Drop Dead Legs question

FL6 · Post by **FL6** » Tue Jul 07, 2015 1:52 pm

mikefont wrote:Well now we FINALLY have a live video of Eddie playing Drop Dead Legs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhlSPLb7jOI

I'm seeing a bend and slide?

Megaro · Post by **Megaro** » Tue Jul 07, 2015 6:43 pm

I knew it ! My first thought when I saw that video of DDL was that this thread needed a bump

mikefont · Post by **mikefont** » Tue Jul 07, 2015 7:37 pm

FL6 wrote:
mikefont wrote:Well now we FINALLY have a live video of Eddie playing Drop Dead Legs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhlSPLb7jOI
I'm seeing a bend and slide?

This is the way that I have always played that part, and it kinda looks like it is the same way that Eddie is doing it on the video

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FL6 · Post by **FL6** » Tue Jul 07, 2015 9:00 pm

^ Cool thanks. Such a cool sounding riff. It's the same with ATBL, don't know how he gets that "wow-ing" sound, don't how to put it in words.

JimiJames · Post by **JimiJames** » Tue Jul 07, 2015 9:47 pm

Something similar to Page's Out on the Tiles lick.

quick TAB:
-----------------------------x----
-----------------------------3----
-----------------------------0----
-----------0----------------x----
----------------3⤴5-3/5-\3-----
---6h7---------------------x-----
__d____d___d________d___

Not so easy to explain the feel... Someone with more patience, perhaps.
choking that 3 bend after reaching the 5. Then starting on the 3, sliding back up to the 5 again.
- before resolving on the chord. Might take getting used to with a little hand strength.

edit: added chord

garbeaj · Post by **garbeaj** » Wed Jul 08, 2015 12:26 pm

donnyboiler has it transcribed correctly earlier in this thread:

img032 by donnyboiler, on Flickr

rdodson · Post by **rdodson** » Wed Jul 08, 2015 1:21 pm

I'm glad we finally put the whammy idea to rest. He played the '58 V on that song (which, along with HFT & GGB) is the best tone he's ever had.

JimiJames · Post by **JimiJames** » Wed Jul 08, 2015 4:52 pm

Good job.

FL6 · Post by **FL6** » Wed Jul 08, 2015 7:00 pm

garbeaj wrote:donnyboiler has it transcribed correctly earlier in this thread:

img032 by donnyboiler, on Flickr

Yeah, I always had the open D string note along with a bend. Very bluesy.

hammered · Post by **hammered** » Wed Jul 08, 2015 8:11 pm

rdodson wrote:I'm glad we finally put the whammy idea to rest. He played the '58 V on that song (which, along with HFT & GGB) is the best tone he's ever had.

I`ve always heard whammy in the solo

echoplexi1974 · Post by **echoplexi1974** » Wed Jul 08, 2015 10:20 pm

Whammy guitar for the lead and Flying V for the rhythm I suspect

https://youtu.be/0jPLXF-lWOQ?t=197

rdodson · Post by **rdodson** » Thu Jul 09, 2015 2:18 pm

hammered wrote:
rdodson wrote:I'm glad we finally put the whammy idea to rest. He played the '58 V on that song (which, along with HFT & GGB) is the best tone he's ever had.
I`ve always heard whammy in the solo

The outtro was recorded completely separately from the rest of the song. And the lead is the Frank. I don't know what the other two guitars are (riff near the nut and PCTS style chording).

rgorke · Post by **rgorke** » Sat Oct 10, 2015 11:30 pm

Looks to me like Ed plays it slightly different. The chords are different than Donny's tab. Everything seems right, he just adds a couple of notes on the top end. Here's a good video.

http://youtu.be/v84Nj8eZnEc

garbeaj · Post by **garbeaj** » Sun Oct 11, 2015 9:49 am

However Eddie played it on the reunion tours doesn't really impact how he is playing it on the record. Seeing the way he plays it can point in the direction of how it was played on record, but a live situation contains differences owing to many factors that aren't present during recording. In fact, riffs on recordings are sometimes incredibly consistent because the recording might repeat punch-ins of the same segment during the entirety of the recording.

I use the live videos as another tool to help me understand the recordings, but I try not to think that what is played live is necessarily what was played on the recording.

As far as the recording of "Drop Dead Legs" goes, I stand by donnyboiler's transcription.

fivecoyote · Post by **fivecoyote** » Mon Oct 12, 2015 2:04 pm

Agree. Apparently Ed had to re-learn a lot of his own stuff and for sure doesn't play everything like he used to.

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