Lloyd Green's current setup?

Tim Russell · Post by **Tim Russell** » 21 Nov 2015 12:10 pm

Does anyone know - does Lloyd still play a Sho-Bud? I don't have "regular" tv, so I never get to see any of these guys on the shows on RFD/other.

Just curious what Lloyd might be playing now, and his current copedent...

Dave Campbell · Post by **Dave Campbell** » 21 Nov 2015 1:16 pm

as far as i can figure (the internet as my only source of info), lloyd green has kept his rig pretty constant. same ldg, fender twin, and copedent. i think he has adopted a bl710 pickup in place of the bud's single coil.

every time i think of buying more gear or changing something, i keep thinking of what lloyd sounds like with my setup, and then i go and practice!

Mike Holder · Post by **Mike Holder** » 21 Nov 2015 2:47 pm

Couldn't have said it better! Good insight!! I hope you're also listening to all the Bob Lucier you can get your hands on!...Kudos!

Tim Russell · Post by **Tim Russell** » 21 Nov 2015 3:36 pm

I see him playing a JCH double at the steel guitar convention back some years ago (youtube clips). There's not really any info. on his website concerning the steel/etc.

Donny Hinson · Post by **Donny Hinson** » 21 Nov 2015 4:08 pm

Tim Russell wrote:I see him playing a JCH double at the steel guitar convention back some years ago (youtube clips). There's not really any info. on his website concerning the steel/etc.

Maybe...he doesn't think it's that important?

Tim Russell · Post by **Tim Russell** » 21 Nov 2015 4:20 pm

Donny Hinson wrote:
Tim Russell wrote:I see him playing a JCH double at the steel guitar convention back some years ago (youtube clips). There's not really any info. on his website concerning the steel/etc.
Maybe...he doesn't think it's that important?

Well...it's the tribute page I was referring to, as Lloyd doesn't have a site of his own...

Dave Campbell · Post by **Dave Campbell** » 21 Nov 2015 4:50 pm

some good info on the jch.

http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopi ... 665b1d7b5a

Tim Russell · Post by **Tim Russell** » 21 Nov 2015 5:41 pm

Thanks for that link, Dave. I enjoyed reading through that thread.

Ricky Davis · Post by **Ricky Davis** » 21 Nov 2015 7:02 pm

Lloyd only played that JCH for a little while after he came back from Ear injury; many years ago. Lloyd currently and since he received it; plays his LDG, just like seen here recently-ish>
https://youtu.be/3kIaepr9VRw

And this is Lloyd's set up for all that time and still currently.
http://b0b.com/tunings/green.htm

Tom Quinn · Post by **Tom Quinn** » 21 Nov 2015 7:20 pm

Thank you for the clip Ricky. That was a knockout performance by Lloyd on a great song plus we got to see a bit of wonderful Mike Auldridge.

robert kramer · Post by **robert kramer** » 21 Nov 2015 7:37 pm

Does anybody know Lloyd's intro to "Wine." I've spent much time on it and still can't get it? I'm talking about the counterpoint move - where he's slanting the bar and then bringing it back?

Tim Russell · Post by **Tim Russell** » 21 Nov 2015 8:41 pm

Ricky Davis wrote:Lloyd only played that JCH for a little while after he came back from Ear injury; many years ago. Lloyd currently and since he received it; plays his LDG, just like seen here recently-ish>
https://youtu.be/3kIaepr9VRw

And this is Lloyd's set up for all that time and still currently.
http://b0b.com/tunings/green.htm

That is a very simplistic tuning...

Just goes to show you that true talent lies with the player, not necessarily the guitar. And I would be lost without that 4th string E-Eb lower...

Mike Jones · Post by **Mike Jones** » 21 Nov 2015 9:16 pm

The man at work from 2013,

Dale Rottacker · Post by **Dale Rottacker** » 21 Nov 2015 9:23 pm

And still using an old Sho~Bud pedal... what is wrong with me??

John Macy · Post by **John Macy** » 21 Nov 2015 10:21 pm

Here is Lloyd on a session from earlier this year with us at Cinderella Sound with Eugene Moles on guitar...

richard burton · Post by **richard burton** » 22 Nov 2015 1:00 am

'Wine' intro tabbed out HERE

robert kramer · Post by **robert kramer** » 22 Nov 2015 5:37 am

Thanks Mr. Burton for the tab and the fast response. Making coffee and going into the shed. I'll be back in a couple of months.

chris ivey · Post by **chris ivey** » 22 Nov 2015 12:17 pm

wow...the pictures from 2013 and 2015...
and he's still wearing the same clothes!!

Tim Russell · Post by **Tim Russell** » 22 Nov 2015 12:52 pm

chris ivey wrote:wow...the pictures from 2013 and 2015...
and he's still wearing the same clothes!!

lol - As stated earlier, Lloyd remains constant!

He probably follows the theory of highly successful people that dress the same everyday.

Paddy Long · Post by **Paddy Long** » 22 Nov 2015 2:26 pm

wow...the pictures from 2013 and 2015...
and he's still wearing the same clothes!!

No he's changed his shoes !!!

John Booth · Post by **John Booth** » 22 Nov 2015 6:19 pm

Ricky Davis wrote: plays his LDG, just like seen here recently-ish>
https://youtu.be/3kIaepr9VRw

Lloyd.
Nuff said.

Barry Blackwood · Post by **Barry Blackwood** » 22 Nov 2015 6:32 pm

In Lloyd's case, less is plenty..

Tom Quinn · Post by **Tom Quinn** » 22 Nov 2015 7:21 pm

What is that amp he's plugged into? Looks like a TR that was cut down. Is that a head only?

John Macy · Post by **John Macy** » 22 Nov 2015 11:16 pm

Yeah, he has a JBL 15 in a Rick Johnson cab behind him...

Ned McIntosh · Post by **Ned McIntosh** » 23 Nov 2015 12:43 am

Lloyd is amazing. With 3X4, and not even lowering his top E, he can play the most heavenly music from an S10 and it is instantly recognisable as his style and his alone. I am humbled.

Sometimes we get so carried away with all the pulls we can have simply because modern mechanisms allow it that we forget the elegance that comes with sheer simplicity. It takes someone like Lloyd to remind us of this.

As a corollary, recall how amazing the late Ben Keith sounded. His Emmons p/p had 3 pedals and 1 (that's right, just one!) knee-lever which lowered both Es.

Thanks, Lloyd, for reminding us that is isn't how complex the copedant is that matters, it's what the player produces from it that truly makes the musical statement.