Foreigner & Cheap Trick

Kind of a new thing for Gretsch. I think it's only been a couple years since he started using them. Ain't cheap, though. $3800 for a regular one, $12,000 for a CS model.

And Rick only used 10 guitars? Must have been a 45 minute set, huh? How is Foreigner headlining that show? It's a Foreigner cover band last I checked. Is Mick Jones even still playing?

 

The kick drum being too loud is an epidemic that's ruining music IMO

 

With all that 12 string bizness can you ever hear what Peterson is playing?

 

I hate when old bands play a lot of new stuff, especially in a short set.

 

He's been using a 12-string since the late 70's. There is a Rig Rundown for Cheap Trick on Youtube. Maybe Rebecca talks about the 12-string?

As for the drummer, what do you expect for a sub who has some big shoes to fill? I guess Bun E Carlos got too much attention due to his drum solos, and Robin/Rick did not like that?

 

Drummers at big shows usually don't run the house sound so it has nothing to do with him. And I would find it odd that a band that had been together almost 40 years at that point would suddenly dislike the attention that Bun E's drum solos got, especially when Bun E hardly ever did drum solos. A little bit in "Ain't That A Shame," a little bit at the end of "Hello There" and "Goodnight Now." It was a dispute between him and Robin.

 

Cheap Trick was my first concert at the Oakland Coliseum. It's amazing they are still out there touring. I missed seeing Tom Petersson when they played. Jon Brant did a decent job but he was not playing a 12. IIRC he ran a 8 string Hammer. Still they sounded fantastic and put on a great show.

 

Heh, saw Cheap Trick warming up for Aerosmith a few years ago. He had a rack of checkerboard painted amp and cab stacks. We walked around the arena behind stage and realized that all but two of them were just empty plywood boxes. Showbiz! The venue was TD Boston Garden, absolutely dreadful acoustics, like swimming through mud, but Cheap Trick actually sounded better than Aerosmith, all of it way too loud. Peterson had a 12 string bedazzled with silver glitter.

 

Cheap trick was my first concert too in the late 80's.
Neilson used to have his cabs loaded with light cans for blinding the audience during certain songs.

"Yeah you just thought they were speakers, but we tricked ya, and it didn't cost much either."

 

Rick usually switches guitar for every song.

 

Having lived near Rockord IL in my HS / college years I was a big fan of Cheap Trick. They ruled the airwaves back then ( along with Kansas, Grand Funk Railroad, Boston, Deep Purple, etc ). The golden age of Rock. And Cheap Trick still gigs!

Note for you young kids: Airwaves = "On the radio". "On the radio = not the Internet"

And while that Gretsch signature has been out for just a couple of years now he has been playing a 12 for a long time. I thought about buying a sig 12 but its way expensive. And I would suck 3-times worse than I do now

 

That's an understatement. In fact there was a book published of some of his collection.



Sadly I don't think there was ever a volume II. But if there was, it would probably also be more of Rick Nielson's stuff.