Holdsworth sound with other gear. .
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ericmeyer4
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Here is a list of some of the gear he has used over the years. Link Here
Nothing seems overly custom or exotic. Most of that cello sound is going to come from technique than gear.
On the guitar side a strat with humbucker will get you part of the way for some of the tone. He used a A2 JB with double screw coils then later switched to a A2 59 with double screw coils.
Here is a list of some of the gear he has used over the years. Link Here
Nothing seems overly custom or exotic. Most of that cello sound is going to come from technique than gear.
On the guitar side a strat with humbucker will get you part of the way for some of the tone. He used a A2 JB with double screw coils then later switched to a A2 59 with double screw coils.
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Archer_of_Fish
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Re: Holdsworth sound with other gear. .
Holdsworth has used pretty much everything.
Work on your technique
Holdsworth has used pretty much everything.
Work on your technique
voggin
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That was pretty cool. A touch of Steve Hackett in there, too. Nice.
That was pretty cool. A touch of Steve Hackett in there, too. Nice.
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That was excellent Blix. . .do you think I would be able to get this sound running through my amp with a Line 6 pod? I know nothing of these devices, except that they are multi effects pedals. Looks like you ran a recording pod into your computer, but I am only interested in live play.
That was excellent Blix. . .do you think I would be able to get this sound running through my amp with a Line 6 pod? I know nothing of these devices, except that they are multi effects pedals. Looks like you ran a recording pod into your computer, but I am only interested in live play.
ericmeyer4
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What is your current setup? Guitar, pedals, amps, ect?
What is your current setup? Guitar, pedals, amps, ect?
Red_Label
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Yup... Holdsworth has used just about everything over the years. Trust me, except for his SynthAxe stuff, ALL of his tone/schtick is in his amazing fingers. He'd sound like him no matter what you plugged him into. And you can sound pretty much like him no matter what you plug into -- that is, if you can play ridiculus legato, wide-interval whole tone scalar passages as easily as tying your shoes!
Btw... my favorite Holdsworth peice has always been the solo to "Devil Take the Hindmost". I went through my Yngwie phase during the late 80's and could pick apart his stuff note-for-note by ear at speed. But Holdsworth stumped me! It was precisely those legato whole-tone phrases that made it so hard to figure-out exactly what he was doing. The guy is truly one of the most unique and talented guys out there (and always has been). A true "player's player". Always makes me smile a bit when some long-haired, tophat-wearing, low-slung, penatonic-centric, LP-playing rock star is thought of as the be-all, end-all of six string wizardry by so many... and a guy like Alan could walk down any street and not be likely to even be recognized. Such is pop culture and the music biz...
Yup... Holdsworth has used just about everything over the years. Trust me, except for his SynthAxe stuff, ALL of his tone/schtick is in his amazing fingers. He'd sound like him no matter what you plugged him into. And you can sound pretty much like him no matter what you plug into -- that is, if you can play ridiculus legato, wide-interval whole tone scalar passages as easily as tying your shoes!
Btw... my favorite Holdsworth peice has always been the solo to "Devil Take the Hindmost". I went through my Yngwie phase during the late 80's and could pick apart his stuff note-for-note by ear at speed. But Holdsworth stumped me! It was precisely those legato whole-tone phrases that made it so hard to figure-out exactly what he was doing. The guy is truly one of the most unique and talented guys out there (and always has been). A true "player's player". Always makes me smile a bit when some long-haired, tophat-wearing, low-slung, penatonic-centric, LP-playing rock star is thought of as the be-all, end-all of six string wizardry by so many... and a guy like Alan could walk down any street and not be likely to even be recognized. Such is pop culture and the music biz...
Chickenwings
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Re: Holdsworth sound with other gear. .
volume pedal is good. a nice fuzz or maybe a rat. Its mostly the way he plays more than the gear.
volume pedal is good. a nice fuzz or maybe a rat. Its mostly the way he plays more than the gear.
atreidesheir
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I remember reading somewhere he sets his amp for bass -0, mids-10, treble-0.
It gives an overdriven amp pretty close to his amp sound. He sounded good with those yamaha DG amps 10 or 12 years ago, and helped on pretest and some presets with their delay stomp pedal around that time too.
I remember reading somewhere he sets his amp for bass -0, mids-10, treble-0.
It gives an overdriven amp pretty close to his amp sound. He sounded good with those yamaha DG amps 10 or 12 years ago, and helped on pretest and some presets with their delay stomp pedal around that time too.
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I don't know if a POD into an amp will do, you'll need at least to be stereo to get closer to his tone. He never use reverb, just cascaded stereo delays which creates an unique ambience.
Check out his tone here, you can hear the delays nicely here:
He still use his Yamaha Magicstomp boxes a lot live.
I don't know if a POD into an amp will do, you'll need at least to be stereo to get closer to his tone. He never use reverb, just cascaded stereo delays which creates an unique ambience.
Check out his tone here, you can hear the delays nicely here:
He still use his Yamaha Magicstomp boxes a lot live.
Red_Label
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Very nice! Tastefull. Got the whole "scoop-in" and vibrato with the trem thing going. Kept waiting for you to kick it into hyper-drive and "blow" ala Holdsworth.
Very nice! Tastefull. Got the whole "scoop-in" and vibrato with the trem thing going. Kept waiting for you to kick it into hyper-drive and "blow" ala Holdsworth.
whatshisname
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He uses a series of delays, for chorus. He mixes the manufactures, because it gives him a richer chorus tone.
He uses a series of delays, for chorus. He mixes the manufactures, because it gives him a richer chorus tone.
ericmeyer4
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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.
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.
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