Virginia Plain on Top of the Pops in 1972. 10 year old me realizes that music is going to be essential in my life. I never had the aptitude to play but you don't need any aptitude to listen and enjoy.
Dan is so unbelievably humble about this side of his work. Like genuinely the guy is on a whole other level in knowledge on this stuff and he's just a humble tone loving guitar player. What a bloke
Sorry we had a John Traynor in our year! We saw Roxy at same gigs as you probably!! Deliberately avoided going to 50th anniversary cos voice just sdoesnt sound the same to my ears. Hardrock was just up the road from us so saw zep. Cribs on Bad Co. Free. Family.... Usualyy for about a quid early on!!
Lucas seems like such a cool dude, and I'm deeply endeared by the dozens of dymo labels reminding Phil and Lucas to turn things on and off! Such a great video Dan!
I remember as clear as day, being up in the gods at the Albert Hall, in 2006 at a David Gilmour gig and Gilmour introduced Manzanera as El Magnifico. When someone of Gilmour's stature introduces you to the crowd in one of the greatest live music venues in the world like that, you've got to be bloody good to earn that honour. Not only is he a terrific guitar player in his own right, but.... had there been no Phil Manzanera, there'd probably have been no Crowded House, given what he taught Neil Finn. I was lucky enough to see Roxy in 2007 at the Motor Show at Excel (bloody brilliant set) and at the NEC in 2010, the last gig that my late wife and I went to. Roxy holds a very very special place in my heart. EDIT: Wonder what came first... the El Magnifico guitar strap or the Gilmour accolade?
How incredibly expansive is the world of music? So many different kinds of genius represented at a show-I know someone will inevitably say it was better when the artist just plugged into the amp and turned it up-but I am completely blown away at the intricate levels of knowledge and expertise the people who support the artist must have.
Dan, you must start drinking Grolsch! Use those red gaskets from the bottle for your strap lock. What an honour though! Phil is such a respected player and is a giant of a player
Amongst all the bad news we have right now, it's uplifting to see Mr Manzanera is still a guitar wizard. As others have commented here, Roxy Music on Top of the Pops and the OGWT in the 1970s were unforgettable.
Not a huge Roxy Music fan, but the open riff of Amazona is one of my favourites. Great player. One thing I love about these videos is hearing the guitarist in and out of the context of a song. It's often to easy to get disheartened hearing your own playing at home by comparing to guitar players in the wrong context, be it a recording, the theatre of a live performance or a highly polished UA-cam video.
Absolutely thrilled for you, Dan. Thank you so much for sharing. And shout out to Jake and Joe, who have both been great help to me. Everything and everyone at TheGigRig are all brilliant. And, once again, Lucas seems a real sweetheart. No surprises there.
Wow! This must've been a magic full circle moment for you Dan. Being such a Neil Finn fan, it was Phil Manzanera who was blown away by seeing Split Enz on Aussie TV in the mid-1970s and then that led him to producing them and a relationship with TIm Finn continues to this day and so on. And what a gentleman he is. Brilliant stuff!
I'll be honest, I only know about Phil through his collaboration with David Gilmour and always considered him to be just part of Gilmour's touring band. Got to see them together during Gilmour's Rattle That Lock tour and was extremely upset he wasn't part of the Pompeii concert that came out later. Great, fun guitarist. Glad to go back and discover what he's more known for.
Loved the ending Dan splicing the the two clips, also a brilliant illustration of what happens to a sound like that once placed in the full band mix. Goes from brash and gnarly to singing and beautiful
Hey just wanted to shoutout Rhys after being reminded of his work in the advert before the Roxy video. I've got his non-powered treble booster that I use first for my jazzmaster guitar effects chain where I installed a buffer for the guitar output jack. LOVE IT. Thanks & also for this video!
INCREDIBLE VIDEO, THANK YOU! It was one of the best shows I've ever seen, and having my other favorite artist of all-time St. Vincent open was great. It was the best lineup ever.
