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I worked quite a while on this one so I figured I'd gloat. I don't have proper recording equipment but eh, excuses... you get the gist. If people like it I'll post some more.

Thanks alot man! Yeah, it's brass but it's chrome coated. I really want to pick up a nice regular brass one. As for dirt, I did the best I could with what I had, my little solid state practice amp doesn't take well to OD pedals and it's natural dirt is so so.

I should reupload this on my fender twin when I get the chance, it's just too late at night to crank the volume.

Nice, danleary! You killed it on that intro especially... So you're a lefty, eh? I remeber you posting a pic (what is now your avatar, correct?) of that guitar when you got it. Did you have to totally rewire and rearrange all the hardware?.. Or are just fucking with me/us, and somehow flipped your video around??

Oh, and I would definitely like to hear some more of your TBK covers.. You know how to play Run Me Down?.. That song-with all of its muted accents-has probably given me more fits than any other TBK song..

Thanks guys! Yeah, I worked a long time on the intro. That was the jam he always opened the song with during the 2010 tour. I think it's so cool how the songs evolve and change for every tour. People always think he's improvising, and sometimes he is, but alot of the jams during songs are actually very structured and more thought out than you'd think!

No I'm not a lefty, haha. I can see how it could be confusing though, usually the guitar faces the other way around in videos, doesn't it? I probably fussed a setting on my webcam by accident.

Yeah, muted and accented stuff always confuses me too. Especially because I'm so meticulous and always try to perfect things down to every little detail. The funny thing is, when you finally figure out what he's doing, you realize it was the simplest fucking thing, and you end up smacking yourself in the face. I think part of the reason musicians don't do cover songs exactly the same as the original isn't just because they want to put their own creative spin on it, but because it's just such a pain in the ass to figure it out! Ha.

Great job Dan. Would love for you to post more of your covers.

Very nice man. Just curious, what amp and pedals are you using here? It sounds pretty nice for a solid state practice amp...I usually use a Squier Classic Vibe Tele or Harmony H75 with a hoof fuzz into a Silvertone tube amp for Black Keys/garage rock kind of tones but your tone here is great as well. Definitely one of the better black keys covers I've seen.