• From: braintree essex
  • Registered: 2010-02-22
  • Posts: 221

Topic: BOJH ! TUNING

I love the BOJH it is such a great powerhouse track , the thing is i dont really dig the version joe is doing at the mo in the stanadard tuning as to the dropped c or b on the baritone jp musicman!   why has he stopped doing this on the baritone??
just my opinion , i still love the track !

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  • From: Darwin, Australia
  • Registered: 2010-04-13
  • Posts: 1,304

Re: BOJH ! TUNING

I am guessing it is logistics... Pretty costly to carry around one extra guitar purely for one song, especially if he is travelling overseas...

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  • Registered: 2009-10-10
  • Posts: 438

Re: BOJH ! TUNING

When I saw Joe live in Cincinnati last March, I really liked the BOJH in standard tuning.  He and his band did some stuff with the dynamics and a break or two in the song that was outstanding.  I thought it kicked up the energy level of the song a notch or two. Plus I liked hearing that riff played with his Les Paul tone.  But I also like the studio version in dropped tuning.  It is a killer riff.

  • From: Cambridge
  • Registered: 2011-01-15
  • Posts: 912

Re: BOJH ! TUNING

yeah personally i also love it in standard tuning (Live)...just sounds really mean and gritty to me

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  • From: Grapevine, Tejas
  • Registered: 2009-11-03
  • Posts: 1,248

Re: BOJH ! TUNING

Much prefer the standard tuning that he's playing live.  To each his own as they say

  • From: N.Wales, UK
  • Registered: 2009-03-06
  • Posts: 2,183

Re: BOJH ! TUNING

I much prefer the lower tuning, BUT the new arrangement and ending made me instantly forgeddabowdit...
Really cool evolution of the song. Love when things keep fresh.

  • From: Southampton, UK
  • Registered: 2011-09-06
  • Posts: 231

Re: BOJH ! TUNING

Interesting thread this.  When I first heard the track I loved the dropped tuning - seemed to match the song perfectly and Joe's slide work on the RAH DVD performance was excellent IMO. 

Now, having said that, I'm currently in the midst of a new rock-blues band start-up and one of the covers put forward for consideration was BOJH - but played at standard tuning.  I was wondering what that might sound like if Joe did it and low and behold this thread answers that question for me!  In summary I think it works both ways, but for differing reasons.

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  • Registered: 2008-08-24
  • Posts: 181

Re: BOJH ! TUNING

Get the new BCC DVD and watch the power when they do that song!:)