How do I get the Dave Grohl sound?

[StrangerNY]

Originally Posted by Liam O

I am REALLY interested in hearing the Them Crooked Vultures cd that's supposed to drop on Nov. 17th.

The bass player and drummer for my band went and saw them in NYC last week. They are believers.

Thanks for the link. Off to check it out now.

Oh, and I like the new Foos single, even though it ventures deep into Tom Petty territory. I'm a Petty fan as well, so I guess that's why I don't mind it so much. As wimpy as it is compared to the rest of the Foos' catalog, it's still way better than most of what passes for rock nowadays.

- D

[X–Ray]

Originally Posted by Blues4U

...As for the spandex/hairspray stuff-In the beginning of that era, there were many good bands with talent and killer players--by the end, any band that had a drummer with a double bass kit and a blond haired singer that looked like a chick could get signed...

my band had real chicks in it - one of them was even blond
that is, a female singer and a female bass player
obviously, the drummer and myself were/are guys - at least i can vouch for the drummer

we were not a wanna' be heart or the pretenders, the label did not know what to do with us - except give us studio time to record three songs
the label had the attention span of someone with ad/hd
who knows what was not, only what was - oh, well

as an easy starting point: elvis shook it up for a lot of musicians during his time and then came along the beatles who are still shaking it up for many musicians

and then comes along (fill in the blank) –––> nirvana

when nirvana came on the radio i would mentally tune out the rest of band so i could listen to the drumming (dave grohl) which i thought was awesome

i read somewhere during either the recording of "in utero" or "nevermind" cobain would listen to "revolver" endlessly - apparently, kurt was a big beatles fan - go figure

as for dave and his ship of foos in concert - my ears were very pleased and impressed - even the best of bands have their "moments" ("the ballad of john and yoko")

the chain remains unbroken - just some of its links are less noticeable than others but contribute in some way

"i dont know why fortune smiles on some and lets the rest go free... theres no use in asking why, it just turned out that way"
(the sad cafe / the eagles)

[will c]

Originally Posted by Electric_Sunshine

Right now I'm listening to Foo Fighters live at Wembley, AWSOME, they just played Everlong and I saw Dave changing those things on Gibson making the greatest sound of all. Anyone know what he changes them to? Another question, also if I could know which of the little round things do then I would be greatful, maybe a diagram labbeling the parts of the guitar would be good too. Thanks for all the help, sorry I have to be such a newbie asking these questions.

Cheers,
Andrew

Check this out.....

guitargeek | dave grohl of foo fighters

Will

[Liam O]

Originally Posted by StrangerNY

The bass player and drummer for my band went and saw them in NYC last week. They are believers.

Thanks for the link. Off to check it out now.

Yeah they were here in DC mid-October but I couldn't get tickets

Originally Posted by StrangerNY

Oh, and I like the new Foos single, even though it ventures deep into Tom Petty territory. I'm a Petty fan as well, so I guess that's why I don't mind it so much. As wimpy as it is compared to the rest of the Foos' catalog, it's still way better than most of what passes for rock nowadays.

- D

Maybe I need to give it another listen. I love Tom Petty and am not the type to think everything has to be all super-fast-loud-hard-testosterone-crazed-heavy for me to enjoy something, I just got a much more poppy throwaway vibe from this one than like something I would relate to Petty.

But again, maybe I need to give it another listen. Maybe we're not even talking about the same song? I have no idea what the name of it was.

[Loserface300]

Originally Posted by Tonyd

I think he already has.*

lol nice avatar man.....

get a ES- 335 grogh sign....

[snaredrum]

Originally Posted by StrangerNY

Well, yeah.

He put a lot of bands out of business - mine included. But I don't hold it against him. The industry was ripe for change, and Cobain was it.

- D

see, i was the little 13 year old when nevermind hit, and that coupled with my discovery of the sex pistols sent me down the rock and roll road, for which i am forever grateful.

