I remember reading a year or 2 back that Liam went to his dads guitar collection at roundhead hoping to snag himself a gibson or 2 to use on the road and instead had to "settle" for a fender strat and tele.

more then likely neil swapped out his fenders for gretsch's in the early 90's imho

Another reason for not getting rid of the P-90s in a Les Paul:

http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Li...-p-90s-becoming-602/

Just wanted to let you guys know, that I bought a guitar almost identical to Neils Gold Top.
It is a 1972, Les Paul Deluxe, with the minihumbuckers with the "goof" rings.
Amazing guitar, sounds and play great.
Also bought a Vox amp last week and have a Hot Cake on the way

Congratulations! Have a blast!

This isn't a question regarding Neil's gear, but I figure this is the most likely place to get an answer. Does anyone know what effects Jay Joyce used on his guitar parts for Tim's Say It Is So? There are some amazing ambient guitar wash like sounds on that album. He uses them on the Finn Bros track Way Back Down too.

Anyone?

Sorry Joe, not I.

On a separate note, was just listening to the '87 Trocadero gig in Philly on Wolfgang's Vault...loved hearing Neil on the Strat. I miss that sound. I wonder/hope if he'll ever use it again. Such a big part of his sound from about 1981 to 1988. Nice shimmery sound and Neil used the tremolo arm to nice effect.

For me, classic Neil = Strat + Roland JC (w/ Chorus on and hint of gain) + Hot Cake + RE201 Tape Echo. Sometimes add the MXR Flanger (Giant Heartbeat in Canada, for instance). Beautiful, definitive sound. Admittedly, would sound a little dated today, but not in a jarring way.

Neil Finn's pedal board ... (Brussels, Vorst Nationaal, June 18th 2010)

Interesting setup - thanks large for posting it. Notice the redundancy (aside from the tuners of course).

Distortion/Overdrive: (1) Neil's classic Crowther Audio Hot Cake (2) T-Rex MudHoney II

Delay: (1) Boss DD-3 (2) Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man (3) T-Rex Reptile

Vibrato: (1) Boss VB-2 (2) Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man

I notice the Radial ToneBone is gone. I would love to know what he uses when and if he's simply test driving these pedals or if they are a permanent fixture.

Any shots of the settings on his Vox AC30?

Looks as though some of the image a couple of posts above was inadvertently cropped. Full image below. Be sure to scroll to right . . .



Yes, somewhat different to the one depicted earlier in this thread . . .

looking at earlier pictures from the 2010 tour he replaced the tonebone and his holy grail with the two new trex pedals. btw he was using the tonebone in the "upstairs at home" videos

yes would also love to see some settings on the amp

im trying to get as much of neils stuff that i can!
Boss tu 2
crybaby gcb95 f
hotcake
boss dd3
behringer uv300(really good boss vb2 copy, but its a plastic chassis)
holy grail reverb
thats wat i have so far

getting the microkorg soon and buying my self his two gretsch stage guitars latert in the year!

Sorry If I'm taking this slightly off topic but need some help. I'm pretty sure there must some accomplished guitar players on this thread,so I need help and advice ! I'm in the process of picking an accoustic to learn on ,can anybody recommend a decent guitar that won't break the bank.

Also and maybe more importantly ,any advice on practice techniques etc to keep it interesting and fun ! Any advice welcome cheers David

McFinn!!


Thebest advice that i could give you is to go to some local stores, and take some time to play some guitars or get a feel of them. You might find that you will get a really good feeling about one. im sure the owners of the stores would be more than happy to let you play some guitars! But There are no guitars like Maton!


Hope This Helps

Cheers Sam !

Going to a couple of shops in Edinburgh on Saturday , trying out an Epiphone package and anything else I can afford !

Looking forward to trying to hold a tune in time , any advice still welcome especially practice routines which keep it fun !?

I remember a tommy emmanuel quote from a few years ago saying that when your learning a song, just play that song, nothing else just play that song. I find tha helps because you really get into what your learning. And also, i would say play what you like. Theres no point in learning something thats of no interest to you When i started playing guitar, i used to watch neil play, ad over the years ive picked up the little things that he does, finger positions etc. but thats what i would say, just try play what you want to play

To say what is a good acoustic is like saying how long is a piece of string! I have had a go on a couple of Matons and they are nice however I picked up a Martin HD-18 that was 20yrs old with crappy strings and it sounded superb! and felt right, however the £1700 price tag reflects this!
I feel that Matons are just a little thin sounding for me but thats a very personal thing,however when plugged into PA thats a whole different matter they have fab electrics on-board and sound Beautiful, I do now own a Martin HD-35 and its just perfect! but to your question I would indeed go to a shop try all kind of models out, Yamaha have some very good affordable guitars and pick one that feels right for you, also depending on how serious you are about this I would defo get the guitar 'setup' properly (intonation string height ect)the shop should be able to put you in touch with someone who does this and it would feel like a real dream to play..just my two cents

Hi Sam,
remember that Neil uses very old Voxs, and Fender Deluxe amps, also I have noticed an Ashdown amp!! this will be a whole different sound, also I believe he was using a Pod with the Steve Lillywhite sessions but dude I mean this in a nice way be yourself!! theres only one Neil Finn!!

hey robbie,
i noticed the ashdwon amp also, but after further investigation, the model in all the pictures sitting beside his vox is a bass amp, would he really be playing through a bass amp? nick uses the same ashdown bass amps do you think its nicks, for the right and left sound?same way neil uses two voxs?

Not sure, each amp works in a different way? maybe it is for Nick, however thats what monitors are for? theres a question to ask what is the Ashdown amp used for?

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Originally posted by Sam Robinson:
I remember a tommy emmanuel quote from a few years ago saying that when your learning a song, just play that song, nothing else just play that song. I find tha helps because you really get into what your learning. And also, i would say play what you like. Theres no point in learning something thats of no interest to you When i started playing guitar, i used to watch neil play, ad over the years ive picked up the little things that he does, finger positions etc. but thats what i would say, just try play what you want to play

Trying on Saturday a Freshman,Tanglewood and an Epiphone will report back which one I buy ,really looking forward to this !

[ Trying on Saturday a Freshman,Tanglewood and an Epiphone will report back which one I buy ,really looking forward to this ! [/QUOTE]




Bought the Freshman FA1 in black ,lovely sounding guitar ....... hope I can do it justice