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Post by piotrek on Feb 5, 2013 22:03:31 GMT
Hi Steve,
I can certainly confirm that Slider's Vintage '59 "Shadows" pickups are definitely up for the job. I currently play a Mexican Standard Strat and having tried the guitar's stock pickups, Fender's 57/62s, CS Fat 50s in the bridge position, DiMarzio FS-1 also in the bridge position and a set of Kinman FV-HMS, I can say without a shadow of a doubt that Slider's pickups are the best I've ever had hands down. The sound they produce is often very, very close to the sound of early Hank even without using any echo unit at all.
regards, piotrek
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Post by piotrek on Feb 4, 2013 14:25:34 GMT
Hello everyone, I was browsing the Fender range the other day and I came across a relatively new model called the American Vintage 59' Stratocaster. From what Fender say, one might expect the model to be a pretty good guitar for early Shadows numbers. Being significantly less expensive than the legendary 56 NOS, it appears to be something of a bargain, providing it delivers to the expectations. Sadly, it's not available in Fiesta Red. Here's how it looks: www.fender.com/en-PL/guitars/stratocaster/american-vintage-59-stratocaster-maple-fingerboard-3-color-sunburst/And here's how it sounds: and What do you guys make of it? regards, piotrek
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Post by piotrek on Jan 22, 2013 16:04:53 GMT
Hello Charlie,
It's very nice to hear that the development of a true modern day Meazzi equivalent is going well. Please add me to the enquiry list. I'm really looking forward to hearing the new echo unit.
regards, piotrek
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Post by piotrek on Oct 3, 2010 13:20:06 GMT
Hello Alan,
Yes, I'm pretty convinced on FBI he used the middle for the first bit and switched to the bridge for the second verse, solo and then back to the middle for the damped bit and then again back to the bridge for the third bit.
regards, Piotrek
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Post by piotrek on Oct 3, 2010 11:06:31 GMT
Hello Chris,
Yes, I know about that and, what's more, this list's given me this idea. However, the list that comes with Q2 EFTP doesn't have all the tracks on it and, for instance, The Frightened City is assigned the bridge rather than the middle.
regards, Piotrek
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Post by piotrek on Oct 3, 2010 10:39:26 GMT
Hello there,
I would imagine this could have been thought of before but I've just had an idea of making a list of Shadows' tracks with pickup selection assigned to them. What I mean here is the originally used pickup selection and not what Hanks uses these days which is almost entirely the bridge.
Let's just take the first LP and, to my ears, I reckon the only bridge tune is Shadoogie and the rest is primarily the middle pickup.
So for those who want to recreate the original sound the pickup selection, I believe, should be the starting point.
But, what do you all make of this idea?
regards, Piotrek
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Post by piotrek on Aug 29, 2010 11:14:48 GMT
Hello Charlie,
Thank you for making this clear. Anyway, I am pretty convinced it wasn't the bridge pickup because back then Hank's bridge tone wasn't so mellow as it is these days. So it must have been either the middle or neck or a combination of the two.
regards, Piotrek
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Post by piotrek on Aug 29, 2010 10:05:30 GMT
Hello Charlie,
I've just noticed that this is a bit slower than the originally recorded Midnight. So perhaps this impression of a warmer sound is due to the recording tape played slightly slower and therefore causing the track to be slower and the tone to seem 'out of pitch' maybe. Hence the extra warmth of the sound.
regards, Piotrek
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Post by piotrek on Aug 28, 2010 17:49:53 GMT
Hi there,
I've lately come across this:
According to what it says there, it's a live performance from Denmark in 1961. I believe the most interesting thing about it is what comes as second in this clip, namely Midnight. Does it sound to you like Hank used the bridge pickup for this one? Because to me it sounds nothing like the bridge and much more like the middle pickup. What do you make of that then?
regards, Piotrek
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Post by piotrek on Mar 9, 2010 9:07:23 GMT
Hello Ian,
From what I can observe, Hank does switch from the bridge pickup to the middle for the damped bit on Atlantis on The Final Reunion DVD two times out of three. The middle damped section is played on the bridge pickup, though. Maybe he forgot to switch the pickups?
regards, Piotrek
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Post by piotrek on Feb 26, 2010 13:17:46 GMT
Hello Roberto and Alan,
I think what Charlie means is that for Shadows sound, the brilliance switch shouldn't be set to any other value than 2.
