Holdsworth sound with other gear. .

[Mincer]

Re: Holdsworth sound with other gear. .

What exactly is going on with the delays there? I hear some different ones, and I love the way they sit behind the notes and don't overtake them.

[whatshisname]

Re: Holdsworth sound with other gear. .

He uses a series of delays, for chorus. He mixes the manufactures, because it gives him a richer chorus tone.

[Mincer]

Re: Holdsworth sound with other gear. .

Umm, but how? It doesn't sound like chorus, which I could understand with modulated delays. It almost sounds like an ambient reverb wash after his notes. It doesn't have a very chorus-y sound.

[ericmeyer4]

Re: Holdsworth sound with other gear. .

Umm, but how? It doesn't sound like chorus, which I could understand with modulated delays. It almost sounds like an ambient reverb wash after his notes. It doesn't have a very chorus-y sound.

I believe he is using the Yamaha magic stomps for delays. I found a pdf that has a bunch of his settings. There might be something in there that is useful.

Link Here

I too liked his delay sound, but it would have been nice to turn it off so I could hear what that pedal actually sounded like. Pretty poor pedal demo IMO, but tasty tasty tone.

[lareplus]

Re: Holdsworth sound with other gear. .

DG series are solid state amps, maybe there are other solid state amps that are currently manufactured that will help with that sound. Any opinions on that?

[atreidesheir]

Re: Holdsworth sound with other gear. .

The Yamaha Magic Stomp modeler has much of the same programming and sound as the amps and DG Stomp line of effects (especially the DG Delay Stomp which had a lot of Holdsworth's signature sounds as presets). That would be a good start.
You could probably make a lot of modeling amps help you get in the ballpark. Your gear dollar goes a long way with those amps, especially with a direct recording output that is pretty standard with modeling amps. Any decent guitar with a bridge humbucker really will help also.

[lareplus]

Re: Holdsworth sound with other gear. .

What modeling amps do you recommend, I am only familiar with the Vox amps. .