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Originally Posted by Useliteski
if you had not told me about Greg Howard on this release though, i would have never even knew he was there. that instrument is difficult to indentify
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I think many who don't know how Chapman Stick sounds will perhaps confuse what Greg is doing in Dreaming Tree with something Tim could do or even Fonz.
If you listen to the right channel, Greg's contributions are very easy to spot, particularly if you then listen to a Dreaming Tree without him. Once you know what he's doing, listen to the studio version and you'll hear just how much he adds to the song.
In the jam for the final few mins of 10.31.98 Greg is the second most prominent sound to Carter to my ears...but I'm very familiar with the Chapman Stick and have been pining for this show for 10+ years.
As far as LT39 goes, I had a good listen to Dreaming Tree over the week-end cranked nice and loud on my main system, I couldn't think of anything wrong to say...it sounds amazing. I absolutely love those delicate bows Boyd is doing right as they enter "take me back" for the first time, sounds so good.
If the rest of the show sounds as good sonically as Dreaming Tree I'll be very happy.
I upgraded my speakers around this time last year, went from Canadian Paradigm Monitor 11v4s (CDN$1399/pair) to UK Acoustic Energy AElite 3 (CDN$2700/pair) - although their footprint is notably smaller they are much more refined. I paid nowhere near the list price for them!