comfortably Numb(pink floyd cover by Robbomac)

[kenny mac]

Hi there everyone.
On our usual back and forth email discusions Johnny and I decided to give this a go.
Every now and again we pair up with lead guitar and I know full well that I'm going to get slammed against the wall lol,as johnny is an unbelievably good player,he doesn't teach guitar for nothing.
Any wayhe came up with this backer and he took the 1st lead guitar ,I then took the second part panned to the right,then he comes in on the left and then I finish it.
His runs are incredibly smooth.
The thing I like about Johnny is there is no musical snobbery and he lets you go with it,encouraging you on the way and you feel like you have to give it 100% or at least what you are capable of.
I blew the cobwebs off my 1993 Gibson Les paul for this
Hope you like it

[ODH]

Does it lessen my musical credibility to say that the only version of this song I'm familiar with is the Scissor Sisters one?  Probably.

Great version here though, really well put together.  And hypnotic too.  I think your guitar playing on this, Kenny is lovely, really soulful.  Goes without saying great vocal too.

If only you could have put a dance beat on it...

 

[bruno]

Wow - a brave choice. One of Floyds best tracks - and you guys have done a great job. Had me singing along :-)
B

[chapperz66]

Great version of a seminal song.  Vocals and guitar palying is fantastic.

Paul

[SwanSong]

All I can say is great collaboration great rendition
super job guys................keep rocking Neil

[Groundy]

This is so so good guys.
The guitars sound fantastic, top class vox.
It's true what you say Kenny about Johnny, he has no musical snobbery and is always willing to help.
Brilliant collab guys ,Take a bow.......


Alex

[SteveB]

Oh quite superb.
Well done to All involved. 

[Pete C]

I was never into Pink Floyd back in the day and it was only later when the (punk) blinkers came off that I realised what a great guitarist Dave Gilmour is and there's now a few of their song which I really like. In fact Comfortably Numb is now way up there in my favourite songs.

This is an awesome cover - if I didn't know it was you two, I'd think it was some live version.

The guitar solos by both of you are fantatstic - I'd love to be able to play like that.

Brilliant ! I'm going back for another listen !

Pete

[Johnny Robbo]

Thanks chaps & thanks especially to Kenny. I love the contrast between the way he plays the guitar on this, with his wailing banshee bends in the final solo & my more "frantic" twiddly bits... sometimes my fingers just run away with themselves... it's like they have Tourrettes Syndrome at times 

Gear-wise, it was all the usual stuff on this one... Cakewalk SI drums & string section; no-name bass; Vox Tonelab & tele (except the lead guitar on the outro solo where I used the Harley Benton). I always record everything dry... no reverb/delay/chorus or compression & then add it to the relevant track or bus in Cakewalk. The reason for this is a) I can change my mind on what effects sound best - the slide guitar which is low in the mix in the verses are a case in point here - I tried several different combinations of reverb & delay to get that "dreamy" quality it needed. And b) If I need to repair a note or two in a riff or solo, I can edit out the offending bum note without worrying about chopping the delay/reverb tails from the preceding notes.

Thanks again for listening & thanks to Kenny for really stepping up to the plate on this one

[bruno]

Thanks chaps & thanks especially to Kenny. I love the contrast between the way he plays the guitar on this, with his wailing banshee bends in the final solo & my more "frantic" twiddly bits... sometimes my fingers just run away with themselves... it's like they have Tourrettes Syndrome at times 

Gear-wise, it was all the usual stuff on this one... Cakewalk SI drums & string section; no-name bass; Vox Tonelab & tele (except the lead guitar on the outro solo where I used the Harley Benton). I always record everything dry... no reverb/delay/chorus or compression & then add it to the relevant track or bus in Cakewalk. The reason for this is a) I can change my mind on what effects sound best - the slide guitar which is low in the mix in the verses are a case in point here - I tried several different combinations of reverb & delay to get that "dreamy" quality it needed. And b) If I need to repair a note or two in a riff or solo, I can edit out the offending bum note without worrying about chopping the delay/reverb tails from the preceding notes.

Thanks again for listening & thanks to Kenny for really stepping up to the plate on this one

Thanks for the info. Always interesting to see how people record. I seem to change my methods more often than I change my socks (although that could work one of two ways ;-) ). Interesting, I do the complete opposite, namely as the Kemper has all the effects (both stomp box emulation and also post effects - and reverb and echo are in stereo, and studio quality effects. The BR1600 doesn't have an external effects loop, which is a shame, and I really don't have the patience to export all the tracks to a computer to mix and add effects. NB It seems strange to record in stereo, however I think it is a massive difference, it gives everything much more space and depth, particularly reverb and echo - so I can see the advantage or exporting and then using stereo effects.

Re the twiddles - well, that just your signature as a guitarist. I can listen to a solo on here and without reading anything and say "Yip, that's Johnny". That is a great thing! Guitarists can sound generic and strive to be distinctive and different!