HW: new album ??

Steven Skane sskane at BIGPOND.NET.AU
Wed Apr 10 08:41:09 EDT 2002


 A lot of what people think is an LP on early  Zeppelin stuff is a Tele. His
custom LP has some very Tele tones built into it. Some of the combinations
are really horrible but then again I dont like Tele's much.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ted Jackson" <tojackso at LIBRARY.SYR.EDU>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 9:23 PM
Subject: Re: HW: new album ??


> 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
>



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