Glen Fryer Pedals

[Ge_Whiz]

I can't believe that this (now off-topic) thread has run to three pages on the basis of dissing a unarguably legendary guitarist like Brian May and raising once again the unexplainable topic of what some people are prepared to pay for a guitar pedal. Duh.  :roll:

Get a life, everyone.

[Ge_Whiz]

Okay, I apologize for the last statement to those with thin skins.

[Paul Marossy]

Yeah, I guess that train got derailed...  :wink:

I still remember when those classic Queen songs came out when I was about 12 or so in the late 70s. Brain May sure did have some great sounds.

[sovtek50]

Quote: "I would never play a guitar that has another guitarist's name on it."

Who said that again?  ...yeah right, it was this guy Brian May who said that. Great guitar player, by the way, and a big influence on me. Like Greg Ginn, too, a little later in my life...

[bwanasonic]

Personally however, I do find the pursuit of someone else's sound with such seemingly deadly accuracy to be a fairly lame exercise. But I guess that's okay if your dream is  to be in a tribute band, as someone else mentioned.

Ceasar Diaz spent years doing this for SRV.  

Kerry M

[Doug_H]

Personally however, I do find the pursuit of someone else's sound with such seemingly deadly accuracy to be a fairly lame exercise. But I guess that's okay if your dream is  to be in a tribute band, as someone else mentioned.

Ceasar Diaz spent years doing this for SRV.  

Kerry M

Actually, he gave SRV his tone:

http://www.vintageguitar.com/artists/details.asp?ID=85

Doug

:wink:

[Paul Marossy]

Actually, he gave SRV his tone

That is also my understanding.

[bwanasonic]

Actually, he gave SRV his tone:

I was somewhat jokingly referring to the tonequest Report interview:

I had done a lot of rewinding and testing of the Stratocaster pickups from that era, because my whole thing was, “How did Jimi Hendrix get his tone?” That’s how I got anywhere â€" helping people get that tone, and it was definitely Stevie Ray’s thing, getting Jimi’s tone.

http://www.tonequest.com/ray.htm

Kerry M

[Doug_H]

IMO, Stevie sounded like Stevie, and Jimi sounded like Jimi. It was 2 different sounds, to my ears. There were some similarities but it struck me that a lot of that was because they shared some playing techniques.

Also, I think there is a difference between asking, "How did that guy get that sound?", vs. saying, "I'm not going to rest until I have duplicated that sound 100%". (Unless you're in a tribute band, of course.) One is more of a learning experience whereas the other is an attempt to create a facsimile.

Doug