Soundtrack of my teenage life, late 60s, early 70s. Amazing times, amazing music by Sly and the Family Stone.
A band that was integrated racially and sexually. Men and women in that band, and black and white in that band, made for some amazing music. RIP
You must remember, back in 1978, when the DS1 first appeared, there weren't alot of choices. I was happy to replace the MXR Distortion+ as my main distortion box.
First guy I saw with a DS1 was Randy Hansen in '78. Into Marshall JMP's w/ an Echoplex, it was a great sound, I quickly imitated...
Joe Satriani had no problem with the Boss DS-1. Today there are better choices
The DS-1 has no upper mids. It's scooped and bassy with a mostly unusable TONE control. I ran mine into an MXR 10 Band EQ.
Great player.
Problem with guys like him is, let it go already. That look is from another era. The black nail polish, the spike in his lip, the jet black hair. Grow the fuck up. Embrace your age and move on.
What a great player. I was a fan right from when Rick played in Johnny Winter And. I still listen to that live album.
Saw him w/ the Edgar Winter Group in '74 at MSG.
Saw the Derringer band a few times as well, once w/ Niel Giraldo and once w/ Danny Johnson. Very sad day. RIP
Standard .008 sets are kinda light (8-38)
Sometimes I try the Yngwie Fender set. 46, 32, 22, 14, 11, 8
Like the other dude says, you can jack the action a bit with 8's.
What I find amazing is Ed came back from his condition/ playing of the 2004 tour.
Just came across this. Guitar is very audible, and the first thing I thought was, like Jimi, nobody is copying Ed, the sound, the vibe. He played all that difficult shit while jumping around, having a great time.