Gig Review:Jeff Beck...Guitar Master

[KiwiCoromandel]

JEFF Beck last toured Australia half a lifetime ago. In 1977, Beck, one of the great electric guitar virtuosos, was a 32-year-old who was spending a year outside Britain to change his tax status. These days, the 64-year-old is happily ensconced in his homeland.

History already acknowledges Beck as a master of his chosen instrument. He is one corner of the triumvirate of guitarists who made their bones playing with the Yardbirds in the mid 1960s, replacing Eric Clapton and briefly sharing a stage with Jimmy Page.

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http://www.smh.com.au/news/entertainment/m...beck/2009/01/27

source:Craig Mathieson/SMH

image:SMH.com.au...JEFF BECK...."There are only two inventions that matter to me: the wheel and the Fender Strat."

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Master of the singing Strat...

THE ultimate accolade one can pay Jeff Beck's guitar playing is that he doesn't need a singer. Commercially successful instrumental rock, after all, remains a rarity, and the ex-Yardbirds guitarist has been making it work since 1975.

Just a few notes explain why: Beck makes a Fender Stratocaster sing.

read more here....

http://www.smh.com.au/news/entertainment/m...ml?s_rid=xpromo

source:John Shand/SMH

images:www.celebrityrockstarguitars.com....Jeff Beck and his singing stratocasters....

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