@@emilygibbs8812Even though you clearly didn't listen to Adrian, the quoted words, along with the approving response in the same comment, made the meaning perfectly obvious. But instead of seeing the obvious, you were so primed for a disagreement that you plowed ahead, springing to the defense of Adrian, against....his own opinion stated verbatim.
It is so bizarre hearing what sounds like an academic discussion of Hendrix, Zappa, and King Crimson, music that was new when I was a teen. Back then all the academics sneered at the very thought of them. Belew is probably the most creative living American guitarist and he is very unassuming about it. Thanks very much for making this available.
Strange how that works with art and music. The resulting contemporary music and art never seems as good as what it’s influenced by until a good 20 years goes by and enough people are exposed to what was and is considered avant-garde.
Adrian is one of the most original and incredible musicians ever. I think he doesn't get the respect he deserves because he's so down-to-earth. He doesn't put up a front or has a huge ego. He's approachable.
I think he does get the respect he deserves precisely for the reasons you say he doesn't; people respect impressive talent all the more if the person who has it, stays a regular person and doesn't let fame and accolades go to their head. Adrian has been on the cover of guitar mags, hired for his unique voice on guitar as well as vocals by many great band leaders from Frank Zappa to Bowie, to Robert Fripp. He's now got the commitment from Steve Vai to help him create a revised version of King Crimson, and remains a highly respected unique musical force, as singer songwriter, serious composer, arranger and producer of ground breaking sonic experiments, valuable sideman whose presence has elevated bands from Zappa to Talking Heads, to Bowie and Laurie Anderson. How much more respect can one guy get in this lifetime?
41:03 And he ended up Scoring a Pixar short film (Piper) Adrian is not only a GENIUS but also a joyful, curious, revolutionary musician and tinkerer of sound. A real musical alchemist. AKA: a real example of a musician. Long live Adrian Belew! He is so kind too! I had the pleasure of meeting him around 2019 after a trio show and he was just the best and so kind. He even told me what his favorite cocktail he liked to drink after a show and signed all of my vinyl records he was a part of (solo stuff, Crimson , zappa, bowie, and even bootleg, etc) and I keep cherishing those records and I will forever.
I thought, "cool, I'll just watch five minutes of this and then get on with the day," and then the host is like, we're wrapping this up. An hour passed and I didn't even notice it. I know this is years old now but Adrian is just so easy to listen to, and so full of enthusiasm for his art.
@@bipedofthecentury9956 It wasn't a diss in this context, he simply assumed most of the people in the audience don't know the band well enough to know the members. I've never heard of anyone who didn't think Fripp was a guitar god in his own right as well as a great musician and human being in general.
I first discovered Adrian Belew, when I brought the wonderful Talking Heads album 'Remain In Light' - way back in 1980 - and was gob-smacked by his playing and sounds on it....and have been a HUGE fan of his ever since. The phrase "Musical Genius" is often over-used, but NOT in his case...an incredibly inventive Guitarist and Sound-maker
Thanks for your question Leonkushner. The guitar he is using is a Parker Fly. You may find the footage at 53:18 during the Q&A interesting. He talks about the guitar model at that point. Thanks again!
If you are watching this you are obviously someone who likes to be inspired. As a guitar player for over 30 years, listening to Adrian Belew's cassette tape back in the early 80's a was a big inspiration to my musical progress. Another big moment came last year. Long story short, about 16 yrs. ago got a Hammond organ and fell in love with it. Played a variety of styles, but got burned out after 6 yrs. thinking it was the singular 'flute' voice. Then last year heard Jesse Crawford's Hammond LP's!
Ever do the ABCD style of creative writing?? Where every word follows in alphabetical order. But groups of words for every letter ABCDE was great musical invention
I always learn stuff when Adrian Belew speaks. I have a lecture video he made in the 80s, I wish he did more of that. He gives away loads of ideas in a very unselfish way, things he took time to work on.
@@MrPnew1Indeed. RS has no credibility. And not just music, either. It had featured articles on two gang-rape incidents of which both turned out to be fabrications.
