Otis Rush, Earl Hooker. Have:--Want:--Avg Rating:--/ 5Ratings:--Last Sold :--Lowest:-- ... Lead Guitar, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Percussion, Vocals – Elliot Easton; Saxophone ... Art direction/album cover art by Chris Reccardi Produced, engineered and mixed by Nick Walusko, Todd Jaeger and Elliot Easton All songs … And I had two effects. Gretsch G5570 Elliot Easton. So I love those guys. So many of those songs - Just What I Needed, My Best Friend’s Girl, Good Times Roll - are now guitar-rock classics. Coming off the massive success of Heartbeat City, the Cars attempted to go back to basics with Door to Door. He played lead guitar and sings backing vocals for The Cars. All of these songs and solos, as well as much, much more, are collected on the new Rhino box set The Elektra Years 1978–1987, which presents the Cars’ six full-length studio albums (their 2011 reunion effort, Move Like This, is not included) in remastered form, with each disc housed in a replica sleeve featuring the original artwork. Was it hard to find your place in the mix, or was it a natural fit? ... Gibson Elliot Easton "Tikibird" Firebird. Pairing up with mega-producer Mutt Lange (Def Leppard, AC/DC), the Cars crafted the most unabashedly pop album of their career. That album took about a year to make, and it was a very expensive record - we went about a million dollars over budget. In general, we were having issues. ... preserved and uncirculated instrument collection which I have been assembling for the better part of 35 years. There was no artifice to it. The result was five Top 40 singles, including You Might Think, Magic and the ballad Drive, and a multi-Platinum record, making the Cars one of the biggest rock bands in the country. “I’m pretty excited about that,” he said. It felt to me like we achieved what we set out to achieve. “Just move it forward a little bit. This is one of a limited production run from 2013. You talked about the gear you used on the first album. I think I used it on ‘Panorama.’ I can’t always remember what I played on the deep cuts, but I do remember those.”. I could give you numerous examples of that kind of a thing. Gibson ES-Series. And maybe even more so. They even made my signature model, which was basically a two-pickup SG Custom.”. Easton spoke with Vintage Guitar about the reissues and recounted the gear he used to help create the band’s first music. I think he contributed similar things to what he contributed to Queen. And Mutt heard things that none of us heard. What was your setup in the studio? ... lefties must meticulously claw their way through racks and racks of the most beautiful and diverse … Add to Collection. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. That was my whole arsenal! The band’s success was also magnified due to the introduction of MTV - both of the album’s singles were attached to videos that went into heavy rotation on the fledgling network. The commercial success of those albums allowed Easton to expand his arsenal. After the first record, when we finally could afford some gear, most of my stuff was done with Marshalls and Mesa/Boogies and Fender combo amps - Deluxe Reverbs and things like that. Elliot Easton (born Elliot Steinberg, December 18, 1953, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American musician. Like you were saying earlier, people think of the Cars as this very cold, mechanical sort of band that might be a bit icy or aloof. Just for years and years. So I was coming from a different place, I guess. A Collection of RockCellar Videos. Almost a year to the day of the release of The Cars, the band followed up the breakout success of their debut with their sophomore effort, Candy-O. But I think within that rub it created some pearls, you know what I’m saying? Reviews. I got sick in England and I was kind of out of it, just doing these guitar parts. June 10, 1994 Tracks 41-43 are The Knack live at Leeds. Statistics. Unauthorized replication or use is strictly prohibited. New Electric. Mike Bloomfield was a big guy for me. His guitar solos are an integral part of the band's hit singles. “I was still using Les Pauls and Teles on Candy-O and Panorama; it wasn’t like I eliminated them. 5. Less poppy or whatever. It’s an earlier model with the serial number engraved into the control cavity that dates it back to 2001. Working once again with Roy Thomas Baker, they crafted another collection of new-wave tinged pop rockers, including the hit singles Let’s Go and It’s All I Can Do, as well as the hard-rocking title track. They had just come out with the new Lead I and Lead II series, and they made me a couple of those and put me in their catalog. Here a cool Gibson Firebird 2013 Elliott Easton