Stephen Stills Esquire?

[José]

Is that Stevie Ray's cousin playing with him or what? /rimshot

I wonder if that is the same Esquire Stills used 8 years later in 1991 for this solo performance of "For What It's Worth":

I hate the sound of the chorus that he used here, it ruins everything to me.

 

[randym]

And I believe he played all the bass parts on the first CSN album. Very talented.

 

[José]

Very talented

 

[willie.g]

German TV is so cool

Also, I was thinkin that is SRV when I watched the vid! (he was on German TV, too, a few times). Smear a little Schuhcreme under the guy's chin and you'd never know the difference, wow. Well, except for the guitar playing and stuff, lol.

 

[FirstBassman]

Very under rated!

Stephen underrated!? I hardly think so.

All who know, know he is one of the best.

He is also one of the great guitarists who plays without a pick ... Jeff Beck, GE Smith, me ...

 

[Mark Davis]

Stephen underrated!? I hardly think so.

All who know, know he is one of the best.

He is also one of the great guitarists who plays without a pick ... Jeff Beck, GE Smith, me ...

Me too no pick. Im not one of the greats tho.

 

[zeke54]

No pick you say ? Leave us not forget Knopfler and Lindsay Buckingham .

 

[FirstBassman]

No pick you say ? Leave us not forget Knopfler and Lindsay Buckingham .

You are very correct. I did leave out those two great players.

I had a workshop with GE this past weekend (at Fur Peace).

And he said, about ten years ago, he was listening to himself playing.
And he said he hated what he heard and at that time decided to chage to no pick.
He still plays a few things with a pick but mostly without.

 

[surfoverb]

freeze frame @ 3:06 and see how fat the neck is

Is this an Esquire?

 

[Mur]

There's no comparing early Stills to anyone because his sense of time is way beyond. Btw, neat Esquire, indeed.
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[Paul in Colorado]

On Super Session, Stills used the Black LP Custom he used in Buffalo Springfield.
There is some debate that the Wooden Ships guitar was a White Falcon with the mud switch on. I can get pretty darn close with my Esquire with the switch forward. I wasn't there so I don't know.

Big fan here, too!

 

[mcriff]

There are photos from that period with Stills playing a blonde two-pickup Tele . . . my bet would be that Wooden Ships is the Tele or Esquire with a wah cocked to mellow, then kicked to bright for that middle part of the solo.

 

[Mr_Martin]

3:06

freeze frame @ 3:06 and see how fat the neck is

Here's the freeze frame:

 

[sonny wolf]

I dig the tone he has happening...nice gritty overdrive.It appears to be a 1950s tweed Fender that he's plugged into.

 

[surfoverb]

cool! Looks just like a Nocaster neck, maybe even fatter. And people say necks werent fat back then pfft.

Here's the freeze frame:

 

[boris bubbanov]

I got to see Steve in June at one of the Springfield Reunion shows. The one at the Fox in Oakland.

Steve played several different guitars; 2 hollows and 2 Strats at least. No Esquires or Teles, sorry.

I'm supposed to be this big Neil fan but I spent 95% of the time watching Ritchie and Steve.

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I agree with Paul. I think Wooden Ships is a Gretsch; there's no percussive edge on the notes I would expect on an Esquire. Even with no pick.

 

[surfoverb]

hes got a pick stuck in the top of the pickguard...does he never use a pick? whats up with that lol

Is that Stevie Ray's cousin playing with him or what? /rimshot

I wonder if that is the same Esquire Stills used 8 years later in 1991 for this solo performance of "For What It's Worth":

 

[Boundforglory07]

I heard that he was almost in the monkies but didn't want to do it. I also heard that he was invited to be the bassist for the Jimmi Hendrix exp

 

[rockhill]

Found this photo I believe from the super session-Les Paul in hand!

 

[Mur]

He played that Les Paul in Buffalo Springfield

Listen to the lead breaks, it's the black Les Paul.