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> <<>>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.... <snip> > also, mr fripp uses his tone controls very > carefully- it's quite a mellow sound <snip> > Well, at least in the early 70's, Fripp used just > a volume pedal, wah wah, and fuzztone, with, I > think, a tape delay of some kind (for regular > echo effects). Fripp did an interview in Guitar > Player back in 73 or 74 (Earthbound is mentioned, > and so if Bruford, so it had to be about that > time frame), and he said he wasn't even sure what > brand wah wah or distortion pedal he was using at > that point, and added "I've been able to get my > sound regardless of what fuzztone I'm using" or > something like that. > > At least the way it appears on records like > Earthbound, I think it's the fuzztone, combined > with the careful use of the wah wah and the tone > controls on the guitar. I remember reading where > Steve Stevens (when he was still playing in Billy > Idol's band) said that he used "an old Robert > Fripp" trick, which revolved around using the > neck pickup and backing off on the tone control. > I think he said that he prefered to use a Rat > pedal, whereas Fripp used a Big Muff (not sure > about the early 70's, but I know I read in other > articles where Fripp mentioned using a Big Muff, > and also that he used to use a Burns Buzzaround > as well, in later articles and one of the boffins > working for him build a switching unit that > allowed him to switch between any distortion > pedal he wanted). I was playing around a little last night and got sort of the character of the sound I was thinking about using a BigMuff into a distorted British amp sim on my DG Stomp, with the tone control on the guitar partly rolled off. I was using a Strat-style guitar with Joe Barden pickups, if that matters (I don't really think so, since the Big Muff tends to homogenize whatever you feed it). I certainly don't sound like Robert Fripp when I play, but the tone at least had enough of the character I was listening for that I recognized it. Greg __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com