Zappa

I'm an unabashed Frank Zappa fan, he is my biggest musical hero. I thought I would share a few of my favourite tracks.

Probably most well known for his off-beat humourous songs (Valley Girl, Don't Eat the Yellow Snow, etc), Zappa was an extraordinary composer, lyricist, band leader and guitarist. I love a lot of his music, but it's his instrumentals that get me.

Blessed Relief: Acoustic wah solo, amazing horns, such a great track.
[embed]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sztCRAibvso[/embed]

Black Napkins: My favourite guitar solo of all time.
[embed]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNkl1avYXRM[/embed]

Sofa No. 1: Written for Michael Hedges, this blows my mind every time I hear it.
[embed]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2u55U1asx8[/embed]

Almost 20 years have passed since Frank died. I would hope his music gets the recognition it deserves and lives on well in to the future.

Zappa was/is the pre-eminent American composer of the second half of the 20th century.

I recommend the album The Yellow Shark as evidence of this.

Frank Zappa - "Sleep-Napkins" (Soundcheck) 1988

via McTube for iPhone/iPad.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzOPLy5sW5c

This is the soundcheck???... Yikes...

Frank Zappa - Watermelon In Easter Hay (Live @ Barcelona 1988) HQ

via McTube for iPhone/iPad.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeF2rdWwTRo

Have some tissues on standby... Heartbreaking...

I have a fairly complete collection, bar one or two of the boot legs. Delighted to see Grand Wazoo at the top of the list, but I still rate Joe's Garage as my favourite (from which Watermelons in Easter Hay is from).

One of my future projects is to make a copy of Frank's Gonzales SG, with all the on-board effects and phase shifting.

Another treat for the uninitiated is the Shut up and Play Your Guitar series.....amazing!

That SG would be. awesome! Do you have the schematics for the weird wiring? Care to share??

Dweezil had a video up on the Guitar Player website where he tried to explain the SG wiring. He admitted even after years of playing it he didn't really understand what was going on with the wiring.

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Quote from pablopepper on November 13, 2012, 11:53
I'm an unabashed Frank Zappa fan, he is my biggest musical hero. I thought I would share a few of my favourite tracks.


Sofa No. 1: Written for Michael Hedges, this blows my mind every time I hear it.
[embed]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2u55U1asx8[/embed]

Almost 20 years have passed since Frank died. I would hope his music gets the recognition it deserves and lives on well in to the future.

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It's been 16 years since Michael Hedges died too. Man what a talent he was.

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Quote from Bass Guy on June 4, 2013, 08:31
That SG would be. awesome! Do you have the schematics for the weird wiring? Care to share??

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So far no, which is one of the reasons I haven't built this yet. What I can tell you that EQ/Phaser cct. is anyone's guess - I am pretty sure that the only 2 people who knew that are now (sadly) dead. Maybe the Dweez will let us pull Franks original apart?

That having been said, if I ever build this I will definitely post the data.

Here's a pic of a fairly sound replica, electrically not physically that is.

http://www.phantom-guitars.de/cms/in...sk=view&id=115
http://pitbullguitars.com/wp-content...anks-knobs.JPG

Let me know if you want more info on this Guitar and I'll start another Thread.

I am a bit of a Frank head and this project has been on the list for about 10-years. I even missed out on a genuine '71 Gonzales SG on eBay late last year..........anyway don't get me started!