They were in there but there was a lot more. You obviously work at itâ¦, "Well it came out of necessity. In fact it is rare to listen to blues from the 1960s and 1970s without hearing at least one guitar solo per song. To me you're more on the Albert King / Hendrix / SRV lineage than Freddie King / Claptonâ¦, "I've listened to a lot of Clapton bootlegs and just as somebody who listens to his playing, you can always sing one of his solos. ", So blues rock seems pretty healthy at the moment - there are lots of good guitar players coming throughâ¦, "I think the UK and Europe is really responsible for this blues boom right now. He created a language for the instrument. Philip Sayce. And if you have heard Philip’s music you know - this guy knows how to play the electric blues. Some of the pots are long gone and I put a resistor on the volume to keep it bright when you roll the volume down, and that sounds killer with the Fuzz Face too. Clearly not universally applicable, but it’s astounding to hear the sheer difference in tone that just one semitone down can bring. Want to learn more about the blues? Thank you for signing up to Musicradar. ", "Self taught as a guitarist. That's a rosewood board veneer, late '62, and I set up the same way with the (Dunlop) 6000 fret wire, but strangely enough that '62 sounds more like a '50s maple neck. ", "My parents took me to see Eric Clapton when I was little and Mark Knopfler was the second guitar player - it changed my life!". I think they just get better. Hmmm. If it starts to get a little frantic sounding, just roll your volume back a touch and it cleans right up. But Hendrix tuned down with light strings. On that tour we kept flying into places and I kept blowing up amps. And then I notice him walkin' around and before he even introduced himself he came up and was standing quite close⦠Hmmm, okay⦠And then he started adjusting the amp as I was playing. Buyers' guides to all the best music gear, In pictures: 68 pro guitarists' pedalboards, The 20 hottest bassists in the world today, 15 easy blues guitar chords every guitarist needs to know, The 16 best software samplers in the world today, The 25 best VST/AU plugin synths in the world right now: all the best soft synths you need in your DAW, Drum kits of the pros: stars' live and studio drum setups in pictures. Guitar pedals have provided blues guitarists with many more tone shaping options. Check it out: So how did we get to Philip Sayce, solo artist? If you roll the [guitar] volume back, it'll get crystal clean, then somewhere in between it's like an overdrive and it'll sustain forever.". The substance wears very slowly and has a warm tone I’ve never heard in a pick before. Super fast, and they sound great. Hand pain affects everyone, including the pros like Philip Sayce, so one way to help ease that is to lessen the tension a bit with an alternate tuning. Check him out demoing it with a blistering riff from his original song “Morning Star”: Check it out: They don't move any more! ""Well how much is it? And what's next for Philip Sayce. His family nurtured him on Clapton, Hendrix, and Vaughn. In addition to providing some pain relief, dropping your tuning a half step can make bending easier, allow you to play with heavier strings if that’s your preference, and help ease the amount of pressure you need to push down on the strings. It was an honour to experience that and see how far you could go: how much there is to learn. "Full on. A really cool song. The years he spent touring with Melissa Etheridge, Uncle Kracker, and the late Jeff Healey have brought a razor-sharp edge to Sayce’s chops and tone. Embedded content: https://youtu.be/j5TtGDVG9Ok?t=1926?rel=0. Our Stores Are Open Book Annex Membership Educators Gift Cards Stores & Events Help Auto Suggestions are available once you type at least 3 letters. Anyway, there were around four to six amps that were on. Really, really loud. And while I'm very grateful to play with those bigger artists and learn from it, I was always kinda' sad that I wasn't doing my own thing. He can play that wicked, edge-type stuff - he can get nasty and it's some off that that really gets me off on his playing.". Learn the essential blues riffs, techniques, and classic songs by legends like Robert @isazwart. They are just some of the many modern guitarists who use pedals as a key part of their sound. My friend Bob, who he's a guy I met when I was 17. But we skewed it more in the blues direction. Woah. 1000s of songs.START YOUR FREE TRIAL. Arts & Events Under the Influence with Philip Sayce. A couple years later he became a megastar of course. Pictured L to R: TS9 Tubescreamer, Diaz Square Face, TS808 Tubescreamer, Silicon Fuzz Face, Germanium Fuzz Face. And that was the idea, just make it fat and warm. The '62 was actually his. And more sustain…everywhere. Well, back the eighties, Elton gave him a Steinberger, y'know the one with no headstock. Choose from over 13,000 locations across the UK ... Scorched Earth (Vol 1) by Philip Sayce Audio CD £15.19. They have one that has a nickel end and I love that! As Philip mentioned earlier, one of the most essential parts of blues is the emotion you put behind it. Permission to film granted. He's crazy good!". You mentioned Texas Flood - was that the defining moment? 