The man speaks of David Gilmour, Andy Latimer and Steve Hackett in one sentence. Those three with Steve himself belong truly to the greatest of melodic and emotional guitar playing!
Steve Rothery is probably my favorite living guitarist and second favorite guitarist overall. There is something about how he creates a guitar sound that continues the emotional thread of the song. He knows when to play restrained and when to cut loose. He finds what works for the song.
@@Juststartingout768 My favorite guitarist is the late Terry Kath. He was just raw energy as a soloist, but it was the intricate rhythm guitar work of his that really shines. Find some of his isolated guitar tracks here on UA-cam.
@@thecatsofva I will go take a look thanks. Right now I am marvelling at Berlin from Season's End. Love that guitar work. None of the twangy sound that was on FEAR
SR is a genius with a guitar in his hands, his knowledge of his equipment and how to use it is second to none the sounds he creates on stage are truly stunning to the ears and the mind, long may he be blessed with entertaining us mere mortals who can only ever dream of being a guitarist.
Ahhhh, I have been patiently waiting for this one. My #1 all time favourite guitarist since I was around 12 or 13 (I turn 44 this year). Time for a cup of tea and a sit down to listen to god speak and hopefully play. All the best Steve, I really do miss seeing Marillion live since moving to New Zealand from the UK. All the best
Once Again, Humility is on display in this rig breakdown by yet another member of this fantastic band. I’ve had the pleasure of hanging out and chatting it up with them and I’m here to say, it’s real and it’s on, all the time. Best Line - Paraphrased: “I’ve invested heavily in my gear over time, this explains the state of my kitchen”…. Great Job Steve…..ff
One of the best guitarists around, and a major influence on me since Marillion started releasing music in the early 80's. I was lucky enough to meet and chat with Steve, at The Guitar Show, NEC Birmingham, in Nov 2007, when he delivered a demo and clinic for Laney amps. I had the utmost honour of being allowed to hold that actual Blade Strat!!
What a man! Humble, no blown up ego and an incredible musician. Very technical and more to playing a guitar than I envisaged. The whole band has a vibe that has clearly bonded them together all these years when today's "bands" are often one hit wonders and not album artists. What an incredible talent and appears a very quiet gentle man (his wife may disagree) 😀. Well done Marillion on giving us all a close up and personal insight... thank you and look forward to seeing you soon in London.
This is what it’s all about not just being able to play to understand the equipment and use it properly….then also being a reasonable person who you can get along with Steve has it all
Sorry Steve, I understood “this is my live rig for Marillion” and then it went whoosh over my head for the next 20 mins 🥺. But I’m glad you do what you do, even if I don’t understand how you do it!
Can't wait for the next album, Steve with D.Gilmour is my favorite guitar player, som much emotions and feel without overdoing anything, love this band and guys, humble down to earth guys loving their fans and audience😃
Steve you are my iconic and greatest inspiration, the reason why i have started playing guitar 30 years ago. Thank you for everything. Wishing to meet you again soon. Respect and love😊
I agree! Not only would it be cool to learn more from Steve about how he does what he does sonically but it would present Marillion out to a wider audience!
OMG, even if I would buy all those wonderful gadgets, and I do know what you play(!), I couldn't sound like you! I just don't have the same feel! I can play a lot of Marillion songs, sadly I can never sound like Steve Rothery! You Sir are one of the Greats!
one of my all-time heroes, and one who survived my transcendence of all my heroes (not interested in most of them anymore). An imaginative and great guitarist and tone perfectionist, one who has always put music and great taste before obsessive and overdone technique. I cannot listen to most "shredders" for more than 60 seconds without either yawning or screaming, but I can listen to a Rothery all day long. In the universe of music, only true ideas survives, not gimmicks
Steve le da un sonido y sentimiento muy especial a su guitarra, para mí el mejor guitarrista y es súper sencillo mi admiración y respeto por siempre, gracias Steve por tu excelente música
That was fun to watch! If it had been an hour long it would still have been too short. Clearly Steve will never be one of the guitarists that have someone else setting up and controlling their rigs - he'd miss playing with the toys himself.
what a brilliant video and fantastic sound when Steve was playing the 🎸beautiful rig and set up. Love the ‘Holidays In Eden’ drape. Can’t wait for the new album and gigs 💕
Wow, thoroughly enjoyed these fascinating insights from the work of a true master craftsman. Can't wait for the new Marillion album. Steve Rothery is one of my favourite guitarists along with Mike Oldfield and Dave Gilmour.