Man I just tried the tuning he talked about. E to D and G to E...oh wow. The creativity flows like light speed, immediately! It really gets you out of those habitual finger positions and right hand patterns.
Adrian is a view to creativity whos work with King Crimson really make him quite a different awesome guitarist, very experienced & underrated composer!
I remember seeing the Talking heads and figuring out the synth sounds corresponded to what the guitar player was doing. i asked 'WTF!!!!???" my friend said Adrian Belew
I'm so glad he plugged the Parker Fly. It's a WONDERFUL guitar. I have one of the last ones Ken Parker made before they went factory. It's a magnificent gumby lookin' beast.
Absolutely agree with Adrain, the mind of an inventor is always finding "that new innovative thing, technique, etc." that so far no one has done! Just as Hendrix did, or Jeff Beck long ago for that matter
One of the most interesting LIVE shows I've ever seen, Adrien Belew at CITY WINERY NYC. Really got me thinking of unconventional ways to make noise, like Tom Morello. What a historical leader, between King Crimson, Zappa, Bowie, and as a Solo Artist. Great material I need to continue to explore. -Alex Yacovelli, Rock Artist NYC
Adrian Belew is a beautiful human being and a great guitarist. He's still a trailblazer and innovator, and an awesome live musician. I've seen him for the first time play live (without knowing who he was) ages ago with the Talking Heads, a few months later I was blown away by his guitar playing while wearing out the King Crimson Discipline vinyl record a good friend of mine made me listen to. I've seen him once with the Power Trio but unfortunately never managed to see him play live with KC.
If you're a guitar player, new or old, do yourself a big favor and find more of his music. He might not be the most technically advanced guitar player, but the sounds he was able to get out of his gear was groundbreaking back in the day and is still relevant today.
Have always loved everything Adrian has done, which informed my own playing (guitar and drums) and expanded my ears to other musicians and their music + being always exited by all of the audio engineering accomplishments of the contemporary world. MIDI has finally married with guitars, which as you hear is great. I really wish they would bring fLUX:Fx back to the App Store. It was the best processor ever made and had that signature Belew compression among other features.
Perfect casting, here. Adrian admits his career fit into this period of effect and guitar development of the last 50. Barrett I'd like to note developed not only loop capabilities with his echo, bow and circular exploring back in '67.
You are totally right, mate! I play drums and piano but I consider him part of my musical education. There is a lot of people today doing always the same thing (by the way, music nowadays, for instrumentists, is only a matter of pure technique and velocity). He's got the own signature and you distantly could identify his original sound even in a pub lost in Thailand. So the same regarding Hendrix, Fripp, Gilmour, Bruford, Copeland, Bohnam, Jojo Mayer etc. Only few musicians can really do that!
To have his orchestral compositions performed and recorded, Frank Zappa hired the London Symphony Orchestra and then unknown conductor Kent Nagano. This was Nagano's debut conducting a major orchestra. Nagano subsequently led the Montreal Symphony Orchestra for several years, maintaining the exceptional level of performances attained during the tenure of Charles Dutoit.
Google Adrian Belew Martha Wainwright Heroes for some delicious Belew Frippery on Aussie music quiz show Rockwiz - no no lip synching here folks, just wonderful live performance.
The neck is strong enough to flex and unflex to a zero point if you will. The nut and tremolo are designed not to catch on the strings. There are locking tuners that eliminate extra string windings. The neck isn't affected by climate so the string height and intonation stay accurate to their setup if the strings are consistent (same gauge, brand, regular replacement). The frets are a harder steel alloy and won't wear down from typical strings. Its pretty solid.
He's talking about getting orchestras to play your music (28:30) and said "Zappa couldnt do it, and I didnt think I could either"...a bit confused, theres a handful of recordings of orchestras playing Zappa. From smaller orchestras to the big guys like London Symphony Orchestra Vol1. Did I missunderstand something?
I saw Robert Fripp give a lecture a few decades ago where he played and discussed his sound. These guys are sometimes accused of making "nerd rock" ... I say hell yeah! They are smart, fun, and they can play!!!