model, aka the “Tiki Bird” in a Grey Mist finish, also new to the collection. Were you surprised at how successful it was? In summing up the band’s output, he remarked, and rightly so, that “the music has held up very well. I think you’re right about that. … Other classic Fenders in his collection include a ’65 Stratocaster and a ’66 Jazzmaster, and he also has a too-cool ’64 Fender Bassman piggyback amplifier in blond Tolex. Then we’d sing the second harmony up, and do that seven or eight times. That was it!' Set Mahogany neck 3 parts / rosewood fingerboard 22 frets 632mm pitch, with binding. That’s right. There was a problem. The Cars were one of the most successful American New Wave bands to emerge in the late 1970s, and in the ensuing decade the band racked up a string of platinum albums and Top 40 singles. Gibson. We’d love to stay in touch, sign up for the Guitar World team to contact you with great news, content and offers. Yeah, including solos. The only thing is it’s so darn heavy that I still have a chronic crick in my neck from standing onstage for two hours with it. But we welcomed the change, and as a result we were a big band on MTV. As you hit each of these peaks all you can do is say, 'Well, this is really great…'. Original NASH case included with 2 keys It's of one of a kind guitar, never to be produced again It's now in my … See more ideas about guitar, electric guitar, cool guitar. Features •Elliot Easton signature on trussrod cover •Single cutaway semi-hollowbody guitar •13-1/4" wide, 1-3/4" deep mahogany body •Arched maple top •2-piece maple neck •25" scale •2 High Sensitive FilterTron pickups •3-position pickup toggle switch •Neck and bridge pickup volume with master volume •3-position master tone switch with special midrange lead voicing •1-11/16" nut … I liked those guys, especially Clapton, because I really loved Cream. Sonically, if you listen to Mutt’s production side-by-side against Roy’s, it’s very different. New; Used; Price Reduced Gear; Vintage; Electric. It wasn’t the natural choice but it made for a very interesting and unusual blend. You just sent it to radio. “DiMarzio’s Super Distortion pickups had just come out and I put them in the Les Paul,” he said. “I’m afraid to count!” he laughed. Anthology: Just What I Needed, a Compilation of songs by The Cars. You wouldn’t necessarily pick a soulful guitar player to put in there, like, 'Oh, that’s just the guy for this band!' We had some Ampegs - I think there was a VT-22 combo and some other things. The album Easton is referring to is Move Like This, due out 10 May on Concord Music, which sees the reunited band (singer-guitarist Ric Ocasek, keyboardist Greg Hawkes, drummer David Robinson and Easton; sadly, bassist and co-lead singer Benjamin Orr died in 2000), which burst out of Boston's late '70s new wave scene and practically defined radio pop … I think that gave my solos a bit more of a melodic contour than if I had just played bluesy stuff in the key of the song, which is what I heard most people doing. The Cars are a band that, within a couple of notes on the radio you know who you’re listening to. Today, everything is made in China ... Well then ... technical elements: Hollow notch simple mahogany / maple laminated curved table with binding. We had a few different amps for those sessions. Not really. I always liked the idea of short, concise leads that were part of the song. These days, he’s recording a second album with the Empty Hearts, featuring Romantics vocalist/rhythm guitarist Wally Palmar, Blondie drummer Clem Burke, and Chesterfield Kings bassist Andy Babiuk. And in general we constructed the record in a unique way. Certainly enough! Rhino recently remastered it and the band’s pivotal second and third albums, 1979’s Candy-O (with “Let’s Go”) and 1980’s Panorama, which was highlighted by “Touch and Go.” The new editions include alternate mixes, demos, B-sides, and unreleased songs. In summing up the band’s output, he remarked, and rightly so, that “the music has held up very well. And it has a beginning, a middle and an end, and then you have to find a way to gracefully set the guitar down so that the vocal can come back in. And as much as anything, I remember that there were so many laughs. But, you know, if a band has a bell curve to it, that was sort of the beginning of the downward movement for the Cars. . I suppose anything can happen but we haven’t had any discussions about doing more records. They had fantastic tones, felt great, and had great necks. Bass Guitars; Price Reduced Gear; Left Handed Guitars; Bass Amps; Pedals; Featured Products; Condition. BA1 1UA. Because it was honest. Solid Body. It’s been almost 40 years since the Cars - singer, guitarist and songwriter Ric