Re: "That" Sound, Meazzi Emulation etc...
Posted: 17 Mar 2010, 16:49It's Hobart Smith on a 5 string banjo.
Des.
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Posted: 17 Mar 2010, 16:49Re: "That" Sound, Meazzi Emulation etc...
Posted: 17 Mar 2010, 17:00I am not in a position to name equipment having never knowingly heard Magistomp or ESE, have heard programmed Q/verbs but not impressed. The sound is certainly Shadow-esque,but I am surprised that several people have remarked that it is a good sound,- not especially good to my ears. Although some people are incredibly fussy re. the number of echo repeats etc. I would be more concerned about the overall sound quality of which of course the repeats are a part,but repeats without tone in my view are insufficient.
Des.
Des.
Re: "That" Sound, Meazzi Emulation etc...
Posted: 18 Mar 2010, 10:11Thanks for comments so far...
Interesting that some folks "hedge their bets" rather than put a stake in the ground, and other haven't posted at all. Be assured, there's no trick involved here... what you hear is an amateur (you can tell that from the phrasing) playing a tune, with a very home made recording. And I will be happy to tell who. and through what in due course.
Interesting that some folks "hedge their bets" rather than put a stake in the ground, and other haven't posted at all. Be assured, there's no trick involved here... what you hear is an amateur (you can tell that from the phrasing) playing a tune, with a very home made recording. And I will be happy to tell who. and through what in due course.
Re: "That" Sound, Meazzi Emulation etc...
Posted: 18 Mar 2010, 10:33David Martin wrote:Thanks for comments so far...
In the other thread about the Meazzi sound I asked wich kind of equipment was used to achieve this sound : http://www.4shared.com/file/8261317/e70 ... mples.html
I had no answers...
Didier
Re: "That" Sound, Meazzi Emulation etc...
Posted: 18 Mar 2010, 11:09Hi Didier..Sounds like a Q20...........
Re: "That" Sound, Meazzi Emulation etc...
Posted: 18 Mar 2010, 11:37Hi Didier, I'd say that it sounds like a digital machine because of the 'clinical' repeats, but I know because I have done it myself, that a tape echo can be adjusted to sound just as cold, so who knows. 
Re: "That" Sound, Meazzi Emulation etc...
Posted: 18 Mar 2010, 13:52On my system the muted repeats in the gallop section are very muffled and overpowered by the BT so I can't make them out clearly. I quite like the tone of the guitar itself but as to whether it's the 'Apache' tone is something few will probably agree upon - I think the original was a harder sound and played nearer the bridge but this sample would be fine for many other tracks, though.
Of course this is where we're told it's not a strat and recorded in someone's bathroom with an old mike . . .
Of course this is where we're told it's not a strat and recorded in someone's bathroom with an old mike . . .
Re: "That" Sound, Meazzi Emulation etc...
Posted: 18 Mar 2010, 19:59COLONEL MUSTARD , WITH A SPANNER, IN THE LIBRARY 
Re: "That" Sound, Meazzi Emulation etc...
Posted: 19 Mar 2010, 09:12Come on then David - satisfy our curiosity !
Re: "That" Sound, Meazzi Emulation etc...
Posted: 19 Mar 2010, 09:43I was going to let this run a little longer Roger...(some notable protagonists haven't posted 
) but as it's you...
This is about as far from a traditional vintage setup as you can get...
KInman pickups, EFTP Q2 with original setup, Award Session Acetone amp (so not a valve in sight...) recorded direct into a Fostex FD4 in 1998...
For my money, every now and then, I can hear the magic in this clip. The upload/rip process has compressed and dulled everything. Playing? Pretty inaccurate as noted above... but I did get better... didn't I?
) but as it's you...This is about as far from a traditional vintage setup as you can get...
KInman pickups, EFTP Q2 with original setup, Award Session Acetone amp (so not a valve in sight...) recorded direct into a Fostex FD4 in 1998...
For my money, every now and then, I can hear the magic in this clip. The upload/rip process has compressed and dulled everything. Playing? Pretty inaccurate as noted above... but I did get better... didn't I?