yoslate Posted July 11, 2018 Posted July 11, 2018 My current favorite player/writer/singer Doyle Bramhall II just three days ago, playing with Clapton. Not the most thrilling of tunes, but there's DB II, with a 535 that looks just like mine...in a mirror. I'd seen photos of him with one recently, but wasn't sure of the vintage of the pic. So yes, he's playing one currently! Kinda cool!
Polo Posted July 11, 2018 Posted July 11, 2018 Man alive......just imagine what kind of tone he could squeeze out of that guitar had it come with a nicer fit an finish, a newly improved set up and a factory plek!!!
tulk1 Posted July 11, 2018 Posted July 11, 2018 Pretty cool. That should get some notice for Heritage guitars. Some. Saw DBII a few years back when he opened for Clapton. Quite the show.
yoslate Posted July 11, 2018 Author Posted July 11, 2018 Biggest disappointment of my career with The Sedans is that we had a slot opening for him in Charlotte, and our drummer had to back out.
Gitfiddler Posted July 11, 2018 Posted July 11, 2018 Doyle's brief "Crossroads" solo had a distinct Hendrix-esque vibrato-laced-pentatonic thing going on...that I really dug!! He made that H535 weep and moan!
FredZepp Posted July 11, 2018 Posted July 11, 2018 Yes... so good to see a great player working a Heritage on a big stage. He seems to be pretty well bonded with that 535...
notbillgelder Posted July 11, 2018 Posted July 11, 2018 When I saw the topic I thought is was about Josh's son.
High Flying Bird Posted July 12, 2018 Posted July 12, 2018 11 hours ago, Polo said: Man alive......just imagine what kind of tone he could squeeze out of that guitar had it come with a nicer fit an finish, a newly improved set up and a factory plek!!! Hahaha... He did all of that hard work for nothing. ;^) 535s are tone monsters. I like it when you feel the air blowing out of the f-holes on your arm.
TalismanRich Posted July 13, 2018 Posted July 13, 2018 I was watching another video from the Hyde Park concert and noticed that Doyle's 535 had double screws on each side of the pickups. Check out the video around 2:35 during his solo. They close up the guitar on the big screen. BINGO. 4 screws per pickup. I wonder if they are HRWs or standard Schallers.
rockabilly69 Posted July 17, 2018 Posted July 17, 2018 I'm a huge Doyle II fan, but making me listen to EC's nails on a chalkboard tone is just too much for me to take. I saw him a few times with the Arc Angels and Doyle II always killed it with strat tone into vintage Marshall tone that was far better than what I'm hearing here. Although his Heritage sounds way better than Clapton's strat. I think he dumbs it down playing with Clapton. Probably doesn't want to show up the boss.
ElNumero Posted July 17, 2018 Posted July 17, 2018 On 7/12/2018 at 1:34 AM, High Flying Bird said: Hahaha... He did all of that hard work for nothing. ;^) 535s are tone monsters. I like it when you feel the air blowing out of the f-holes on your arm. You got a built in cooling fan inside yours 'bird?
DetroitBlues Posted July 17, 2018 Posted July 17, 2018 On 7/11/2018 at 5:30 PM, notbillgelder said: When I saw the topic I thought is was about Josh's son. HA! I thought for a split second the same thing; then I was thinking it was a Duesenberg LesTrem II and a H535....
High Flying Bird Posted July 18, 2018 Posted July 18, 2018 14 hours ago, ElNumero said: You got a built in cooling fan inside yours 'bird? When I get some good feedback going it feels like it.
Doug Posted August 16, 2018 Posted August 16, 2018 On 7/17/2018 at 1:12 AM, rockabilly69 said: I'm a huge Doyle II fan, but making me listen to EC's nails on a chalkboard tone is just too much for me to take. I saw him a few times with the Arc Angels and Doyle II always killed it with strat tone into vintage Marshall tone that was far better than what I'm hearing here. Although his Heritage sounds way better than Clapton's strat. I think he dumbs it down playing with Clapton. Probably doesn't want to show up the boss. I saw him in Kalamazoo at the State Theater with the ArcAngels and it was a fantastic show. Charlie Sexton rocked too. He's been one of my favorites ever since... along with his father who co-wrote a bunch of songs with Stevie Ray. Nice to see he's playing a Heritage! I wonder if he is connected to the company or just found it on his own?
rockabilly69 Posted August 17, 2018 Posted August 17, 2018 Yep I saw the Arc Angels twice, and both times they were GREAT. Great songs, great rhythm section, great guitarists, great singers!!! When my duet did a showcase at SXSW those guys were playing at Stubbs BBQ. I had free tickets to every show in town, and I didn't know they were there, I was totally bummed out!
Doug Posted October 23, 2018 Posted October 23, 2018 Pretty great, easy going performance. Interesting talk about his guitar before the last song - getting broken by the airlines, then repaired.
rockabilly69 Posted October 25, 2018 Posted October 25, 2018 On 8/16/2018 at 8:16 AM, Doug said: along with his father who co-wrote a bunch of songs with Stevie Ray. Before I ever really got into Doyle Brahamall II, who I've been following since he broke, I was into his dad and this record of his is GREAT.... https://www.amazon.com/Bird-Nest-Ground-Doyle-Bramhall/dp/B000003MU9
bolero Posted October 28, 2018 Posted October 28, 2018 thx for the tip Rockabilly...will check that out!
kidsmoke Posted October 29, 2018 Posted October 29, 2018 my brain hurts watching him play that left handed guitar strung backwards. And I'm a lefty with a pen....righty with all else.
kidsmoke Posted October 29, 2018 Posted October 29, 2018 and yeah, clearly dbl screws per pickup in the PASTE vid. Man do those Schallers sound sweet. Shame this dude knows nothing about how to set up a guitar....
gpuma Posted November 2, 2018 Posted November 2, 2018 On 7/13/2018 at 10:29 AM, TalismanRich said: I was watching another video from the Hyde Park concert and noticed that Doyle's 535 had double screws on each side of the pickups. Check out the video around 2:35 during his solo. They close up the guitar on the big screen. BINGO. 4 screws per pickup. I wonder if they are HRWs or standard Schallers. the switch seems to have the black dot on it, so I would say HRW
kidsmoke Posted November 2, 2018 Posted November 2, 2018 i don't think so. I hovered on pause quite a bit on the paste vid and could not find a dot
gpuma Posted November 5, 2018 Posted November 5, 2018 On 11/2/2018 at 1:38 PM, kidsmoke said: i don't think so. I hovered on pause quite a bit on the paste vid and could not find a dot look at minute 2:40 ish of the lay down sally video. It is faint but it seems to be there. Or maybe not ahaha. Who cares!
bobmeyrick Posted November 7, 2018 Posted November 7, 2018 On 10/29/2018 at 7:35 PM, kidsmoke said: my brain hurts watching him play that left handed guitar strung backwards. And I'm a lefty with a pen....righty with all else. Something that occurred to me is that if the guitar has been made left-handed, the bridge would be angled the wrong way for it to be strung in reverse, i.e the 6th string would be shorter than the 1st. Wouldn't this cause intonation problems? If you look at Jimmy Haslip, he plays a left-handed bass with the strings reversed, but the bridge has such a large range for intonation that it can be set correctly.
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