Comments on: One For The Gear Heads… https://jeffhealey.com/2021/05/one-for-the-gear-heads/ the official website Mon, 01 Apr 2024 08:08:29 +0000 hourly 1 By: Mark Whitaker https://jeffhealey.com/2021/05/one-for-the-gear-heads/#comment-147457 Mon, 01 Apr 2024 08:08:29 +0000 https://jeffhealey.com/?p=13256#comment-147457 I just rewatched the Original and best Roadhouse, and found out about Jeff Healey. Great article and fun to learn about someone so talented.

]]> By: Rob Quail https://jeffhealey.com/2021/05/one-for-the-gear-heads/#comment-146364 Sat, 30 Dec 2023 18:08:04 +0000 https://jeffhealey.com/?p=13256#comment-146364 In reply to Dave Griffiths.

No, Jeff only used delay occasionally. He just preferred a dry sound coming out of his amps.

Totally agree about the constant improvement of his singing ability.

]]> By: carmen McCauley https://jeffhealey.com/2021/05/one-for-the-gear-heads/#comment-146305 Tue, 19 Dec 2023 02:09:41 +0000 https://jeffhealey.com/?p=13256#comment-146305 The 1947 Gibson L12 Archtop was purchased by Jeff from my father. I contacted Jeff’s family after he passed and after being horrified to read (here) that it was kept ‘on the porch’. They said the guitar was one of Jeff’s favourites and it was properly stored and taken care of when i inquired as to whether I could buy it back or not. They said they would never part with it.

]]> By: Dave Griffiths https://jeffhealey.com/2021/05/one-for-the-gear-heads/#comment-145139 Sun, 29 Jan 2023 23:22:51 +0000 https://jeffhealey.com/?p=13256#comment-145139 Fascinating reading. Many thanks for taking the time to post all this info brother x. I first saw Jeff’s captivating band live at Rock City in Nottingham (UK) circa the early 90’s. Me and my friends who who were thinking about learning to play guitar and form a band etc got a serious reality check as Jeff and the band flew straight into that instrumental “The Better It Gets”.

After that opening song we were like “F*uck!….maybe we should try fishing or something instead?” lol Out of all the info you shared I was pretty shocked to read Jeff hated Reverb.

Did he use Delay as reverb then? It seems quite a few people do and on a amateur level I do myself ( I decided to give guitar playing a shot in the end and wound up forming my own band lol)

Jeff’s guitar playing was a captivating tour de force but one thing that really stood out and was noticeable to my ear was the way his vocals just got better and better. Don’t get me wrong, he could always sing and sing coolio, but as the years went by since the first album “See The Light” he ended up in later years being a proper soul man vocally. Great depth and richness to his voice.
Maybe just an ageing thing, right? Still….it was coolio to hear his vocal prowess develop. He had it all and life was taken away from him waaaay too soon. Such a sad loss for his wife, family/friends and the people that loved his music.

Much love from a UK based Jeff Healey fan XX

]]> By: Shawn Annis https://jeffhealey.com/2021/05/one-for-the-gear-heads/#comment-145127 Fri, 27 Jan 2023 22:41:03 +0000 https://jeffhealey.com/?p=13256#comment-145127 Has anyone else but me ever seen that Fender poster ad from the 90’s that read:
“Win a guitar just like the one that Jeff Healey plays”
The wild thing was, that he had a Fernandez guitar in his lap in the picture.
A guy I worked with grabbed it before I could, but I’ve never seen any mention on the internet about it ever existing. The store I tech’d for got it as a promo.

]]> By: Anita https://jeffhealey.com/2021/05/one-for-the-gear-heads/#comment-145024 Mon, 26 Dec 2022 08:01:43 +0000 https://jeffhealey.com/?p=13256#comment-145024 In reply to Terry Iredale.

What an interesting read. I love Jeff’s music, my favourite blues artist thanks for sharing.

]]> By: Rog https://jeffhealey.com/2021/05/one-for-the-gear-heads/#comment-144840 Tue, 08 Nov 2022 05:04:52 +0000 https://jeffhealey.com/?p=13256#comment-144840 In reply to curtis.

Hi Curtis. Best guess, it was either a back-up guitar, or something that was brought in just for the shoot so there’d be a guitar there for Jeff to hold in the pics. Either way, looong gone I’m afraid… ~Rog

]]> By: curtis https://jeffhealey.com/2021/05/one-for-the-gear-heads/#comment-144829 Sun, 06 Nov 2022 03:40:26 +0000 https://jeffhealey.com/?p=13256#comment-144829 i have a qustion the see the light picture of the band shows jeff with a what looks to be a white strat what and were is it

]]> By: Rog https://jeffhealey.com/2021/05/one-for-the-gear-heads/#comment-144219 Mon, 08 Aug 2022 21:04:01 +0000 https://jeffhealey.com/?p=13256#comment-144219 In reply to Barry.

Barry! Loooong time coming, but here’s the definitive answer straight from one of Jeff’s old techs. (This took a while ’cause no o e could remember this damn thing! Lol!)

Ok , so it’s a car key fob!

His tech at the time Farns (Jon Farnsworth ) came up with a way for Jeff to turn certain pedals (ie.EQ-compressor) on and off when he would stand up and run around! His guitars were also wireless at that point with the transmitters mounted inside the guitars.

There was a receiver on his pedal board, that acted as the relay to the pedal switches there by turning them off and on, like unlocking and locking your car!

(Oh and the red button lower left by the output Jack, turned the wireless on and off!)

😀 ~Rog

]]> By: Michael Ronan https://jeffhealey.com/2021/05/one-for-the-gear-heads/#comment-143245 Tue, 12 Apr 2022 15:55:44 +0000 https://jeffhealey.com/?p=13256#comment-143245 In reply to Quentin Daniels.

God bless his greatness. RIP Jeff Healey

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