Nice job Steve, great tone/playing, as always - thanks, although it may have convinced me to finally ditch the TC Hall of Fame/Earthquaker Devices Transmisser for a Specular Tempus, which seem rarer hens teeth here in the UK... and bloody expensive!
Excellent interview - love Steve's tones and sounds. It is what inspired me to play guitar. Admittedly, I spend far too much time looking for tones - and not enough of learning to play. I would say Steve is in my top three favorite guitarists. The solos are perfect, the composition is perfect...a magical guitarist in every sense. And the band as a unite is just amazing.
Your a brilliant player Steve, love marillion full stop, also one of my favourite guitar players is Jeff beck, it amazes me how he can make the sounds he does literally with his fingers and the pots and a tremolo, very few effects. Have you ever tried a similar approach in what you do?
Hmmm do we pick up any runs there that could be on the new album little trinkets to tantalise and tease? Just makes you realise u can’t just pick up a guitar and play it’s taken years years and years and days upon days of practice to get to even close to Steve’s level but the talent is what takes him to the top of his game amazing insight into one of the truly greats thank you Steve
Steve Rothery's tone and playing definitely triggers strong emotions. Think of the lead part in "Warm Wet Cirles" which is that perfectly put to the point that it simply gives immediate goosebumps all over. That's true musicality. That's what we want a guitar to do. For me Steve Rothery together with Dave Gilmour and Mark Knopfler belong to the guitar players that have this true distinctive unique sound and playing style you immediatly recognize. True musicality.
That whole album that warm wet circles is from is so powerful... I don't particularly see myself as a huge fan, I've never really checked out their catalogue for some reason... But 'Clutching at Straws' has lived with me for over 30 years, it represents a extremely unhappy time for me which is why I've stopped there with their catalogue, but it's such a oddly comforting album in its sadness too. I listen to it maybe once or twice a year, but its still emotionally powerful each time. He certainly matches Gilmour for emotive playing.
Cheers Steve. Well put, well demonstrated and edifying. (and thanks to the tech crew too). Can you get any of the rest of the band drunk and persuade them to do similar? I know they're all shy, but a couple of your signature cocktails might help?
Shame the jc120 rig wasn't mic'd up I was tuning in to hear the rockman chorus. Thanks for the Quad Cortex mention, I'm one of the developers and a lifelong Marillion fan :)
I would love to hear more about the Squier Strat that Steve owns and uses - and has he done any mods to it? Refreshing to hear someone like Steve playing a Squier. I just started learning and I picked up an old Squier SE - I enjoy it a lot and the cool thing is it is the same body dimensions as a Fender, so future upgrades could be in order.
His trusty old Squier is a Japanese model (which are much sought after and much better made than the newer ones). Steve used it on all the Fish albums which is why he plays it when those tracks come up on a set list. In fact, it's listed in the liner notes of Script for a Jester's Tear (spelled SQUIRE!) He added a Kahler trem and EMG pickups, but I'm not sure what else. As far as upgrading a Squier is concerned, the one thing that would be potentially different is the scratchplate and its screw holes. Otherwise, yup, all about the same. Squiers are brilliant for modding!
How about remember to love this channel. Steve, please reach out to Dan & Mick and give us a glorious TPS experience. You are the 1 who can make that amazing!!! (I mean, they are amazing but I hope you know what I mean).
What a Gentleman....Letting us into his inner sanctum .. Truly not a sales pitch. I have a 35 year old Yamaha Deluxe, in mint , hardly ever played, never gigged. Would love to see you play it on stage....please forgive the intrusion. Drop me a mail sir I will be at Leicester
I would love to stick a 1940’s 4 string banjo in the hands of someone of steves calibre, and say, steve play ‘the web’ on that for a bit of fun, i bet it would be instantly recognisable, and still sound fantastic.
