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RattleandHum1988

Originally posted by jofice:Anybody know how to get a nice sound for Angel of Harlem? It sounds like a light distortion but I think there's something missing

The album version? Try a 60's 12 string ricky, that'll do the trick!

That's the main sound of the tone here. The unique tone of the rickenbacker. Other than that, I'd just say it's a light overdrive and PERHAPS some slapback delay, or some longer fill-in delays that are extremely quiet, but I don't think so.

As for live versions (like slane and vertigo tours) probably just light overdrive and perhaps a tiny bit of compression.

LikeASong

14 years

If you don't own or don't have the money to own a 360-12 Rickenbacker (like most of us, sadly), then go to slight distortion/overdrive and play around with the chorus (not the delay). The chorus can easily make (y)our poor 6 strings guitar like a shiny, brand new 12 strings one.

thebonodrums

14 years

Originally posted by RattleandHum1988:Found a Bad tone that I think is really close to the UF tour tone. Ignore the playing, the clip is all for tone :laugh:

Strat - > M13 - >ZT Lunchbox

I find the ZT has that trebly-nazal property that Edge's quack tone had back then. It's great for that tone, maybe even better than the AC30 :shutup:

http://soundcloud.com/rattleandhum1988/bad-tone-test

Let me know what you think

Alex

Alex its crazy to imagine me seeing your videos a few years back. youve progressed so much man

you real nail it now!!!!

RattleandHum1988

14 years

Originally posted by thebonodrums:[..]

Alex its crazy to imagine me seeing your videos a few years back. youve progressed so much man you real nail it now!!!!

Thanks a lot dude!!!

LikeASong

14 years

Hi people

I'm gonna get a batch of short jacks to connect my new pedals to the amp, pedalboard, guitar, etc. I wanted to ask you something:

do you prefer solid jack=>jack connectors like this one:

or short cables (5, 10 or 20 cms) like this:

?

Thanks

RattleandHum1988

14 years

cables for sure. Those solid jacks can be a huge pain in the ass, especially since some pedals have their input on the sides, and some on the tops. You start having to place pedals sideways in that case. Not a big deal for some, but it was for me back when I had a pedal board

I'd suggest getting some short cables, and judging by the outcome of your board, you can always change stuff around afterwards!

I know a lot of people make their own patch chords, you can get little kits that are really easy to use, just cut to size and attatch a jack. There's even some with no soldering required.

I'd suggest getting short cables (I did that and was happy) for now, but it's entirely up to you!

Alex

anstratdubh1979

14 years

Originally posted by RattleandHum1988:cables for sure. Those solid jacks can be a huge pain in the ass, especially since some pedals have their input on the sides, and some on the tops. You start having to place pedals sideways in that case. Not a big deal for some, but it was for me back when I had a pedal board I'd suggest getting some short cables, and judging by the outcome of your board, you can always change stuff around afterwards!

I know a lot of people make their own patch chords, you can get little kits that are really easy to use, just cut to size and attatch a jack. There's even some with no soldering required.

I'd suggest getting short cables (I did that and was happy) for now, but it's entirely up to you!

Alex

Don't be cheap on cables. If you use bargain cables... guitar to effects / effect to effect / and/or effects to amp - it will suck the life out of your tone.

I remember seeing one dude, spent a lot of money on a Monster cable lead but had shit cables for the rest of the 'chain' (Effect to Effect and Effects to amp). He was confused why his tone was dying.

Any job worth doing is worth doing right. Doesn't mean you have to have Monster cable. There are a lot of quality products out there.

George L's are nice. You can cut them to size. They are solderless.

http://georgelsstore.com/

There are other great cables. I have had great success with the George L's.

RattleandHum1988

14 years

That's it! I couldn't remember which ones they were, George L's were the ones I was recommending (cutting, solderless).

And in my opinion it depends on your rig and cables in terms of tone loss. I only had about 4-5 pedals, and I had these: http://accessories.musiciansfriend.com/product/DiMarzio-Jumper-Cable-Pedal-Coupler?sku=332101
and my tone was still great. I even switched to George L's at one point and the difference was hardly noticeable.

Alex

Jennytjuhh88

14 years

Heey guys,

Its been a long time I posted something here, I decided to start over again

New year, more music and more passion.

Im a beginner guitar player, Im just learning the basics right know, I have a little question about pedals and stuff, I own the boss dd3 pedal and I am the owner of the G2NU

Has anyone any experience with that thing, I got it from uncle but I don't know what to do with it yet. Any suggestions?

LikeASong

14 years

People, how do you call this hexagonal pieces?

Is it called nut??

I need to buy one of them in order to tie the jack of my acoustic guitar, and I don't know how it's called in English and most importantly where to find them. Thanks!

EDIT. This is in fact the one I need:

KieranU2

14 years

I'd personally call that a nut

MattG

14 years

Yup Sergio, that's a flat nut.

And to refresh the question above yours, I actually don't know anything or have even seen that pedal you posted a picture of- but wait for our friend Jeff to find the topic again, he can usually be of some great help.

You might also try searching the Guitar Center website for the pedal to see what it does, or even the manufacturers website for a possible manual if you don't even have a clue how to use it.

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