The Woman Tone Effect Pedal
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NegativeEase
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Sounds great, -I never really got why the woman tone was made to be such a big deal
-it's a humbucker rolled off heavily into an overdriven hot bassman style circuit (Vintage Marshall) right?
I mean, I guess Clapton made it famous with his hits, but damn, do we really think thousands of players weren't already doing something similar at that time? I mean Zepplin 1 was recorded at the same time -and there are all kinds of womanish tones on that record.
I don't know, I guess maybe you had to be there -maybe Im way off -but I can think of a lot of folks doing that then.
Granted Clapton's is a fantastic example.
LRS
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It does sound fine, but am I missing something? What’s the feature here? An overdrive pedal with a tone knob… That’s pretty similar to my Boss BD-2, isn’t it? Oh wait, the Boss knob doesn’t say “woman tone”… sorry, no intention to be harsh, but this doesn’t look like an earth shaking invention to me. Nice pedal, but nothing more than that.
Securb
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No, you are spot on.
NegativeEase
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I guess the lesson is "He who names the tone style a sweet *ss nickname first -gets the credit!"
Securb
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He who makes the most money with the tone. Slash owns it now.
NegativeEase
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Slash's tone is incredible on those 80s GNR records.
And I think Robert Fripp's woman tone version on his 59 LP is my favorite.
GuitarStv
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Securb
One of Jerry's Kids
For $220 people need to learn how to use their tone knob.
LLL
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Almost sounds like a square wave on an analog synth.
NegativeEase
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God, I dream of Fripp's tone.
NegativeEase
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I think he's so overlooked in the annals of guitar history -most average players think he's just a tapper and noise maker.
I know Jimi Hendrix described several players during his life as the greatest guitar player in the world as a way to deflect attention because he was a gentle and kind dude, but I gotta believe he meant some of that when Jimi called Fripp the greatest.
LLL
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Thought that was Terry Kath (Chicago) he mentioned.
NegativeEase
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misterwhizzy
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Sounds like you just started a new business, Bruce.
eclecticsynergy
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I used to have an old MXR Blue Box that produced a great infinite-sustain square wave tone when the octave divider was turned off.
Gave it to Larry Hoppen of Orleans back in my studio days; kinda wish I'd kept that one.
Fripp's sustain tones in the 70s & 80s were mostly done using a Big Muff I think. It adds edge even with your tone rolled way back.
I saw him do an early Frippertronics show at the Kitchen in the late 70s; my chair was about six or seven feet from his.
Totally agree Clapton's associated with woman tone because he was the first to call it that.
He never claimed to have invented it - it was just a flavor he liked.
Gave it to Larry Hoppen of Orleans back in my studio days; kinda wish I'd kept that one.
Fripp's sustain tones in the 70s & 80s were mostly done using a Big Muff I think. It adds edge even with your tone rolled way back.
I saw him do an early Frippertronics show at the Kitchen in the late 70s; my chair was about six or seven feet from his.
Totally agree Clapton's associated with woman tone because he was the first to call it that.
He never claimed to have invented it - it was just a flavor he liked.
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Securb
One of Jerry's Kids
I still have one I use it to push the Excelsior in the same way. Saturation heaven.