HOWEVER

bearing in mind that those were my introductions to rock, coming from a folk background, and bearing in mind i basically had carte blanch to go back and cherrypick the stuff i liked without declaring allegiances, i love the '80s glam metal scene. it's a really vibrant thing, with (sometimes) less musical talent than a lot of punk or grunge, strangely.

i love it all though

[Blues4U]

My problem with Nirvana wasn't about how "simple their songs were" Hell, most of my favorite rocks songs are simple as hell-they are still good-

I just never really liked them-Of course, I never liked Bob Dylan either----

My problem with Nirvana was that the record industry rammed the grunge crap down everybody's throat (like they do all of the next big things) and you couldn't go 25 minutes on the radio without hearing them-

Like I said erlier-I am actually getting to where I can listen to them now and when they come on the radio, I do not change the channel--I always use to-

[StrangerNY]

Originally Posted by Liam O

Maybe I need to give it another listen. I love Tom Petty and am not the type to think everything has to be all super-fast-loud-hard-testosterone-crazed-heavy for me to enjoy something, I just got a much more poppy throwaway vibe from this one than like something I would relate to Petty.

But again, maybe I need to give it another listen. Maybe we're not even talking about the same song? I have no idea what the name of it was.

The song I'm talking about is called 'Wheels.' Here's the video:

Wheels

Wheels

It's going to be one of two (I think) new tracks on an upcoming greatest hits album.

My band sat down and listened to it and we decided it's the drum beat from 'Into The Great Wide Open' and the chords from 'Learning To Fly.'

The phrasing of the words and even the melody is pretty close to 'Learning To Fly,' too.

- D

[snaredrum]

Originally Posted by StrangerNY

The song I'm talking about is called 'Wheels.' Here's the video:

Wheels

It's going to be one of two (I think) new tracks on an upcoming greatest hits album.

My band sat down and listened to it and we decided it's the drum beat from 'Into The Great Wide Open' and the chords from 'Learning To Fly.'

The phrasing of the words and even the melody is pretty close to 'Learning To Fly,' too.

- D

the irony of it being a song that references landing and borrows from learning to fly may not be entirely accidental

[StrangerNY]

Originally Posted by snaredrum

the irony of it being a song that references landing and borrows from learning to fly may not be entirely accidental

I had that thought as well.

- D

[Liam O]

Originally Posted by StrangerNY

The song I'm talking about is called 'Wheels.'

It's going to be one of two (I think) new tracks on an upcoming greatest hits album.

My band sat down and listened to it and we decided it's the drum beat from 'Into The Great Wide Open' and the chords from 'Learning To Fly.'

The phrasing of the words and even the melody is pretty close to 'Learning To Fly,' too.

- D

Yeah that's the one.

So on second listen, I might have been a little harsh in my initial assessment but it's still not really my cup of tea. No biggie. I totally agree with your call on the drums and chords though - which is kind of weird - because those are both songs I'm pretty fond of.

[X–Ray]

random thoughts -

both dave and tom live in encino

good guess they know each other socially

the ff's have their own recording studio in the valley

i do not believe tom re-built his since it burned down

maybe tom uses dave's studio

analogous to lennon's "you've to hide your love away" and dylan's "fourth time around"

you never know, could be an in-joke between friends as that i seriously doubt dave would so blatantly nick from tom, or, weirder still, it could be an homage

gezz, as much as i like zep, old pagey had very sticky fingers when it came to other songwriter's material – but it does not detract me from enjoying "whole lotta love" :~)

[StrangerNY]

Originally Posted by X–Ray

random thoughts -

both dave and tom live in encino

good guess they know each other socially

the ff's have their own recording studio in the valley

i do not believe tom re-built his since it burned down

maybe tom uses dave's studio

analogous to lennon's "you've to hide your love away" and dylan's "fourth time around"

you never know, could be an in-joke between friends as that i seriously doubt dave would so blatantly nick from tom, or, weirder still, it could be an homage

gezz, as much as i like zep, old pagey had very sticky fingers when it came to other songwriter's material – but it does not detract me from enjoying "whole lotta love" :~)

All very good points, X-Ray. I'll just add that Grohl deserves to be there.

- D

[Sky]

Dave uses a Mesa/Boogie Roadking and Vox AC30 for his Amplifiers. When I saw Dave he used primarily Gibson Explorers. A Black one and a White one. Live he has also used a Black Gibson Firebird and also his Semi-Hollow which is a Gibson DG-335. He uses Standard tuning aswell as Drop D and Drop A.
For effects he uses RAT Distortion. For other effects he uses brands such as MXR, EH, Boss and Keeley. Hope this helps...

-Sky