Re: Fripper Gear Trivia

[Charles Zwicky <cazwicky@earthlink.net>]

The headstock on Fripps Guitar looked large and ornate like the sort 
you would find on a a D'Angelico, but not like the headstock on the 
"Crimson" guitar website.. any ideas?

>Daryl, et alia,
>
>Some more Frippmania, based on Master Fripp's New England performances
>in 2007, especially the Fall River, MA one (November 2, Narrows Center
>for the Arts, a VERY intimate venue, only seated about 150 people, we
>were literally 8 feet from Fripp on the stage). Photography was NOT
>permitted, but I was able to have a long discussion with his roadie
>about the gear and took copious notes on it.
>
>On the floor, Fripp WAS using a GR-1...he likes it because of the bell
>tone patch. He was using an Axxon in the rack, but he keeps that GR-1
>down there on the floor, and a Roland US-20 for switching along with
>the Rocktron.
>
>Also in the rack was a GP-100, so he may have been using that as well in 
>NYC.
>
>He has not publicly performed with his Les Pauls for something like 20
>years (after he found out how much they were worth?). He has been
>known to use a signature model built by Ben Crowe's Crimson Guitars (a
>Les Paul-styled guitar) and Ben Crowe has prepared a number of the Les
>Paul's that he does use in the studio. There is a guitar-maker in New
>York (whose name I can't find immediately; it's in my notes elsewhere)
>whose electro-acoustic Fripp had with him, but he didn't play it in
>Fall River.
>
>I envy you guys up there getting to hear him!
>
>Best,
>
>Dennis
>
>http://soundcloud.com/usrsbin
>http://audiozoloft.com
>http://usrslashsbin.angrek.com/
>
>
>
>On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Daryl Shawn <darylshawn@gmail.com> wrote:
>>  Ah sheesh, I was in a hurry to duck out and I didn't try to contact any
>>  fellow loopers at the Fripp performance. Sorry, my peeps! I'll be there
>>  again tomorrow night.
>>
>>  Bob was using two pairs of Eventide boxes - I believe two H8000's and 
>two
>>  H7000's - plus five or six single-space units I couldn't identify. On 
>the
>>  ground was a blue Rocktron controller, three continuous controllers, 
>and a
>>  GR-1 (I believe). He played one Les Paul-shaped axe.
>>
>>  Security was very firm about preventing photography, unfortunately...
>>
>>  After three very formal bows to the audience, complete with grin, he 
>sat and
>>  did the soundscape thing. Very subtle, very slowly developing, and 
>sometimes
>>  so quiet as to be almost inaudible, which served to hush the (sizable)
>>  crowd, if not the unending stream of bemused/confused Suits descending 
>the
>>  escalators alongside the atrium at all times.
>>
>>  Even after all the ambient guitar stuff I've listened to over the 
>years, he
>>  still creates this stuff in a uniquely compelling way. I loved it. 
>Looking
>>  forward to catching another set.
>>
>>  Daryl Shawn
>>  www.swanwelder.com
>>
>>


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