Bruce Welch & his Guitars

[shadowhankron]

Hi

I am a little confused tonight as my friend read a magazine article about Bruce Welch guitars on earlier recordings / concerts that he only used Acoustic Guitars can anyone tell me is this a true comment. Thank You for your Time

regards

Ronnie

[loujones12]

Hi Ronnie. not quite sure what you meen? however i have the SHADS final tour dvd in Cardiff. and Bruce plays Acoustic. and makes reference that its 42 yrs since he played Acoustic on stage! im sure he has and still does play Acoustic. but maybe not on stage other than this DVD and time.. cheers lou

[Chas]

Hi Ronnie,
Bruce used acoustic on recordings far more than electric, but on stage it wasn't particularly practical - it would have meant either standing precisely in one place behind a mike (not good for any walks) or fitting a soundhole magnetic pickup, which when plugged into a typical guitar amp (say AC30 in this case) would then sound pretty much like an electric. They were really the only choices back then. There wasn't any undersaddle piezos and all the other great equipment available these days for amplifying acoustics. (And the matching guitars always looked great!). Bruce did occasionally appear on tv with an acoustic.
Chas.

[shadowhankron]

Thanks Chas & Lou for your input, my friend read an article this week in a guitar magazine interview with Bruce Welch that most early recordings of Shadows hits were with the Acoustic and as my Friend is a keewn Rhythm Guitarist and fan of Bruce he just felt it strange Acoustic used as most photos show him with electric guitar.

Thank You

Ronnie

[Charlie Hall]

Hi Ronnie,
It is true up to a point. Bruce played electric on probably quite a few of the earlier tunes. To be told he only played acoustic is incorrect.
Regards,
Charlie

[shadowhankron]

Thanks Charlie on your reply, I will forward all replies to my friend.

regards
Ronnie

[specky]

Hi all just reading the above with great interest-did Bruce have the chance of playing lead (or second lead)on many occasions -Im under the impression that he played 2nd lead on Nivram

any others?
tommy

[Charlie Hall]

Hi Tommy,
That's something I always wondered too.
Regards,
Charlie

[didier]

Jan 18, 2010 22:40:50 GMT shadowhankron said:

I am a little confused tonight as my friend read a magazine article about Bruce Welch guitars on earlier recordings / concerts that he only used Acoustic Guitars

He did use acoustic guitars on many early recordings, starting with Apache which he recorded using Cliff's borrowed Gibson J200. But he also used electric guitars on some recordings.
At this time he didn't use acoustic guitars on stage, as he is doing now for some tunes.

Didier

[didier]

Jan 21, 2010 14:57:49 GMT specky said:

Hi all just reading the above with great interest-did Bruce have the chance of playing lead (or second lead)on many occasions -Im under the impression that he played 2nd lead on Nivram

any others?
tommy

Theme from a filleted place ?

Didier

[Tone]

And didn't Bruce play the lead guitar break in the middle 8 of "Kinda Cool"?

Cheers.

Tony

[s4wgb]

Found this magazine today.Which has pages on bruce and his guitars,also on the Hank/Bruce. www.4shared.com/file/205217282/60072879/Magazine.html

[shadowhankron]

SORRY Message should have READ ........This must been the Magazine my friend read leading me to writing this Thread on Bruce Welch which has shown some great interest, Thanks everyone

Regards

Ronnie