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  1. Originally posted by thechicken:Hey, I know this is not U2 related, but as everyone seems to love the epiphone casinos, what is the guitar that John Lennon played on the rooftop?? I always thought it was a casino, but I am not so sure anymore.


    Indeed it was a Casino. If memory serves me correctly, in 1965 ('66? ) the Fab Four picked up three new suburst Epiphone Casinos. John and Paul used them extensively throughout the remainder of the Beatles recordings, Harrison used his but was also partial to his Les Paul (Lucy) and assorted Strats and Teles.

    The solo on "Taxman" is Paul on his Casino, "Sgt. Pepper" is a Casino, the fast version of "Revolution" is John on the same Casino he used for the Rooftop.

    In '67 or '68 I believe, John sanded down his guitar to remove the lovely sunburst finish .



    However, the "Revolution" style Casino has become an iconic axe in its own right. I know Gem Archer and Noel Gallagher of Oasis have used that kind for assorted recordings and live performances. (Anyone know any others?)





    Not the best picture I know but you can see a Revolution Casino on a stand next to Gem.
  2. Anyone else reckon Stand Up Comedy sounds like it might be a Rickenbacker song? Possibly even the 6 string Dallas was said to have bought? And it sounds like the Zvex Fuzz Factory might make an appearance at 2:47-2:55, or maybe just the Supersonic Fuzz Gun? (Sorry if anyone's asked those before )

    Good to see alot of love for the Casino lately, such beautiful guitars
  3. Originally posted by thechicken:Hey, I know this is not U2 related, but as everyone seems to love the epiphone casinos, what is the guitar that John Lennon played on the rooftop?? I always thought it was a casino, but I am not so sure anymore.


    Yep. Casino
  4. Originally posted by nicktheidiot:Anyone else reckon Stand Up Comedy sounds like it might be a Rickenbacker song? Possibly even the 6 string Dallas was said to have bought? And it sounds like the Zvex Fuzz Factory might make an appearance at 2:47-2:55, or maybe just the Supersonic Fuzz Gun? (Sorry if anyone's asked those before )

    Good to see alot of love for the Casino lately, such beautiful guitars


    From what I've heard, Dallas makes an appearance on "Stand Up Comedy". True story. If memory serves... that flanged bit in the middle = Dallas.
  5. Originally posted by nicktheidiot:Anyone else reckon Stand Up Comedy sounds like it might be a Rickenbacker song? Possibly even the 6 string Dallas was said to have bought? And it sounds like the Zvex Fuzz Factory might make an appearance at 2:47-2:55, or maybe just the Supersonic Fuzz Gun? (Sorry if anyone's asked those before )

    Good to see alot of love for the Casino lately, such beautiful guitars


    Not sure of the guitar on that song for certain. It too, sounds a bit Casino-like.


  6. Yes indeed, I can't seem to put mine down. (Beams like a father proud of his son)

  7. I've been a strat man recently. Ever since I received my American Strat (last week), i've been playing it since, falling more and more in love with the strat sound. My explorer's gettin jealous!
  8. Originally posted by AAV711:[..]

    Indeed it was a Casino. If memory serves me correctly, in 1965 ('66? ) the Fab Four picked up three new suburst Epiphone Casinos. John and Paul used them extensively throughout the remainder of the Beatles recordings, Harrison used his but was also partial to his Les Paul (Lucy) and assorted Strats and Teles.

    The solo on "Taxman" is Paul on his Casino, "Sgt. Pepper" is a Casino, the fast version of "Revolution" is John on the same Casino he used for the Rooftop.

    In '67 or '68 I believe, John sanded down his guitar to remove the lovely sunburst finish .

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    However, the "Revolution" style Casino has become an iconic axe in its own right. I know Gem Archer and Noel Gallagher of Oasis have used that kind for assorted recordings and live performances. (Anyone know any others?)

    [image]


    I was right then!!
    By the way, I think it looks much better without the sunburst finish.
    Thanks for the info!!

