Andy Aledort honors Mountain's Leslie West in this awesome tribute lesson from the Guitar World July 2015 issue. For tabs, check out: www.guitarworld...
Leslie's famous guitar tone came from Les Paul Junior's straight into Sunn P.A. heads. They were sent to him by accident as he ordered Sunn heads but they shipped to him and he opened them while at a soundcheck and saw they were Sunn P.A. heads. He had no choice but to gig with them that night and that mistake by Sunn Amplification of sending out 2 P.A. heads instead of regular amp heads changed the tone of blues rock guitar forever!!!!
@@ReverendRicktaScale I believe Jimi's was a Sunn 1200 but they all share the same DNA, PA and instrument amps alike: Marshall gain stage tacked on to a Dynacord amp. The Sundholms openly admitted this.
I saw some interview where Leslie said that he asked management to get him an endorsement, preferably with Marshall, but for whatever reason they went with ( or were approached by) Sunn. Sunn accidentally sent Leslie P.A heads instead of regular guitar heads, as you said. Basically you're right but I just wanted to add my 2 cents.
Thank you so much for these fantastic tutorials! Leslie West, cited by so many for so long as an inspiration and influence. No pyrotechnic fretboard flash, no deluge of notes: he once even said that the little finger of his fretting hand was a virgin. He took what some might have considered limitations and turned them into priceless assets, using a Les Paul Junior. It wasn't just what he played, but how he played it.
Leslie West tells us that the rhythm guitar tracks on his "Mountain: Still Climbing (2013)" Edit here: Excuse me, sorry, "Leslie West: Still Climbing!":Album (2013). {two years as the Number One Album in category The Blues}, was recorded live in the studio-- in one take. Whatever and whatever. The Mountain Sound, then Ozzy Osborne's No More Tears. It was how we all progressed in these time periods. So there are no flaws here Leslie being "in tune" with the times. He's got what I wanted... needed... to hear. Mountain always has been and always be a Universal Phenomena that reaches the soul. Playing the story's of my soul without fail. If all humans were created in a numerical set of categorys, say, 12, for instance, Mountain was created for me in my category and I was created to be in Its category with Mountain/Leslie West. In others words (I say rethorically to anyone), Mountain was made for me.
"That's (when its) calling me... I said, That's (when its) calling me back home" We should just grab Leslie West and carry him on our shoulders down to the Roll and Roll Hall Of Fame, we shall not be denied! And be done with it. *and thank you Leslie for loaning my your Flying V for this photo shoot. Sorry I haven't returned it yet.
One of Leslies' greatest attributes is his exquisite timing which seems to be lacking in this video. You have the notes and an approximation of the tone but you're rushing ahead of the beat. Possibly the most important aspect of his playing is how he snakes around the beat.
Super 70 Records the problem was I couldn’t play to the backing track, just the click, so it did drift a bit...I agree, Leslie was all about laying deep in the pocket...
@@AndyAledort777 hey don't trip on the comment. That's taking it to far for just quick examples. I mean really, if you did add the "feel" to it? I get the feeling that this video would be about 4 hours long. Cause you just can't stop when you get it up (for Leslie West).
@@AndyAledort777 there is no doubt in my mind that you are a killer guitar player....Nothing I say can take that away.....thanks for all the great information
@@peppermintpasta thx for the very kind words, they are most appreciated...there are unfortunately a handful of videos out there where I couldn’t hear the track while overdubbing the solo, so that usually results in difficulty “sitting in the pocket”-but gs me too! But I could only deal with the circumstances the best I could...overall I hope it helps people get into Leslie’s gtr playing and pick up on his greatness...
more you get stuck in theory more boring you are, cause you are not playing from authentic expression but from your head. Thank you for lesson and your precious energy for sharing this beautiful lesson, you are good player and well deserve your spot.
theory or fretboard mastery is truly the key to a great musician combined with authentic feel and classic passages.when you know how to go anywhere on the fretboard,the better you are going to sound because you can use the 3 octives to your advantage removing the "boring " sound by not staying in one "boring" pentatonic position
Zoran Ramzo Kamenycky Zoran, theory is half the job. Andy is a composer AND transposer. He knows the music inside and out. He's an American treasure If you don't read music, know it's science, and other rudiments, you are only in half of the game. Make yourself better. Being better is NEVER boring. Take care
Fantastic! I’m a beginner at age 60…I have a Epiphone ES -355 and a Fender frontman 20 and a Line 6 Catalyst 60 modeling amps..I would like to know how to setup my guitar tones and amps to get close to this tone…then I can practice and noodle around feeling like I sound similar to big Wesley. I would appreciate any input. Thank you
Andy is the king of contributors. I wish he could hold the camera two feet further from this fingers and move even faster so its a total blur. LOL Andy.. could you slow down just a bit?
At 0:36 Shame on You Andy!!! YOU failed to mention a very important part of Mountain's success--Organist, Steve Knight!!! Go to your room, there's no supper for You tonight Bunky!!! Otherwisestein, a good lesson on Leslie West, the "Tone Master"!!! **R.i.P. Knight & Felix.
George Harrison and Leslie West Are so much a like when it comes to FIRST learning the pentatonic scale, Ok so Leslie was the kind of guitar player from 1963 to 1968 that did not know any scales just played by finding the notes he needed to play on the guitar " Self Taught" he wa an ok guitar player at best by his own words but then Felix P. in 1968 sessions in the studio teaches Leslie the Pentatonic scales and then all hell breaks lose !! OK, George Harrison is the lead guitar player in the most popular rock band in the WORLD !! But, he does not know any scales he too is a self taught guitar player that learns some Chuck Berry nd Carl Perkins solos but by the Beatles first album he finds it hard to do originals solos and is only good when he rips off Chuck Berry or Carl Perkins solos for originals beatles songs like in " She's A Woman" that as you know is a direct rip off of Carl Perkins - Paul and John very pissed off George starts to take guitar lessons but only instead of a rock guitar it is a Sitar, something John and Paul see no reason why George should do that when he is struggling to play the guitar on Beatle sessions, Paul is a better rock guitar player then George. In late 1968 Eric Clapton teached Harrison the Pentatonic scales in Major and Minor in 5 different positions, then makes George play live with him and Bonnie & Delany to get his chops up, George start to put litle but tasty cool solos on Beatle songs like Octopuses Garden and I dig a Pony, One after 909, and Let It Be by the time the BEatles break up George gets even Better. You just need someone to teach you things thats all George Martin never wanted to teach George anything
👎🏼 Doesn’t sound like Leslie West at all. And you couldn’t even get ahold of a genuine Les Paul Jr? Perhaps the greatest ‘tribute’ lesson is that his sound was so unique, it’s difficult to replicate. So if you are looking for real Leslie West lessons, just play any Mountain LP. And don’t forget the performance at Woodstock.
From the 15th fret and beyond, Andy's guitar sounds thin. This is where a lot of guitars die, or can't hack it. Not all 50's juniors can scale those heights- some are too dirty and some are too clean. Leslie, being the giant that he was, could overcome the limitations of a weak guitar.
