Vintage frets? 21 frets? Really?

Only it was far to loud and completely drowning everything else out, even in the rhythm parts.

@@hanskung3278 Most likely equipped with 6105; 21 frets is not impairing anything.

@@p6x2 I guess he would probably regret....it must be me, I don't get the vintage thing, I guess it's like old cars, their cool and all but a uncomfortable ride and full of problems.

Yes, hadn't seen this gig before-Robben always puts a smile on my face! He is just such a master...The band is cookin'. Of course Robben sounds superb on anything he plays, sometimes I like to listen to him playing his old Fender Signature model with the Blue Line or a 335. I also heard him on a Strat once and woah, that was something else. But he kills on the Tele for sure!

Only underrated by those who don't know any better

Many years ago I was mostly into rock, but had a colleague and friend who had been playing jazz. He taught me a lot, and brought me to some jazz concerts, among them a local big band that gigged every monday evening. On one occasion I asked "what if someone played the same solo two nights in a row?". Sort of baffeld, my friend answered "they'd think he was boring!". This is one of the things that makes jazz and blues interesting to listen to. Theres even a sequence here, in the first song, where I believe Robben is taking the band with surprise with some impromptu harmonies.

Jazz school. The master of augmented / diminished scales. Even on Blues numbers, he still keep it more interesting.

I think so too. I just listened to the recording with the PRS and it didn’t sound as alive. That said, I imagine his ole trusty tele is just a lot more comfortable and he feels more at home on it. He is s master no mater what he plays. So we’ll see if he plays his PRS more and dials in his sound on it more. All good

Couldn't agree more. The PRS just doesn't suit him...

I preferred the Prs.

To me most PRS guitars are missing some part of the bandwidth, somewhere in the mid frequency range. That makes them a bit different, but we are all used to the full sound of classic Fender and Gibson models. Robben recently uses less overdrive. I'm not sure this is the best idea, I find his recent work a bit too "sterile" for a lack of a better word. I also think his rhythm playing didn't improve over the years. Of course he is still very unique, but I would rather listen to Mystic Mile or Supernatural than to his current work. I think his last great album was "A Day in Nashville". Perhaps another problem is a lack of a creative lineup. Robben chooses great musicians, but to make a great album you need to allow other people to contribute something "fresh". I might be critical, but I'm certainly a huge fan of Robben.

@@lukaszplucinski6874 I share your observations regarding PRS. Never tried one that I could bond with. Any yes, maybe a bit to critical. Not many players with such a long history stays as fresh and vibrating as Robben :-) Not to forget, his great singing and song writing…

I feel the same, the entire time I'm watching and listening I'm saying those same things. Such a pleasure to have top quality audio and video together. So often one or the other is lacking, not here though.🙏

Yep, whoever recorded the audio/video did a great job! All the stars in the universe were aligned perfectly that night--that sound is gorgeous!

@@CanuckFinn I think Robben is mixed too high on a lot of the organ solos. His comping shouldn't be louder than the organ solo, but it is on some songs. That's on the mixing tech. Otherwise the sound is great.

thanks 🙏🙏🤘

MAFALK TY it's always great when someone adds this so we can move around to change the order & repeat. Appreciate much -

Very cool

I'm 60 and forgive me I'm not Robin Ford fluent I must look into this plus more technicalities. Always been aware of him I guess it is is that he has mellowed, he doesn't drive so hard now and perhaps show off / show up. You know what I'm kind of saying here?

No

ya man! That old Tele be speaking the truth that night fer sure--'PURE'!

@@CanuckFinn Yes indeed!

Completely agree.

Hard to compare - the tele has a lot of reverb, the prs is dry

It is a bit verb'y. I'm associating it with surf but there's nothing surf about this. Ok suppose without it though one could go bonkers. You have to have had been there with things like that. A bit of a monster this way.

This is an auditorium. Purpose built and a good one too . Notice when he took a bow and thanked the audience. No microphone. When they were clapping for an oncore ..no surplus sound Good stuff here

so are you Thais

I’m guessing the smaller amp is set with some reverb and the larger one is dry. That’s what I feel like I’m hearing.

Why would he want reverb on one amp and not on both, what is the difference in the sound.

Twin reverb on the right. Looks like a Vibrolux reverb on the left but can’t be sure.

Gerni those jeans off too.

I hear plenty of bass.

Bass is there alright and killing it,about the kick it disappears in the heavy load parts but comes back at less dynamic stuff.it has a natural tone to it .also don't forget you are not listening to heavy rock or metal .in the blues everything's comes more naturally less triggered compressed.