It’s so fascinating the way that his sound evolved with the times. JC120, Marshall, EMG pickups, boss pedals, and rockman units is almost self parody with how 1980’s it is, but it worked with the times. I do much prefer his modern sound with more of the contemporary-vintage flavor (oxymoronic as it may sound). He paints such great landscapes with it and his leads are that much more soulful.
@@MiniForklift unfortunately our family watch UA-cam on TiVo and there’s no way of removing the commercials, it comes down to UA-cam and the creators allowing this to happen
Oh no. I love the old Rotheray sound when a guitar sounds like a guitar. And every album I live in optimism that is what we get on a new release. And then I saw this and once again all this twangy noise "that is what I use on most of the new album." He is my fav guitarst ever and I have followed since Fugazi but I absolutely hate this fannying around with guitar sounds that make the guitar sound not like a guitar. I wish he would leave the wah sound effects to Mark and play some good old guitar work with his God-gven talent.
Wah? Rothery hardly ever uses a wah live or on record, it's certainly very occasional. If you were going to associate Steve with an effect it would have to be either chorus on his clean tone or rotary
@@MiniForklift i never mention a wah pedal. Go listen to the guitar on pretty much anything on the first half dozen albums. Now listen to the recent ones. FEAR it didnt sound like a guitar at all. Too much crap on it. Name your top guitar solos and who will say anything on Fear? No one. Because it doesnt sound like a guitar anymore. Far too plinky plink
@@Juststartingout768 You mentioned the wah sounds in your last sentence, but maybe you weren't specifically referring to a wah pedal. FWIW I'm a huge Marillion fan right from their first album through to the recent Albert Hall & St David's live stuff that I have on DVD. Sounds just fine to me and I'm a guitarist myself, so I'll politely disagree with you. Steve's right at the top of my list along with guys like Hendrix, Mike Bloomfield, BB/Albert/Freddie King, Danny Gatton, Brian May et al. Every album seems to just get better, hard to pick a favourite but if I was pushed... maybe Seasons End or Brave
@@MiniForklift If you listen to Russia's Locked Doors right after the phrase "Thnk About It." That sound he uses right there is indicative of the crap sound I am talking about. I will go back to the solos on Easter or Berlin or any one of a dozen other greats and then listen to this and shake my head in horror at the massive step backwards. I've been a fan as long as you and I buy everything and always will, probably just like you, but I wont say oh everything is great and getting better every time. The one thing that separated Marillion for me, the one thing that held them together was the long emotional guitar solos. This new twangy plinky plonk effects he likes on his guitar is not that. We all have our own thoughts and opinions and in my opinion it has been a long time since we had some of his great guitar solos. Remember, Fear was 5 years ago, Sounds 9 years ago and Happiness 13 years ago and I dont remember any classic great solos on Happiness either now that I think about it. They are still my most listened to band and he is still my fav guitarist, but more for the old stuff, given that we are going back well past a decade, closer to two decades than anything he has done with his new gadgets.
@@Juststartingout768 Every solo (for nearly forty years) on every track on every album can't be with the same sound, no matter how good it is, as that would get boring. The choice of sound is based on what the music is doing in that moment. The part I play in the section of New Kings you mention wouldn't work with the distorted solo sound you seem to love so much. Sound is a matter of personal taste but there are more conventional solo sounds all over the FEAR album, just not the DS-1/JC 120 sound. The challenge when you've written and recorded so much music is to develop new approaches and textures and not to stagnate creatively.
As a big fan of both eras of Marillion, it's frustrating to see the band struggling to make quality albums basically because they have run out of great music. So why not use what is already written and release completely new reimagined album? H putting his lyrics onto Fish era music, and Fish coming back to put his lyrics onto H era music. The band could release half a dozen more classic albums instead of churning out mediocrity.
The man speaks of David Gilmour, Andy Latimer and Steve Hackett in one sentence. Those three with Steve himself belong truly to the greatest of melodic and emotional guitar playing!
One of the best the best guitar players in the world🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸
Definitely the one with the greatest feeling for melody!
