The Tone Thread
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It does actually - after you said that yesterday afternoon, I played some.. what I think of SRV style riffs (I don't think I can actually play any SRV), you know, riffs on low strings with little fills, played really aggressively.. it does sound a lot like a strat.
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dunno about that ..... SRV ( I've jammed with him once before he got big ) doesn't do squat for me .... almost everything I hear from him was lifted from Hendrix who was one of his biggest influences.
And Hendrix ( one of MY biggest influences ) just played blues and R&B turned up to Marshall stack levels
SRV was good for sure but not incredible to my ears.
I've never specifically copped any of his licks because I don't hear anything there I didn't already play.
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Oh, Bob. I think I could I just don't know any. I'm not an SRV fan, i just thought it sounded like him when I was hacking away on the neck pickup earlier.Lt. Bob wrote: ↑Sat Sep 03, 2022 1:39 pmdunno about that ..... SRV ( I've jammed with him once before he got big ) doesn't do squat for me .... almost everything I hear from him was lifted from Hendrix who was one of his biggest influences.
And Hendrix ( one of MY biggest influences ) just played blues and R&B turned up to Marshall stack levels
SRV was good for sure but not incredible to my ears.
I've never specifically copped any of his licks because I don't hear anything there I didn't already play.
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Wasn't SRV a 1/2 tone down player?
I know he's revered by many but I'm as unimpressed by him as I am by Bonamassa. Both excellent players but one did too many Hendrix covers and the other only sounds right when he's playing with B.C.C. as his version of the blues reminds me of Clapton's Journeyman album...anaemic!
I know he's revered by many but I'm as unimpressed by him as I am by Bonamassa. Both excellent players but one did too many Hendrix covers and the other only sounds right when he's playing with B.C.C. as his version of the blues reminds me of Clapton's Journeyman album...anaemic!
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LOL - you're a tough crowd.
SRV managed to either tap into the zeitgeist or head it off in another direction entirely in terms of guitar-heavy blues rock. Now I never exactly worked out Scuttlebuttin' note for note and can't really be bothered now, but I did play Mary Had A Little Lamb in a covers band - god knows why, no-one had much heard of it, but my bandmates indulged me.
I drag him out every now and then.
Plus, you can write the initals "SRV" and everyone knows who you're talking about.
SRV managed to either tap into the zeitgeist or head it off in another direction entirely in terms of guitar-heavy blues rock. Now I never exactly worked out Scuttlebuttin' note for note and can't really be bothered now, but I did play Mary Had A Little Lamb in a covers band - god knows why, no-one had much heard of it, but my bandmates indulged me.
I drag him out every now and then.
Plus, you can write the initals "SRV" and everyone knows who you're talking about.
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I play a few of his tunes but I've never bothered to learn any of them note for note ...... it's just blues ..... anything competent worksArmistice wrote: ↑Sun Sep 04, 2022 8:26 am LOL - you're a tough crowd.
SRV managed to either tap into the zeitgeist or head it off in another direction entirely in terms of guitar-heavy blues rock. Now I never exactly worked out Scuttlebuttin' note for note and can't really be bothered now, but I did play Mary Had A Little Lamb in a covers band - god knows why, no-one had much heard of it, but my bandmates indulged me.
I drag him out every now and then.
Plus, you can write the initals "SRV" and everyone knows who you're talking about.
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I had enough of white redneck texas blues rock decades ago. Fuck that shit.
Rebel Yell
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I'm right there with ya' .... TBH there never was a time I was deeply into blues although I did dig deep into B.B.King and also some Johnny Winter for a bit.
But to me blues is just swing jazz with a guitar instead of a horn section ..... "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" and that sort of stuff ... "Stompin' At The Savoy" etc.
Originally B. B. King was big band ..... so was James Brown ..... google him singing "What Kind of Fool Am I?"
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Almost forgot I owned it! Just plugged the Mustang bass in for the first time since I got it home. This is just into the clean channel of my H&K, no pedals or overdrive.
P pickup first, middle position P/J second, bridge J pickup third.
First impression, P pickup clearly has the most body to it but might need a bit of EQ care to get it to play nice in a mix.
Middle position is fine and will probably be easy to use.
Bridge position is probably useless for me.
P pickup first, middle position P/J second, bridge J pickup third.
First impression, P pickup clearly has the most body to it but might need a bit of EQ care to get it to play nice in a mix.
Middle position is fine and will probably be easy to use.
Bridge position is probably useless for me.
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They all sound good. No clack.JD01 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 07, 2022 1:26 pm Almost forgot I owned it! Just plugged the Mustang bass in for the first time since I got it home. This is just into the clean channel of my H&K, no pedals or overdrive.
P pickup first, middle position P/J second, bridge J pickup third.
Mustang Bass Tone Test.mp3
First impression, P pickup clearly has the most body to it but might need a bit of EQ care to get it to play nice in a mix.
Middle position is fine and will probably be easy to use.
Bridge position is probably useless for me.
Rebel Yell
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Cheers, I don't actually have any songs to use it on right now but it's going to make my life much easier.Greg_L wrote: ↑Wed Sep 07, 2022 1:52 pmThey all sound good. No clack.JD01 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 07, 2022 1:26 pm Almost forgot I owned it! Just plugged the Mustang bass in for the first time since I got it home. This is just into the clean channel of my H&K, no pedals or overdrive.
P pickup first, middle position P/J second, bridge J pickup third.
Mustang Bass Tone Test.mp3
First impression, P pickup clearly has the most body to it but might need a bit of EQ care to get it to play nice in a mix.
Middle position is fine and will probably be easy to use.
Bridge position is probably useless for me.
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I'm with you - I like the first two but the third's a bit meh... be interested to hear them in a mix - I'm sure it'll cut through nicely but what will the bottom end be like, I wonder?JD01 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 07, 2022 1:26 pm Almost forgot I owned it! Just plugged the Mustang bass in for the first time since I got it home. This is just into the clean channel of my H&K, no pedals or overdrive.
P pickup first, middle position P/J second, bridge J pickup third.
Mustang Bass Tone Test.mp3
First impression, P pickup clearly has the most body to it but might need a bit of EQ care to get it to play nice in a mix.
Middle position is fine and will probably be easy to use.
Bridge position is probably useless for me.
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Bought a Mustang - time to shoegaze
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Same mustang I bought a few weeks ago. I just thought it must be time to shoegaze. It might turn into a full song, I have another part to it, see if I get timeWhiskeyJack wrote: ↑Mon Oct 24, 2022 1:41 pmSounds cool JD!!
Did you buy another mustang? Or did you just make the statement you bought a Mustang so you must now shoegaze?
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Sounds nice. I'm sure you'll do a better shoegaze than most of the shoegaze bands around can muster.
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So shoegaze is essentially just delays and flangers and phasers and too much distortion?
Rebel Yell
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That and a tendency to stay on one chord for a very long time, stand still whilst playing and look miserable/intense.
I always thought it was called "shoegaze" precisely because they spend all their time staring at their delay and flanger and phaser pedals instead of interacting with humanity. Could be wrong.
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A heavily modified plate reverb, a multi-voiced chorus modulator, an octave-up etc
PLUS distortion at the start of the chain & oodles of reverb before the delay.
The new FX40 pedal is "Shoegaze" in a box except they didn't include the delay...odd. It's a copy of the Soft Focus program in an FX500 without the delay. I suppose most guitarists have delay pedals they love.
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