Mr. Belew, a fellow-world guitarist, speaks my language. Much more rewarding to develop our own sounds making equipment do things it might not necessarily have been designed to do. I could swap sounds with him for a day.
@RDE Lutherie Spot ON. Ed ALLWAYS had his trem Blocked. (Down Only) Soo "Dive Bombs" & Harmonic squeals ( On the G string, hitting the harmonic just above the 2'nd fret & position dot )... From a depressed Floyd, pulling upward & wiggling it. Wow ! Much easier for me to do Then Write it out ! Hmmm.. I Need a replacement Trem block (Or an EXACT Replica) for a 61' strat. I've tried many. including a D'Temple Titanium. But sounds Vastly different ! The Closest I've seen is On the early Eric Johnson strats. & Fender doesn't sell those. Any help would be much appreciated !
Adrian Belew, aka Mr. Music Head played with Frank Zappa, David Bowie (Captain Tom), Talking Heads, Robert Fripp (King Crimson), Laurie Anderson and Trent Reznor. Met him in Montreal at the Corona a few years ago where his and Tony Levin's power trios played. Great show! My only regret is the hearing loss in my left ear ... forgot my earplugs in the car ...
Funny calling it solid, because the neck is made of basswood, which before this was impossible to have withstand the tension. I like these guitars a lot. The only issues I've ever heard were about the pickups and Parker seems to have addressed them already.
Saw him in crimson in Vegas in 2003 amazing then, amazing now check out the Adrian below trio ,and the crimson projekts albums. Can,t wait to see him in nin!!!!!
So, does he have special shoes for the pedal board? Interesting to watch this video and see where the technology has gone. Modeling on amplifiers is pretty much standard now, but at the same time how much little has changed.
Awesome presentation. SO want to choke whoever setup the XLR cable on Adrian's mic..... arrrrrghpetpeeverrrgghg it'll pass it'll pass. This man has contributed so much to the creative edge of guitar music over the decades it's incredible. Every new piece of technology finds its niche with crazy weirdo mad scientists who'll turn it into something completely unimagined by it's creators. It's just GLORIOUS :D
Great video. I'm surprised though that the Whammy Bar King doesn't know that it's a vibrato bar not tremolo (which refers to volume variations, not pitch).
You mean Jeff beck 'where were you'' What album is that from? A song 'suspension' on it? Jeff beck is my favorite guitarist alive from 60s , experimental whatever his own way, wish he played more like all time, i had blow by blow and wired, had no idea until i seen him play crossroads with that one girl on bass ty?
The best live electric guitar solos I’ve heard over the last twenty years is Bob Dylan’s acoustic guitar with a pickup plugged into an amplifier. It’s all electric baby! Someone speaking into a mic is electric. Electricity Baby!
Electric guitar purists are in their own world. Advance what 60 years Nowadays into Culture Shock future. Dylan plugged in and what the F??(future) happened?? Like Johnny Cash and Rick Rubin found each other. Yeah same story just different decades
Adrian Belew is the happiest guy I have ever seen onstage.What a great man and guitarist.
Adrian is modest, honest, and very comfortable with himself. Very enjoyable and educational.
"You shouldn't really be trying to sound like Jimi Hendrix by now anyway". Amen to that! Thank you for all your stunning work Adrian.
Don't tell him what he can and cannot do
@@emilygibbs8812 You didnt even make it past 9 minutes in did you
Lolol no she read the comment & her inner karen popped out
@@emilygibbs8812Even though you clearly didn't listen to Adrian, the quoted words, along with the approving response in the same comment, made the meaning perfectly obvious.
But instead of seeing the obvious, you were so primed for a disagreement that you plowed ahead, springing to the defense of Adrian, against....his own opinion stated verbatim.
Ha
Adrian looks like your favorite crazy uncle working on a time machine and ends up making it work.
We love our uncle Adrian
It is so bizarre hearing what sounds like an academic discussion of Hendrix, Zappa, and King Crimson, music that was new when I was a teen. Back then all the academics sneered at the very thought of them. Belew is probably the most creative living American guitarist and he is very unassuming about it. Thanks very much for making this available.
