1975 Greco Tele Deluxe

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Re: 1975 Greco Tele Deluxe

Post by Maggieo » Tue Feb 12, 2019 4:01 pm

shadowplay wrote:
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Holy shit thanks for enlightening me to Lonelady, great stuff! Hope you are enjoying the (baffling) new Grouper.
She's great, probably the current guitarist I enjoy most, she's at the very least never annoying and always plays to the song but beyond that she's got a perfect pure style for her music. In her words she 'cordons off the rock'. I'd recommend both her albums particularly Hinterland.

She give good cameo too her most recent remix/semi cover of Wrangler's Space Ace with guitar so sharp you could cut yourself.

I like the Grouper or Nivhek as she's going by.

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Re: 1975 Greco Tele Deluxe

Post by MattK » Tue Feb 12, 2019 4:22 pm

I got quite a strong vibe of what I used to like about Foals, too. Will definitely investigate further.

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Re: 1975 Greco Tele Deluxe

Post by s_mcsleazy » Wed Feb 13, 2019 4:54 pm

oh i'd rock the hell out of that
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Re: 1975 Greco Tele Deluxe

Post by burpgun » Thu Feb 14, 2019 1:31 pm

That Greco is a nice looking guitar!

As for Lonelady, she did some interesting stuff with Jah Wobble a few years back. He remains an incredible bass player, but the quality of his work depends entirely on who he's collaborating with. She helped him shine, at least compared to that fart jazz stuff he's doing these days.

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Re: 1975 Greco Tele Deluxe

Post by Maggieo » Thu Feb 14, 2019 2:16 pm

What record was that with her and Jah?
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Re: 1975 Greco Tele Deluxe

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Re: 1975 Greco Tele Deluxe

Post by Maggieo » Thu Feb 14, 2019 2:25 pm

Thank you!

And holy cow! This:
But there is more. Recorded in Stockport, Huddersfield and Manchester, Psychic Life even includes the scintillating guitar of one Keith Levene,
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Re: 1975 Greco Tele Deluxe

Post by shadowplay » Thu Feb 14, 2019 2:34 pm

^^^

The track Isaura on that record in particular is amazing.

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Re: 1975 Greco Tele Deluxe

Post by burpgun » Thu Feb 14, 2019 4:19 pm

Essentially, Lonelady got to record with half the classic PIL lineup!

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Re: 1975 Greco Tele Deluxe

Post by Maggieo » Fri Feb 15, 2019 10:14 am

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^^^

The track Isaura on that record in particular is amazing.

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Absolutely. The entire album is great.
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Re: 1975 Greco Tele Deluxe

Post by MattK » Wed Jun 05, 2019 5:39 am

Forgot to add this happy little picture - it's kind of scary how this 70s knockoff Fender and a solid-state practice amp are able to do pretty much *anything*.
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Re: 1975 Greco Tele Deluxe

Post by thenewromance » Wed Jun 05, 2019 7:55 am

MatthewK wrote:
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Forgot to add this happy little picture - it's kind of scary how this 70s knockoff Fender and a solid-state practice amp are able to do pretty much *anything*.
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Goes to show it's not about the gear.

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Re: 1975 Greco Tele Deluxe

Post by cestlamort » Wed Jun 05, 2019 8:23 am

Awesome. That’s a classy guitar. An ex bandmate of mine has a brown one, “spacey sounds” model, and it always sounded great.
His was a little smaller than a Fender.

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Re: 1975 Greco Tele Deluxe

Post by MC3 » Wed Jun 05, 2019 1:41 pm

Super super cool

I played one of these a few weeks ago and it was quite nice. I bet that sounds awesome through that vox

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Re: 1975 Greco Tele Deluxe

Post by wooderson » Wed Jun 05, 2019 2:40 pm

The Pathfinder is one of the few things I've ever bought that 100% lived up to the hype.

I'd eventually like to find a second one for a stereo rig, or even better one of the heads.

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