Greeny Blues: a Peter Green tribute using a Zoom G3 with an Eastman Blues Deluxe Guitar
Channel: Will Patching
Date: 2015-05-29

This is an original effort and I certainly do not claim to be able to play like the great bluesman Peter Green! I made this track as a tribute to the man who has inspired me to learn to play guitar. 

The great BB King once said Peter's tone gave him the shivers... I can only dream of playing anything like that! The lead guitar uses G minor scale pretty much throughout. I am fully aware that some bends are a little flat and there is a bit of string noise, and I don't care as I am not a pro player and no one is paying to listen!

No actual amplifiers were harmed during the making of this track! :-) This recording was made with ONLY Zoom G3 effects, using the patch settings shown, via USB into the rather easy to use Audacity editing suite you can download for free (no additional effects were added post recording either - this is pure G3 throughout). The basic patch is available to download here though you will also need the free Edit & Share software from the Zoom corp website:

http://guitarpatches.com/patches.php?mode=show&unit=G3&ID=8690

Mostly recorded using the basic setup in the patch (first 1min 30secs is just this patch). I did not touch the expression pedal which appears in the first fx position and deleted that when I felt I needed the G3 Booster. For the very highest passages (maybe 10% of the track at most)  I added Tubescreamer too as per the pic in the video, but had the guitar volume waaay down (4-ish if my memory serves). If you get your guitar settings at the point where you can adjust the tone with the degree of pick attack you use you will have the setup like mine, but that will depend on your own axe of course. Mostly Bridge pickup, with some switching to mid-way between the two. If you have decent buckers you should be able to match the sort of tones here. 

PLEASE NOTE: My G3 global settings have very low output (20) and -6db for recording: you may have to juggle things to match an amp etc but hopefully if you like these tones this patch will give you the starting point.

You can download the entire track from Soundcloud if you want it: 

https://soundcloud.com/william-patching/greeny-blues?in=william-patching/sets/my-original-instrumental

All my other tracks on Soundcloud were recorded using the G3 and can be found through that link too. If anyone wants a specific patch related to any of my other recordings I will do my best to help, just contact me here or on Soundcloud.

If you fancy jamming without my added noise you can - Gary 'fieldfullofthistles' superb backing track can be found here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EE5FwPnbGSA

Gary is a great musician, offering free lessons on many of PG's tracks etc on here too, so it's well worth checking his other videos out.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB429E4DD67B3A28A

Dave Simpson is another very helpful musician giving freely of his time to help other guitarists on here. He has a brief series on 'How to Play Like Peter Green' that inspired me to record this, and if you like this style of music then check him out too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGt6dssRiDY

The greeny blue photos are from the Tarutao Marine National Park , near my local stomping ground of Phuket Thailand: they have no relevance whatsoever except their hues - plus I have super memories of the place!