Just so mind blown. Roxy Music was a huge influence growing up, but I did not really understand about Phil until he was with Gilmour - but I don't miss anything he does now. He's actually responsible for making so many things happen with Gilmour - like the Endless River album. He's a visionary and he is so respected by his peers and heroes alike. Another huge success for the sweet folks of GigRig and our sweet mate, Dan!!! At least once I week I like to point out to someone somewhere: I have my power sorted out with Dan's stuff and it's the best improvement I have ever made to my rig. Ace.
That was awesome Dan!! Thank you for sharing that! I am not a Roxy Music fan but it is always cool seeing behind the scenes with bands...thanks again,great job on the pedalboard build!
What a surprise seeing this. I was there for 50th anniversary tour in Glasgow, was a such a kick seeing and hearing Phil play those classic Roxy songs and especially having follow Phil Manzanera’s journey working with dan on the gigrig and right setup. Thank you for making this tour happen Dan with your gigrigs. A gig I will not forget from Roxy Music
Has to be such an honor to build something for an artist of this caliber and get recognition for it, that what you did works! This guy could probably have gone to anybody to build a board but he chose Dan, and he's happy. Dan looks like he could burst he's so happy with the end results of his work! Great job Dan! It works! 😁
Phil’s lead guitar playing and tone on Avalon especially “More Than This’ is one of my all time faves. Would love to know what he was playing through then as well!
Same here! those guitar lines (intro and then soloing) on this song bring me goose bump. So unique, minimalist, beautiful. They are to me the DNA of this song.
Fair dues Dan, in all fairness you are a legend, a bi-national treasure for sure. An OBE shoe-in for services to rock in Chazza’s first New Year’s list, no doubt 🎉
Great video, I really love chances to see behind the scenes like this so we can see how everything develops. Thank you for taking the time to make this happen for us.
I wonder what it must have been like for folks like Phil to start with what would now be vintage gear and now have the level of technology that is available to him like G3 and the other bits and bobs they used to make this happen. It’s quite an extraordinary change/development over a career like his.
I just clicked play and I'm already anxious to see what chorus pedal he goes with!! Okay - just finsihed and I'm shocked to hear him say that distortion and echo is pretty much all he uses!!! I 'll have to go back and listen to those great old songs again.
Awesome vlog Dan! So my band got to play the 2nd stage before the Roxy show of what must have been their 30th Anniversary tour!😃 It was at the Concord Pavilion in Northern California, then we all got to go watch their show👍, definitely one of my favorite gigs to play ever, and of course Roxy and Phil sounded great! (I’m pretty sure I remember him playing the red Firebird there too!😃🎸🔊) …Brings me back🤩
I love the reminder labels. I once saw an article on big touring rack systems and on Alex Lifeson of Rush’s foot controller one button was labelled “No Idiot Stop!”
Man, that's super cool! It's interesting how much bleed they're trying to avoid, with the iso cabs, and the perspex shields around the drums and horns, even in arenas. Would've been cool to chat with FOH about that, but I suppose that's not why you were there... :P
Thank you for this highly informative video. The amount of tech used and the skills and knowledge implemented for these modern arena/stadium shows is phenomenal! I’ve just been to see The Cure play on their recent european tour and I presume similar advance pro-tech set-ups were employed. The change overs between songs of often four guitar players from guitar to guitar and vastly different amp and pedal configurations was seamless and quick. Thanks also for the signal path diagram, absolutly loved that (I’m such a nerd 🤣).
Please Dan, use a rubber seal from a beer bottle, you need a bottle with the “flipping cap”, use that rubber ring to protect your guitars from strap fail…
What everyone else is saying, Dan please start using the rubber gaskets as strap locks. No mods, no slips. I’m going to have anxiety watching TPS until I see them now
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Virginia Plain on Top of the Pops in 1972. 10 year old me realizes that music is going to be essential in my life. I never had the aptitude to play but you don't need any aptitude to listen and enjoy.
Man- have you seen that data graphic of key changes in pop hits through the decades? Hard to argue that music isn’t getting dumber.
For me, it was Derek and the Dominos' Layla in 1970. Ironically, I can't stand hearing it these days. 😂
@@Kevin-the-Just There's only Cream for me then Clapton doesn't exist. Haha
Dan is so unbelievably humble about this side of his work. Like genuinely the guy is on a whole other level in knowledge on this stuff and he's just a humble tone loving guitar player. What a bloke
He really is wonderful. So passionate, genuine & down-to-earth. Great guy ( they both are )
Diamond Head. Classic. Heavy Rotation on the turntable.
