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ha! I thought that too
I pretty much in agreeance with you but the only reason why I said what I said is because it's got to be tough for him. That's allCornfordcrunch":rhr71wiz said:Reb may be the stepchild in Whitesnake, but my guess is he's still got the gig because he's a great singer, and he's easy to work with....and he'd be a fool to leave that gig based on being a pissbaby for not getting enough of the lead player spotlight....he's been doing this long enough to know that there aren't a lot of available hard rock gigs that make money...and with Whitesnake he's actually playing good gigs...not bowling alleys and hick bars for 60 people in Bumblefuck Egypt on a Tuesday night in the dead of winter.
He probably makes a very comfortable living between that and the Winger gigs....and really what more can he ask for?
This is exactly right. Reb views Winger as his main gig and does the Whitesnake thing because its fun and it pays well. He enjoys the perks of playing in Whitesnake...as he put it, "In Winger we travel by bus and stay in Hotel 6's...in Whitesnake we take jets and stay at the Four Seasons".petethorn":12ebku9u said:I honestly think Reb is a chill dude that doesn't really care that much anymore about the ego stuff, he was on the cover of guitar mags 20 years ago, he doesn't have to prove anything to anyone.
which sounds like Joe Bonamassa on a Les Paul.petethorn":1z8ri6c9 said:Most of my friends that are good players, you can give them a Dual rec or a Plexi or a Twin and an OD pedal and they will sort of make them all sound the same to some degree. Know what I mean? They dial the rig in to what their internal idea is of what they wanna hear. I think Doug likes that sound he gets. Gainy, not too tight and lots of bottom.
it's like when you hear Eric Johnson on a Gdec. Sounds like Eric![]()
donbarzini":26ouij47 said:Stramm8":26ouij47 said:I think you can chalk up the woofie-ness to either the production or that Aldrich humbucker
could have also been due to using preamp tube covers
Chubtone":1ry64hg7 said:I do hear a similarity in that tone to his recorded Whitesnake tone. My issue is I have been a fan of Dougs since about 1989. Maybe the problem is the Les Paul in Doug's hands. It's too fat.... it sounds like the pickup selector is in the middle position or that he dialed in his tone with a single coil loaded strat and then picked up a Les Paul and didn't touch a knob.
For comparison, I'm going to take us back to 1989. Now I don't want to hear any crap about Doug is trying to modernize or get with the times. He's playing guitar in freaking Whitesnake. His old tones and the style of his old bands is EXTREMELY similar to what he is doing now in Whitesnake. Here he is in Lion in 1989. If you want to skip to the lead it's just after the 2:00 minute mark. Tell me the young Doug Aldrich wasn't an extremely bad mutha on guitar. I like his playing when he puts the "extra" diatonic notes in there and doesn't dumb it down so much.
And then a couple of years later, still in the same Whitesnake vein, but better tone and way hipper guitar playing IMO.
I oftentimes come off as a Doug basher in threads, I'm not. I'm a huge fan. I just don't see why now that he's in one of his highest profile gigs ever, we're not getting the best Doug Aldrich ever.
Well there we have it!! Mystery solved!!rupe":5443pjhg said:This is exactly right. Reb views Winger as his main gig and does the Whitesnake thing because its fun and it pays well. He enjoys the perks of playing in Whitesnake...as he put it, "In Winger we travel by bus and stay in Hotel 6's...in Whitesnake we take jets and stay at the Four Seasons".petethorn":5443pjhg said:I honestly think Reb is a chill dude that doesn't really care that much anymore about the ego stuff, he was on the cover of guitar mags 20 years ago, he doesn't have to prove anything to anyone.
Reb never had a "rock star" attitude...hell, he still lives in Pittsburgh![]()
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He "gets it" that Whitesnake is Doug's gig and he's not bitter about his role...he's there for the experience and a decent paycheck.
donbarzini":1yluq47w said:Gainfreak":1yluq47w said:Well there we have it!! Mystery solved!!rupe":1yluq47w said:This is exactly right. Reb views Winger as his main gig and does the Whitesnake thing because its fun and it pays well. He enjoys the perks of playing in Whitesnake...as he put it, "In Winger we travel by bus and stay in Hotel 6's...in Whitesnake we take jets and stay at the Four Seasons".petethorn":1yluq47w said:I honestly think Reb is a chill dude that doesn't really care that much anymore about the ego stuff, he was on the cover of guitar mags 20 years ago, he doesn't have to prove anything to anyone.
Reb never had a "rock star" attitude...hell, he still lives in Pittsburgh![]()
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He "gets it" that Whitesnake is Doug's gig and he's not bitter about his role...he's there for the experience and a decent paycheck.![]()
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I hung out with Reb a few times when he was in Dokken, we even did a video shoot of a concert that was never released. He is a nice man and was consistently baffled as to why I kept calling him Lieutenant Dan.
