Gangsters - The Specials - Guitar Cover

My cover of Gangsters by The Specials
Guitar: Fender Deluxe Nashville Telecaster (middle PU removed)
Pedals: Suhr Eclipse
Amp/Cab: Two notes torpedo Cab M (Pre-amp into EL84 Power Amp into Celestion Greenback 1x12 closed - Mics SM57 and Royer R121)
#Gangsters #The Specials #guitarcover
Chris Johnson - Guitarist - Coventry, UK.

[@bibou641]

Very good cover Chris, thank you !

[@Svain5]

Thanks, Chris. This is a great help.

[@notreal1477]

Never heard this before, very nice work🔥

[@adylevene4318]

Nice job. If you've only got one guitar in band this is a great way to play in. I bought this single the day it came after hearing it on John Peel.

[@juliajackson1211]

👌❤

[@mitchelljarvis2010]

That was an amazing cover! Loved this song since I was a kid. Been trying to learn it on guitar for a while and came back to it today and saw your cover!…… Excellent! I had a bit of a eureka moment also when I saw your chords as I have been learning this with barre chords! Are your chord shapes inversions of the Aminor G#major barre chords? If so, like I said, I’ve just had a eureka moment! Inversions would make a lot more sense in ska/reggae. Well done again! 👍👍🎸🎸

[@ChrisJohnsonGuitar]

Sorry for the very late reply! Thanks very much for your kind comments! The offbeat A minor and G# major are kind of half a full E shaped bar chord I guess. They aren't inversions, the notes in each chord are root, 3rd, 5th, octave - definitely more comfortable to play rather than barring and easier to get the feel right in my opinion.