Mississippi Queen

[litepipe]

no fuzz at all. Gibson Melody Maker with P90 and amp (Sunn Coliseum PA Head) .

Leslie West’s ‘Mississippi Queen’ Tone : WoodyTone!

[irishgrungerkid]

damn really? must have been overdriven as hell

[litepipe]

Yeah he probably had the amp all the way up. Must have been so loud!!

[LeonC]

Yeah, saw Mountain at the Eastown Theater in Detroit in late '70/early '71 and that we're freakin awesome! I remember him using a Flying V as well, live. But, there are lots of ways to skin the kit these days.

MQ, modern gear

Did this clip playing a P90s guitar (my Driskill) through an early Crunchbox into a reissue Super reverb.

[eve69]

Not too unusual an overdrive. Whaddheuse a Buddha amp? So a tonebenderish overdrive, marshall jackhammer sorta thing. Got some white noise, top boost, presence on top. Good sound, not very unusual really.

[noah330]

Leslie West is a killer guitar player. Met him a couple times at Eastcoast Music Mall and Ed Roman's store out in Vegas. Funny guy as well.

For the past 20 years maybe he has mostly used Roman guitars. If you ever get the chance check them out, they're awesome:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mwql7NyQI4k

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5mYo...eature=related

[electricity17]

P90's are the ticket for this, gotta love the Les Paul Junior, it can be a real beast.

[litepipe]

There are P90's on a lot of amazing rock albums. Heathrow Tull aqualung was brought up recently. They're my fav to record with.

[Levon]

Originally Posted by litepipe

There are P90's on a lot of amazing rock albums. Heathrow Tull aqualung was brought up recently. They're my fav to record with.

Heathrow Tull? Jethro's little brother?

[litepipe]

Haha yeah!! I hate typing from iPhones. Something gets messed up in every post I make.

[nobtwiddler]

I produced 5 albums for Leslie, trust me it's all in his fingers!

[Alndln]

Originally Posted by nobtwiddler

I produced 5 albums for Leslie, trust me it's all in his fingers!

Yup. I used to see Leslie with his old band the Vagrants on Long Island several times in the mid to late 60's, and sometimes he'd just use whatever was availible at the club, and no matter what he played through, he got his sound.

[Musiclab]

I have to agree, when you listen to the guitar on MQ and just about anything else he played, it sounds like it's jumping out of the speakers, that's his attack.
just a rippin guitar player. When I first started to assemble my studio I bought some patch bays from his old place Charles Lane.

[irishgrungerkid]

damn thanks guys! man what a boss this guy, does he still play live? I'd love to see him. and thats whats great about rock, im only 19 but i love them. timeless

[decay-o-caster]

he's still playing, despite losing a leg recently to diabetes. he's a fighter.

[AwTAC]

I grew up a huge mountain fan and was always mistified by his guitar sound. And then 20 years later I played a jr w p90's and was like, Oh. If you are a half decent guitar player, have a mahogany guitar with p90's plugged into an ultralinear amp on 10 and dont make a sound that is reminiscient of "climbing" check to make sure the amp is on... Ya also gotta take into account what pappalardi is doing under him, mountain was definitely a "lets all play the same note at the same time" type of thing.

[Ephi82]

It should be law that every young guitarist, has to play a P-90 guitar (like a Les Paul Jr ) , through a very loud amp, at least once

[Early21]

I saw Mountain a couple of years ago, great show. Leslie was playing that Dean guitar that has his name on it. He had a pedal board with lots of things on it... I did notice a Tube Screamer, but I don't know if he used it or not. He was playing into several Marshalls. Sound was great.