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Permalink My cover of Diamond Head by The Ventures..

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While not my personal favorite style of music, I think you did a great job for the vibe that you were going for. I enjoyed it. Cool

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MantisRex_ wrote:

Basically to add my own thing to it. I hold the opinion that a cover song should be the original song's writing filtered through the style of the person playing it.

Why do a cover song that sounds exactly like the original?

I totally agree. If it's a perfect clone of the original, it's not a cover, it's a tribute, which, shows a lot of talent, and is fun to watch, but when listening to a recording, if it's the same as the original, why not just listen to the original?

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thanks dudes!

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I like it
May be a little too much of wah-wah to my taste (i'd rather make one verse of furius wah-wah to make an accent) - but it's pure imho

swell!

we also cover Diamond Head in harder manner like Huevos Rancheros and liked it better than the original cause it's got a kind of "more balls" and groove this way)

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My band also does a version of Diamondhead.
I changed the Dm to F bridge section to a jazzy Dm7-Em7-Fmaj7-Em7.
When we rehearsed the song my pet cockatiel would hear my pick scrapes (whip-whip) and would go nuts trying to engage a conversation with the phantom bird.

Dusty Twangdude

i like the original spin on your version. it's cool to try things your own way. the wah sounded more like an auto wah in most places, but then in some it didn't. but overall the recording sounded very well put together.

i like that version by Huevos Rancheros. never heard it before... pretty cool!

i've been thinking lately about trying to use a wah in a surfy song... but every time i try to i end up in Curtis Mayfield or the Dramatics land.

Thanks!

Looking back, I think I would have scaled back the wah a bit. I think there are some parts where helps to add some expression.. and some parts where it doesn't and it's just... there -like auto wah. But hey, live and learn.

No one mentions the phase-shifter on the "surf dive" right before the bridge!! haha. I should have made it louder and more pronounced, maybe even executed it a little better. I like that part but I always have to point it out to people. That's my bad.

But anyway, thanks for the words man! Glad you liked it and appreciated my take on that song. I basically taught myself guitar with my dad's copy of the Walk Don't Run album.

P.S-I like the Huevos Rancheros version too, haven't heard it before but they definitely have some soul.

And Twang Dude, I just picked up my guitar and played your version of the bridge. That's pretty damn brilliant, adds a lot of character. good work!

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Last edited: Dec 19, 2014 12:42:33

Glad you liked it.
I never really liked the bridge as written; it seemed out of character with the overall feel.
I also stole a piece of the intro to "Walk, Don't Run '64" to extend both the intro and turnaround. Try it.

Dusty Twangdude

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