1) Biography Philip Sayce was born in Wales but quickly moved to Canada. King Less than two years later, Stevie Ray Vaughan was killed and something really shifted in me. This guitar is old enough to be a grand mother. I didn't really play guitar at that point. One tip: using your pick hand in different ways can change how that emotion comes across. Countless blues players have played in drop D and open tunings such as open E and open G, which are especially helpful if you want to try out slide guitar! "But I'm also a sucker for the pretty things, the nice chord changes, and with this album, when I delivered it to the label, they loved it. But an opportunity came up to play with this guy, Uncle Kracker. Check it out: And that's hard on the voice if you don't have great monitors and you over sing. "Then Corey brought me to meet Jeff at one of his jazz gigs where he was playing trumpet and more jazz guitar and stuff. Cool. Then, he moved to Los Angeles, where he met Uncle Kracker, with … Isa Zwart Emmen, Netherlands. remove. "On one of the songs, my friend Cliff who played keyboards - in fact he should be knighted. Here's my Dumbles and all that. My favourite was by Bob Sweet at Sweet Sound. The pentatonic scale is a simple pattern of notes that is accessible for players of almost every level, and it has been used in a truly countless number of songs and styles of music. If you haven’t heard of Philip Sayce, you are really missing out. "Yeah, it's actually a Mu-Tron-type thing, There's a wah-wah too. That's what we're here for, right? Drums. Bass included. I ended up finding one of his amps in LA and I bought it after three notes. "Sure, if it resonates in those ways, that's cool. I'm not a racist or anything! Buddy Guy. "It was kind of a free-for-all, but there was a main world that it happened in. His insight and advice on playing the electric blues is invaluable, most notably his comment that he is an “eternal student of the instrument”. "He said, We'll teach you how to play on big stages, we'll kinda' groom you and we'll help you get going on your own. He was great - we hit it off, a couple of nerds and he's also a very good player. For Philip Sayce, he has a few simple ingredients that he sticks with to get his ideal sound. Anyway, it turns out that Jeff Healey was there, so everybody was making extra noise to get excited. Customers who bought this item … In high school we had a battle of the bands coming up and our singer quit - I wasn't very good but we got through and we won. Sound Like Philip Sayce | Without Busting The Bank - YouTube "Well let's say we were sitting here and there was a Super Reverb and we're using a Strat. But after a time it began to feel like a circus show, where I'm in a cage, playing the parts, then the gate comes up and I come out [sings Entrance Of The Gladiators], play all the shit, then I kinda go back in again. "Well with those it's just because those strings were being a little finicky. "She encouraged me to sing harmony - a great mentor. Is that a tone thing, using the Graphtech saddles? And while I'm very grateful to play with those bigger artists and learn from it, I was always kinda' sad that I wasn't doing my own thing. "So I brought this one to the studio⦠and it blew up immediately. I don't run 'em on 10, but I get going to that place, like six-ish - you know that sound, starting to give you a little bit, then just add the pedals. I met him through the Buy & Sell - I went to his house to buy an amp and we just hit it off and kept in touch. "Well, it's very different staying at the Ritz Four Seasons than it is the Travelodge Marylebone, but you either fly the nest or you stay there. Yet another vintage Stratocaster in Sayce’s arsenal, this 1963 model is all original…except for one new (and clean, as host Eugene points out) volume knob. At first glance his long hair might remind you more of Kurt Cobain or Kurt Vile, but the minute he picks up a guitar it’s clear he’s more in the realm of Stevie or