Strange how that works with art and music. The resulting contemporary music and art never seems as good as what it’s influenced by until a good 20 years goes by and enough people are exposed to what was and is considered avant-garde.
Adrian is one of the most original and incredible musicians ever. I think he doesn't get the respect he deserves because he's so down-to-earth. He doesn't put up a front or has a huge ego. He's approachable.
I think he does get the respect he deserves precisely for the reasons you say he doesn't; people respect impressive talent all the more if the person who has it, stays a regular person and doesn't let fame and accolades go to their head.
Adrian has been on the cover of guitar mags, hired for his unique voice on guitar as well as vocals by many great band leaders from Frank Zappa to Bowie, to Robert Fripp.
He's now got the commitment from Steve Vai to help him create a revised version of King Crimson, and remains a highly respected unique musical force, as singer songwriter, serious composer, arranger and producer of ground breaking sonic experiments, valuable sideman whose presence has elevated bands from Zappa to Talking Heads, to Bowie and Laurie Anderson.
How much more respect can one guy get in this lifetime?
“Frame by Frame” is my favorite King Crimson song, not just musically, but lyrically.
The internet needed to know that. Thank you.
Frame by frame is the only song by King Crimson that I know and hearing that blew me away.
@@David-Field.Stuff01, it’s a great song.
@@David-Field.Stuff01 That whole album is my absolute favorite by them
probably my fave too
41:03
And he ended up Scoring a Pixar short film (Piper)
Adrian is not only a GENIUS but also a joyful, curious, revolutionary musician and tinkerer of sound.
A real musical alchemist.
AKA: a real example of a musician.
Long live Adrian Belew!
He is so kind too!
I had the pleasure of meeting him around 2019 after a trio show and he was just the best and so kind.
He even told me what his favorite cocktail he liked to drink after a show and signed all of my vinyl records he was a part of (solo stuff, Crimson , zappa, bowie, and even bootleg, etc) and I keep cherishing those records and I will forever.
I thought, "cool, I'll just watch five minutes of this and then get on with the day," and then the host is like, we're wrapping this up. An hour passed and I didn't even notice it. I know this is years old now but Adrian is just so easy to listen to, and so full of enthusiasm for his art.
25:09 "Robert Fripp, the *other* guitarist in King Crimson" haha
XD
@Deadi11 That is maybe a diss to Fripp. I think
Biped Of the century no. It's an inside joke
DrSterlingSimmons but where does it come from
@@bipedofthecentury9956 It wasn't a diss in this context, he simply assumed most of the people in the audience don't know the band well enough to know the members. I've never heard of anyone who didn't think Fripp was a guitar god in his own right as well as a great musician and human being in general.
I first discovered Adrian Belew, when I brought the wonderful Talking Heads album 'Remain In Light' - way back in 1980 - and was gob-smacked by his playing and sounds on it....and have been a HUGE fan of his ever since. The phrase "Musical Genius" is often over-used, but NOT in his case...an incredibly inventive Guitarist and Sound-maker
Same here. When I first heard his solo on the first track of that album I didn't know what I was hearing. Unbelievable.
For me it was “the name of this band…” I love Talking Heads but over the years i realized that Belew was what really set me off on them.
Thanks for your question Leonkushner. The guitar he is using is a Parker Fly. You may find the footage at 53:18 during the Q&A interesting. He talks about the guitar model at that point. Thanks again!
Adrian's Parker Fly is the cutting edge of guitars, so I agree he is perfect to show what and how of guitar tech. And he is an INCREDIBLE player!
If you are watching this you are obviously someone who likes to be inspired. As a guitar player for over 30 years, listening to Adrian Belew's cassette tape back in the early 80's a was a big inspiration to my musical progress. Another big moment came last year. Long story short, about 16 yrs. ago got a Hammond organ and fell in love with it. Played a variety of styles, but got burned out after 6 yrs. thinking it was the singular 'flute' voice. Then last year heard Jesse Crawford's Hammond LP's!
Elephant Talk is one of my favorite songs.
