degenaro
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And yes I agree with Olaf Floyds do suck tone, especially black one. Although the tuning stability is worth it to me to use chrome ones.
70strathead
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He's bull shitting and he said that to fuck with people.. read the old GP interviews...it's the opposite, he used the variac to lower the voltage to 85-90 volts to compensate for overbearing loudness. Even when properly biased, it's still ages the Power Tubes quicker...which is why he used 6CA7's.
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Eddie's tech stated 140VAC though during the now famous interview, no bias job is going to help you there
He's bull shitting and he said that to fuck with people.. read the old GP interviews...it's the opposite, he used the variac to lower the voltage to 85-90 volts to compensate for overbearing loudness. Even when properly biased, it's still ages the Power Tubes quicker...which is why he used 6CA7's.
70strathead
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Actually Ed used/uses 9's but a 15 on the G string and 40 on the low E.
Tony Iommi also used 8's, not that I was a big fan of his tone.
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Eddie used 8s? Damn, I did not know that. I will say that imo part of SRV's tone were those guidewires he used for strings
Actually Ed used/uses 9's but a 15 on the G string and 40 on the low E.
Tony Iommi also used 8's, not that I was a big fan of his tone.
JamesPeters
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70strathead
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Thats a nice balance right there. U know it really all depends on what sound you're going after and going though your head. Uli Roth had mentioned to me that the unwound strings really make the difference as far as "expression" ...if u listen to srv, u can hear that those are heavy strings, but that works for that sound he went for...same with Eric Johnson. If u like wide vibrato's and have an economical approach to picking, then the light strings work out nicely. I'm using 8,11,15,24,32,46 in standard tuning. i do have one of my strat's in Eb with 10 tops and 11 bottoms..but i primarily play totally different style's on that.
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Thats a nice balance right there. U know it really all depends on what sound you're going after and going though your head. Uli Roth had mentioned to me that the unwound strings really make the difference as far as "expression" ...if u listen to srv, u can hear that those are heavy strings, but that works for that sound he went for...same with Eric Johnson. If u like wide vibrato's and have an economical approach to picking, then the light strings work out nicely. I'm using 8,11,15,24,32,46 in standard tuning. i do have one of my strat's in Eb with 10 tops and 11 bottoms..but i primarily play totally different style's on that.
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You definitely have to be careful how hard you fret/pick with light strings. I know guys that can't use them because everything they play sounds out of tune...they manhandle the guitar too much. Personally, I'd rather not fight with heavy strings, trying to get bends and vibrato out of them.70strathead":8fe86 said:
70strathead
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very true and agreed. It does not make u a pussy either like all these Blues snobs say. Eric Gales is another guy who plays light strings, and he is a badass muther!I have an old cassette tape of yngwie doing an interview in his apartment when he lived in New York, and had mentioned that Neil Schon picked up one of his guitars and had a really hard time staying in tune and bending in pitch because of the light guage strings, Eb tuning and scalloped neck!
The Big Snit":fe462 said::|::QBB:You definitely have to be careful how hard you fret/pick with light strings. I know guys that can't use them because everything they play sounds out of tune...they manhandle the guitar too much. Personally, I'd rather not fight with heavy strings, trying to get bends and vibrato out of them.
very true and agreed. It does not make u a pussy either like all these Blues snobs say. Eric Gales is another guy who plays light strings, and he is a badass muther!I have an old cassette tape of yngwie doing an interview in his apartment when he lived in New York, and had mentioned that Neil Schon picked up one of his guitars and had a really hard time staying in tune and bending in pitch because of the light guage strings, Eb tuning and scalloped neck!
MisterBulbous
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I think an interesting myth is the whole scenario around some of the early Aerosmith albums. It's long been rumored that Joe was so strung out in the late 70's that Steven, or their management had substitute guitar players. It's basically been confirmed as fact, but I don't think anyone in the Aerosmith camp has validated it. I'm pretty sure one of the subs is on the live version of Train Kept a Rollin' because the lead guitar style is different than what Joe typically does.
I'm sure others here can remind me who the guitarists were rumored to be.
Then, there;s the whole warrant thing.
I'm sure others here can remind me who the guitarists were rumored to be.
Then, there;s the whole warrant thing.
