Re: Who's That Flanger

[Travis Hartnett <travishartnett@gmail.com>]

According to the 5/90 issue, 

"...getting that tone involves using a fuzzbox like Pro-Co Rat, a
Stratocaster, a little purple flange box by Boss [the BF-2] and
amplifier, and that's about it.  The rest is whatever the guitar
player does."

On 4/12/05, samba - <sambacomet@hotmail.com> wrote:
> "Anyway, he took Ernie's guitar and completely re-modified it exactly the
> way Hendrix had his, and he also built him an Octavia box, which is part 
>of
> what allowed Hendrix to get that screaming sound. And Roger taught Ernie 
>how
> to use it. So, we essentially Jimi Hendrix-ized Ernie when he was 18. He 
>was
> so blown away and enamored with it; he took to it like a duck to water. 
>He'd
> be in there just playing and playing; he wouldn't give it up .  ...The 
>lead
> guitar part alone took several tracks: "We had the Octavia box, a direct
> from the guitar, a Berwin noise suppressor, limiters, all sorts of things
> going," Cecil says. "The Octavia made a tremendous amount of noise, so we
> had to use whatever means were available to minimize it. One small turn 
>of a
> knob and all the parameters would change. It was trial-and-error. Ernie
> would play a line and we'd try different sounds on it. He'd come back in 
>the
> control room and we'd listen to it, decide if it was right. Then, when it
> came time to mix, because we had four or five tracks for the guitar, we'd
> find the blend that worked best. Ernie was always very cooperative, and 
>he
> could really play."
>   Other sources say he used a Maestro PSA-I phaser,the first commercial
> phaser,with the octavia. ( I have one I'll sell for $100) wich would be 
>the
> flanger sound.It's myunderstanding that both names originally reffered to
> pressing againtst the flange of a tape reel to get an out of phase
> effect,which people later figured out how to do electronically)There are
> interviews in Guitar Player magazine w/Ernie Isley,and they definately 
>would
> say what his gear was,but the archives can't be accessed online.here are 
>the
> dates: Isley, Ernie: 9/81, 5/90, 4/01 I .If you can find one of these it
> probably says what his gear was,Esp the first.
> 
>