Joe's Les Paul (Page 1 of 2)

Joe's moving away from Strats, he doesn't even use them in concert anymore. The only thing he uses with a Fender body style is the Gigliotti. He likes that the tone is fatter with the LP's.

I think he's just really digging that guitar. It's got a killer tone, and it's really where his ears are at, these days. He's been using strats for a long time, and the Paul is an alternative. What with the new band and new outlook, his guitar and amp preferences are differing as well, though I doubt permenantly. Man... If only Clapton would go back to Pauls...

on July 15th in Omaha he even played a three-pup custom... that was new to me...
http://i.pbase.com/g4/73/646773/2/63591916.vGNlSPQh.jpg

as well the appearance of the LUCILLE guitar... (guess it was for the BBKingish ASKING AROUND FOR YOU)
http://i.pbase.com/g4/73/646773/2/63590457.CfcFEXY9.jpg

Blues-on greets
PIT :-)

I think it is just normal that you flavour changes from time to time. That is the reason, why we guitarists always have to have new guitars ( and to convince our wifes that we really need a new guitar ..... )

Joe will come back to Strats, believe me, and in his carrees he will also come back to Paulas again.....

I do no different....

nice shots... indeed... :-)

it seems that the 3 pick-up customs was not on duty this night....

Thanks for sharing,
PIT

Those photos have not been cleaned up and adjusted for lighting and color. I am working on them, but it is a slow process. I have a few that I will post later tonight that show off the guitar a lot better than the ones posted.

Later,

Rhonda

I love guitar talk! Deezer, if you don't subscribe to Guitar One, I'll maill you a recent interview from September's issue.  Joe talks about rocking the blues and coping with a guitar addiction, bought five on his last tour and keeps a 65' strat in his kitchen. (gotta' love a man who keeps a guitar in the kitchen...)  Like jim m. said before, Joe's playing  the "G" guitars on tour, but if I know guitar guys, you always need a strat in your arsenal and you can never forget the catalyst of your addiction. Variety, the spice of life!

Joe performed in downtown Fort Worth on a Sunday night at the 8.0 with a very appreciative but not overwhelmingly large crowd.........too bad for the ones that missed a show like this....

I know you folks may differ with me, but the first thing that drew me to hear Joe was his voice, his vocals.......the man has one of the best throats in rock music right now......

I have seen great guitar players with so-so voices, and great singers but no chops............with Joe you get the whole enchilada!

who does he sound like? I don't know....a little Paul Rogers, a little Greg Allman.........a lot of Joe? a truly great voice...

now to the show...very well paced, nice segue from a hard rocker to a slow blues, transitions from the metalflake-finish Tele to the heritage reissue LP, along with the 335, but one neat dynamic was the black LP.....seemed to cut thru better than expected....

of course it doens't hurt when your rig uncludes the Fuchs (ala Dumble), the Two Rock (nice breakup sound) as well the the plexi and jubilee Marshalls.....

the cabs reminded me of some old Marshalls, the oddballs, that house at least 2-6 speakers.......anybody know what these creatures are?.......and I see Joe is protecting himself from the sheer volume on stage with the plexiglass in front of the cabs.......

a great show and some great tribute riffs to the influences of Cream, Zep, ZZ et al......Just Got Paid with Zep in the middle was a mind-blower!

new stuff on the album sounds fanatastic.....WOW!

interesting right now is to watch someone like Joe with his energy and flamboyancy on stage vs my other favorite right now, Derek Trucks........Derrick barely moves on stage......2 Young Guns with a different style but 2 of the absolutely best players on the planet right now.....

makes me feel like an old man since my baby daughter is the same age as both of these guys!.....makes me old enought to be their father! that's OK, I  still play and still rock....and it ain't geezer rock! most days I play for myself, but along with my motorcycle I don't pay a shrink.....I have my own ways to cope with what life throws at me! cold beer helps too!

sad part about Joe is by his touring schedule he probably won't be in these parts of Texas till maybe next summer....can't wait!