His feel and ability to put emotions into his playing is on level with David Gilmore, one of my favorite guitar players
Goldrichtig! 😭🤩❤👏👌
I was lucky enough to open for the Steve Rothery band, I thought Steve had one of the best live guitar sounds I've ever heard
Steve Rothery is probably my favorite living guitarist and second favorite guitarist overall. There is something about how he creates a guitar sound that continues the emotional thread of the song. He knows when to play restrained and when to cut loose. He finds what works for the song.
Who is the first?
@@Juststartingout768 My favorite guitarist is the late Terry Kath. He was just raw energy as a soloist, but it was the intricate rhythm guitar work of his that really shines. Find some of his isolated guitar tracks here on UA-cam.
@@thecatsofva I will go take a look thanks. Right now I am marvelling at Berlin from Season's End. Love that guitar work. None of the twangy sound that was on FEAR
That's why I'll never be as good!
Thank you
Dude is a sonic genius. Absolutely love the sounds he creates on his guitars.
What a nice humble guy as well as an incredible musician
SR is a genius with a guitar in his hands, his knowledge of his equipment and how to use it is second to none the sounds he creates on stage are truly stunning to the ears and the mind, long may he be blessed with entertaining us mere mortals who can only ever dream of being a guitarist.
Please get this man on The Pedal Show.
Yes agree
Done.
Ahhhh, I have been patiently waiting for this one. My #1 all time favourite guitarist since I was around 12 or 13 (I turn 44 this year). Time for a cup of tea and a sit down to listen to god speak and hopefully play. All the best Steve, I really do miss seeing Marillion live since moving to New Zealand from the UK. All the best
Love watching Steve play live, effortless and uber technical.
Once Again,
Humility is on display in this rig breakdown by yet another member of this fantastic band. I’ve had the pleasure of hanging out and chatting it up with them and I’m here to say, it’s real and it’s on, all the time.
Best Line - Paraphrased: “I’ve invested heavily in my gear over time, this explains the state of my kitchen”….
Great Job Steve…..ff
No problem
Me too
Nae wonder! This person's rig that we're seeing is worth sooo much money, and they have multiple! A very understanding partner indeed.
One of the best guitarists around, and a major influence on me since Marillion started releasing music in the early 80's. I was lucky enough to meet and chat with Steve, at The Guitar Show, NEC Birmingham, in Nov 2007, when he delivered a demo and clinic for Laney amps. I had the utmost honour of being allowed to hold that actual Blade Strat!!
God bless Steve, and thanks for the beautiful music.
What a man! Humble, no blown up ego and an incredible musician. Very technical and more to playing a guitar than I envisaged. The whole band has a vibe that has clearly bonded them together all these years when today's "bands" are often one hit wonders and not album artists. What an incredible talent and appears a very quiet gentle man (his wife may disagree) 😀.
Well done Marillion on giving us all a close up and personal insight... thank you and look forward to seeing you soon in London.
This is what it’s all about not just being able to play to understand the equipment and use it properly….then also being a reasonable person who you can get along with Steve has it all
Sorry Steve, I understood “this is my live rig for Marillion” and then it went whoosh over my head for the next 20 mins 🥺. But I’m glad you do what you do, even if I don’t understand how you do it!
Ah but I do
Can't wait for the next album, Steve with D.Gilmour is my favorite guitar player, som much emotions and feel without overdoing anything, love this band and guys, humble down to earth guys loving their fans and audience😃
Steve you are my iconic and greatest inspiration, the reason why i have started playing guitar 30 years ago. Thank you for everything. Wishing to meet you again soon. Respect and love😊
Almost, No humming or buzzing. Love your work Steve. Cheers and blessings from Australia 🇦🇺
Monsieur rothery.vous êtes dans l excellence, et pour moi le meilleur !
He looks great!
Can't wait to see you guys live in Liverpool Philharmonic November 23rd! Woohoooo!! 😍
Steve Rothery: The Guitarman, the myth! One of my top 5 guitar influences.
La Vostra musica mi accompagna sempre. Grazie!!!
Nice one Steve, I hope we can see it sometime in a more in depth presentation at That Pedal Show :)
That would be so cool!
Omg someone make that happen please!
