The guitarists - both former members of the Yardbirds - will play separately before taking the stage to perform together.Īfter the shows with Clapton, Beck will play South Korea, Hong Kong, Australia, and Japan before returning to America for the U.S.
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At the opposite end of the sonic spectrum, the airy arrangement that elevates “Never Alone” provides a wide-angle soundscape for Beck’s imagination to freely explore the high-flying melody.īefore launching a world tour to support Emotion & Commotion, Beck will unite with Eric Clapton in February for a series of exclusive shows in London, New York City, Toronto, and Montreal. For “Hammerhead,” Beck fires the rocker’s opening salvo through his wah-wah pedal before falling into a deep groove carved out by the rhythm section and horn arrangement. In addition to the orchestral pieces, Emotion & Commotion showcases a number of original compositions.
What appealed to me instead was the idea of bringing together these seemingly contradictory sounds on different kinds of nonclassical music.” “It turned out amazingly well, but I didn’t want to commit to an entire album of classical music.
To complement the innovative tones he coaxes from his guitar, Beck recorded with a 64-piece orchestra on songs that range from Puccini’s immortal aria “Nessun Dorma” and “Elegy For Dunkirk” from the film Atonement to “Somewhere Over The Rainbow” from The Wizard Of Oz and Jeff Buckley’s interpretation of “Corpus Christi Carol.”īeck says the idea of pairing his guitar with an orchestra evolved from the version of Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. The album also includes contributions from a trio of singers: Imelda May (“Lilac Wine”), Olivia Safe (“Elegy For Dunkirk”), and Grammy winner Joss Stone (“I Put A Spell On You” and “There’s No Other Me”). To create the album’s diverse sound, Beck used a number of musicians, including appearances by frequent collaborators Vinnie Colaiuta (drums), Jason Rebello (keyboards), and Tal Wilkenfeld (bass). The album will be available on Atco Records, an imprint of Rhino Entertainment, on April 13 at all retail outlets, including, for a suggested list price of $18.98 (CD) and $9.99 (digital).īeck recorded Emotion & Commotion late last year at Sarm Studios in London with award-winning producers Steve Lipson and Trevor Horn. Rhino unleashes the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer’s restless genius with Emotion & Commotion. Volume and Tone Control with 3-Way Toggle Pickup Selectorįor his first studio album in seven years, Grammy-winning guitarist Jeff Beck returns with an eclectic mix of tracks that find the guitar virtuoso accompanied by a handpicked cast of talented musicians, as well as several songs accompanied by a 64-piece orchestra. Wayne Johnson, PRS Amp team member and a 2008 recipient of “The Ten Hottest New Guitarists of the Month” by Guitar Player magazine forum members describes this new model as “sonically devastating,” and PRS’s SE Inspector Dong Chang also offered, “This guitar makes you play harder.” SE Torero Model Specs Body We incorporated a lot of firsts for PRS in the Torero that should appeal to players who may not have considered PRS in the past,” commented Doug Shive, SE Business Unit Manager.ĭetailed specifications for the SE Torero are as follows: mahogany body with flame-maple veneer, arm carve and bound top 3-piece maple neck with thru-neck construction and a wide-thin carve with a heavily carved heel area, a 25 ½” scale length, an ebony bound fretboard with no inlay, jumbo frets and a bound headstock standard EMG 81 and 85 pickups, a master volume and tone, 3-way blade switch and remote battery box chrome hardware, an original Floyd Rose 1000 Series bridge, and standard PRS tuners and standard strap buttons. “I am excited to bring this new model to market. The bound ebony fretboard with jumbo frets and no inlays paired with a mahogany body and flame-maple veneer give this guitar a very distinct look. That coupled with the deeper, lower cutaway increases sustain and gives easier and smoother accessibility to the upper frets while pick-ups provide power, clarity and definition. The minimal/unpronounced heel smoothly blends into the body. “The Torero has our quality with a Floyd Rose tremolo and EMGs. The SE Torero offers many “firsts” for PRS Guitars, and is dubbed by Paul Reed Smith himself as “a shredder’s dream.Features unique to the new SE Torero and first ever for PRS are the use of a Floyd Rose bridge, EMG pickups, and neck-through body construction.