Jack Ruch
The SweetSpot. Poison Pill.
This is The Sweet Spot, my band from a couple of years ago.
Kris Bradley on vocals, Scott Wittenberg on drums, and JP Downer on bass. An original song. Performed Live at The Knitting Factory.
The guitar solo starts at 2:32.
Hendrix vibrato lesson
Jack Ruch explains a string skipping bend technique of Jimi Hendrix.
This was a popular technique Hendrix used in a lot of solos. This example in the key of C sharp.
Gear:
Recorded in Portland using an old Sony dcr-vx1000, a 12-inch Powerbook G4, my custom-shop Strat strung with 11-49s
Description
Start by grabbing a B note on the 12th fret of the B string with the ring finger.
Bend up a whole step using three fingers (ring, middle and index).
With the middle finger, grab the 11th fret of the G string and release that bend.
1960 Telecaster ’65 Deluxe Reverb
Filmed at Hyper Guitars in Tokyo, Japan. I’m playing an all original ’60 tele through an all original ’65 deluxe.
Gear
This guitar has a beautiful cream finish and is in excellent condition. The neck is a slim C shaped neck with a rosewood slab board. The pickups in this guitar are extremely well balanced and are very full and clear sounding. The amp is a ’65 Deluxe with the treble and bass at about 5, reverb at about 2.5, and the volume I move around a bit. This amp really breaks up nice at around 8. For some of the cleaner stuff the volume is around 6. At the end of the video I plug into a Speedster 25watt 6V6 amp, which is a variation of the deluxe reverb circuit but with a bit more gain, when cranked, and a bit better low frequency response. There are no pedals being used.
All of this gear belongs to Hyper Guitars, and is for sale through their website.
Similar video
Same place, another guitar, the 1952 Telecaster.
Soul Stew. Don’t Need No Doctor.
Jack Ruch and Soul Stew perform Ray Charles’ Don’t Need No Doctor and Al Green’s Ain’t No Fun To Me .
Recorded live at The Gig, Hollywood, Sept 2007.
Soul Stew
Jack Ruch -guitar and vocals
JP Downer -bass and vocals
Vince Fossett -drums
Scott Wittenberg -percussion.
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Jack has lived on the east coast of the US and in Tokyo. Now he lives and plays in Los Angeles. His schedule can often be found on the Twitter. Jack is available for private lessons or studio work. Watch for his band Downward Dogg at the Viper Room.Contact Jack.