I agree! Not only would it be cool to learn more from Steve about how he does what he does sonically but it would present Marillion out to a wider audience!
i love the fact that steve still plays his squier strat. one of my favourite guitarists for sure.
OMG, even if I would buy all those wonderful gadgets, and I do know what you play(!), I couldn't sound like you! I just don't have the same feel! I can play a lot of Marillion songs, sadly I can never sound like Steve Rothery! You Sir are one of the Greats!
I feel so too have fun be careful
We are
one of my all-time heroes, and one who survived my transcendence of all my heroes (not interested in most of them anymore). An imaginative and great guitarist and tone perfectionist, one who has always put music and great taste before obsessive and overdone technique. I cannot listen to most "shredders" for more than 60 seconds without either yawning or screaming, but I can listen to a Rothery all day long. In the universe of music, only true ideas survives, not gimmicks
Brilliant, just utterly brilliant!
My absolute numero uno guitar hero!
Got me super anxious waiting for this video last out of all 5 of the guys 🤣🤣 well worth it!!!
Steve le da un sonido y sentimiento muy especial a su guitarra, para mí el mejor guitarrista y es súper sencillo mi admiración y respeto por siempre, gracias Steve por tu excelente música
The JC120 and the Squire is the greatest cleansound and solosound ever.
Love pre amp
Esperando con ansias otro trabajo de Marillion, que Dios les de mucha salud para que nos sigan regalando su maravillosa música.
David Gilmour + Andy Latimer + Steve Hackett + Steve Rothery. That's all we need about emotions on guitar.
That was fun to watch! If it had been an hour long it would still have been too short. Clearly Steve will never be one of the guitarists that have someone else setting up and controlling their rigs - he'd miss playing with the toys himself.
Calling Steve super talented doesn't do the job... absolutely brilliant guitarist... brilliant.
You're my best guitarist, Steve. I like many others but you're the best of the best ! It's a great pleasure to hear your music.
Legend also has it there’s a shop full of blade guitars that have asked Santa for Steve Rothery for Xmas
what a brilliant video and fantastic sound when Steve was playing the 🎸beautiful rig and set up. Love the ‘Holidays In Eden’ drape. Can’t wait for the new album and gigs 💕
Me either Eden n.c
Wow, thoroughly enjoyed these fascinating insights from the work of a true master craftsman. Can't wait for the new Marillion album. Steve Rothery is one of my favourite guitarists along with Mike Oldfield and Dave Gilmour.
My Hero!🎸🎶💕
Beautiful tones!! Wow!
Thanks Steve, I could listen to you talking about this stuff all day.
Those ambient reverbs are just lovely.
Wow! Loss of weight! Great job Steve
Me too
You guys are awesome❤ love watching this, very interesting. Thank you for sharing. ❤❤❤👍👍👍
Nice job Steve, great tone/playing, as always - thanks, although it may have convinced me to finally ditch the TC Hall of Fame/Earthquaker Devices Transmisser for a Specular Tempus, which seem rarer hens teeth here in the UK... and bloody expensive!
Excellent interview - love Steve's tones and sounds. It is what inspired me to play guitar. Admittedly, I spend far too much time looking for tones - and not enough of learning to play. I would say Steve is in my top three favorite guitarists. The solos are perfect, the composition is perfect...a magical guitarist in every sense. And the band as a unite is just amazing.
MFFM
Marillion Forever Forever Marillion
God is in da house
I fell sorry for those who don't know Steve Rothery...one of the greatest and most humble
Not to mention his awesome Black Squire Strat that he used to use so much...brilliant
Still my favourite guitarist -- biggest influence on me as a guitarist too :-D
Your a brilliant player Steve, love marillion full stop, also one of my favourite guitar players is Jeff beck, it amazes me how he can make the sounds he does literally with his fingers and the pots and a tremolo, very few effects. Have you ever tried a similar approach in what you do?
one of the best out there
You could do some amazing ambient chill music. Very much needed these days to help people relax . Work this into frequencies such as 432hz
Loved this. I really fancied one of those specular tempus pedals but I went with a Source Audio Collider……I still want one anyway 😁
Hmmm do we pick up any runs there that could be on the new album little trinkets to tantalise and tease? Just makes you realise u can’t just pick up a guitar and play it’s taken years years and years and days upon days of practice to get to even close to Steve’s level but the talent is what takes him to the top of his game amazing insight into one of the truly greats thank you Steve
Steve just noodling around send my hairs on end, he is super cool. Wonder if any of them sounds are going to be used for the new stuff.
