Re: Re: Sound vs function - refuting myself

[Rick Walker <looppool@cruzio.com>]

On 7/22/64 11:59 AM, marcus kirby wrote:
> Apparently the guitar player for chris isaac used the pod as well, 
> even on that legendary "wicked games" tone.
>
> Uh oh!
Saw WIRE here while back and Colin Newman had just an amazing array of 
incredible guitar tones.........all very varied; all
very wicked.   It was from a sonic standpoint, for me, the most 
intriguing and inspiring guitar show I've seen in ages.

He used an old plastic Hagstrom and an Ovation Breadwinner electric 
(both very skinny sounding guitars)

I went up to look, marvel and lust after his myriad effects pedals: and 
was completely shocked to see that
he was running one of those large Line 6 Pod XT multi-effects pedals 
($300 USD currently)
into a Roland JC 120.   That was it.

That has to be one of the most anemic looking setups I've ever seen from 
what I know about that equipment
but he was getting AMAZING sounds out of it.

It just goes to show you how much human imagination is involved with 
effects processing.

That Roland amp is notorious for a very, very clean sound (favored by 
electric jazz guitarists in the worst later phases of
insipid fusion).  I remember cringing in the 80's if I hit a casuals gig 
and new guitarist would come up on stage with one
of those amps  ('' aaargh,  another entire night of uninspired guitar 
sound and lame Larry Carlton rip off licks'')

Obviously, Colin was liberally using all the different amp models to get 
his sounds.

One thing I noticed though, was that every sound he had a distinct 
timbre  from the other guitarist in the group.
He had obviously spent a long time crafting each tone because they were 
all beautiful and/or ominous.

I was impressed.

Rick Walker