Mark Goldenberg love fest! [Archive]

Greg V.

10-15-2008, 01:55 AM

Hey Folks,

One of my absolute favorite players of all time is Mark Goldenberg, just a supremely tasteful player and composer..... I've never heard anyone sound like him before, he has such a unique voice and is always soulful and unpredictable. He has great tone, plays beautifully and supports the song or artist, currently on a world tour with Jackson Browne.

I used to go see him play in Los Angeles and now miss his performances a great deal.... Check out his website below and see his "Music" link for a couple of his songs from his solo CD, highly recommended! Also, I found a few Jackson Browne videos featuring Mark as well....

Mark Goldenberg Website (http://www.markgoldenberg.com/index.htm)
Two Mark Goldenberg solo tunes (http://homepage.mac.com/WebObjects/FileSharing.woa/wa/default?user=markgoldenberg&templatefn=FileSharing1.html&xmlfn=TKDocument.1.xml&sitefn=RootSite.xml&aff=consumer&cty=US&lang=en)

YouTUBE videos of Mark with Jackson Browne
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOu7nlfS-Dk&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEB3cZ5DMJg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpkKfjgI1ao

Shreve

10-15-2008, 05:58 AM

Amazing player. Big fanboy here.

pingman

10-15-2008, 07:37 AM

Taste and brains all at once.

TNJ

10-15-2008, 08:10 AM

TA Tele and a Bogner Metropolis.

Mark is the REAL DEAL.

I have a solo acoustic CD by him that is way cool as well.

S.
j

Dave Orban

10-15-2008, 08:12 AM

Yep...! Monster player with unmatched taste, IMO...!

gtrfinder

10-15-2008, 08:15 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gphx3nmn-dA

jumpnblues

10-15-2008, 08:31 AM

What everyone has said so far. Saw him with Jackson about 12 years ago. Superb.

Tom

Dana Olsen

10-15-2008, 11:18 AM

One of the most instructional half hours of guitar listening I've ever done was at NAMM 3 years ago when Greg V, our original poster here, twisted the knobs on the new Bogner Duende as Mark Goldenberg played through it.

With every subtle tone change Greg dialed, Mark immediately shifted what he was playing toward something that more 'showed off' the amp tone that Greg had dialed in.

Mark is the consumate chameleon - there's simply NOWHERE he can't go musically. He's comfortable in any skin, and he can morph his musical personality instantly to whatever the music calls for.

Plus, he's a great cat.

Thanks Greg, Thanks Mark, Dana O.

tonefreak

10-15-2008, 11:23 AM

Mark Robinson

10-15-2008, 12:00 PM

Mark has a unique touch and really appealing musical voice. He's as deep in as you can get. I really enjoy his playing.

Dave Orban

10-15-2008, 12:01 PM

My head is spinning from just looking at that rack...! LOL!

John Hurtt

10-15-2008, 01:32 PM

Amazing player. Big fanboy here.

+1 and a nice guy to boot.

Catoogie

10-22-2008, 04:52 PM

Where can I get those low-profile angled connectors?

fusion58

10-24-2008, 07:16 AM

First heard Mark when he was touring with Peter Frampton's band in '82.

Great player! :AOK

gtrfinder

10-24-2008, 07:21 AM

My head is spinning from just looking at that rack...! LOL!

I wonder what amps he is using it with?

mprvise

10-24-2008, 07:42 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gphx3nmn-dA

Had to listen to that one four times. Very nice - thanks for posting. :AOK:AOK

Mondoslug

10-24-2008, 07:49 AM

I've had his solo disc for a couple of years. Great CD.

Blues Fuse

10-24-2008, 02:52 PM

I remember seeing Mark play with Jackson Browne on ACL and I really liked what he was doing.

jamess

10-24-2008, 03:04 PM

Mark played at a friend of mine's backyard Luau party accompanied by stand-up acoustic bass a few weeks back. Words like, outstanding, soulful, tone, touch and emotion come to mind. He is an extremely gifted musician. And a very cool guy to have a conversation with over dinner to boot!

I have his solo CD that I really, really enjoy. Do yourself a favor and pick up a copy.