Casandra Davis it’s actually Chapman stick
Ever do the ABCD style of creative writing?? Where every word follows in alphabetical order. But groups of words for every letter ABCDE was great musical invention
I always learn stuff when Adrian Belew speaks. I have a lecture video he made in the 80s, I wish he did more of that. He gives away loads of ideas in a very unselfish way, things he took time to work on.
Musical genius at work here.
Love your channel 😄
Masterclass with Belew, gold material right there...Thank you !
dont miss the 2014 solo tour , its unreal ... simply amazing . he has his rig tweaked out , the new sounds he is getting are just insanely cool .
This man need to be on Rolling Stone list .
Don´t even wait for that, Rolling Stone´s lists are actually quite retarded.
Facundo Cuevas Guitar very true
the Rolling Stone list along with the rock 'n' roll Hall of fame are both just a sham joke
@@MrPnew1Indeed. RS has no credibility. And not just music, either. It had featured articles on two gang-rape incidents of which both turned out to be fabrications.
Man I just tried the tuning he talked about. E to D and G to E...oh wow. The creativity flows like light speed, immediately! It really gets you out of those habitual finger positions and right hand patterns.
Time stamp?
The humblest genius in American rock music.
he and devin townsend are the two mad scientists of music...a little hard to get around sometime...but genius nonetheless. really inspirational!!
Kevin Shields
Adrian is a view to creativity whos work with King Crimson really make him quite a different awesome guitarist, very experienced & underrated composer!
King Crimson, Franck Zappa, si altii, la fel de faimosi fac cartea de vizita a acestui exceptional muzician. Multumesc TH-cam!
Watch our video "Adrian Belew performs untitled song (guitar solo) - Pt 3/3" to hear him play.
The most amazing concert I ever attended was to see Belew play the Coach House back in the '90's. Beyond music.
That's so cool. Thanks, Adrian for our talent and for explaining your musicianship
I remember seeing the Talking heads and figuring out the synth sounds corresponded to what the guitar player was doing. i asked 'WTF!!!!???" my friend said Adrian Belew
first time hearing him and have enjoyed watching this video and learned alot
I'm so glad he plugged the Parker Fly. It's a WONDERFUL guitar. I have one of the last ones Ken Parker made before they went factory. It's a magnificent gumby lookin' beast.
They play wonderfully, it's perfect for most every style.
Absolutely agree with Adrain, the mind of an inventor is always finding "that new innovative thing, technique, etc." that so far no one has done! Just as Hendrix did, or Jeff Beck long ago for that matter
" You shouldn't have stopped singing, cos that's the PUREST sound of all "
Amen , Adrian Belew.
I saw Adrian play when he was in his 20's. He was amazing then and he has only gotten better since!
Did you see him with Zappa?
@@klinkov6393 No, solo.
Genius!! What an influence to true diversity of guitar playing. Thank you so much for all your creative work.
This was so good. Love AB and have for a long time. Every band he’s in is way better when he’s in it.
This is pure gold, thank you thank you
Legend! What a total hero
One of the most interesting LIVE shows I've ever seen, Adrien Belew at CITY WINERY NYC. Really got me thinking of unconventional ways to make noise, like Tom Morello. What a historical leader, between King Crimson, Zappa, Bowie, and as a Solo Artist. Great material I need to continue to explore. -Alex Yacovelli, Rock Artist NYC
Adrian Belew is a beautiful human being and a great guitarist. He's still a trailblazer and innovator, and an awesome live musician. I've seen him for the first time play live (without knowing who he was) ages ago with the Talking Heads, a few months later I was blown away by his guitar playing while wearing out the King Crimson Discipline vinyl record a good friend of mine made me listen to. I've seen him once with the Power Trio but unfortunately never managed to see him play live with KC.
If you're a guitar player, new or old, do yourself a big favor and find more of his music. He might not be the most technically advanced guitar player, but the sounds he was able to get out of his gear was groundbreaking back in the day and is still relevant today.
I've been a Adrian Belew fan for ages but I was surprised how articulate he is!! Really enjoyed this!!!!
