HW: new album ??

[Ted Jackson]

On 9 Apr 2002, at 20:35, Doug Pearson wrote:

> On Tue, 9 Apr 2002 16:22:46 EDT, Ted Jackson
> <tojackso at LIBRARY.SYR.EDU> wrote: >On 9 Apr 2002, at 16:04, Doug
> Pearson wrote: >> Nope, COLOURSOUND! ... >> >Damn!  You the man!  I
> was aware of Coloursound's fuzz units, but I >didn't know they did
> Wahs too.
>
> Tonebender, right?  The Jeff Beck/Yardbirds sound ...
>
Yep, and Pagey too.  Most folks would be amazed to know that the
thick, wall-of-sound on LZ's first album, that sounds so much like a
Les Paul through a Marshall, was actually Page's Telecaster into a
Couloursound [modified by someone, and called, of course, a Page-
Tone] played through a little Supro amp [also favored by Hendrix]...

> >BTW, the big thing over here are
> >reproductions of the old Coloursound units...
>
> I haven't checked out any of the reissues.

Haven't played through one, but they get great reviews on Harmony
Central, for what that's worth.  I just ordered a Presecription
Electronics Germ, which is, admittedly, a whole other kettle of fish
that I got for its clean boost capability.  Review forthcoming...

I *really* hope they've
> done the wah's correctly, since the Coloursound wah really has a
> unique sound that's very different from the Crybaby (and Vox, and
> boutique equivalents like the Budda, Teese, Fulltone RMC, etc.) or
> Morley -type wah sounds. Sort of more "rubbery" (for lack of a better
> term), with a ton of "quack".

I haven't seen any reviews of any Coloursound Wah wannabes, just
the distortion units, but they seem really popular these days...I
ve got a couple of Morleys and you're quite right that they sound
nothing like a Coloursound, although they are great for what they
do, and much more reliable than a lot of wahs...

theo