Meat's Guitars
 

I am curious as to what guitars Meat has used over the years and if he has a favourite

I know his more recent models (the Union Flag and the US Stars and Stripes that appeared durin gthe HCTB tour) have been BC Rich Mockingbirds, as is the NY Yankees guitar he's used in the past.

I think the black acoustic guitar he uses on stage is a Washburn, but can't rememebr exactly, can't rememebr what the other wooden bodied electric is that he often uses (the one with the car number plate scratch guard).

Way back I've seen Meat use Gibson Les Paul guitars ... again I think the US and GB flag guitars used by Meat and John Parr on the Rock and Roll Mercnearies video were Les Paul's

wasn't there something about him using washburn guitars in the LATW booklet?

I'm curious to know if he actually can play, and to what extent. On recent tours he's just been strumming without holding any chords in think (not to mention that the guitars weren't even plugged in).

On a sidenote I've just seen Bon Jovi last week and I was shocked how little he could (did) actually play!

I think he answered that in a recent video didn't he? .. He can play chords but doesn't describe himself as a guitar player

Caryl

there was a video a while backon the youtube when he sorta played around with one of Paul's guitars. fun stuff!

there's a youtube video of LIAL in 1993 where he plays solo

and didn't he do most of the guitar work on the BBIS album?

I can't wait to see him with an Aussie flag on his guitar at the Australian shows.

Carole

Pat plays the solo, and clever use of delay effects lets Meat 'duel' with him ;)

Really? I always thought it was some roadie backstage playing meat's part.

Nunu Bettingcort.... something like that, its a washburn I think. But thats the general gist of the name, there was one for sale at a guitar shop around here that I was going to buy, but they only had the cheaper version.

No he didn't. I always figured that Meat was able to play but preferred to sing. On BBIS I think he just did bits here and there. If he did more, we would have heard about it and he would have played more on other albumns

That's interesting. I always thought it was Kasim on 'duel' guitar.

and i always thought it was meat on the guitar, for eg on the beacon theatre show pat has finished playin while meat appears to be... and it was a different solo to the bat2 picture show vid... but i had never thought it might be a delay effect :oops:

Or it could just be Meat playing. With a bit of practice I don't doubt Meat could play that part.
Springsteen really doesn't play much live. He just strums along and sometimes I wonder if he's actually playing all the time.
I think when Meat plays, he actually plays. But he's paid to sing and that's what he does best.

if Meat's playing, chances are he ain't plugged in ;) Plugged into the mic tho :)

Yes, he answered this recently. It was actually my question he answered. :)

He can play a few chords, but he still doesn't think he can "play".

He is plugged in though at the end of the recent shows during the Revved Up/Freebird Medely. Sure sounds like something is coming off those strings. ;)

I thought that too, but then I saw a few videos on youtube...Springsteen is an amazing guitar player

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVJc2gY5Vqc

I think you have it backwards. I've seen Bruce live and he DEFINITELY plays guitar a lot of the time, including solos. Meat just strums (for more than half the time his guitar isn't audible)

Not bashing the boss, but some of the videos I've seen, he is just strumming up and down, regardless of the song.
The solos he plays are ok and he does well.
As far as Meat goes, if he's not really playing then whats the point?

Sometimes Bruce does just strum along nowadays (he has 2, sometimes 3 other guitarists on stage), but he most certainly can (and does) play. And while he's not exactly Eric Clapton, I think he's extremely underrated.

Back in his Jersey Shore days, Bruce had a reputation as being one of the best guitarists on the shore. In fact, ant one point, his nickname was "The Philly Flash" because he was so fast. Over the years, though, he decided to concentrate on his songwriting rather than trying to be guitar hero.

Here's "The Wind and the Rain" from Bruce's Steel Mill days:

Part I:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omfInocGYnU

Part II:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFUptqHlzc4

Here's a more recent solo from the last tour:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqEvIzgOiVU

I think he does some great guitar work even here, with his brother-in-law's band: :-)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Q0MZJ6jQk8

Great videos. Point well taken