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he also mentions this in his great video, i'm thinkin... or i could be wrong and i'll eat a bug s > > FYI, some quotes directly from the man about this > > > http://archive.guitarplayer.com/archive/artists/improv.shtml > > "I'll play one note, and while the delay expends that note, I can bend it > around and get this kind of manual chorusing." > > > > http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/Delta/2495/gp485_bf.htm > > Frisell began putting together the ingredients of his trademark airborne > guitar sound in the mid '70s, and he often used his ingenuity to explore > hidden ranges of timbral colors that are available with limited equipment > resources. About 1975, he swapped his ES- 175 for a sad-looking, late-60s > Gibson SG that served him well for several years, despite his penchant >for > tugging on the neck: "That neck is real flexible. There's hardly anything > holding it to the body, so I bend it a lot. I'm still waiting for it to >come > off in my hands. It goes out of tune; if I play a chord, maybe a certain > note will go out. By moving the neck a bit, I can bring different notes >in > and out of tune. I like that.' Combined with a delay unit, this hands-on > technique can result in some disarming, woozy frequency sweeps. "I use a > long echo on the delay," Bill explains, "and by bending the neck, it's >like > a manual chorus. When the machine is playing in the same time as the note > you're fooling with, they rub against each other.' > > >> From: "anti:clockwise" <anticlockwise@tensionheadache.org> >> Reply-To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com >> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com >> Subject: frisell's neck >> Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 17:45:04 -0500 >> >> >> >> well, i guess i did not describe accurately: >> what i could swear i saw was bill f.'s hands on the machines, gently >> tweaking them, >> not the "neck rolf" as described by many weighers-in... >> >> but hell! if i'm wrong, isn't that what endorsement deals are for? >> >> hook me up, >> a:c >> >> > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail >