Jeff Beck on "Blow by Blow"

Does anyone know Jeff's signal chain on "Blow by Blow." Overdriven amps or some kind of pedal? I've got that sound in my head for a non-Beck instrumental I'm working up. The song "Cause We Ended as Lovers" especially.

Wasn't that particular song the "Tele-Gib" ? (Tele w/ Tune O-matic and neck humbucker)- That song sounds like guitar>cranked amp, to me, getting that Roy B tone....Other songs on Blow by Blow sound like Strat/LP and fuzz boxes/Tone Benders??? all just me guessing!

Talk Box on 'Constipated Duck.' Such a wonderful album. One of my all-time favorites! Would love to learn more about the gear too. I always imagined him playing the black Les Paul that is on the cover.

This vid is from that era - around 2.11 you see his pedals:
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The Tele-Gib had humbuckers in both positions, the prototypes for what would become the Duncan JB/Jazz set, Seymour's favorite.

I see a ZB Custom (PSG maker) volume pedal, a Cry Baby, but I don't recognize the three knob pedal in the middle.

Colorsound Overdriver.
http://www.vintage-guitars.se/1970s_Colorsound_Overdriver.jpg

Colorsound overdriver, tele gib, Marshall, and jeff becks hands

Thanks everyone. I have enough info to get me in the ball park. Time to experiment!

I don't mean to be disrespectful or hijack the thread, but now I know who Christopher Guest studied when he created Nigel Tufnel.

I don't mean to be disrespectful or hijack the thread, but now I know who Christopher Guest studied when he created Nigel Tufnel.

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Colorsound Overdriver.
http://www.vintage-guitars.se/1970s_Colorsound_Overdriver.jpg

What's the difference between that and a tone bender? I've never encountered one of these.

Treble & Bass. No level control, just a boost. Set the drive low it's a pretty cleanish boost. Drive adds dirt.

From the video we can see that Jeff isn't a dedicated Marshall user. Low powered amps may have been used in the studio. Even today he's using a Fender Pro Jr. on stage.

he said, in a magazine interview, that he always puts the compressor last in the chain....

This vid is from that era - around 2.11 you see his pedals:
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Thanks for asking Paul In Colorado. I would have probably never seen this video if you hadn't. What a marvelous time capsule!

I don't mean to be disrespectful or hijack the thread, but now I know who Christopher Guest studied when he created Nigel Tufnel.

ROTFLMAO

I remember being in the kitchen making coffee and hearing an interview on MTV (back when they played music) at a festival somewhere.
My (then) wife said "Look... they're interviewing the guy from Spinal Tap!"

It was JB...

Having said that I will proceed to dig around the archives looking for my copies of "Blow by Blow" and "Wired".

The guy is a monster. Some BBA...

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and some Jeff Beck Group...

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One of the greatest instrumental guitar albums of all time. There's so much to learn from even a casual listen. With Beck it's not just about his choice of notes, equally important is the myriad, highly original ways he wrings the notes from his instrument. Most often, you can hear only a single, very short phrase from him and know who it is -- that's happened to me before while being exposed to his new CD in a record shop, and the identity of the player was immediately apparent. Neat trick, that!

One of the biggest compliments my dad ever laid on me was hearing me play "Goodbye Pork pie Hat" in my bedroom. I used to get one of those guitar player magazines and they had a good tab of it in there , took me about a month to get it all down, then one day I cranked it, didn't know my dad had come home, he was standing there at the basement door when I was coming up and said,"was that you?" I felt really embarrassed,just stood there like the 15 yr old dork I was, he said "I thought that was a record , until you unplugged it". He nodded his head a couple times....
Beck's taught me more about melody and its elasticity than anyone else, Nigel taught me about volume...

I don't mean to be disrespectful or hijack the thread, but now I know who Christopher Guest studied when he created Nigel Tufnel.

I read an interview with Jeff. He said Nigel was him right down to the Hot Rod magazine Nigel was reading in the airport.

One of the biggest compliments my dad ever laid on me was hearing me play "Goodbye Pork pie Hat" in my bedroom. I used to get one of those guitar player magazines and they had a good tab of it in there , took me about a month to get it all down, then one day I cranked it, didn't know my dad had come home, he was standing there at the basement door when I was coming up and said,"was that you?" I felt really embarrassed,just stood there like the 15 yr old dork I was, he said "I thought that was a record , until you unplugged it". He nodded his head a couple times....
Beck's taught me more about melody and its elasticity than anyone else, Nigel taught me about volume...

That's a great memory, mate!