Pays me to wait for what he says lol
I believe he said it was. New album is going to be another masterpiece
The best!!!!! 🤘
Steve Rothery's tone and playing definitely triggers strong emotions. Think of the lead part in "Warm Wet Cirles" which is that perfectly put to the point that it simply gives immediate goosebumps all over. That's true musicality. That's what we want a guitar to do. For me Steve Rothery together with Dave Gilmour and Mark Knopfler belong to the guitar players that have this true distinctive unique sound and playing style you immediatly recognize. True musicality.
That whole album that warm wet circles is from is so powerful... I don't particularly see myself as a huge fan, I've never really checked out their catalogue for some reason... But 'Clutching at Straws' has lived with me for over 30 years, it represents a extremely unhappy time for me which is why I've stopped there with their catalogue, but it's such a oddly comforting album in its sadness too. I listen to it maybe once or twice a year, but its still emotionally powerful each time. He certainly matches Gilmour for emotive playing.
Cheers Steve. Well put, well demonstrated and edifying. (and thanks to the tech crew too).
Can you get any of the rest of the band drunk and persuade them to do similar? I know they're all shy, but a couple of your signature cocktails might help?
Shame the jc120 rig wasn't mic'd up I was tuning in to hear the rockman chorus. Thanks for the Quad Cortex mention, I'm one of the developers and a lifelong Marillion fan :)
Superb
I would love to hear more about the Squier Strat that Steve owns and uses - and has he done any mods to it? Refreshing to hear someone like Steve playing a Squier. I just started learning and I picked up an old Squier SE - I enjoy it a lot and the cool thing is it is the same body dimensions as a Fender, so future upgrades could be in order.
His trusty old Squier is a Japanese model (which are much sought after and much better made than the newer ones). Steve used it on all the Fish albums which is why he plays it when those tracks come up on a set list. In fact, it's listed in the liner notes of Script for a Jester's Tear (spelled SQUIRE!) He added a Kahler trem and EMG pickups, but I'm not sure what else. As far as upgrading a Squier is concerned, the one thing that would be potentially different is the scratchplate and its screw holes. Otherwise, yup, all about the same. Squiers are brilliant for modding!
@@noi5emaker thank you for your great reply!👍
@@MMcG25 Glad to help, my friend :)
Camel and Marillion joint tour would be awesome.
How about remember to love this channel. Steve, please reach out to Dan & Mick and give us a glorious TPS experience. You are the 1 who can make that amazing!!! (I mean, they are amazing but I hope you know what I mean).
Steve Rothery, Andy Latimer, David Gilmour, Steve Hackkett, Mike Oldfield, Jeff Beck, Roine Stolt, Steve Hillage.... Gods!
The best
wowww, waited for this for so long
What a Gentleman....Letting us into his inner sanctum ..
Truly not a sales pitch. I have a 35 year old Yamaha Deluxe, in mint , hardly ever played, never gigged.
Would love to see you play it on stage....please forgive the intrusion. Drop me a mail sir
I will be at Leicester
Way over my head - soooo complex - but the sounds are amazing. What a superb musician.
Let's see
Check out the band Gazpacho if you love his guitar sound. Black Lilly is a good track.
Melody, atmosphere and good taste? Check out Gossiper then Steve! You'll love them!
Rothers! :)
I would love to hear what you Think of the Quad Cortex
Robin Guthrie 's style! 😘
I'm thinking that he and Mr. Evans (from that other band) would hit it off nicely.
I would love to stick a 1940’s 4 string banjo in the hands of someone of steves calibre, and say, steve play ‘the web’ on that for a bit of fun, i bet it would be instantly recognisable, and still sound fantastic.
whats the song played in the beginning
Is the Blade a R4?
😎
Thought the jester was some special marillion pedal.. lol.. but it’s not..
