Glen Fryer Pedals

[Paul Marossy]

IF I could sell 28 pedals a month a $400 a pop, I could quit my day job. Where do I sign?!  :wink:

[Doug_H]

I still don't think that pair of pedals is worth $800.  :roll:

Of course, for you and me that would be ludicrous. I don't even buy distortion pedals at all. The thing is, there are a large number of Brian May fanatics who don't know electronics that will happily pay. Mr. Fryer knows that and is using his name to raise the price to "what the market will bear". I say more power to him.

In my mind, he and the oft-chided Mr. Cornish played a big role in some significant aspects of rock & roll history.  If they can make some $$ based on their reputation it doesn't bother me.

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.

Doug

[Paul Marossy]

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.

I agree. Lame exercise. I say find your own sound!! I was never interested in regurgitating other people's music and trying to sound exactly like them, no matter who they are. If I ever hear someone say "oh, he's another so and so wannabe", I will hang it up! But, I can appreciate "the tribute band" at the same time.

As far as the price goes, whatever floats yer boat dude (the buyer).

[nelson]

Ok to revise my statement, Brian May doesnt have good tone to use in an original modern context.


I agree his guitar sound is instantly recognisable, and it sold alot of records. However if that is how you guage great music SHAME ON YOU!

I dont like queen, I am a bit of an underground elitist and like my unknown bands, I believe that there are true artists that never get the attention that behemoths such as queen get. I would rather buy the unknown records and see their set ups as they tend to innovate rather than emulate. Ofcourse Queen was innovative in their time. However In no way does it justify $800 for 2 pedals.

Ofcourse it is fun to "Nail" the sound of other guitarists but if your aim is to create an original sound and experiment, which is why I got into DIY in the first place, then spending $800 dollars on two pedals is sacriledge.

My 2 pennies.

[Paul Marossy]

if your aim is to create an original sound and experiment, which is why I got into DIY in the first place, then spending $800 dollars on two pedals is sacriledge.

Basically where I am coming from. Even if I wasn't into DIY, I would think that was expensive. Maybe. It's really hard to say since I have been a DIYer for a while - I'm sure that I am permanently biased now.  :wink:

[David]

No - he was that guy with the Eagles  

Uhhh, sorry...  That's Glenn Frey.

[Kilby]

Hmm, don't want to start a flame war, and I would not consider demeaning his considerable playing ability whatsoever.

But I do have to say I actively dislike Brian Mays tone, (though I loved his rock n' roll tone on 'A crazy little thing called love' because it fitted with the track).

I know he is a great player and from every single account a really great person, but I loathe ' that sound' for me it distracts from what he is playing, never mind the track heres my tone !

Could you really imagine Clapton playing Lay Down Sally played using the (so called) Woman tone, which is the equivalent of what has happened on Queen tracks (and to me it's a shame).

Theres a lot of guitarists that sound like themselves (pardon the phrasing) no matter what 'sound or tone' they are using, and sadly May would be one of them.

BTW I really enjoyed his Star Fleet EP and I also loved his playing against his delay fx (though I though Robert Quine was even better), but how about some tonal variation ?

Ermm this person came along after Mr Cornish worked Brians tone into the public conciousness, so how could he have made Mr Mays tone famous ? I'm not dissing his abilitys but he is a latecomer to the Brian May sound.

How would Bohemian Rapsody sound without Brians tone, as over rated as it sounds with his tone, I doubt that any of Queen want to be remembered for that track (they certainly didn't seem to on the documentry about that track shown earlier this year)

Kilby...

[barret77]

Obligatory electronics content:

http://britneyspears.ac/lasers.htm

Simply hilarious.

[analogmike]

Britney Spears sells a lot of records too. I wonder what pedals her guitar player uses?

Skip Dorsey, her guitarist/musical director, just bought a pedal from us. Maybe I shouldn't mention it...  

