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Re: Fripp & the EH16



Did being THAT close to his Jazzchorus amp melt your brain??  Did it make 
you cry??


>From: Tim Nelson <tcn62@ici.net>
>Reply-To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com
>To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com
>Subject: Re: Fripp & the EH16
>Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 07:35:45 -0400
>
>At 09:37 AM 6/17/99 +0100, you wrote:
> >
> >> Have everyone forgotten that EH 16 second delay contraption circa 
>1984?
> >> I've never used one but I think Belew & Fripp were pretty enthused 
>about
>it
> >> when it came.
> >>
> >>
> >I saw Robert Fripp performing with one of these in Liverpool in 1984...
>
>Yeah, I caught Belew on his "Twang Bar King" tour in a small club in 
>Boston
>right around that time. I had a good vantage point; I was right up at his
>monitor, front row, so I got a good gear-view. Belew even described his
>EH16 to the crowd, giving a little demo and referring to it as a
>"Fripp-in-the-Box"; I guess he hadn't had it very long and was pretty
>excited by it. He was using his Roland-equipped customised Jaguars at the
>time, and his JC120 was about 12 feet from my head, pointing right at me.
>
>Tim
>


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