Three absolute gentlemen. I will watch this one again with my son.
If there is Something and In Every Dreamhome a heartache. From Roxy Music Live gave me chills on first listen. Been a fan ever since.
I was at that Hard Rock gig in 1972, and the Free Trade Hall gig, both amazing shows. Saw them 6 or 7 times in the 70's, happy days.
Steve Traynor....? From Stretford Grammar School for Boys ??
@@markroylance1584 Chorlton High School
Sorry we had a John Traynor in our year! We saw Roxy at same gigs as you probably!! Deliberately avoided going to 50th anniversary cos voice just sdoesnt sound the same to my ears. Hardrock was just up the road from us so saw zep. Cribs on Bad Co. Free. Family.... Usualyy for about a quid early on!!
Lucas seems like such a cool dude, and I'm deeply endeared by the dozens of dymo labels reminding Phil and Lucas to turn things on and off! Such a great video Dan!
I remember as clear as day, being up in the gods at the Albert Hall, in 2006 at a David Gilmour gig and Gilmour introduced Manzanera as El Magnifico. When someone of Gilmour's stature introduces you to the crowd in one of the greatest live music venues in the world like that, you've got to be bloody good to earn that honour.
Not only is he a terrific guitar player in his own right, but.... had there been no Phil Manzanera, there'd probably have been no Crowded House, given what he taught Neil Finn.
I was lucky enough to see Roxy in 2007 at the Motor Show at Excel (bloody brilliant set) and at the NEC in 2010, the last gig that my late wife and I went to. Roxy holds a very very special place in my heart.
EDIT: Wonder what came first... the El Magnifico guitar strap or the Gilmour accolade?
How incredibly expansive is the world of music? So many different kinds of genius represented at a show-I know someone will inevitably say it was better when the artist just plugged into the amp and turned it up-but I am completely blown away at the intricate levels of knowledge and expertise the people who support the artist must have.
saw Roxy in Toronto 1975 great sounding show!
Congratulations!
Phil made the right choice to build his board.
Just love Manzanera, everything he plays is magic.
Dan, you must start drinking Grolsch! Use those red gaskets from the bottle for your strap lock. What an honour though! Phil is such a respected player and is a giant of a player
Amongst all the bad news we have right now, it's uplifting to see Mr Manzanera is still a guitar wizard. As others have commented here, Roxy Music on Top of the Pops and the OGWT in the 1970s were unforgettable.
Not a huge Roxy Music fan, but the open riff of Amazona is one of my favourites. Great player.
One thing I love about these videos is hearing the guitarist in and out of the context of a song. It's often to easy to get disheartened hearing your own playing at home by comparing to guitar players in the wrong context, be it a recording, the theatre of a live performance or a highly polished UA-cam video.
Absolutely thrilled for you, Dan. Thank you so much for sharing. And shout out to Jake and Joe, who have both been great help to me. Everything and everyone at TheGigRig are all brilliant. And, once again, Lucas seems a real sweetheart. No surprises there.
Dan, how awesome, kudos to you!!
Man, I'm so happy for you Daniel!
Wow! This must've been a magic full circle moment for you Dan. Being such a Neil Finn fan, it was Phil Manzanera who was blown away by seeing Split Enz on Aussie TV in the mid-1970s and then that led him to producing them and a relationship with TIm Finn continues to this day and so on. And what a gentleman he is. Brilliant stuff!
DAN! Strap locks!!!!! Besides that, thanks for the peak inside. Really fascinating the "mirror" control.
Lucas is an absolute hero, so much time for that man!
I'll be honest, I only know about Phil through his collaboration with David Gilmour and always considered him to be just part of Gilmour's touring band. Got to see them together during Gilmour's Rattle That Lock tour and was extremely upset he wasn't part of the Pompeii concert that came out later. Great, fun guitarist. Glad to go back and discover what he's more known for.
