sean@garfield.UUCP (Sean Byrne) (02/11/85)
So lets hear it for guitar effects? I personally like Ibanez for their clean sounding, sturdy, well-designed effects. The "Tube Screamer" has got to be the best sounding I have seen. Anyone have reviews of pedals they've bought/used? Electro-Harmonix in general are cheaply built and tend to have mechanical problems. Boss do a decent job, but they're not as good as Ibanez. Anyone else have any comments? MXR and Arion are just a couple of companies that make effects that I haven't seen before? I also would like to see more music in net.music!
davidl@tekadg.UUCP (Dave) (02/26/85)
I heard Husker Dufus up here a couple of nights ago. For some reason (perhaps that stupid cover of 8 Miles High) I always thought the guitar player had an electric 12-string. What I discovered was, he was playing a Gibson Flying-V or some clone thereof, and using two very beat-up effects boxes - an Electro-Harmonix "Small Clone" chorus, and an MXR distortion box. I liked his sound. (I like Husker Du, anyway, trash rehash notwithstanding.) Sean, you may as well give up on anyone talking about music in net.music; the journey-blubberboy-prince-rush wankers have taken over... I must say, I have achieved a new level of alienation - I've never even HEARD Prince, just as nobody else out here has heard Tesco Vee - WHERE'S MINCEMEAT? HE'S MISSING OUT ON ALL THE FUN!!!!!!
jeffw@tekecs.UUCP (Jeff Winslow) (02/27/85)
> Sean, you may as well give up on anyone talking about music in net.music; > the journey-blubberboy-prince-rush wankers have taken over... I must say, > I have achieved a new level of alienation - I've never even HEARD Prince, > just as nobody else out here has heard Tesco Vee - > > WHERE'S MINCEMEAT? HE'S MISSING OUT ON ALL THE FUN!!!!!! I'm even more alienated than you are - I've never heard Prince OR Tesco Vee. But I've heard Schoenberg...and I don't care what Rich Rosen says, I *like* his haircut. Get that yogurt outta my backpack, Jeff Winslow
rpk@mit-eddie.UUCP (Robert Krajewski) (03/03/85)
From: davidl@tekadg.UUCP (Dave) Message-ID: <67@tekadg.UUCP> Date: Tue, 26-Feb-85 14:00:28 EST I must say, I have achieved a new level of alienation - I've never even HEARD Prince, just as nobody else out here has heard Tesco Vee.... Hmm, I like Prince, and I think Tesco Vee is good for a giggle or two... -- ``Bob'' (Robert P. Krajewski) ARPA: RpK@MC MIT Local: RpK@OZ UUCP: genradbo!miteddie!rpk
keithd@cadovax.UUCP (Keith Doyle) (03/05/85)
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Quite a few years ago I remember hearing a unique sound that I
wondered about the effects of. It was on an Amon Duul II album,
'Dance of the Lemmings'. Kind of a fuzz-flange effect used on the
bass guitar in one section. Later, I heard the same sound used
by CHROME on several songs. Still mystified, a friend of mine
came over one day with a song he'd recorded with some friends, and
here was the sound. He responded to my query with 'Oh yeah, that's
a Roland Jet-Phaser, whatsisname sold it after that to someone for
50 bucks.' I then proceeded to scour the Recycler (this is L.A.)
for one. Shortly thereafter I too picked one up for $50. The
Jet-Phaser is of pre-flange design, which stems from the rumored
discovery that the spectral effect of tape flanging on sounds
was in effect, a multi-pole comb filter that wanders over the
audio band. Early designs of this sort of thing were devices
such as MXR's Phase 90, a simple triple-ganged modulated bandpass
(or was it Notch?) filter. The Jet-Phaser seems to be of similar ilk,
except the filters Q is ajustable (resonance control). I think there
are 5 filters, and the filters have fairly dramatic characteristics.
Kind of like having 5 Vox WAH pedals in parallel (or is it series)
and wanging away on them all simultaneously. The Jet-Phaser also
has a build in fuzz, and several tone ranges for it. Unfortunately,
the fuzz is either real bassy or real trebley, and you can't use the
fuzz without the Phase effect. Still, a unique sound, wouldn't part
with it any more than my Electric Mistress by Electro-Harmonix. The
Electric Mistress is an analog-delay-line type Flanger which has the
important feature of being able to turn the sweep off, and use as
a 'tin-can-effect' or other short delay effects.
Keith Doyle
{ucbvax,ihnp4,decvax}!trwrb!cadovax!keithdvanhall.wbst@XEROX.ARPA (03/06/85)
In reply to your observations of the MXR effects: MXR made two distortion boxes(well three if you count the blue box). One model was the Distortion + a simple one op-amp and two diode ckt. The other was the distortion II. This box was a little more complicated in that it simulated the sound of an overdriven tube amp. The D-II was the same color as the D+, but it had three knobs, a larger case, and a line cord. By the way MXR temporarily went out of business and reformed as MXR-ART at a new address. Repairs of old equiptment are done by a third(related) company in the same town. If anyone would like their address or to discuss effects, drop me a line at the address above. Don