Re: Stick Distortion (with Obligatory Loop Content!)

["KEVIN SIMONSON" <RITX075@revenue.state.il.us>]

There's a track called "Pothead" off of Nick Beggs' "Stick Insect" that
is pretty darned aggressive.  Plus there are quite a few tracks that
feature looping (in both arranged and "live" tracks) using a Jamman.  I
have no idea where one would buy the CD from, as I purchased it when
John Paul Jones opened for Crimson in St. Louis.

For me, it serves as a pretty good direction.  Although caveat emptor,
as he may not be using the stock pickup!

-K

>>> ssrndpty@hotmail.com 04/08/02 01:20AM >>>



> >>> Sticks don't sound so good distorted. I'd pretty much given up on
the
> >>> idea.
> >>
> >> Someone better tell Trey Gunn about that... <grin>
> >>Doesn't Trey use Warr guitars?
> Yes, he does now. Part of the reason is the pickups. He spoke with
me
about
> his Stick sound, as he was not pleased with their lack of "rock and
roll
> aggressiveness." I do some custom guitar work, and he was seeking a
resource
> for custom pickups.
> Douglas Baldwin, coyote-in-residence
> dbaldwin@suffolk.lib.ny.us 
>

It's not just the pickups - it's also the (lack of) attack on the
instrument, and, from a rhythm guitar standpoint, the way the
intrument
lends itself to a diads and sparser chord voicings and arpegiation,
instead
of dan-dan-daann-chugga-chug-chugga-chugga-chugga style of play. Mores
the
pity :<

Will someone hurry up and prove me wrong on this one? The inability to
play
anything loud apart from basslines is my biggest niggle with the
instrument...