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Splurged on a couple of DVD's yesterday.
DIO "We Rock". This on features an early show in Holland with the original lineup. Vivian hasn't started using Charvels yet, but he is on fire. His guitar tone was great, and didn't have a whole lot of preamp gain going on... Also, I didn't see a pedal board of any sort up there. It looks like was plugged straight into his Marshall. This impressed me because you always see guys using a crutch of some sort of gain boost while doing solos (I do it too [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]) The second show on this is the Spectrum show from 1985. I prefer the Holland show, but on this one you can Vivian playing his Charvels. Again Vivian rips it up. How can a guy with that much fire and ability turn into a supporting guitarist for Def Leppard? Too bad he gave up gunslinging, he was great back then!
Whitesnake "Live in the Still of the Night". This is a recent show and features an AWESOME lineup: Reb Beach, Doug Aldrich, Marco Mendoza, Tommy Aldridge, Coverdale, and some keyboard dude [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]. First off, the performance is spectacular. They play the stuff to a tee. Doug Aldrich is phenominal! He nails all the tough Sykes solos perfectly, and looks cool on stage with the low slung Les Paul. Great tone too! Tommy Aldridge is probably my favorite rock drummer. He makes even simple beats sound great. Very hard hitter too. Awesome! I was surprised to see Reb Beach playing a mostly supporting role (though he does take a few short solos) since he is a great guitar player in his own right. That Suhr with the Koa body and Rosewood neck is bad ass! Coverdale has lost a few steps and sounds flat in a few spots, but this is an excellent representation of Whitesnake... highly recommended.
Then when I showed up at band practice, my bass player handed me a DVD of MSG recorded in 1981. I've never heard a whole lot of Schenker, but let me tell ya, the guy is great! He flies around the guitar and is very melodic. I was impressed too about how low gain the guitar sound was. Just goes to show ya that a great player doesn't need loads of gain and sustain to pull off "shreddy" licks. Good stuff!
DIO "We Rock". This on features an early show in Holland with the original lineup. Vivian hasn't started using Charvels yet, but he is on fire. His guitar tone was great, and didn't have a whole lot of preamp gain going on... Also, I didn't see a pedal board of any sort up there. It looks like was plugged straight into his Marshall. This impressed me because you always see guys using a crutch of some sort of gain boost while doing solos (I do it too [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]) The second show on this is the Spectrum show from 1985. I prefer the Holland show, but on this one you can Vivian playing his Charvels. Again Vivian rips it up. How can a guy with that much fire and ability turn into a supporting guitarist for Def Leppard? Too bad he gave up gunslinging, he was great back then!
Whitesnake "Live in the Still of the Night". This is a recent show and features an AWESOME lineup: Reb Beach, Doug Aldrich, Marco Mendoza, Tommy Aldridge, Coverdale, and some keyboard dude [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]. First off, the performance is spectacular. They play the stuff to a tee. Doug Aldrich is phenominal! He nails all the tough Sykes solos perfectly, and looks cool on stage with the low slung Les Paul. Great tone too! Tommy Aldridge is probably my favorite rock drummer. He makes even simple beats sound great. Very hard hitter too. Awesome! I was surprised to see Reb Beach playing a mostly supporting role (though he does take a few short solos) since he is a great guitar player in his own right. That Suhr with the Koa body and Rosewood neck is bad ass! Coverdale has lost a few steps and sounds flat in a few spots, but this is an excellent representation of Whitesnake... highly recommended.
Then when I showed up at band practice, my bass player handed me a DVD of MSG recorded in 1981. I've never heard a whole lot of Schenker, but let me tell ya, the guy is great! He flies around the guitar and is very melodic. I was impressed too about how low gain the guitar sound was. Just goes to show ya that a great player doesn't need loads of gain and sustain to pull off "shreddy" licks. Good stuff!
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