Ocasek, lead guitarist Elliot Easton, bassist and singer Benjamin Orr, keyboardist Greg Hawkes and drummer David Robinson - released their self-titled debut album, and roughly 30 since they had their last true hit. It’s aged nicely and still sounds unique. Because otherwise you would just spend all day twiddling knobs aimlessly. Gibson Elliot Easton "Tikibird" Firebird. Bath And we’d do that until Roy felt that we’d achieved the thickness and the lushness that we were after. Elliot Easton by Tiffany78, is licensed under cc-by-2.5, resized from the original. In fact, I remember I was really sick. Take a guided tour through the discography of one of the most popular rock bands of the '70s and '80s, The following is taken from the August 2016 issue of Guitar World. Easton estimates he has been through “probably 1,000 guitars” though now has a relatively modest collection. Musicians, sound and lighting guys, crew, venues etc. [laughs] That original Roland Chorus Ensemble, the grey metal one and a Morley Echo-Volume for delay. One of Easton’s main guitars from that era was a ’61 Strat. There was something like 50 mics on it, in every spot imaginable. And a lot of bands get stuck in that situation and the second record isn’t as strong. “A lot of guitar players and guys from that period, when they soloed they generally just played some blues rock licks in the key of the song. After that experience, and this is all 20/20 hindsight, I think what we should have done was take a hiatus. I just hope the album sells enough copies so that they let us make another one.' There were some great highlights being in the band - playing Live Aid, winning the VMA [MTV Video Music Award] for You Might Think at the very first show, things like that. Guitars Pedals and Amplifiers Keyboards and Synths Recording Gear Drums DJ and Audio Gear More Categories. We also had a Fender Twin. There was certainly nothing calculated about it from my point of view. But we never thought about whether something was pop or experimental or new wave or anything like that. And maybe it was from loving jazz and going to Berklee and stuff like that, but I learned how to play through the changes. The Cars’ third album marked a departure from their more poppy material, boasting a cooler sound and a more keyboard-heavy mix. Ad. It was just, 'Here’s the new batch of songs. Elliot Easton: Glenn Mayeda. Kitted out with two full sized Humbuckers, and a vast array of switchable tone options it is a cool looking tone machine. And that was a very real thing and I think that’s why the band was successful. “I’m afraid to count!” he laughed. And I had a Fender Telecaster that had a Bartolini [Hi-A mini-humbucker] pickup in the neck position. Thank you for signing up to Guitar World. If the progression went to C#m or F#m or whatever, I would play through it like a jazz player. We’re very eclectic in our tastes.”, “On ‘Touch and Go’ and a B-side called ‘Don’t Go to Pieces’ there’s a lot of Rickenbacker 12-string. The Guitar Center store was a close neighbor on the street (just a few doors away), and they occupied three storefronts which they eventually outgrew (this was before there was a chain of them). One of those things was those big, layered background vocals, which obviously were used to great effect on something like [Queen’s] Bohemian Rhapsody. On these two albums, as well as the two that followed, you worked with producer Roy Thomas Baker. I’d do a take and say to myself, 'I could never possibly in my life do anything better. We never said, 'This is going to be our experimental record.' Heartbeat City was by far your most successful record, and during that period you performed at huge events like Live Aid. I changed around a lot. Would you improvise your leads or were they composed beforehand? That record was pretty quick in the making because we had been playing it in the clubs for almost a year. You might say to him, 'Aren’t you worried about distortion or overloading the signal?' Elliot Easton is currently sin I have Gibson, Fender, Martin, Larrivée, and Rickenbacker guitars. