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Re: King crimson stuff



I've heard that the relatively inexpensive Danelectro French Toast was 
designed
to sound like the Foxx Tone Machine. I enjoy using mine sometimes, but 
I've never
played a real FTM to compare it to.

Greg


--- stanitarium@earthlink.net wrote:
> here is a quote from Guitar Player jan.'84:
> AB describing his onstage/studio equipment p.80-
> ...number 3 is my Foxx[Tone Machine]fuzztone. That's the sound in "Big
> Electric Cat" and "Paint the Road". "i always use it w/ the high octave
> sustain switch on. its my favorite effect, and not an easy one to find 
>these
> days. i'm also daisy-chaining the Foxx-tone into an MXR 10-band graphic
> equalizer so that i can eq it."
> i know i'm getting into minutia here but AB is/was a great looper guitar
> guy,so...
> s
> 
> > I had always been under the assumption that he got the octave sound 
>out of
> > the GR300 myself but, since someone brought up the possibility of the 
>Foxx
> > Tone Machine. I got to thinking that it could possibly be that or 
>maybe he
> > just conciously or unconciously modeled his GR patch around the FTM 
>sound or
> > something like it. The tune I was thinking about was Paint The Road 
>from
> > Twang Bar King.
> > 
> > Thanks Guys
> > Another Belewaholic ;D
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: David [mailto:vze2ncsr@verizon.net]
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 3:29 PM
> > To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> > Subject: Re: King crimson stuff
> > 
> > 
> > At one point in the early 80's, and memory fails me when exactly, AB 
>had an
> > Ibanez HD1000 Harmonizer Harmonics Delay.  I remember talking about it 
>with,
> > and buying one from, Reeves Gabrels when he was working at Wurlitzer on
> > Newbury Street back in 1986.
> > 
> > The Roland GR300 of that era also would create pitch-shifted tones +/-
> > octaves
> > 
> > And then AB also is a superlative slide-guitar player, and he would 
>often go
> > beyond the fretboard.
> > 
> > I hope that helps.
> > 
> > David Kirkdorffer
> > 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Alan Kroeger" <nospam@developsolutions.com>
> > To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 3:11 PM
> > Subject: RE: King crimson stuff
> > 
> > 
> >> Red? Hmm!, the one I had in the 70's was blue (maybe there was another
> >> version or it was customized) but, I did love that thing (it still had
> >> a slightly ugly fuzz sound) the octave thing was cool (wish I still
> >> had it $$$). Do you think that was what he was using to get those
> >> sounds on Lone Rhino and/or Twang Bar King? I ain't much for persuing
> >> those trivia details ;D
> >> 
> >> Heres a pic the same as the one I had
> >> http://www.tonefrenzy.com/2/images/gear/fox_tonemachine1%20copy.JPG
> >> 
> >> I might have to think about duplicating this on one of my DSP boxes
> >> cause
> > it
> >> is cool sounding.
> >> 
> >> Some circuits that supposedly replicate it
> >> http://www.runoffgroove.com/ftm.html
> >> http://www.generalguitargadgets.com/ftm.html
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: stanitarium@earthlink.net [mailto:stanitarium@earthlink.net]
> >> Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 2:40 PM
> >> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> >> Subject: Re: King crimson stuff
> >> 
> >> 
> >> hey bein a belewaholic since the 80s maybe i know...
> >> every interview in print that i have from the days of elephant talk
> >> adrian talks about his 'foxx tone machine' for those upper octavee
> >> thingees-it works like the roger mayer 'octavia'-fuzz plus octave. and
> >> its red and
> > fuzzy
> >> :-)
> >> s
> >> 
> >>> No Harmonizer - He just uses the guitar to really get up there - you
> >>> should try to locate the Live in Mexico official bootleg - he does a
> >>> killer high pitched distorted feedback squeal solo on "Three of a
> >>> Perfect Pair" - and if you can find the old video he made in the
> >>> 80's you can see how he gets a lot of his sound with minimal effects
> >>> although his rack at that time was the size of a fridge :)
> >>> 
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: L. Angulo [mailto:labalou2000@yahoo.com]
> >>> Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 6:18 AM
> >>> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> >>> Subject: RE: King crimson stuff
> >>> 
> >>> hes obviously also using some sort of harmonizer to
> >>> get those really high pitched notes but what intrigues
> >>> me is that you cannot hear the artifacts you usually
> >>> hear from such devices
> >>> louie
> >>> --- Glenn Poorman <glenn.poorman@autodesk.com> wrote:
> >>>> I think that second solo is pure guitar with some
> >>>> good
> >>>> fat distortion and compression.
> >>>> 
> >>>> Glenn
> >>>> 
> >>>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>>> From: L. Angulo [mailto:labalou2000@yahoo.com]
> >>>>> Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 8:39 AM
> >>>>> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> >>>>> Subject: Re: King crimson stuff
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> Thanx Caleb
> >>>>> Yes i am aware that they both used Roland synths
> >>>> and
> >>>>> in Elephant talk is really clear the synth solo
> >>>> from
> >>>>> fripp but the second solo is the one that
> >>>> intrigues
> >>>>> me...
> >>>>> Cheers
> >>>>> Louie
> >>>> 
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> =====
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> 


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