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Article: The top eleven Jeff Beck: Riffs of all time.
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- Guitar Player
- Article date:
- August 1, 2006
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JEFF BECK'S STUNNING SOUND COMPRISES MANY ELEMENTS. FOR ONE THING, his signature-model Fender Stratocasters sport huge, chunky necks and floating tremolo bridges that are set up to raise the G string approximately three half-steps. He has also taken to tuning down one half-step from concert pitch in recent years, and has rarely played with a pick since the late '80s. Beck's tone has always been to die for, and legend has it that he acquired a very special prototype Marshall JCM2000 DSLS0 head back in 1999, and has used it ever since. But hey, who am I kidding? Guitarists covet his gear and copy his techniques, but deep down we know the truth about that glorious Beck ...
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Article: Rocker Jeff Beck streamlines new band
Chicago Sun-Times;
September 19, 1989 ;
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...NEW YORK Jeff Beck, long praised as one ... opinions and a new record, "Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop." Tony Hymas plays keyboards and Terry Bozzio plays drums on Beck ... in 1966. He formed the Jeff Beck Group, with Rod Stewart ...
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