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Guitarist Elliot Easton Discusses The Empty Hearts, The Cars and His Signature Gibson Tikibird By James Wood 26 September 2014 Even though the Empty Hearts feature members of Blondie, the Cars, the Chesterfield Kings and the Romantics — and even though their name was chosen from Little Steven Van Zandt's super-secret list of unused band names — … That's not what I was about. The critics pointed out that it was maybe more experimental-sounding, or a little left-of-center compared to the first two records. The way I recall it is that everybody was vey burned out from Heartbeat City. I just added other things. Candy-O more or less stuck to the same template as The Cars, though if anything, it seemed a bit more streamlined and stripped-down. About-News; About-The collection ... Gibson Guitars. Whereas before it just wasn’t part of the routine. He’s very precise. Recharge our batteries a little. And I think we accomplished that. Bass Guitar and Guitar Collection 2021 - Today is January 5th and here in the UK, we are back in full lockdown again. The thing that occurs to me is that it was a really good album and it kind of got us over that sophomore jinx that people talk about where, with that first record, you have your whole lives to write it and the second one you have six months. Featured Listing. Also, during the Panorama period, I started working with Fender. And people are still discovering the music today. “The best you can hope for in a rock band is that you can add maybe another link to the chain in the evolution of the music,” Easton says. “I used it quite a bit; ... Easton estimates he has been through “probably 1,000 guitars” though now has a relatively modest collection. Obviously we weren’t thinking it was going to be a multi-Platinum record or anything like that. In fact, I remember being in England toward the end of the recording sessions, and we were all sitting around in the house where we were staying, just talking. There are some definite roots-rock influences and country influences in there. And some of that comes through on My Best Friend’s Girl. And then he’d go, 'Ah, pity about that one…' [laughs]. It’s a compositional process, really. Line-up: Ric Ocasek (vocals, guitar), Benjamin Orr (vocals, bass), Elliot Easton (guitar), Greg Hawkes (keyboards, sax, guitar) and David Robinson (drums). Because if you knew everything about my roots and how I played and where I was coming from, you wouldn’t necessarily match me with a band that was into electronic keyboards a lot, and had influences more along the lines of Roxy Music and the Velvet Underground, even Kraftwerk a little bit. Virtually none of my solos were improvised. We really had a good time together. Panorama is often viewed as a departure from the Cars’ established sound. It took a day and a half to do all the guitar parts. And people know I have a big guitar collection, but when I was going for a part I never, ever reached for a guitar or an amp or a pedal until I had a sound in my head and some kind of concept. But those guys were funny. Panorama was notably different from the Cars’ first two releases. So if a song was in E, I wouldn’t just play a solo wailing away in E. I would move with the chords. Ad. I don’t think that five people could go through what we did in those years and not have feelings for each other. But, you know, we never thought about stuff that way. After making a name for themselves in the clubs around Boston and releasing a demo that spawned a local radio hit in Just What I Needed, the Cars sign to Elektra Records and head to London’s AIR Studios to cut their debut effort with Queen producer Roy Thomas Baker. But we went back in with Ric producing and convinced ourselves that we didn’t need to take a year to make the record and we didn’t need to spend all kinds of money on it. While today the Cars are most lauded for their way with a good hook, the Berklee-educated, left-handed–playing Easton has long been, at least to those in the know, something of their secret rock and roll weapon. ", On the occasion of the release, Easton sat down with Guitar World to take a tour through the Cars’ career, classic album by classic album, with plenty of pit stops along the way to discuss solos, songs and gear. We had Fenders, too – Twins, Deluxe Reverbs, stuff like that.”. The results were artistically and commercially lackluster, and the band, exhausted, broke up less than a year after the album’s release. Electric Guitars. Let’s see what we can make out of it.'. During the 70s and 80s, Elliot Easton's guitar solos were a staple of the airwaves on classic rock hits by the Cars. There may have also been a Marshall but I can’t recall. It was pretty natural. And that was it. I don’t know if that was a conscious choice, though. I think some of that comes from wanting to cover myself because when you’re a lefty, you can’t borrow someone else’s guitar. So most of the album was songs that had been rejected from previous records. That took everything to a new level. This is one of a limited production run from 2013. I still have it. Most guys who came up in my era were all about Clapton and Beck and Page. But your guitar work also hearkened back to older styles - Fifties and Sixties rock, rockabilly, country. No one asks to borrow your guitars either, which is nice!”