Legend. It feels like DG is an imminent guest/customer for yourself and TPS. It would break the inter-webs for us six string lovers out there.
I’m at work, so haven’t watched this yet, but this is the most excited I’ve been for a TPS video!
Loved the ending Dan splicing the the two clips, also a brilliant illustration of what happens to a sound like that once placed in the full band mix. Goes from brash and gnarly to singing and beautiful
Just awesome. Thanks for taking us behind the looking glass, Dan!
Hey just wanted to shoutout Rhys after being reminded of his work in the advert before the Roxy video. I've got his non-powered treble booster that I use first for my jazzmaster guitar effects chain where I installed a buffer for the guitar output jack. LOVE IT.
Thanks & also for this video!
Great video, Dan!
Brilliant Dan, thanks for posting.
W O W --- what a fabulous job -- Roxy are one of my absolute favourires
INCREDIBLE VIDEO, THANK YOU! It was one of the best shows I've ever seen, and having my other favorite artist of all-time St. Vincent open was great. It was the best lineup ever.
so awesome that you got to be apart of this and even awesomer you took the time to share this..sooooo badass
How strange, I’ve been listening to Roxy Music all week apropos of nothing and then this pops up! Great work and awesome to see that Firebird!
Dan - It is so wonderful to see these videos. Your hard work and preparation with The GigRig deserve these opportunities. Thanks!
Just so mind blown. Roxy Music was a huge influence growing up, but I did not really understand about Phil until he was with Gilmour - but I don't miss anything he does now. He's actually responsible for making so many things happen with Gilmour - like the Endless River album. He's a visionary and he is so respected by his peers and heroes alike. Another huge success for the sweet folks of GigRig and our sweet mate, Dan!!! At least once I week I like to point out to someone somewhere: I have my power sorted out with Dan's stuff and it's the best improvement I have ever made to my rig. Ace.
Ah mate, thank you so much 😊 🙏
Very cool! Cheers Dan!!
So cool Dan!
That was awesome Dan!! Thank you for sharing that! I am not a Roxy Music fan but it is always cool seeing behind the scenes with bands...thanks again,great job on the pedalboard build!
What a surprise seeing this. I was there for 50th anniversary tour in Glasgow, was a such a kick seeing and hearing Phil play those classic Roxy songs and especially having follow Phil Manzanera’s journey working with dan on the gigrig and right setup.
Thank you for making this tour happen Dan with your gigrigs. A gig I will not forget from Roxy Music
Has to be such an honor to build something for an artist of this caliber and get recognition for it, that what you did works! This guy could probably have gone to anybody to build a board but he chose Dan, and he's happy. Dan looks like he could burst he's so happy with the end results of his work! Great job Dan! It works! 😁
Phil’s lead guitar playing and tone on Avalon especially “More Than This’ is one of my all time faves. Would love to know what he was playing through then as well!
Same here! those guitar lines (intro and then soloing) on this song bring me goose bump. So unique, minimalist, beautiful. They are to me the DNA of this song.
More Than This.. What a tune, Love everything about that track ..❤️🌞⭐️❤️
Aw Dan you legend! Well done!
Fascinating insight into the effort needed to coordinate “everything”
Fantastic video - thank you for sharing. We were at the Manchester show and Phil was the absolute stand out!
Phil‘s firebird vii is crazyyyy
This is a fantastic look into Dan's real world of pro gear- what a great job. Also- love that you include some concert footage!
Awesome so cool Dan looks like heaps of fun 😀
How amazing - congratulations Dan! And so great of you to share this with us all!
This is brilliant, I love this behind-the-scenes stuff. Great work all around!
Had the pleasure of seeing them in dallas a couple of months ago. He sounded AMAZING
That Firebird is as iconic as they come, albeit maybe not as well known as Angus' SG or Jimmy Page's #1 for example. Super cool
I’d love to know how he sorts the neck dive on that thing! It’s an utter beauty!
