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fastelvis
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fastelvis
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03/09/2005 10:44 am
Jeez...how heavy was he before I saw him a couple of months ago? He still looks - fat.....

Blues at lightspeed - never a good combination. Thank God he only spends 3 minutes there.........
I really don't care for him using a pick on a classical guitar either. Only 2 minutes there........

Split coil humbi's or use a single coil axe with a gain cranked preamp and plenty of reverb. Toss in some slap-back delay. YM uses a midi rig a guy backstage runs.
He switches between the bridge and neck pickups frequently. Learning his technique will get you closer to his "tone" than turning a bunch of knobs.

I use an old Magnavox keyboard that has a bunch of bass pedals to get that backing sound YM gets from his stand-alone bass pedal board (I forget who makes it). Fun stuff.
I once thought a "Sweeping Arpeggio" was an Italian janitor.