Bapu, I agree, thanks for the tips. Lynn, thanks for checking it out.
 
Rocky 

I like the mix on this one. It sounds real. The guitar reminds me of Robbie Blunt (former Robert Plant guitarist) a little. Is this a Tele? Sounds like a Princeton or Twim amp.

Thanks Clint. It's a '91 Strat Plus with Gold Lace Sensors through a '70's Champ with a Weber Speaker in it.
 
Rocky

Cool! I thought it sounded like a Strat, but with your Tele pic...I wasn't sure. Sounds like a nice little amp!

I love that little amp. It was given to me in the '80's and his has some history to it. It started it's life in Gainsville, Fl. I hated that Strat after I bought it, I was a Les Paul guy at the time. I kept it and after a few years the Les Paul rarely saw the light of day. I can't be without that Strat now. I still have the Les Paul, it's a '79 Custom with lots of sentimental value. Coming to think of it I need to show it some love.
 
Rocky

Bluzdog
 
Love the very “dry” production sound on this…don’t know how else to describe it but listening to this gave me the same feeling when I first heard the original REM recordings…which were quite different from a lot of what was about at that time….
 
I think it was Lynne who says:
 
“Their mixes were often muddy, and few could understand the lyrics.  But, that mostly was by design, and that sound became their trademark”
 
For me that was the early REM signature and really what gave them their unique early sound ( well that and Peter Buck’s Rickenbacker)  When you think about it is fascinating to think where they went from “Murmur” and “Rumour” to stuff like ‘Shiny Happy People”…while a totally different and upbeat sound somehow still retains an element of the “dry” sound….
 
Also great to hear the sound of a real live band at work and loving what they do…
 
Cheers man…

Thanks for the kind words Peter.
 
Rocky