Soundstage Guitar Info

[MiniLindsey]

I kept track of (or at least tried to) what Lindsey and the other guitarists were doing. Here's what I found:

SGCYM (F):
Lindsey on what looks like a Strat, tuned to Open F (F-C-F-A-C-F), which is actually open E tuned up a step. Neale on 12-string acoustic, capoed at the first fret. Brett's on keyboards for this one.

Trouble (Ab):
Lindsey on the amplicoustic, which is tuned to open Ab (Eb-Ab-Eb-Ab-C-Eb), which is actually Open G tuned UP a step. Lindsey doesn't seem to like capoing when it comes to open tunings. Neale remains on 12-string acoustic, and Brett is on a Strat that seems to be tuned down a half-step.

Big Love (C#m):
All guitarists should know that for this song Lindsey is always on a Gibson Chet Atkins classical guitar, capoed on the 4th fret.

Go Insane (Bbm):
To accomodate for his decreasing voice range, Lindsey moves the capo from the 4th to 1st fret on this one.

Down on Rodeo (G):
Lindsey on the Amplicoustic, tuned to Open G. Neale and Brett on Strats.

Peacekeeper (Gm):
Don't ask me why, but on this one Lindsey plays the Turner in standard tuning tuned UP a half-step, and capoed on the SECOND fret. I do not understand why he just doesn't capo on the 3rd fret. This version is stripped down a bit, so you can hear what he's doing a lot easier. Neale on 6-string acoustic, capoed at the 3rd fret. Brett switches off between keyboards and an uncapoed Strat.


Red Rover (Gb):
Lindsey, once again on the amplicoustic. is now in Open G tuned DOWN a half-step (Db-Gb-Db-Gb-Bb-Db). It took me until the end of the song to figure that out (before I thought it was in standard down a half-step like Eyes of the World). Brett on keyboards. Don't remember what Neale was doing. He might've just been doing vocals. I know he did that one one song, it was either this or Murrow. He played a Strat on the other.

NGBA (F):
Drop D, capo 3rd fret. As usual.

Say Goodbye (Gb):
Lindsey uses a weird tuning for this: Open Gb7 (Db-Gb-Db-Fb-Bb-Db). Fb is the same as E, it's called "enharmonic." If you take this weird tuning and tune it up a half-step, then tune the 3rd string up a whole step from there, and what do you have? Open G! But that's for Down on Rodeo.

Murrow (Bbm):
Lindsey's using a baritone variation of Drop D, with the low string as a B-flat. The whole tuning is Bb-F-Bb-Eb-G-C. Brett on keyboards, although some of the keyboard parts are programmed.

GYOW (D):
I think this is the first time in history that GYOW was played in a key other than F. He probably did it to save his voice. Lindsey on Turner in standard tuning (think D-A-G-D instead of F-C-Bb-F for the verse on this take). Brett and Neale both on acoustics capoed at the 5th fret, Neale's a 12-string if I recall correctly.

Any questions, just let me know.

All the best,
Mike

[estranged4life]

Originally Posted by MiniLindsey

I kept track of (or at least tried to) what Lindsey and the other guitarists were doing. Here's what I found:

Go Insane (Bbm):
To accomodate for his decreasing voice range, Lindsey moves the capo from the 4th to 1st fret on this one.

All the best,
Mike

or did "Go Insane" have an even slower tempo than the usual acoustic version???

[Mari]

Originally Posted by MiniLindsey

Say Goodbye (Gb):
Lindsey uses a weird tuning for this: Open Gb7 (Db-Gb-Db-Fb-Bb-Db). Fb is the same as E, it's called "enharmonic." If you take this weird tuning and tune it up a half-step, then tune the 3rd string up a whole step from there, and what do you have? Open G! But that's for Down on Rodeo.

I just knew it had a different tuning but could never figure it out. Thanks a lot for this

I've a feeling I'm going to play a lot of lb stuff on my guitar this weekend.. inspired

[shackin'up]

Originally Posted by MiniLindsey

I kept track of (or at least tried to) what Lindsey and the other guitarists were doing. Here's what I found:

SGCYM (F):
Lindsey on what looks like a Strat, tuned to Open F (F-C-F-A-C-F), which is actually open E tuned up a step. Neale on 12-string acoustic, capoed at the first fret. Brett's on keyboards for this one.

Trouble (Ab):
Lindsey on the amplicoustic, which is tuned to open Ab (Eb-Ab-Eb-Ab-C-Eb), which is actually Open G tuned UP a step. Lindsey doesn't seem to like capoing when it comes to open tunings. Neale remains on 12-string acoustic, and Brett is on a Strat that seems to be tuned down a half-step.

Big Love (C#m):
All guitarists should know that for this song Lindsey is always on a Gibson Chet Atkins classical guitar, capoed on the 4th fret.

Go Insane (Bbm):
To accomodate for his decreasing voice range, Lindsey moves the capo from the 4th to 1st fret on this one.

Down on Rodeo (G):
Lindsey on the Amplicoustic, tuned to Open G. Neale and Brett on Strats.