Thanks for the music, Mark!

John Hurtt

10-24-2008, 07:42 PM

Guitarzan

10-24-2008, 08:13 PM

Mark is amazing!!

John Hurtt

10-24-2008, 08:43 PM

Mark is amazing!!

You are a fantastic player as well, Mr. Smith!

Guitarzan

10-24-2008, 08:49 PM

You are a fantastic player as well, Mr. Smith!

I appreciate that.

I just got the new Jackson Browne disc. Its great and Mark plays some really cool parts on it. Also my man Jeff Young is killing on organ and vocals on the record!!

10-25-2008, 11:21 AM

One of my favorites, that's for certain.

kevin hart

10-27-2008, 11:53 AM

A wonderful player and a gentleman.

mingo

10-30-2008, 04:55 PM

I wonder what amps he is using it with?

here's some of the amps he uses

princeton reverb
65amps soho
bogner duende
two rock

Realfi

03-15-2009, 05:23 AM

Thread revival!

I got to see Mark play with JB last night here in Perth.

He is certainly is amazingly versatile and tasteful and when I said hi after he seemed very cool.

John Bell

03-15-2009, 09:19 AM

Excellent player.

Fuchsaudio

03-15-2009, 09:21 AM

Mark is a friend of Tone Freak... great, great guitarist! Here is his rig updated by Dave Friedman of Rack Systems, LTD:

http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee261/RACKSYSTEMS/MARK%20GOLDENBERG/IM000638.jpg

http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee261/RACKSYSTEMS/MARK%20GOLDENBERG/IM000642.jpg

http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee261/RACKSYSTEMS/MARK%20GOLDENBERG/IM000641.jpg

http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee261/RACKSYSTEMS/MARK%20GOLDENBERG/IM000640.jpg

http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee261/RACKSYSTEMS/MARK%20GOLDENBERG/IM000643.jpg

Currently pumping that lovely rack through an ODS-50 and 212 Fuchs cabinet on the current JB tour..Welcome aboard Mark. An honor to have you sir !

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b378/lazcabanas/fuchs%20misc/image001.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b378/lazcabanas/fuchs%20misc/image002.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b378/lazcabanas/fuchs%20misc/mark-goldenberg-200x200jpg.jpg

big mike

03-15-2009, 11:08 AM

Mark's a fantastic player, and a great guy to boot.

First time I had the pleasure to meet him was my first amp show 3 years ago in Ron Thorn's booth. Wow. Jawdropping to just sit and watch him play a Thorn with a single P90 through Ron's old flame.

Same weekend I met Josh! Another great player.

Fun stuff.

(careful with the spam stuff guys...)

cdaloia

03-15-2009, 11:45 AM

Mark is a great player and really good guy, love his solo album.
Lots of soul in there.....

Chuck

LVC

03-15-2009, 05:24 PM

Great looking rig.

Hope to see him next time he is in town.

Currently pumping that lovely rack through an ODS-50 and 212 Fuchs cabinet on the current JB tour..Welcome aboard Mark. An honor to have you sir !

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b378/lazcabanas/fuchs%20misc/image001.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b378/lazcabanas/fuchs%20misc/image002.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b378/lazcabanas/fuchs%20misc/mark-goldenberg-200x200jpg.jpg

getbent

03-15-2009, 06:37 PM

he can wrench tones that make the gods jealous.

bforest4

03-16-2009, 12:22 AM

Great player, plus he produced and cowrote the Eels "Novocaine For the Soul" which was a pretty big single and a great tune!

sinasl1

03-16-2009, 12:28 AM

Mark rules.

Realfi

03-16-2009, 01:25 AM

Great player, plus he produced and cowrote the Eels "Novocaine For the Soul" which was a pretty big single and a great tune!

Wow, that is a great tune-I didn't know that!

I didn't have a chance to talk to Mark much about gear nerd stuff after the Jackson show but got this via email today;-

"...Perth was very nice, and the concert was great fun.

I used various guitars, a relic Broadcaster, a Thorn similar to a Les Paul Jr, a real LP Jr set up for slide and a couple of others.