[Kilby]

Please explain who Britany Spiers is/was ?






Kilby...


Oh yeah, she lives under the sea with Jimi Hendix dosn't she (Steve Vai reference)

[JimRayden]

Obligatory electronics content:

http://britneyspears.ac/lasers.htm

:mrgreen:  :mrgreen:  :mrgreen:   :lol:  LOL!!! I gotta get a weekend off to deeply start learning some electronics.

EDIT: http://britneyspears.ac/wallpaper/bswp005_1024x768.htm

ROFL!!! LOL!! :D

Ok I'll stop. lol

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Jimbo

[Paul Marossy]

I thought it was Brittney should be speared...   :wink:

Sorry, crude humor.

[David]

I thought it was Brittney should be speared...   :wink:

Sorry, crude humor.

No, I like it!  Straight and to the...  point.  :twisted:

[Paul Marossy]

BTW, that Brittney electronics page is amusing!  :lol:

[george]

Britney Spears sells a lot of records too. I wonder what pedals her guitar player uses?

Skip Dorsey, her guitarist/musical director, just bought a pedal from us. Maybe I shouldn't mention it...  

ha ha haaa!   so what do the other posts in this thread say about the stuff YOU put out Mike?  Must suck big time ....

:lol:

[Paul Marossy]

ha ha haaa! so what do the other posts in this thread say about the stuff YOU put out Mike? Must suck big time ....

Huh? We're talkin' about Brittney, not Analog Mike. He's alright in my book!  :wink:

Honestly, the thing that bothers me about people like Brittney Spears is that they are thrust in your face constantly to the point where you get sick of them.  And, on top of that, they are touted as the best thing since sliced bread, when they're not. Secondarily, it bothers me a lot that "artists" today aren't what I would call artists. I have more respect for cats who can do stuff in one take and nail it than those people who have little talent and are made to sound like they possess great talent thanks to Pro Tools and the like. Nowadays, you can cut and paste your way to the big time. It's just not right in my book.

[george]

yes but Analog Mike sold a pedal to Britney's music director.

The point I'm making is that even sucky artists need a great sounding band to get anywhere and Queen is as famous as it is because the rock'n'roll fundamentals ie guitar tone SOUND good.  That's why these pedals are selling for as much as they are, the majority of guitarists out there DO think BM has a good guitar tone!  It's not a personal attack Nelson, it's just a plain fact!

I'm sure Mike's all right too, hence the " :lol: " and the "ha ha haaa", you know, like "JOKE", right?

As for the SHAME ON YOU crap, puh-leease! Can't you guys make a point without putting other people down???

[Paul Marossy]

The point I'm making is that even sucky artists need a great sounding band to get anywhere

This is true. The hard part is knowing just how much of that is real talent and how much of that is synthesized with a computer program doing the cut and paste thing. It's easy to sound great if you can play a part right once and then loop it as many times as needed. That's the only point I was trying to make.  

[Kilby]

I hate to say this it's not the producers or (so called) artists that are at fault.

IMHO it's the TV, Radio and Record companys who deliberately force blandness and fashion to people (usually) too young to know any difference.

However,

As Andy Partridge of XTC once said of Kylie Minogue stuff back in the late 80s, "like it or loathe it, it's todays folk music"

Over the years Madonna has improved a bit (I'm trying to be polite), but the Lords of the New church version of 'Like a Virgin' in the mid 80s showed what could be done by a proper band.

In recent years the Richard Thompson and also the Travis versions of 'Oops I did it again', have shown how such bland items can be improved by a reasionable singer/band & a decent interpretation.

It's difficult to admit but often it's simply the presentation that is offensive not the actual material. The producers simply make the bast of a bas situation after all they have to feed their familys too.

Kilby...

Oh bugger I'm trying to pour oil on troubled waters

[Paul Marossy]

Gee, I guess those are some of the reasons that I listen to mostly self-produced semi-underground type of stuff...