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Another one i love fro Adrian is High wired his fuzz souds are really inspiring! cheers Louie --- Catilyne <catilyne@icicle.net> wrote: > At 12:57 PM 1/7/2004, Paul Greenstein wrote: > >I remember reading various guitar geek interviews > with Adrian Belew around > >the time those albums were released. I think a big > part of his technique > >was to use fairly extreme equalisation to encourage > particular harmonics > >to feed back, plus *really* getting to grips with > positioning himself > >relative to his amp(s). > > One more wrinkle which may not be easily duplicated: > For years, Belew > relied on the same beaten up vintage 60's strat, > which had a tendency to > feed back in really interesting ways (also probably > didn't hurt that Adrian > idolized Hendrix while growing up). > > Evidently, it was this particular style of feedback > that landed him his > first professional gig with Zappa. (Aside: > according to some of Belew's > interviews, he actually had blown the audition > entirely, where he was asked > to try out with Zappa and the rest of the band. > Before leaving, Adrian > pulled Frank into a room with just the two of them > and cascaded him with > ten minutes of ear-shattering guitar solo feedback. > After that, he got the > job.) > > I don't believe Adrian really used any other guitar > until he picked up a > second vintage strat around the time of his first > solo album, "Twang Bar > King" (released between "Beat" and "Three of a > Perfect Pair", if I remember > correctly). > > Also, I've heard rumors that later on there may have > been a Sustainiac-like > system or a compression circuit installed into that > guitar body's electronics. > > So, some of those high feedback notes may not be > readily reproducible > because they're a function of that particular piece > of wood under Belew's > fingers. Not impossible to recreate, mind you, just > a bit more difficult. > > >By the way, have a listen to 'The Great Curve' from > Talking Heads 'Remain > >in Light' album. Great feedback solo from Belew. > > Good one. Similarly, I'd also recommend 'Two > Soldiers' from David Byrne's > soundtrack for the broadway performance of "The > Catherine Wheel". I'm > especially fond of the way that, during the solo > break, Belew obviously > took several different feedback takes. Then, in > true Byrne/Eno fashion, > they were edited into quick machine-gun-like clips > to form a single guitar > solo that is truly twisted and genuinely neat. I > believe it has to be one > of the first true examples of granular/glitch > guitar, and probably done > entirely with 1/4" tape. ;) > > -c- > > _____ > "i want to reach my hand into the dark and *feel* > what reaches back" > > -recoil > ===== www.luis-angulo.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/signingbonus