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Re: Ben Harper's guitars!

12/7/1999 8:43 PM
Wyatt	Re: Ben Harper's guitars! Saw Ben in D.C. a month or so ago. I was slightly disappointed with how little lap playing he did (maybe 30% of the show). The Weissonbourns and Ashers were used, along with some other older lap steels (wasn't close enough to spot a model, but it had the "guitar" shape to it that a Gibson BR-9 or Oahu has) almost all were heavily distorted ("Faded," "Please Bleed," "Less," etc.). Acoustic guitar made up 1/2 the show (this allowed him to play whatever he wanted wduring solo moments). The rest was the double neck SG used for "Burn to Shine" (6-string neck was regular, 12-string neck was strung for 6-string slide). The rest of the electric playing was with an single-PU LP Junior. Main amp was a Dememter head, set right next to him so he could tweak from his seat, and Marshall cabs. -Y.

12/7/1999 8:43 PM

Wyatt

Re: Ben Harper's guitars!

Saw Ben in D.C. a month or so ago. I was slightly disappointed with how little lap playing he did (maybe 30% of the show). The Weissonbourns and Ashers were used, along with some other older lap steels (wasn't close enough to spot a model, but it had the "guitar" shape to it that a Gibson BR-9 or Oahu has) almost all were heavily distorted ("Faded," "Please Bleed," "Less," etc.). Acoustic guitar made up 1/2 the show (this allowed him to play whatever he wanted wduring solo moments). The rest was the double neck SG used for "Burn to Shine" (6-string neck was regular, 12-string neck was strung for 6-string slide). The rest of the electric playing was with an single-PU LP Junior.

Main amp was a Dememter head, set right next to him so he could tweak from his seat, and Marshall cabs.

-Y.