Have always loved everything Adrian has done, which informed my own playing (guitar and drums) and expanded my ears to other musicians and their music + being always exited by all of the audio engineering accomplishments of the contemporary world. MIDI has finally married with guitars, which as you hear is great.
I really wish they would bring fLUX:Fx back to the App Store. It was the best processor ever made and had that signature Belew compression among other features.
He really is a genius....just check all the stuff he's created, and think about what you have to know, to be able to do that...
42:38 "now you know my secret, I hope you still like me" ... yeah we will always like you Adrian you are a great man
Great player. And an AMAZING singer - beautiful, expressive voice. Just great.
Perfect casting, here. Adrian admits his career fit into this period of effect and guitar development of the last 50. Barrett I'd like to note developed not only loop capabilities with his echo, bow and circular exploring back in '67.
Adrian is an underrated guitarist.
Very underrated guitarist! He is on my top 5 list.
Enless you are a guitar player musician
This is so informative and enjoyable to watch. Thank you!
Great talk very informative
Excellent, a true renaissance man. Viva Adrian!
What a great player, and he seems so down to earth. A real inspiration for anyone who has ever played guitar.
True genius is usually awkwardly explained but beautiful to listen to at the same time. This is all great. Love it!!!!
Brilliant, so insightful. Thank you for your generosity in sharing your artistic method.
You are totally right, mate! I play drums and piano but I consider him part of my musical education. There is a lot of people today doing always the same thing (by the way, music nowadays, for instrumentists, is only a matter of pure technique and velocity). He's got the own signature and you distantly could identify his original sound even in a pub lost in Thailand. So the same regarding Hendrix, Fripp, Gilmour, Bruford, Copeland, Bohnam, Jojo Mayer etc. Only few musicians can really do that!
Check out his work with Frank Zappa and King Crimson.... totally outstanding
this clip once again reinforces my interrests and favors of how much of an artist qwality artist this man adrian is---,,,,..... . . . ..
To have his orchestral compositions performed and recorded, Frank Zappa hired the London Symphony Orchestra and then unknown conductor Kent Nagano. This was Nagano's debut conducting a major orchestra. Nagano subsequently led the Montreal Symphony Orchestra for several years, maintaining the exceptional level of performances attained during the tenure of Charles Dutoit.
Google Adrian Belew Martha Wainwright Heroes for some delicious Belew Frippery on Aussie music quiz show Rockwiz - no no lip synching here folks, just wonderful live performance.
The most charming chap ever been in rock!
The neck is strong enough to flex and unflex to a zero point if you will. The nut and tremolo are designed not to catch on the strings. There are locking tuners that eliminate extra string windings. The neck isn't affected by climate so the string height and intonation stay accurate to their setup if the strings are consistent (same gauge, brand, regular replacement). The frets are a harder steel alloy and won't wear down from typical strings. Its pretty solid.
Adrian was the only stunt guitar player Zappa hired that could not read music.
Astonishing!
He's talking about getting orchestras to play your music (28:30) and said "Zappa couldnt do it, and I didnt think I could either"...a bit confused, theres a handful of recordings of orchestras playing Zappa. From smaller orchestras to the big guys like London Symphony Orchestra Vol1. Did I missunderstand something?
In the zapppa movie he explains he paid the LSO to play his music, rather than it be chosen. Which came later
He's a frikkin' WEALTH of talent and knowledge !!!!
I saw Robert Fripp give a lecture a few decades ago where he played and discussed his sound. These guys are sometimes accused of making "nerd rock" ... I say hell yeah! They are smart, fun, and they can play!!!
what a great person
Adrian is an absolute genius so glad I got to see him play w/ K.Crimson 30+ yrs ago.♥️🗽📼
Checking out his rig I figure your looking at about $15,000. Adrian is an inspiration and creative innovator. A true genius!!
Mr. Belew, a fellow-world guitarist, speaks my language. Much more rewarding to develop our own sounds making equipment do things it might not necessarily have been designed to do. I could swap sounds with him for a day.
Somehow Steinberger guitars were forgotten. I can't believe Adrian had not tried a GL.
I'm 57 and listen to a lot of music throughout the year . And of coarse The Talking Heads. I'm just realizing who this guy is.
