stops.
> Back Chat has a lot of other guitar(s) but the solo is the RS.
And there's a rhythm RS as well, doing power chords.
> What did they use on Man on the prowl? the tele again?
Probably *a* Tele, but not necessarily the same as in CLTCL.
> Wasn't it the Double-Six used on Long Away?
Brian had a green Double-Six, but that's not the one I'm talking about. I mean a white six-stringed Burns Bison he'd also got during that era.
> There is quite a difference between an electric (RS, tele) and an acoustic (12 string, spanish) guitar.
Actually Queen never used twelve-string Spanish guitars. They did use twelve-string acoustic (folk) guitars, but whenever they played Spanish guitars (Who Needs You) they were six-stringed.
> Princes Of The Universe doesnt have the Red Special
Princes of the Universe, Play the Game, We Will Rock You, Spread Your Wings, Flash's Theme and Radio Ga Ga don't feature the RS in the videos, but they all have it on the record.
WWRY and SYW videos do feature the Red Special -- or at least a copy of the RS. It's an odd colour, but maybe that's due to the setting (or rising!) sun and the bright lights used for the shoot. I'm assuming the topic starter means a completely different brand like a Gibson or Strat?
It's A Hard Life doesnt have the Red Special
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[b]Lester Burnham wrote: [/b]
It's A Hard Life doesnt have the Red Special
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Neither does Dueling Banjos, from Deliverance.
[b]Lester Burnham wrote: [/b]
It's A Hard Life doesnt have the Red Special
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Neither does Dueling Banjos, from Deliverance.
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[b]Holly2003 wrote: [/b]
WWRY and SYW videos do feature the Red Special -- or at least a copy of the RS. It's an odd colour, but maybe that's due to the setting (or rising!) sun and the bright lights used for the shoot.[/QUOTE]
that's a clone, not *the* RS.
[b]Holly2003 wrote: [/b]
WWRY and SYW videos do feature the Red Special -- or at least a copy of the RS. It's an odd colour, but maybe that's due to the setting (or rising!) sun and the bright lights used for the shoot.[/QUOTE]
that's a clone, not *the* RS.
I think he used a Parker Fly for Mother Love, I will stand corrected though... and seeing as it doesnt say Queen songs without thr RS....he uses a JS Signature on Nothin But Blue.
We Believe. He says here that he actually used a Les Paul
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohiK_ypOQHg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohiK_ypOQHg
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[b]Brian_Mays_Wig wrote: [/b]
I think he used a Parker Fly for Mother Love, I will stand corrected though... and seeing as it doesnt say Queen songs without thr RS....he uses a JS Signature on Nothin But Blue.[/QUOTE]
Si, you are correct.
[b]Brian_Mays_Wig wrote: [/b]
I think he used a Parker Fly for Mother Love, I will stand corrected though... and seeing as it doesnt say Queen songs without thr RS....he uses a JS Signature on Nothin But Blue.[/QUOTE]
Si, you are correct.
Speaking of RS copies, is there any song that a clone might have been used instead of the original?
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[b]Zebonka12 wrote: [/b]
We Believe. He says here that he actually used a Les Paul
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Yes it's a custom Les Paul Rodgers.
[b]Zebonka12 wrote: [/b]
We Believe. He says here that he actually used a Les Paul
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Yes it's a custom Les Paul Rodgers.
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[b]Marcos Napier wrote: [/b]
Speaking of RS copies, is there any song that a clone might have been used instead of the original?
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In 'Another World' (the album), although they may have been used *together with* the original as opposed to *instead of*.
[b]Marcos Napier wrote: [/b]
Speaking of RS copies, is there any song that a clone might have been used instead of the original?
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In 'Another World' (the album), although they may have been used *together with* the original as opposed to *instead of*.
Yep, Sebastian is correct.
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[b]Zebonka12 wrote: [/b]
We Believe. He says here that he actually used a Les Paul
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohiK_ypOQHg
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Thanks for that, Zeb, I hadn't seen that before. Quite enlightening!
Funny that Roger also says 'Woman You're So Beautiful' had also been submitted during the sessions, but went unrecorded. Shame he didn't expand upon why.
[b]Zebonka12 wrote: [/b]
We Believe. He says here that he actually used a Les Paul
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohiK_ypOQHg
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Thanks for that, Zeb, I hadn't seen that before. Quite enlightening!
Funny that Roger also says 'Woman You're So Beautiful' had also been submitted during the sessions, but went unrecorded. Shame he didn't expand upon why.