. Genres: New Wave, Power Pop, Pop Rock. Add to Wantlist. Maybe retrospectively I do. A critical assessment of the band’s approach in general, and especially around the time of Panorama, was that there was a certain 'coolness' or 'detachment' to your sound, perhaps due to the keyboards or Ric’s deadpan vocal style. But still, the whole thing took me a day and a half. Heartbeat City was perhaps your most purely pop record. I generally worked them out beforehand. I also had a Martin D-35, which you can barely hear on the record, but it’s there a little bit on All Mixed Up. There was no group discussion about how it was going to be an experimental record, more edgy, or anything like that. Charvel; Collings; ... Dave’s Personal Collection $ 0.00 0 items; ... Home / Products / Gibson / Gibson Elliot Easton SG (Milwaukee 608-790-9816) Gibson Elliot Easton SG (Milwaukee 608-790-9816) Sale! Jim's Gear-U-Need. Well, you know, any of those evaluations are sort of retrospective. “That’s not what I was about.”. I think we embraced it. ... (Bicentennial Issue, 1976, Wood-stain) Gibson Firebird Elliott Easton Model (2013, Grey Mist) … Tucked between all the glossy keyboards and poppy melodies are some truly mind-blowing solos (see: the menacing Candy-O, the twangy My Best Friend’s Girl, the nimble, trill-heavy Touch and Go and the flat-out rocking Shake It Up and Just What I Needed, for starters) which demonstrate that Easton was as inventive and ferocious a guitarist as any hard rock and metal dude of his generation. And the way Roy used to do it was to have Benjamin [Orr], Greg [Hawkes] and I stand at one mic and sing. Please refresh the page and try again. I don’t want to say never, but the band has been inactive and there’s not really talk of doing anything. Buy Used. Visit our corporate site. See more ideas about guitar, custom guitar, cool guitar. This guitar is being sold as a “B-Stock” with factory warranty. Certainly enough! “The first song I used it on was ‘Since I Held You,’ and I liked it a lot. By the time the band traveled to London to record The Cars, you were already very familiar with all the material that would comprise the album, correct? I just wanted to let you people know that Elliot Easton (The Cars / Creedence Clearwater Revisited) has most of his LEFTY guitar collection on sale at Rudy's Music NYC! At the time I didn’t. But it wasn’t anything we couldn’t have overcome. So that gives you an idea of how particular he was. Share. The Cars’ fourth album marked a return to a tighter, more pop-rock-focused sound, and spawned two big hits in the title track and Since You’re Gone. With Shake It Up MTV came into the picture. So we’re very fortunate.”. Another trick Roy used which was very effective because of the way it made the songs sound on the radio was he was really into tape saturation. The Cars spawned three hit singles and went Platinum within a year of its release. Which is actually a very logical way to work, because otherwise you’re married to the drum track and that kind of guides the arrangement. “My Tele was a new ’77, but I changed the neck pickup to Hi-A Bartolini Firebird mini humbucker.”. So what more could you ask for? England and Wales company registration number 2008885. I only had a few guitars at that point. What did he contribute to the Cars’ sound? I mean, we were amazed by how well the record was received. How did working with Mutt Lange influence the sound and direction of the band? Because we hadn’t really made any serious money or anything. It just required me to be very adaptable. . The guitar was a 1987 Kramer Elliot Easton EE Pro 1- it was a somewhat rare model. “Ric Ocasek was writing batches of songs every year with new attitudes and new approaches,” he said. All copyrights are by the author and Vintage Guitar magazine. “I used it quite a bit; it’s on the solo for ‘Dangerous Type’ and ‘It’s All I Can Do’ (from Candy-O). Would you agree? My main guitar was a ’77 Les Paul Standard that I bought at Manny’s on 48th Street [in New York City]. The song Shake It Up has maybe one of your greatest solos. But, yeah, that time was really exciting. 1991 Tracks 44-48 are a new remix of Doug Fieger's "Taking Chances" credits But it almost takes it to be over for you to look back at it fully and make sense of what it all was and what it all meant, you know? Released 7 November 1995 on Rhino (catalog no. From Echo, Oregon. During the 15th and 16th century, left-handed people were often accused of consorting with the devil or being witches. And he would listen to every one of them. “A lot of guitar players and guys from that period, when they soloed they generally just played some blues rock licks in the key of the song,” Easton observes.
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