Yes, replacing the stock EF86 valve with a Tesla EF86 NOS has changed the sound. It's really hard to explain the difference in writing, but I think the sound now is warmer, fuller and somehow more twangy as well. The difference is paricularly audible on tunes such as Blue Star or Sleepwalk (using the middle pickup). And I'm pretty confident I won't be coming back to the stock valve. Soon I'm going to test a set of Philips JAN 5751 ECC83 valves to replace the stock Sovteks used in the top boost channel. Again I don't find the Sovteks particularly astonishing. But that's just my opinion.
regards, Piotrek
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Post by piotrek on Feb 25, 2010 18:30:40 GMT
Hello Alan and Andy,
Also try replacing the stock EF86 valve with an NOS one. I replaced mine with a cheap Tesla EF86 NOS valve and immediately the sound became more authentic.
regards, Piotrek
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Post by piotrek on Feb 24, 2010 19:40:03 GMT
Hello Alan,
Please try using the brilliance switch set to 2. I'm getting better results with that set to 2 on my amp.
regards, Piotrek
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Post by piotrek on Feb 17, 2010 10:14:07 GMT
Hello Bob,
Yes, this is called an Easy-Mute Tremolo Arm and it is available commercially. But the price is, in my opinion, ridiculously high.
regards, Piotrek
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Post by piotrek on Feb 13, 2010 22:52:08 GMT
Hello, Thank you for your replies. It seems that in this area, nothing should be taken for granted regards, Piotrek
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Post by piotrek on Feb 11, 2010 14:03:27 GMT
Hello,
It may have been discussed before, but I've just come across a live performance of The Frightened City from 1961. And to my surprise, Hank uses the middle pickup. It can be clearly seen around 1:45. I thought The Frightened City was a clear case of the bride pickup. Strange.
regards, Piotrek
Here's the link
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Post by piotrek on Feb 5, 2010 18:08:23 GMT
Hello Tony and Charlie,
Thank you for your replies. I had strings changed on my guitar yesterday and asked the bloke to pay attention to the neck relief issue and he said he would do so. I think it worked because the tone I'm getting from first two strings has improved.
regards, Piotrek
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Post by piotrek on Feb 4, 2010 19:48:18 GMT
Hello Charlie,
Thank you for the explanation. But what do I use to measure such small units? Is there any kind of special gear for measuring hundredth parts of millimeter?
regards, Piotrek
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Post by piotrek on Feb 3, 2010 21:18:55 GMT
Hello Charlie,
My guitar is a Standard Mexican Strat with a maple neck. The neck is, I believe, a C shaped one. For some reason I don't like the way the first two strings sound. Particularly with the lowest frets. With other strings it's guite good actually.
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Post by piotrek on Feb 3, 2010 18:15:34 GMT
Hello Charlie and WattyBluesman,
Thank you for your replies. Well, yes, the mass of a neck, and a type of woodwork as well, do make a difference. But is it possible that the sheer shape does matter? Say, we have two maple necks. One of them is a C type and the other a V. Would the two have different tones?
regards, Piotrek
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Post by piotrek on Feb 2, 2010 22:19:08 GMT
Hello,
I've lately come across an opinion that for a vitage tone, a V-shaped neck would be better than a later, C-shaped. Is it true? I thought the shape of the neck had no impact on the tone only the feel of the guitar might be different in each case.
regards, Piotrek
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Post by piotrek on Feb 2, 2010 22:13:47 GMT
Hello Gary,
Many thanks for that. I will be changing strings in my guitar very soon so this time I'm going for nickel ones.
regards, Piotrek
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Post by piotrek on Feb 1, 2010 19:46:21 GMT
Hello Len,
Thank you for the information.
Hello Gary,
Did you compare these EPN strings to the 'regular' EXLs? I assume the EPNs are just like EXLs only with more nickel, right?
regards, Piotrek
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Post by piotrek on Feb 1, 2010 13:41:16 GMT
Hello, I used to have D'Addario EXL145 12-54s and I must say they were very good acutally except they were extremely heavy. Recently, I've come across these: store.daddario.com/category/145806/EPN115_BluesJazz_Rock_11-48D'Addario say the sound of the 50s and 60s etc. Anyone's had a go at those strings? regards, Piotrek
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Post by piotrek on Dec 28, 2009 14:10:30 GMT
Hello, From what I know, a Standard Mexican Strat has pickups with ceramic magnets with flat poles as against American which has Alnico magnets. I happen to own a Standard Mexican and I replaced the pickups almost straight away. regards, Piotrek
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Post by piotrek on Dec 3, 2009 22:01:38 GMT
If someone's interested in watching the interview, it's here on Youtube:
And here's Singing the Blues played using Vox AC30 amps. Interesting, isn't it?
And here's The One Show
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Post by piotrek on Sept 23, 2009 19:10:00 GMT
Thank you, Barry
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Post by piotrek on Dec 28, 2008 17:18:05 GMT
Hello Charlie Thank you for your answer. I'll ask the bloke who sells it.
By the way. I know it's a bit off topic but I'm curious if there are EFTP patches for Alesis Midiverb4? (which appears to be the successor of QuadraVerb, isn't it?) I'm asking because Midiverb4 is still available as a brand new unit.
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Post by piotrek on Dec 28, 2008 15:19:45 GMT
So, am I getting this right? There are no patches for ordinary QuadraVerb?
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Post by piotrek on Dec 27, 2008 17:32:07 GMT
Hello I've been offered an Alesis QuadraVerb at a reasonable price. The thing is it isn't a Q2, Q20 or GT. It's just QuadraVerb. I'd like to ask if it's worth a buy and if there are EFTP patches available for it. Perhaps I should carry on searching for another unit. It looks like this: kindest regards Piotr
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