Excellent! Thank you for sharing this!
Belew and EVH, masters of the animal sounds
@RDE Lutherie Spot ON. Ed ALLWAYS had his trem Blocked. (Down Only) Soo "Dive Bombs" & Harmonic squeals ( On the G string, hitting the harmonic just above the 2'nd fret & position dot )... From a depressed Floyd, pulling upward & wiggling it. Wow ! Much easier for me to do Then Write it out ! Hmmm.. I Need a replacement Trem block (Or an EXACT Replica) for a 61' strat. I've tried many. including a D'Temple Titanium. But sounds Vastly different ! The Closest I've seen is On the early Eric Johnson strats. & Fender doesn't sell those. Any help would be much appreciated !
i wanna see him jaaaam with real whales underwater !
I just learn so much stuff!! I cant Believe it!!
Adrian Belew, aka Mr. Music Head played with Frank Zappa, David Bowie (Captain Tom), Talking Heads, Robert Fripp (King Crimson), Laurie Anderson and Trent Reznor. Met him in Montreal at the Corona a few years ago where his and Tony Levin's power trios played. Great show! My only regret is the hearing loss in my left ear ... forgot my earplugs in the car ...
such a brilliant guitarist and such a modest person
What a natural genius this man truly is.
Funny calling it solid, because the neck is made of basswood, which before this was impossible to have withstand the tension. I like these guitars a lot. The only issues I've ever heard were about the pickups and Parker seems to have addressed them already.
Saw him in crimson in Vegas in 2003 amazing then, amazing now check out the Adrian below trio ,and the crimson projekts albums. Can,t wait to see him in nin!!!!!
Thanks for asking about Frank Zappa great information. this was great to watch....
So, does he have special shoes for the pedal board? Interesting to watch this video and see where the technology has gone. Modeling on amplifiers is pretty much standard now, but at the same time how much little has changed.
he has become one of my favorite guitarists. i think most of the best music king crimson did was stuff he wrote or performed.
Wonderful stuff . . Many thanks for the upload.
Best wishes from Spain . . . Chris
Belew is a personal friend of mine. He is a great guy.
See you up in Canada in October Adrian! For the vy first time! ☺
Parker guitars were awesome. I am SO glad I have one of the originals.
Awesome presentation. SO want to choke whoever setup the XLR cable on Adrian's mic..... arrrrrghpetpeeverrrgghg it'll pass it'll pass.
This man has contributed so much to the creative edge of guitar music over the decades it's incredible. Every new piece of technology finds its niche with crazy weirdo mad scientists who'll turn it into something completely unimagined by it's creators. It's just GLORIOUS :D
Great video. I'm surprised though that the Whammy Bar King doesn't know that it's a vibrato bar not tremolo (which refers to volume variations, not pitch).
Adrian is the best!
Amen. Belew is a master's master, is what I meant to say..
24:43 for Adrian playing Frame by Frame on his own :D
I think it`s a Parker Guitar. Very nice quality!
The fretwear issue was resolved by, instead of using nickle frets like most manufacturers use, they use stainless steel frets.
You mean Jeff beck 'where were you'' What album is that from? A song 'suspension' on it? Jeff beck is my favorite guitarist alive from 60s , experimental whatever his own way, wish he played more like all time, i had blow by blow and wired, had no idea until i seen him play crossroads with that one girl on bass ty?
Awesome... man & technology at it’s finest
never mind what kind guitar is ,you love the one you love mostly,i mean that money doesn't make music ,music is made from heart soul,mind and spirit
The best live electric guitar solos I’ve heard over the last twenty years is Bob Dylan’s acoustic guitar with a pickup plugged into an amplifier. It’s all electric baby! Someone speaking into a mic is electric. Electricity Baby!
Electric guitar purists are in their own world. Advance what 60 years Nowadays into Culture Shock future. Dylan plugged in and what the F??(future) happened?? Like Johnny Cash and Rick Rubin found each other. Yeah same story just different decades
What a great educator.
I recognised the body shape immediately as a Parker of some description as I have a P-38 model. :D
Fascinating stuff!