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Okidoki. Having spent a couple of weeks actually trying to get these sounds... For early (58-64) era, turn the bass and treble all the way down on your amp and adjust the middle to around 7-8. If you have access to EQ adjustment (parametric if poss) low shelf cut below 200hz, high shelf cut above 20...

Fender Bullet... I remember them well. They were the Fender budget/beginner guitar of the late 70s/early 80s. Not so popular, mostly because people would rather buy a ****** lookalike than a better quality guitar that looks a little different. They were about £110 in the UK, when you could get a ply...

Another angle of him doing it here: MWivXLXeyLI Many people have said they hear a pitch shifter being used here, like a POG, to get a pseudo 12 string sound. Maybe so, but that 330 itself has an amazing, high strung treble quality to it, and the way he plays uses a lot of subtle pull offs and open ...

Hiya. I kinda feel like an intruder. I've never owned a Ric. My main guitars are two ESPs - no, not pointy headed, Christmas Cracker shred machines, they're essentially Str*ts. Rickenbacker sound wouldn't suit the type of music I play - too jangly - and their necks are too thin - I like a baseball b...

Stumbled across this thread and since I'm in the middle of doing it, here's my approach - Using a Tascam US-200 into an AMD Phenim quad core laptop. My DAW is the latest version of Reaper. First off, I figure out my drum track - I'm using the Jamstix 3 plugin, partly because it's relatively cheap, b...

I know it's on 'Don't Talk To Him' & 'On The Beach' with Sir Cliff and it and/or the Barracuda are on 'Place In The Sun', 'Maroc 7' & 'Warlord' and there's a tune on Rockin With Curly Leads that sounds like it might be the Barracuda, as well. There is the story that ALL the Burns guitars wer...

I run a ShadowMusic club in south-east England, and there and elsewhere, I get the chance to hear a lot of different players, at a variety of skill and experience levels. They tackle a wide range of Shadows and similar material. I agree with Goran that Slaughter On 10th Avenue isn't that hard to pl...

Peter, Thanks for the quick reply. There is a 508 on eBay uk, but it's a little more than I want to pay - obviously, these are very sought after. Having dug a little deeper, I'm erring towards the G2.1Nu or G3 at the mo., as it looks like they can be freely edited, I just need to find out whether I ...

All is not lost, though, as Zoom have been manufacturing two models of programmable stomp-pedals which similarly accept the desired echo settings - namely the Zoom G2Nu, or G2.1Nu. The latter also incorporates a swell pedal, often used by Hank on his recordings. Once again, if you contact Charlie H...

Julian: Your comments are appreciated. The search for the golden section and the Holy Grail continues but your summary certainly gives some food for thought and practical suggestions. A couple of the digital stomp boxes can also afford the novice with some good results including the Yahama Magic St...

Cheers, dude. Nice to know it's not one of those places where nothing other than 'insert brand' exists. I'm a massive fan of Rics, but at the time I started playing, I don't think they were even being imported to the UK (I think Rose Morris had been marketing a knock-off and Ric pulled the plug on t...

Okidoki. Post #2! Sorry, for the length of my ramble, I got a bit carried away and I would like to say before we get into it, I am not trying to rub anyone up the wrong way. This is easier than you'd think. Which Shadows era do you want to sound like? 58-61 - 50s Strat 61-64 - 60s Strat 64- 73ish - ...

Hi. My first post. I kind of feel like an intruder as I don't actually own a Ric. Have lusted after a 36-/12 for years, but to be honest they don't suit my music and I can't justify spending ~£2k on a 'living room' guitar... I did get the next best thing yesterday, though an Italia Rimini 12. It has...