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Emil El Zapato (14th February 2023), modwiz (13th February 2023)
Sweet!
“El revolucionario: te meteré la bota en el culo"
Aragorn (14th February 2023)
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Emil El Zapato (15th February 2023), modwiz (15th February 2023)
I like the cleaner sound better but it would probably depend on the song being played.
“El revolucionario: te meteré la bota en el culo"
Aragorn (16th February 2023)
You do have to hand it to Gretsch; they regularly come up with some of the most beautiful finish choices and color combinations out there, and these limited-edition models are no exception to that rule.
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Emil El Zapato (16th February 2023), modwiz (16th February 2023), Wind (17th February 2023)
Lee's sound in the jam near the end of the video is pretty epic here.
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Emil El Zapato (17th February 2023), modwiz (17th February 2023), Wind (17th February 2023)
That's a type of flanging effect; it mimics the sound of a Leslie, which is a rotating speaker. It was quite popular in the 1960s and 1970s, and it was most often used with electric organs.
Lee has his moments, and he does on occasion surprise me with his phrasing, but he's no match for Pete. Pete is a seasoned session musician who has toured with Tom Jones, Atomic Kitten, Aqua, and I think he even performed with Taylor Swift, among others. He's very much a blues guy at heart — just like Lee — but he knows how to play a lot more than just the blues. Lee on the other hand is ostensibly far less experienced at playing anything other than pentatonic scales, and most of the time, it shows. I even have the impression that he's holding back too much on purpose out of fear of playing an off-note somewhere.
Don't get me wrong; I have my criticisms of Pete's playing as well. He often makes fun of Lee's silly "signature lick" — a bluesy platitude riff that Lee tends to play ad nauseam — but he himself has a similarly idiosyncratic lick that he plays in every single video, regardless of what guitar he plays and what amp he's plugged into. Maybe you can spot it — I'll give you a hint: it's in the key of E, he plays it on the wound strings only, and it resolves into an E Major chord.
I will also add that I sometimes find Pete irritatingly hyperkinetic and aggressive in his playing — he's even more hyper than Rob Chapman — while Lee is a much more relaxed and poised guitarist. Also, Pete tends to talk over other people, while Lee is much more of a listener, which makes him a great interviewer.
But that all said, as for who the best guitarist is in Andertons' many videos, Pete and Lee both have to make way for Rabea Massaad and "Digital" John Connearn. Both of those guys are absolute virtuosos. Rob Chapman's no slouch either, but he's got his own idiosyncracies. And then there's Ben, the guy who usually does the acoustic guitar videos, even though by his own admission, he spends about an equal amount of time playing electric guitars as he does playing acoustic guitars. And let's not forget Dave Simpson, who does a great job of mimicking other (and famous) guitarists in the "Sound like..." videos.
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Emil El Zapato (18th February 2023), Wind (17th February 2023)
Emil El Zapato (18th February 2023), Wind (19th February 2023)
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Emil El Zapato (20th February 2023), modwiz (19th February 2023), Wind (20th February 2023)