[looper's] RE: Fripp's guitar sound

[goddard.duncan@mtvne.com]

Title: [looper's] RE: Fripp's guitar sound

>>does anyone know what signal chain Robert Fripp uses to
get that tone? I've always liked that. It sounds like a fuzz box to me, maybe
with an octave.<<

I think it's just shit-loads of gain, though you never hear any buzz or hiss.... the guitar itself is a major factor; you'd never get sustain like that from a stratocaster.... it would have a lot more "character". another thing about fripp's sustained notes is that he seldom applies vibrato. this lends his solos a strange emotionless quality. whereas mr torn will wobble all over the place. probably the same amount of sustain, just used differently.

also, mr fripp uses his tone controls very carefully- it's quite a mellow sound compared to, say, gary moore playing the same sort of guitar through the same amp and on the same pickup. but this would be the famous "skysaw" e-bow-less sound that eno introduced him to, and therefore probably deeply secret. I think fripp has a tiny e-bow built into the palm of his hand, meself. doesn't that sound a bit like him on that "we are all made of stars" tosh by moby melville? anyway, no octaver.

duncan.

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