It’s so fascinating the way that his sound evolved with the times. JC120, Marshall, EMG pickups, boss pedals, and rockman units is almost self parody with how 1980’s it is, but it worked with the times.
I do much prefer his modern sound with more of the contemporary-vintage flavor (oxymoronic as it may sound). He paints such great landscapes with it and his leads are that much more soulful.
Ruined by too many commercials cutting in
Obviously UA-cam rather than the video itself. I downloaded it and watched it with not a single ad
@@MiniForklift unfortunately our family watch UA-cam on TiVo and there’s no way of removing the commercials, it comes down to UA-cam and the creators allowing this to happen
Your guitar was "Marillion", so "Marillion" would never have been "Marillion" without your guitar.
4:47 this riff sounds like from this song: ua-cam.com/video/8ALyzQuo3XA/v-deo.html
Oh no. I love the old Rotheray sound when a guitar sounds like a guitar. And every album I live in optimism that is what we get on a new release. And then I saw this and once again all this twangy noise "that is what I use on most of the new album." He is my fav guitarst ever and I have followed since Fugazi but I absolutely hate this fannying around with guitar sounds that make the guitar sound not like a guitar. I wish he would leave the wah sound effects to Mark and play some good old guitar work with his God-gven talent.
Wah? Rothery hardly ever uses a wah live or on record, it's certainly very occasional. If you were going to associate Steve with an effect it would have to be either chorus on his clean tone or rotary
@@MiniForklift i never mention a wah pedal. Go listen to the guitar on pretty much anything on the first half dozen albums. Now listen to the recent ones. FEAR it didnt sound like a guitar at all. Too much crap on it. Name your top guitar solos and who will say anything on Fear? No one. Because it doesnt sound like a guitar anymore. Far too plinky plink
@@Juststartingout768 You mentioned the wah sounds in your last sentence, but maybe you weren't specifically referring to a wah pedal. FWIW I'm a huge Marillion fan right from their first album through to the recent Albert Hall & St David's live stuff that I have on DVD. Sounds just fine to me and I'm a guitarist myself, so I'll politely disagree with you. Steve's right at the top of my list along with guys like Hendrix, Mike Bloomfield, BB/Albert/Freddie King, Danny Gatton, Brian May et al. Every album seems to just get better, hard to pick a favourite but if I was pushed... maybe Seasons End or Brave
@@MiniForklift If you listen to Russia's Locked Doors right after the phrase "Thnk About It." That sound he uses right there is indicative of the crap sound I am talking about. I will go back to the solos on Easter or Berlin or any one of a dozen other greats and then listen to this and shake my head in horror at the massive step backwards. I've been a fan as long as you and I buy everything and always will, probably just like you, but I wont say oh everything is great and getting better every time. The one thing that separated Marillion for me, the one thing that held them together was the long emotional guitar solos. This new twangy plinky plonk effects he likes on his guitar is not that. We all have our own thoughts and opinions and in my opinion it has been a long time since we had some of his great guitar solos. Remember, Fear was 5 years ago, Sounds 9 years ago and Happiness 13 years ago and I dont remember any classic great solos on Happiness either now that I think about it. They are still my most listened to band and he is still my fav guitarist, but more for the old stuff, given that we are going back well past a decade, closer to two decades than anything he has done with his new gadgets.
@@Juststartingout768 Every solo (for nearly forty years) on every track on every album can't be with the same sound, no matter how good it is, as that would get boring. The choice of sound is based on what the music is doing in that moment. The part I play in the section of New Kings you mention wouldn't work with the distorted solo sound you seem to love so much. Sound is a matter of personal taste but there are more conventional solo sounds all over the FEAR album, just not the DS-1/JC 120 sound. The challenge when you've written and recorded so much music is to develop new approaches and textures and not to stagnate creatively.
As a big fan of both eras of Marillion, it's frustrating to see the band struggling to make quality albums basically because they have run out of great music. So why not use what is already written and release completely new reimagined album? H putting his lyrics onto Fish era music, and Fish coming back to put his lyrics onto H era music. The band could release half a dozen more classic albums instead of churning out mediocrity.