shake_n_stomp
Joined: Jan 09, 2014
Posts: 624
Vancouver BC
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Posted on Mar 24 2017 02:24 PM
I was just listening to Rumble, Rawhide, Jack The Ripper, Ace of Spades, and Run Chicken Run. If you have a low-gain overdrive, max it. If you have a high-gain OD/fuzz/distortion, then back off the gain on the pedal or keep the gain to moderate levels and back-off the guitar's onboard volume. For the small amp effect, if you have an EQ pedal available, punch the mids and back-off the lows and top-end.
If someone had a Tube Screamer, a Big Muff, a Fuzzface, a Rat, or any number of other pedals, and if they have the most important piece of gear - their intent, ability, and creativity - I am pretty sure it would be easy to get the Link Wray vibe and everyone would be rockin'.
I have used a germanium fuzzface with the volume backed-off, a tube screamer, a Klon klone, clean into amp, a dimed EP Booster, and soon I will have a Kingsley tube boost for those amp break-up moments.
This is not to say that the guitar and the amp don't play a big part in the tones, but I am going on the premise that a player simply wants to hit one or two pedals rather than carrying around a different guitar and amp for this application.
— Lorne
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Vince_Ray
Joined: Aug 26, 2015
Posts: 252
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Posted on Mar 25 2017 02:45 AM
Some great suggestions that were unusual for me ..the EHX pedals and that pigtronix pedal sounds great Jeff. Just wish it looked a bit cooler. I'm shallow like that! I know just a bit of grit through a small ol tube amp gets the vibe but I'm just enjoying a bit of cork sniffing, like we do!
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Vince_Ray
Joined: Aug 26, 2015
Posts: 252
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Posted on Mar 25 2017 02:50 AM
Here's a recording we're working on in a Link Wray style. Just a gnarly demo for now
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=M-Jb4Ym0yOo
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JCW513
Joined: Mar 31, 2017
Posts: 1
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Posted on Mar 31 2017 06:35 PM
To me, no pedal can come close.
any fuzz or a Proco Rat (which i use both), can kinda do it. But the most important thing is, pick close to the bridge and pick hard... Sometmes let the pick drag across the strings too.
Thats more important than any gear. But I can get a pretty good Link Tone with my Vintage 47 amp (any tweed era amp or replica will do)...
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Vince_Ray
Joined: Aug 26, 2015
Posts: 252
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Posted on Apr 01 2017 01:08 AM
Yes I'm well equipped with small amps including a vintage 47 suitcase amp all good as mentioned. But for my own inexplicable misguided reasons, I want to try and get a similar sound through a larger amp...small amps not loud enough...large amps need to break up at the right level without being too loud or quiet. So I use a pedal and just wanted to know if others do and what their choices are
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Vince_Ray
Joined: Aug 26, 2015
Posts: 252
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Posted on Apr 01 2017 01:47 AM
You're right about vintage 47. I have a Spectator made by Cave Valley Amps and it's my favourite for this sound...probably my favourite amp too
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CrazyAces
Joined: Jul 31, 2012
Posts: 4054
Buffalo, N.Y.
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Posted on Apr 01 2017 10:49 AM
Yes, nothing beats the real deal, amp vs.pedal for sure.
Similar to what you guys mentioned above, nothing in the world feels or sounds as good to me as my '54 Supro but since Vince is asking about pedals....
Vince, you may already know this but when Rick Holmstrom needed a pedal to mimic his old Valcos when playing live through a Super Reverb he landed on a Greer Ghetto Stomp. Could be worth a look.
Cheers,
Jeff
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Vince_Ray
Joined: Aug 26, 2015
Posts: 252
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Posted on Apr 01 2017 12:59 PM
The ghetto stomp is on the radar and I will check Ricks sound out. Rehearsed to day with a Supro supreme, just 25w so we were able to turn it right up. Sounded great of course but I still felt that it all came alive a little more when I stepped on the blues driver. Would love to say I can be happy without OD pedals, nor yet though
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JObeast
Joined: Jul 24, 2012
Posts: 2762
Finknabad, Squinkistan
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Posted on Apr 01 2017 09:57 PM
Doesn't JHS make a Supreaux OD to emulate that tone?
— Squink Out!
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RobbieReverb
Joined: Feb 28, 2006
Posts: 2392
San Jose, Ca.
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Posted on Apr 02 2017 01:13 AM
JObeast wrote:
Doesn't JHS make a Supreaux OD to emulate that tone?
I mentioned it near the top of the thread. It's called the SuperBolt.
— Bob
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Frelonvert
Joined: Sep 21, 2009
Posts: 275
Toulouse
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Posted on Apr 15 2017 07:19 AM
I don't know if you will find Link Wray in a pedal but this is what he used on one on his last tour. Quote from his bass player:
"Hi, this is Eric, bass player with Link on Shadowman, Barbed Wire and some more!
First of all, Tiki here knows his guitars. Something he probably knows but just hasn't shared with us yet: Links Screaming Red had some remareable features. Firstly, an onboard distortion/booster, just in case a JCM800 or Twin wouldn't distort when turned all the way up and his Boss Compression Sustainer would give up. (He never used the built-in distortion, mind you, but he had that Boss pedal switched on permanently during a song, with all three knobs turned firmly at 'max'.)
And did you know that 2 of the strings didn't even go over the bridge saddles? They were strung inbetween - and Link didn't mind, since it was miraculously tuneable and playable that way... "naah, just leave it, it's fine..."
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