Jimi. I recorded the my normal springs in my Xotic guitar, then "raw vintage" springs and there is a difference..I think the 'raw vintage" give the guitar more fat, bottom end. Melissa was looking for a player, so I got a call a couple weeks later and had lunch with her. Bass. Somebody might say, Well why don't you do your own thing, or make your own sound? He was like, I'm doing some rennos on my house, and I know you like my '62⦠Do you want it? Canadian blues guitar sensation Philip Sayce returns to Ottawa’s home of the blues, The Rainbow, for a highly anticipated set of performances on Fri. Nov. 4 and Sat. It was rented backline, say, Twins - I'd run two of them and by the end of the night they'd both be blown up. Comment with the times, and I'll reward the winner with a genuine Stratoblogster Scooby Snack. Future Publishing Limited Quay House, The Ambury, He was absolutely fearless, he could play anything and everything - totally fearless. MusicRadar is part of Future plc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. Guitar-Picks.com (c) 1998-2021 "Well I'd started playing in clubs, and moving along. If you haven’t heard of Philip Sayce, you are really missing out. Sayce treats blues and rock music like canon. ", "I have an old Echoplex I like to use, an EP-3. And she said, Yeah you do. Don't 0.009s just go like rubber bands at Eb? Anonymous Posted: April 18, 2016. Changes - the opening song. I also have a Keeley looper which keeps the Boss and Tube Screamer out of the line because they're not true-bypass - that messes with the Fuzz Face. There are some badass motherfuckers there, let me tell you. Best of Ottawa. Blues guitar extraordinaire Philip Sayce plays famous electric blues guitar riffs and shares his personal collection of vintage Fender Stratocasters. "These pickups are all stock. -- The Techniques - fingerstyle vs picking and the pentatonic scale My mum and dad were both librarians, so he would bring home all the cool music that came in. Philip Sayce was born on June 3, 1976 in Wales. At age 10. "[Laughs] I use the green (Dunlop) Tortex picks, I think they're 0.88mm, and there's another company called Dava picks. I have a [Fender] Super Reverb, one of my Mystic Mother heads and the way the two work together is really cool, running both at the same time. Bath That's not some autotune bullshit.". She gave me a big hug and it's all good.". Lucille - B.B. "I also have an SG that a love; a mid-'60s one with a single P-90.". Sayce recorded Peace Machine in the autumn of 2005, and released it independently. Who's to say what a good singer is? Check it out: One's a silicon one and one's germanium. It sounded like a jet plane taking off, I mean absolutely the loudest amp I've ever had. She'd say, I want you to solo for eight minutes! You can play almost anything in standard tuning, but there are some advantages to changing up your tuning. But everything else other than the frets and those two saddles are as it is. His advice: “Try to throw in notes that are unexpected”: Check it out: To learn how to play fingerpickin' blues: Lead Guitar: Fingerpicking on Electric Guitar. ", "Jeff Healy was a rare guy; very encouraging.". Blaaaggghhh. And remember playing like this, burns away that unwanted belly fat! Philip Sayce. I was 19 and I wanted to play everything at once. The intro to Scars - some kind of envelope filter? These ones, I think, were found at the bottom of the ocean. "I was like, What?! Bass included. Each song … Check it out: "Hey, next time. And what's next for Philip Sayce. ", "All my favourite players, the way they play it sounds like a voice. Philip Sayce, Composer: Cockroach Blue. Sometimes it can go like a sitar where the chords get out of tune because of that and the tall frets - even if you're not pressing hard. Collection Collection in Fender Play will get you playing the blues in no time! The main thing was that I have a long fuckin' way to go! So which one is better for the blues? Check out our catalogue of blues classics. It was a great opportunity - I mean she's really good - man, she's a good singer. He would say to me stuff like, Hey, take your time - you can stop and smell the roses when you're playing sometimes. This is Philip Sayce. I was thinking, I have to do it - I'm gonna meet people, it's a stepping stone. That combination of humility and passion for learning is perhaps the most inspiring part of Philip’s playing. "It definitely does - there's less rosewood. Let's face it, I am a huge fan of Philip Sayce.On the last day of my stay in Québec to cover the Montréal Jazz Festival I did my fourth interview with the power bluesman from Toronto..