A wery interesting article with Angus Young
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Thats cool! I had never heard of a Schaffer before this article. Can you describe what it added in tone please?
Thats cool! I had never heard of a Schaffer before this article. Can you describe what it added in tone please?
aleclee
Major General GAS
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hard to describe. Lovegun succinctly describes how it works but it added a cool squish to the feel as well as tweaking EQ a bit. The result was that even through a Hot Rod Deluxe, it was easy to get a Malcolm Young thing going on. It doesn't add a ton of dirt itself but shapes the EQ to give a very pleasant sounding overdrive out of the amp.
astrozombie
KatyPerryologist
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Throughout my life I've often wondered what the point is obsessing over tone is, artists themselves don't know what their "tone" is. They could describe it with words, sure, if they absolutely needed to but most of them and us just just fiddle with knobs until we like the sound. I can understand buying for instance an SG Standard if you want to follow the ac/dc sound, but the truth is that there's so many other things that affect the sound that it's kind of worthless to obsess over a certain wiring system.
this isn't a jab at this thread of at guitars players in general, it's just my 2 cents.
Throughout my life I've often wondered what the point is obsessing over tone is, artists themselves don't know what their "tone" is. They could describe it with words, sure, if they absolutely needed to but most of them and us just just fiddle with knobs until we like the sound. I can understand buying for instance an SG Standard if you want to follow the ac/dc sound, but the truth is that there's so many other things that affect the sound that it's kind of worthless to obsess over a certain wiring system.
this isn't a jab at this thread of at guitars players in general, it's just my 2 cents.
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Ive always wondered what was so special about the Ac/dc sound. If it was "mixed" that way or what ever. All other sounds from artists I understand and usually easy to replicate. So the elusiveness of the sound that should be so easy to get just with volume wasent there. So just curious
Ive always wondered what was so special about the Ac/dc sound. If it was "mixed" that way or what ever. All other sounds from artists I understand and usually easy to replicate. So the elusiveness of the sound that should be so easy to get just with volume wasent there. So just curious
astrozombie
KatyPerryologist
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but does it need to be there in order for the compositions to speak for themselves? I believe not. What screws up the tone we already have in our minds is the idea of what it should be.
I could play a few ac/dc tunes with the equipment I have right now and a solid band and you wouldn't be missing that marshall or wizard or whatever-it-is tone
Ive always wondered what was so special about the Ac/dc sound. If it was "mixed" that way or what ever. All other sounds from artists I understand and usually easy to replicate. So the elusiveness of the sound that should be so easy to get just with volume wasent there. So just curious
but does it need to be there in order for the compositions to speak for themselves? I believe not. What screws up the tone we already have in our minds is the idea of what it should be.
I could play a few ac/dc tunes with the equipment I have right now and a solid band and you wouldn't be missing that marshall or wizard or whatever-it-is tone
aleclee
Major General GAS
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I wouldn't pay what they're asking for the things but it does something more than your garden variety dirt box. Here's the one I played. It was a special clear case they did for NAMM.
I wouldn't even describe it as an overdrive. It's more of a compressor/EQ. Also, the Schaffer boxes being made today aren't actually wireless. You just plug in more like you would with a preamp.
I wouldn't pay what they're asking for the things but it does something more than your garden variety dirt box. Here's the one I played. It was a special clear case they did for NAMM.
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Originally yes, and at some stage for live he got a wireless to avoid the issue with tripping up everyone except Phil Rudd. I'm sure at that stage they tweaked the settings so it sounded good live. Maybe at some later recording date they realised that the sound it got was necessary for the proper tone, or maybe Angus actually plays in the studio like he does on stage and needed the freedom there too.
Originally yes, and at some stage for live he got a wireless to avoid the issue with tripping up everyone except Phil Rudd. I'm sure at that stage they tweaked the settings so it sounded good live. Maybe at some later recording date they realised that the sound it got was necessary for the proper tone, or maybe Angus actually plays in the studio like he does on stage and needed the freedom there too.
Edgecrusher
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Glenn.. Do you remember when you first joined and you made endless posts about katy perry? yeah its the same thing its just sound. Guys get into something and want to know the tiniest detail about it.
Glenn.. Do you remember when you first joined and you made endless posts about katy perry? yeah its the same thing its just sound. Guys get into something and want to know the tiniest detail about it.
Edgecrusher
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From what I heard the wireless was used in the studio because the amps were in another room a long ways away and there were issues with the long cable runs so they used the wireless to try and avoid it.
No idea if its true... just what i heard... no idea why they didnt put the head next to him and just run the speaker cable that far either...
From what I heard the wireless was used in the studio because the amps were in another room a long ways away and there were issues with the long cable runs so they used the wireless to try and avoid it.
No idea if its true... just what i heard... no idea why they didnt put the head next to him and just run the speaker cable that far either...
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Ah, interesting.
Certainly not many recording artists sit in front of a blasting amp in the studio, it is in another room, but with some form of low impedance cabling as attachment. I think Slash is the only one who tries and replicates his live setup and has monitors + cranked amp in the room with him.
Ah, interesting.
Certainly not many recording artists sit in front of a blasting amp in the studio, it is in another room, but with some form of low impedance cabling as attachment. I think Slash is the only one who tries and replicates his live setup and has monitors + cranked amp in the room with him.