I've been using a Fuchs ODS 50 for most of the tour with my Bogner Duende as backup.

In Perth I used the Duende because a lot of our gear had to go on to Adelaide from the previous show.

Pedals included a Memory Lane delay, Crunch box and Eternity Overdrive. That's what I use and am sticking with it!...

I use the overdrives from the amp, too. I mix things up a bit, some guitars sound better with the amp od, others with pedals"

dognmoon

05-03-2009, 06:24 PM

I played a show with a singer/songwriter here in LA last Spring at a club called Genghis Cohen. The singer/songwriter who was scheduled before us had Mark sitting in on guitar. Holy crap. HUGE sounds out of a Duende 1x10 and a little bitty pedalboard. I called my buddy in Nashville and told him I was gonna hafta go on after Mark. He had to talk me down off the ledge. :) It was all I could do not to hump Mark's leg in the gear storage room as he was loading out. He is such a smooth and lyrical guitar player.

Catoogie

05-06-2009, 09:34 AM

What was on his little bitty pedalboard at Genghis Cohen?

dognmoon

05-06-2009, 10:33 AM

What was on his little bitty pedalboard at Genghis Cohen?

I wish I remember, but I don't even remember what I wore yesterday...
I know there was a Diamond Memory Lane on there.

TMock

05-06-2009, 09:28 PM

Mark's one of my favorite guitarists. I love his sense of harmony.

Here's a nice video of him doing some gorgeous stuff on the neck pickup of a tele through a Bogner Alchemist. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXZ8T_IKWU0) I love when people play actual music in their demos rather than just a series of random riffs. I find his amp demo more inspiring than some folks' albums. :phones

kurt1981

07-14-2010, 09:28 PM

Hi, can anyone tell me what's in that rack? I'm unable to see the pics. Thanks, sorry to bother. Mark's an amazing player!!!

Sparkman52

07-14-2010, 10:56 PM

awesome player and a student of the late great Ted Greene. He has a real nice track on the TG tribute album that came out a couple of years ago.

Steve Snider

07-14-2010, 11:07 PM

Love Mark but you are no slouch my friend. Both old soul players who play to parts as good as they get.

mingo

07-15-2010, 05:39 AM

Hi, can anyone tell me what's in that rack? I'm unable to see the pics. Thanks, sorry to bother. Mark's an amazing player!!!

go here, http://www.hugeracksinc.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=48924&p=502849

pics from the guy who made the rack

Shreve

07-15-2010, 07:02 AM

Big fan. Was trying to find the Carnegie Hall pic, MG warming up on a Thorn under a huge chandelier. Big chops.

erksin

07-15-2010, 11:44 AM

I was wondering who the player was with Jackson on the RRHOF gig - he absolutely killed it. I was really disappointed Lindley wasn't up there at first, but quickly forgot once I heard Mark ripping it up.

fusion58

07-21-2010, 11:31 PM

Rare vid featuring Mark with Peter Frampton c. early 80s...

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Jim S

10-24-2011, 10:32 AM

amazing player!

sinasl1

10-24-2011, 12:03 PM

Mark is just awesome, and such a great guy too, he's one of the first people I met after graduating GIT that really showed me (through his actions) what it was about to be a professional musician in this town (LA).... to be diverse... he had his hand in writing, producing, touring, everything. And he practiced with such discipline, always wanting to learn and improve, and this was when he was about 40 I think. He's a pretty magical guitar player.

shallbe

10-24-2011, 02:28 PM

Great player with a unique voice. He is an inspiration. With the same basic gear he always comes up with something fresh and personal.

John Hurtt

10-24-2011, 03:08 PM

Great player!

big mike

10-24-2011, 03:37 PM

Word yo.

Been one of my hero's since he walked into the amp show and proceeded to blow my mind.

Jim S

10-24-2011, 06:30 PM

Word yo.

Been one of my hero's since he walked into the amp show and proceeded to blow my mind.
Exactly! He was noodling on a single pup red Thorn guitar into a Reinhardt amplifier. All conversations in the room stopped and all eyes and ears were on Mark. He was sublime.