Rezamatix":3t0025bv said:danyeo":3t0025bv said:petethorn":3t0025bv said:It's the way he likes his tone. He dials it in like that! I guarantee he'd sound similar no matter what he played through. Exhibit A:
I'm not judging it or anything like that. he obviously likes that sorta thing. it wouldn't be the way I'd go about it, but, ya know... I ain't in Whitesnake![]()
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Sounds like Diezel amps would be a perfect fit for him. IMHO they're perfect for that woofy fuzzy sound.
What a Diezel hater...![]()
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donbarzini":1m561yf2 said:Gainfreak":1m561yf2 said:Well there we have it!! Mystery solved!!rupe":1m561yf2 said:This is exactly right. Reb views Winger as his main gig and does the Whitesnake thing because its fun and it pays well. He enjoys the perks of playing in Whitesnake...as he put it, "In Winger we travel by bus and stay in Hotel 6's...in Whitesnake we take jets and stay at the Four Seasons".petethorn":1m561yf2 said:I honestly think Reb is a chill dude that doesn't really care that much anymore about the ego stuff, he was on the cover of guitar mags 20 years ago, he doesn't have to prove anything to anyone.
Reb never had a "rock star" attitude...hell, he still lives in Pittsburgh![]()
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He "gets it" that Whitesnake is Doug's gig and he's not bitter about his role...he's there for the experience and a decent paycheck.![]()
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I hung out with Reb a few times when he was in Dokken, we even did a video shoot of a concert that was never released. He is a nice man and was consistently baffled as to why I kept calling him Lieutenant Dan.
Gainfreak":1zigj59x said:I pretty much in agreeance with you but the only reason why I said what I said is because it's got to be tough for him. That's allCornfordcrunch":1zigj59x said:Reb may be the stepchild in Whitesnake, but my guess is he's still got the gig because he's a great singer, and he's easy to work with....and he'd be a fool to leave that gig based on being a pissbaby for not getting enough of the lead player spotlight....he's been doing this long enough to know that there aren't a lot of available hard rock gigs that make money...and with Whitesnake he's actually playing good gigs...not bowling alleys and hick bars for 60 people in Bumblefuck Egypt on a Tuesday night in the dead of winter.
He probably makes a very comfortable living between that and the Winger gigs....and really what more can he ask for?![]()
I also don't think that he would be a fool to leave if he could land another gig but I'l leave it at that![]()
IntenseJim":1t9r3gp0 said:which sounds like Joe Bonamassa on a Les Paul.petethorn":1t9r3gp0 said:Most of my friends that are good players, you can give them a Dual rec or a Plexi or a Twin and an OD pedal and they will sort of make them all sound the same to some degree. Know what I mean? They dial the rig in to what their internal idea is of what they wanna hear. I think Doug likes that sound he gets. Gainy, not too tight and lots of bottom.
it's like when you hear Eric Johnson on a Gdec. Sounds like Eric![]()
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I agree with Pete on this.
AndyK":2umvqgad said:IntenseJim":2umvqgad said:which sounds like Joe Bonamassa on a Les Paul.petethorn":2umvqgad said:Most of my friends that are good players, you can give them a Dual rec or a Plexi or a Twin and an OD pedal and they will sort of make them all sound the same to some degree. Know what I mean? They dial the rig in to what their internal idea is of what they wanna hear. I think Doug likes that sound he gets. Gainy, not too tight and lots of bottom.
it's like when you hear Eric Johnson on a Gdec. Sounds like Eric![]()
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I agree with Pete on this.
Eric Johnson must have been abused by a treble knob when he was younger.
petethorn":15r5bz8f said:Don't get me wrong either, I think Doug rips on guitar.
Ya, I just have this theory that guys "hear" things a certain way. Most of my friends that are good players, you can give them a Dual rec or a Plexi or a Twin and an OD pedal and they will sort of make them all sound the same to some degree. Know what I mean? They dial the rig in to what their internal idea is of what they wanna hear. I think Doug likes that sound he gets. Gainy, not too tight and lots of bottom.
it's like when you hear Eric Johnson on a Gdec. Sounds like Eric![]()
petethorn":2bj7iupo said:Don't get me wrong either, I think Doug rips on guitar.
Ya, I just have this theory that guys "hear" things a certain way. Most of my friends that are good players, you can give them a Dual rec or a Plexi or a Twin and an OD pedal and they will sort of make them all sound the same to some degree. Know what I mean? They dial the rig in to what their internal idea is of what they wanna hear. I think Doug likes that sound he gets. Gainy, not too tight and lots of bottom.
it's like when you hear Eric Johnson on a Gdec. Sounds like Eric![]()
donbarzini":6nidr9kx said:I hung out with Reb .... He is a nice man and was consistently baffled as to why I kept calling him Lieutenant Dan.
Pickup":2axscj5h said:His tone in the video sounds like a bogner goldfinger or a bogner bogner no high mids