  9. I've been thinking about it, and yeah I'd say something like a Les Paul for the solo, if not necessarily the whole song - I get a lot of hollow body feeling from the main part, probably the Casino or the Country Gent he's been using for Magnificent and Unknown Caller.

    One I was thinking of though, I'd be willing to put money (if I had any!) on Edge having used a Strat. for Moment Of Surrender, especially the slide solo (really sounds like he flicked it to the neck pickup)
  10. Originally posted by WojBhoy:I've been thinking about it, and yeah I'd say something like a Les Paul for the solo, if not necessarily the whole song - I get a lot of hollow body feeling from the main part, probably the Casino or the Country Gent he's been using for Magnificent and Unknown Caller.

    One I was thinking of though, I'd be willing to put money (if I had any!) on Edge having used a Strat. for Moment Of Surrender, especially the slide solo (really sounds like he flicked it to the neck pickup)
    I knw I could't be that wrong Thanks for the feedback, I gues we'll know it someday...

    Agreed 100% on the MOS thing. I hear a Strat all over the place
  11. Originally posted by WojBhoy:[..]
    I've been thinking about it, and yeah I'd say something like a Les Paul for the solo, if not necessarily the whole song - I get a lot of hollow body feeling from the main part, probably the Casino or the Country Gent he's been using for Magnificent and Unknown Caller.

    One I was thinking of though, I'd be willing to put money (if I had any!) on Edge having used a Strat. for Moment Of Surrender, especially the slide solo (really sounds like he flicked it to the neck pickup)


    Moment solo sounds more LP or Country Gent with some distortion than it does a Strat, to my ears.
  12. DEATH BY AUDIO and THE EDGE: In Print

    MARCH 2009 ROLLING STONE

    ...Edge has a particular affinity for the fuzzed-out experimentation of Benjamin Curtis, the young former guitarist from the indie-psychedelic act Secret Machines, now with Scholl of Seven Bells. "I love what those two bands are doing," says The Edge, who cites their sounds as an influence on No Line's droning, tribal side. "It brought me back to some of the music that I would have been listening to when U2 first formed, bands like Magazine, Joy Division, Neu! and Can."

    Curtis, in turn, was heavily influenced by The Edge, and the two struck up a friendship -- Curtis turned Edge on to an over-the-top new fuzz pedal by a company called Death by Audio, which ended up difining the grinding rhythm-guitar sound of both "No Line On The Horizon" and "FEZ-Being Born." (Editor’s note: It seems that The Edge is using it for "Get On Your Boots"). "'No Line' blew my mind -- he is using that pedal in a textural way that it wasn't intended to be used at all," says Curtis. "The Edge makes the guitar seem like such a beautiful simple instrument."



    NOVEMBER 2008 - MOJO

    MOJO: You always manage to find -- in every record -- a piece of technology that you engage with immediately, and that throws up a song. "Where the Streets Have No Name" came out of your dabblings with the Infinite Guitar box, and this time you mentioned your Death By Audio pedal...

    EDGE: It's this particular kind of 21st Century distortion. Guitar is such a versatile instrument, but it's very easy to get in a cul-de-sac in terms of how it sounds.

    I love anything that just gives it a different personality and this particular set of distortion pedals I think, are a different colour. It's like a different personality and that, for me, is a great jumping-off point.

    I used Death By Audio's Supersonic Fuzz Gun on the song "No Line on the Horizon," and a couple of others I think.

    It was Ben Curtis who turned me onto them. He's one of the Curtis Brothers from Secret Machines -- he's got a new band now called School of Seven Bells, who are pretty interesting.



    OCTOBER 2008 - Q MAGAZINE

    Other notable tracks include the eight-minute-long "Moment of Surrender" and "No Line on the Horizon," inspired by a distortion box called Death By Audio recommended by ex-Secret Machines guitarist Ben Curtis.
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