In 2006, I saw Bill and his band at High Sierra Music Festival - Late night stage at 1-4am or so...A bunch of that stuff right there along with some SERIOUS quartet jamming. Blew my face off and then at the end of it all, Bill just kinda smiled like he does here and humbly waved and like "time to get some sleep, boys and girls." One of a kind.
Bill is one of the three legs of my three-legged guitar hero stool. Bill is THE MAN. Not just cuz he has the coolest effects, either! "GO BILL!", I say. Loved seeing the trio on the big stage at Wolftrap, in Vienna, Virginia, last week. Was amazing to hear that same intimate vibe in the big venue, after so many shows I've caught in smaller, intimate rooms. Just fantastic.
I want that guitar. Hope to come across a video where he does more explaining about his setup and what he is doing. I've seen other videos of him performing, he is great.
Mesmerizing. I take offense at the 3 dislikes. If you got here by accident, just leave, don't leave the vote down. I listened to this with my mouth open the entire time. Amazing.
You see kids, it does not matter what kit you use, the brand of your guitar or the name on your pedals, the creative bit is the human being on the guitar.
Looks like an earlier T Rex Room-mate tube reverb; right underneath is that sweet GA-18. (He doesn't travel with a sound guy, or roadie, or guitar tech, and he kind of sets up his own rig, too, right on the stage. Here it's on a pedal board but he usually just dumps a bag of pedals out and let's it rip!)
@duhdamac -- Ooops! Sorry--didn't see your later post. Yeah, a Freeze pedal is the next on my list. One of the things I wish Line6 had done was to allow looping to continue while you're on other delay settings. About the only way around that is to buy another loop station (I shot the moon on a Boss RC-50 which I'm not too crazy about--probably should have just bought another "green monster"!).
@duhdamac You can get a type of ring modulator tone from the "Reverse" setting on a DL4 if you turn the "Delay Time" knob down and the Repeats knob up (past 12 o'clock at least). You can even approximate a steel drum sound on this setting. Tweak and Tweeze gives you variations to play with on the overall sound. Great pedal to experiment with--so enjoy the loopy madness!
@spraddr I already figured it out, (see 2nd post above my 1rst) but thanks anyway. I bought the unit for looping, but this exercise has gotten me into exploring the delays more. Lots of fun. I think I'll need to get one of those EH Freeze pedals too, and the TC reverb sounds incredible too, but I already have acceptable reverb, so that'll wait.
Great footage! I think you forgot to mention the T-Rex Room-Mate reverb sitting on top of his amp. Quite a change from the digital rack reverbs he's associated with.
Eef Albers, David Torn, Fred Firth, Ralph Towner, John Abercrombie, Wayne Krantz etc. guitar lovers should listen these great musicians, highly recommended.
