Steve Hackett 70s fuzz sounds with Genesis?

TheBigDipper

Ro_S said:

TheBigDipper said:

Top Tone DG1,

Are you suggesting a circa £250 pedal for a fuzz newbie?

Whatever gives you that idea? He isn't a newbie and he's clear about what he wants to achieve - he just hasn't owned a fuzz for a long time. 

ICBM

I've said this before I know, but - a Boss FZ-2 Hyper Fuzz is a copy of the FY-6 circuit with added active bass and treble EQ which makes it extremely versatile. Only available used, and it's true that they aren't as cheap as they once were, but they are not as expensive as most 'boutique' fuzz pedals and unlike most are virtually independent of the amp (or other pedals) because they're properly buffered.

The Line 6 DM-4 is also - maybe surprisingly - a very good pedal. Don't laugh unless you've tried one, it's miles better than the modelling in a Pod etc.

Ro_S

Ro_S said:

TheBigDipper said:

Top Tone DG1,

Are you suggesting a circa £250 pedal for a fuzz newbie?

TheBigDipper said:
 
Whatever gives you that idea? He isn't a newbie and he's clear about what he wants to achieve - he just hasn't owned a fuzz for a long time. 

I said fuzz newbie

chromatuna

Thanks for sharing the Hackett video, I love the way that he is entirely not precious about vintage / boutique gear, that he continues to explore the possible pallete of electric guitar sounds in a very musical way, and that the Genesis Revisited tours have been such a success for him. The band at the time he was with them created such wonderfully unique music that he very much had a part in creating. He was rather marginalised in that bio film a few years back but I guess that's because what followed after he left was hugely more commercially successful. 

impmann

ICBM said:

The Line 6 DM-4 is also - maybe surprisingly - a very good pedal. Don't laugh unless you've tried one, it's miles better than the modelling in a Pod etc.

Hmmm, its not the modelling thats better (its the same code used in a different access format as the Pod/Pod Farm/Pod XT etc).

Its actually the analogue circuitry inside designed by Georg Tripps (yes, *that* Georg Tripps before he was poached by Dunlop) that gives all the 4x4 modellers a great sound.

The DM-4 is actually beloved of a great number of famous guitarists - the intro to Vertigo by U2, for example, is a DM-4 into an AC30. In fact, Edge has a special DM-4 custom made by Line6 as a rack mount unit that lives in his live rack set up.

ICBM

Very interesting! Thanks for the correction - I assumed it was better processing. They do really sound good.

Ro_S

impmann said:

[re: Line 6 DM4 distortion modeller]

Its actually the analogue circuitry inside designed by Georg Tripps [...] that gives all the 4x4 modellers a great sound.

can you tell me more about the analogue circuitry in this pedal, or do you have a source?  thanks