Peacekeeper (Gm):
Don't ask me why, but on this one Lindsey plays the Turner in standard tuning tuned UP a half-step, and capoed on the SECOND fret. I do not understand why he just doesn't capo on the 3rd fret. This version is stripped down a bit, so you can hear what he's doing a lot easier. Neale on 6-string acoustic, capoed at the 3rd fret. Brett switches off between keyboards and an uncapoed Strat.


Red Rover (Gb):
Lindsey, once again on the amplicoustic. is now in Open G tuned DOWN a half-step (Db-Gb-Db-Gb-Bb-Db). It took me until the end of the song to figure that out (before I thought it was in standard down a half-step like Eyes of the World). Brett on keyboards. Don't remember what Neale was doing. He might've just been doing vocals. I know he did that one one song, it was either this or Murrow. He played a Strat on the other.

NGBA (F):
Drop D, capo 3rd fret. As usual.

Say Goodbye (Gb):
Lindsey uses a weird tuning for this: Open Gb7 (Db-Gb-Db-Fb-Bb-Db). Fb is the same as E, it's called "enharmonic." If you take this weird tuning and tune it up a half-step, then tune the 3rd string up a whole step from there, and what do you have? Open G! But that's for Down on Rodeo.

Murrow (Bbm):
Lindsey's using a baritone variation of Drop D, with the low string as a B-flat. The whole tuning is Bb-F-Bb-Eb-G-C. Brett on keyboards, although some of the keyboard parts are programmed.

GYOW (D):
I think this is the first time in history that GYOW was played in a key other than F. He probably did it to save his voice. Lindsey on Turner in standard tuning (think D-A-G-D instead of F-C-Bb-F for the verse on this take). Brett and Neale both on acoustics capoed at the 5th fret, Neale's a 12-string if I recall correctly.

Any questions, just let me know.

All the best,
Mike

I guess you were so concentrated on this that you couldn't say if you enjoyed it fully huh?

HOW WAS HE?

[Lindsey Jr.]

Originally Posted by MiniLindsey

I kept track of (or at least tried to) what Lindsey and the other guitarists were doing. Here's what I found:

SGCYM (F):
Lindsey on what looks like a Strat, tuned to Open F (F-C-F-A-C-F), which is actually open E tuned up a step. Neale on 12-string acoustic, capoed at the first fret. Brett's on keyboards for this one.

Trouble (Ab):
Lindsey on the amplicoustic, which is tuned to open Ab (Eb-Ab-Eb-Ab-C-Eb), which is actually Open G tuned UP a step. Lindsey doesn't seem to like capoing when it comes to open tunings. Neale remains on 12-string acoustic, and Brett is on a Strat that seems to be tuned down a half-step.

Big Love (C#m):
All guitarists should know that for this song Lindsey is always on a Gibson Chet Atkins classical guitar, capoed on the 4th fret.

Go Insane (Bbm):
To accomodate for his decreasing voice range, Lindsey moves the capo from the 4th to 1st fret on this one.

Down on Rodeo (G):
Lindsey on the Amplicoustic, tuned to Open G. Neale and Brett on Strats.

Peacekeeper (Gm):
Don't ask me why, but on this one Lindsey plays the Turner in standard tuning tuned UP a half-step, and capoed on the SECOND fret. I do not understand why he just doesn't capo on the 3rd fret. This version is stripped down a bit, so you can hear what he's doing a lot easier. Neale on 6-string acoustic, capoed at the 3rd fret. Brett switches off between keyboards and an uncapoed Strat.


Red Rover (Gb):
Lindsey, once again on the amplicoustic. is now in Open G tuned DOWN a half-step (Db-Gb-Db-Gb-Bb-Db). It took me until the end of the song to figure that out (before I thought it was in standard down a half-step like Eyes of the World). Brett on keyboards. Don't remember what Neale was doing. He might've just been doing vocals. I know he did that one one song, it was either this or Murrow. He played a Strat on the other.

NGBA (F):
Drop D, capo 3rd fret. As usual.

Say Goodbye (Gb):
Lindsey uses a weird tuning for this: Open Gb7 (Db-Gb-Db-Fb-Bb-Db). Fb is the same as E, it's called "enharmonic." If you take this weird tuning and tune it up a half-step, then tune the 3rd string up a whole step from there, and what do you have? Open G! But that's for Down on Rodeo.

Murrow (Bbm):
Lindsey's using a baritone variation of Drop D, with the low string as a B-flat. The whole tuning is Bb-F-Bb-Eb-G-C. Brett on keyboards, although some of the keyboard parts are programmed.

GYOW (D):
I think this is the first time in history that GYOW was played in a key other than F. He probably did it to save his voice. Lindsey on Turner in standard tuning (think D-A-G-D instead of F-C-Bb-F for the verse on this take). Brett and Neale both on acoustics capoed at the 5th fret, Neale's a 12-string if I recall correctly.

Any questions, just let me know.

All the best,
Mike

Very nice

[Richard B]

Very interesting post. Wow. Thank you!

[DownOnRodeo]

Thanks for that rundown