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Originally Posted by Matt Lucas
Hello all---
Sometimes a demo really captures that new energy that only comes when you’ve created a new song from essentially nothing, and it’s hard to reproduce that feeling when you’re in the studio doing 34 takes of a lead vocal. I’ve experienced it myself. So, I get that.
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Great point. Though I would argue most songs benefit from repeated playing, especially in front of an audience, to marinate and mature. I know this is harder to do in a band setting than a with singer/songwriter approach, but it can be done to great effect when it is possible.
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Personally, I think part of the change in style over the years, particularly since RUMOURS, is the fact that Lindsey discovered the Rick Turner guitar and stopped using “real” guitars as much. I remember reading interviews with him around the time of OUT OF THE CRADLE, and he talked about how, in the studio, he still used other guitars like a Telecaster [I think one of those instrumental introductions was actually recorded on a Telecaster]. To my ears, that’s part of the reason that album sounded so good. Since then, I don’t think I’ve seen a single photo of him with anything other than the Turner guitar or one other acoustic guitar, and I haven’t read a single interview in which he talked about using a Fender or a Gibson.
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Another great point, but the Gibon vs. the Model 1 becomes almost an academic discussion since the Turner can be as beefy, or more, than the Gibson, if that's what you're looking for. He also still uses Teles and Strats in the studio. I believe Down on Rodeo, for instance, uses a Tele. What bothers me is the use of the Renaissance models in the studio when he should be using a nice Martin or Gibson acoustic -- or even one of this Taylors, as long as it is miced properly.