Bridge of Sighs

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I've been messing around with my newly acquired KR MegaVibe and Gypsy Fuzz, and I thought, what better to demo them than a little dose of Robin Trower's "Bridge of Sighs?" Sure, I've gone a little heavy on the fuzz, and probably on the vibe as well, but it's too much fun not to!


http://soundclick.com/share?songid=6916207



Cheers..................................... wahwah
 
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Cool tune, I love his work. Very analog sounding pedals, they're nice. Agreed though, over cooked on the fuzz which made it less defined. Nice clip thanks for posting.
 
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This made my morning, and reminded me that I need to pick up that album. Thanks for posting!
 
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Jay 77 said:
This made my morning... Thanks for posting!
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This.

Great clip Geoff! One of my fave tunes and great tone! (I also would have preferred a tad less fuzz, but thats just me- it still sounded flipping awesome)

what amp?
 
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JeffB said:
what amp?
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Going out on a limb here:

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Oh, and great clip of course, Geoff! I can almost hear the drums kick in at the beginning. How does the fuzz clean up with the volume tapered back?

- Keith
 
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JeffB said:
what amp?
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Keith has gone out on a limb with an educated guess, but in fact, in this case it was the new kid in my amp collection, this guy...

Ulbrick Venue 30, Class A 1x12 combo
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It was recorded at bedroom levels, and listening back, it's fuzzier than a Greek farm girl. I'll do something else with that same setup soon...something not-so-fuzzy. Man, that Megavibe is the Columbian Nose Candy of mod pedals...totally addictive!




Cheers..................................... wahwah
 
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KGMESSIER said:
How does the fuzz clean up with the volume tapered back?

- Keith
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Who knows?

Nah, actually it's not bad, not quite like a germanium fuzz where it goes all crystalline, because there is always an element of overdrive in the signal as well. I backed off a little with the chords in the bridge, so that will give you some idea.



Cheers...................................... Geoff.
 
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I love the "fuzzier than a Greek Farm Girl" description. I'll have to use that one! haha

I just got my Dunlop Hendrix Fuzz from Millsart yesterday. I'll have to stop and get a Duracel for it on the way home today. Your clip reminded me of how much fun it is to cop those Hendrix/Trower tones. Wish I hadn't sold my gold Fulltone Dejavibe a few years ago.
 
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Sounds nice...fuzzy, yeah, but the vibe is just spot on. That's a tune my group has covered a bunch.
 
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wahwah said:
Keith has gone out on a limb with an educated guess, but in fact, in this case it was the new kid in my amp collection, this guy...

Ulbrick Venue 30, Class A 1x12 combo
IMG_1428.jpg


It was recorded at bedroom levels, and listening back, it's fuzzier than a Greek farm girl. I'll do something else with that same setup soon...something not-so-fuzzy. Man, that Megavibe is the Columbian Nose Candy of mod pedals...totally addictive! Cheers..................................... wahwah
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Wow. What a gorgeous amp. I'd be afraid to take that thing outta the house ;) Is it EL84s or 6V6?
 
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JeffB said:
Wow. What a gorgeous amp. I'd be afraid to take that thing outta the house ;) Is it EL84s or 6V6?
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Yeah, it's a great little amp. Local Melbourne builder, but he's selling them worldwide. Robben Ford and Larry Carlton both bought them when they were last here. This model is 6L6, and we put some nice old mid 60's RCA blackplates in this one. It has dual parallel preamps, one voiced "British" with an early 60's Mullard ECC83, and one voiced "American" with a late 50's RCA 12AX7. The speaker is a Celestion G12 Alnico Gold. It has two modes for hitting the power stage soft or hard, and two rectifier modes for "Old" and "New" to introduce some power amp sag in Old mode. It also has all tube Accutronics parallel mixed reverb and all tube "true grid" tremolo. Dave Ulbrick also hand winds his own transformers. It's a stunning little package.



Cheers....................................... wahwah
 
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innerdreamrecords.co said:
^ That sounds like the perfect little amp. Can I ask how much?
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The retail on them is around A$3,800 I believe, which translates to around US$3,200. I provided the tubes for this one, and the Celestion Gold was a surprise from Dave, who has been my guitar/amp/pedal tech for over 15 years, so I'm fortunate enough to have an endorsement deal with him. They come standard with current production tubes and either a modified Vintage 30 or G12H Heritage brown tone 12" speaker. He makes about 8 different models now, right up to a 120 w monster, and he has just introduced a stunning little 5w recording amp. Here's his website... http://www.ulbricksound.com/



Cheers..................................... wahwah
 
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