@@stoo4534 Not all of them dive. A leather strap, the weight of the vibrato, three pickups instead of 2... that one's probably fine
Fair dues Dan, in all fairness you are a legend, a bi-national treasure for sure. An OBE shoe-in for services to rock in Chazza’s first New Year’s list, no doubt 🎉
Dan, for the teles just get one those cheap Fender strap locks. No modifications to the guitars and they work very well. 👍
A nice trip behind the scenes. 👍🏻
Great video, I really love chances to see behind the scenes like this so we can see how everything develops. Thank you for taking the time to make this happen for us.
Wow, this is awesome, cheers Dan.
I wonder what it must have been like for folks like Phil to start with what would now be vintage gear and now have the level of technology that is available to him like G3 and the other bits and bobs they used to make this happen. It’s quite an extraordinary change/development over a career like his.
Amazing work Dan! Loved that video
I just clicked play and I'm already anxious to see what chorus pedal he goes with!! Okay - just finsihed and I'm shocked to hear him say that distortion and echo is pretty much all he uses!!! I 'll have to go back and listen to those great old songs again.
Super cool upload. Thank you Dan.
You rock Dan!
Awesome vlog Dan! So my band got to play the 2nd stage before the Roxy show of what must have been their 30th Anniversary tour!😃 It was at the Concord Pavilion in Northern California, then we all got to go watch their show👍, definitely one of my favorite gigs to play ever, and of course Roxy and Phil sounded great! (I’m pretty sure I remember him playing the red Firebird there too!😃🎸🔊) …Brings me back🤩
Great show thanks Dan!
Awesome vid, Dan! Cheers
So cool !!
aw man wonderful
I love the reminder labels. I once saw an article on big touring rack systems and on Alex Lifeson of Rush’s foot controller one button was labelled “No Idiot Stop!”
I feel the love in this video :)
Another Edition of You.
Fabulous.
Super cool!
This is excellent.
Man, that's super cool! It's interesting how much bleed they're trying to avoid, with the iso cabs, and the perspex shields around the drums and horns, even in arenas. Would've been cool to chat with FOH about that, but I suppose that's not why you were there... :P
SO COOL!!
Firebird 7! Bad ass guitar!
I’m sure it’s been said but. STRAP LOCKS!!! 😁
Thank you for this highly informative video. The amount of tech used and the skills and knowledge implemented for these modern arena/stadium shows is phenomenal! I’ve just been to see The Cure play on their recent european tour and I presume similar advance pro-tech set-ups were employed. The change overs between songs of often four guitar players from guitar to guitar and vastly different amp and pedal configurations was seamless and quick.
Thanks also for the signal path diagram, absolutly loved that (I’m such a nerd 🤣).
OMGGGGG TOO COOL!!
El Magnifico !
Why no strap locks Dan?
very cool!!
My fav guitar is my Epiphone Korean 2000 Red Firebird 7 just like Phil's 😁🇬🇧🎸
Youve shown the Code for the iPad? in case someone Needs to change the Settings of the OX?
Cool!
Please Dan, use a rubber seal from a beer bottle, you need a bottle with the “flipping cap”, use that rubber ring to protect your guitars from strap fail…
Swingtop Grolsch. I like to think of it as a strap lock with a free beer…
Ι am dying to know his gear on Listen Now album, one of my favorite albums ever. Hope you have him as a guest on the show.
Gibson will be strait on the case now reissuing that Firebird ..😆😂
What everyone else is saying, Dan please start using the rubber gaskets as strap locks. No mods, no slips. I’m going to have anxiety watching TPS until I see them now
12:13 "additional light relicing"
Dan, Dan, Dan, get some silicone strap locks, that Tele is too gorgeous to risk. 😁👍
"Check bloody midi channel in!!!!!" 😂
lol, UA really need to make their app rotate to landscape 😅 it’s not 2013 guys! (unless of course he had the iPad locked….)
That Firebird; it doesn't get cooler than that.
Oh my
After seeing this I understand why people use all in one boxes like a GT-1000 or whatever.
Unfortunately, I never saw Phil with Roxy... 😔 but with Gilmour in 2015 at Alianz Park 🤗.
I imagine it would be tough to get David Gilmour on TPS... but what about Phil Taylor? That would be MEGA.
Phil mentions distortion and echo. When I listen to Roxy it sounds like I'm hearing compression as well. Maybe not?
strap lock dan
😎