Favorite guitar riffs
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If I took the Tom S "make a list" approach I would be typing for a month.
venomballistics
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There are many that qualify.
Mine is a perspective born of plugging into a tube fired head feeding into a 4 X 12 cab.
The strings at your fingers have a certain clairvoyance that comes through the rig, sending a tone that plows through you.
It can become a feedback loop that gets a little out of hand. and it's supposed to.
Perhaps the day comes that your eyes regain focus as the last note rings out, to see the melted faces of those you were privileged to take along for the sonic ride.
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[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCvciGNpiPY&list=RDMM&index=8"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCvciGNpiPY&list=RDMM&index=8[/ame]
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYXHdFUAqK4"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYXHdFUAqK4[/ame]
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJEewund2zQ"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJEewund2zQ[/ame]
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03hGi0_r0xc"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03hGi0_r0xc[/ame]
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKlzdDDl250"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKlzdDDl250[/ame]
There are many that qualify.
Mine is a perspective born of plugging into a tube fired head feeding into a 4 X 12 cab.
The strings at your fingers have a certain clairvoyance that comes through the rig, sending a tone that plows through you.
It can become a feedback loop that gets a little out of hand. and it's supposed to.
Perhaps the day comes that your eyes regain focus as the last note rings out, to see the melted faces of those you were privileged to take along for the sonic ride.
YeshuaIsa53
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Let there be rock
YeshuaIsa53
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I would often pull the outside pair of power tubes out to make the amp break quicker and use 25 watt Celestions for growl. Sometimes I would use a power soak.
Fender Deluxe Reverb Blackface for clean and blues.
I miss the stage.
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venomballistics
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Closest thing to the blackface I have is a Trainwreck express clone I built. From a sweet glistening clean up to venomous fangs were possible through playing dynamics.
Never a wise idea to gig with a one off prototype rig. you can't simply replace it when it breaks. None the less it served my well.
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Opening up a Trainwreck is like looking a work of circuitry art.
Speaking of amps.
Submitted for your approval... deemed the first 'rock and roll' song this was recorded with Ike Turner's "Kings of Rhythm. On the way to the studio the guitar amp, which was strapped to the roof of the car, fell off and the impact caused splits in the paper transducer. Having no way to recone or replace the speaker they went ahead and used it on the recording.
Later on, young guitarists, like Randy California of spirit, experimented with low wattage amps by poking holes in the speaker to re-create that "fuzz". They used to take 5 watt Pignose amps, lay them on a towel in a closed drawer with a mic and turn them wide open. It worked.
There are no rules.
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Submitted for your approval... deemed the first 'rock and roll' song this was recorded with Ike Turner's "Kings of Rhythm. On the way to the studio the guitar amp, which was strapped to the roof of the car, fell off and the impact caused splits in the paper transducer. Having no way to recone or replace the speaker they went ahead and used it on the recording.
Later on, young guitarists, like Randy California of spirit, experimented with low wattage amps by poking holes in the speaker to re-create that "fuzz". They used to take 5 watt Pignose amps, lay them on a towel in a closed drawer with a mic and turn them wide open. It worked.
There are no rules.
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JET4
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Dust in the Wind - Kansas
Currently on my playlist.
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venomballistics
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The pig nose in a drawer sounds a little bit like the pipe bomb reverb ... LM386 based amp into a small speaker mounted in a chunk of pipe ... mic in the other end to use full strength or wet dry mixed. Did similar experiments in the spirit of the same. Never warmed up to the LM386. Found it kinda lifeless.
Rolling the Laney AOR into a bathroom with a handful of mics does some damage as well.
Been kicking around the idea of a quadrafuzz build. It divides the signal into low, mid low, mid and high, Distorts them individually then mixes the total result. You get the roar without the inter-modulation issues so you get to keep some definition.
another project on deck is a delay with a P-EQ.
The interests really fed each other through the years.
venomballistics
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That one used to feel good in the fingers. Fun to play and kept that left hand employed
The beginning of "fuzz".
In 1964, a fuzzy and somewhat distorted sound gained widespread popularity after guitarist Dave Davies of The Kinks used a razor blade to slash his speaker cones for the band's single "You Really Got Me". In May 1965 Keith Richards used a Gibson Maestro FZ-1 Fuzz-Tone to record "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction".
Followed by:
In 1964, a fuzzy and somewhat distorted sound gained widespread popularity after guitarist Dave Davies of The Kinks used a razor blade to slash his speaker cones for the band's single "You Really Got Me". In May 1965 Keith Richards used a Gibson Maestro FZ-1 Fuzz-Tone to record "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction".
Followed by:
venomballistics
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I've enjoyed a few of these solid state drives ... Then this came along, and served as a springboard for a few phenomenal stomps.The beginning of "fuzz".
In 1964, a fuzzy and somewhat distorted sound gained widespread popularity after guitarist Dave Davies of The Kinks used a razor blade to slash his speaker cones for the band's single "You Really Got Me". In May 1965 Keith Richards used a Gibson Maestro FZ-1 Fuzz-Tone to record "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction".
Followed by:
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I have the Berhinger VT999 ... a streamlined version of the stack in the box.
Once you hit the point where distortion or overdrive gets annoying, this is probably what you're looking for.
venomballistics
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A highly underrated band if ever there was one.
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