Getting the Byrds sound

raider · Post by **raider** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 4:30 pm

I have a question for those into the Byrds
sounds with Rickenbacker guitars. Here it goes
I have a 350V63 Rickenbacker and I just bought
a Vox Tone Lab how do I get that Bryds sound out
of my 350V63 thru the ToneLab? Can I get my six
string to sound like a 12 string.
Lou D

kenposurf · Post by **kenposurf** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 5:49 am

Hey Lou...add some compression for more jangle..then save up for a Ric 12 string..have fun!

arrow201 · Post by **arrow201** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 10:15 am

You need a 12 string Ric and this:
http://www.janglebox.com/

firstbassman · Post by **firstbassman** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 10:42 am

Yeah, get a twelve-string and two more things -
Learn how to do banjo finger rolls and wear metal fingerpicks on your first and second fingers of your right hand (if you play right-handed).

rick36 · Post by **rick36** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 6:17 pm

Or, try one of these picks. It's got enough tines for 18 strings - that's a six and a twelve together at one time.

firstbassman · Post by **firstbassman** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 6:33 pm

I know you were kidding JW, but I actually did ask forum members quite a while back about the Jellifish.
And I must say the reviews were pretty negative.
I'd still like to try 'em one day.

janglebox · Post by **janglebox** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 6:41 pm

Learn how to do banjo finger rolls and wear metal fingerpicks on your first and second fingers of your right hand (if you play right-handed).

If you want to emulate Roger McGuinn, use a flat pick between your thumb and index finger, and put the finger picks on your middle and ring fingers. Even using a flat pick and a metal finger pick on just my middle finger, I can manage a somewhat decent approximation of Roger's style.

kenposurf · Post by **kenposurf** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 7:01 pm

Even if you don't get into the fingerpicking part of it, the stomp box mentioned and a Ric 12 will give you the tone..I believe Roger picks a style called Travis picking (correct me if I'm wrong folks) which takes awhile to get the hang of..having the tone and playing first position chords with those pinky finger extensions will go a long way to getting you in flight

budrocket · Post by **budrocket** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 8:08 pm

Its not really "Travis picking," (based on Maybelle Carter's "scratch" picking style) where the thumb plays contrapuntal bass notes & the first finger picks the melody. Chet Atkins did something similar, but added the middle finger.

Roger's style is closer to 5-string banjo picking, where the melody line is lead by the thumb (in McGuinn's case it would be the flatpick held between the thumb & forefinger), & the other two fingers (McGuinn uses metal banjo picks on the middle & ring fingers) play arpeggiated fill notes.

Its similar to Ralph Stanley's style of banjo playing, where he uses a lot of "foreward" rolls, but with the addition of a few "foreward-backward" rolls, a'la Earl Scruggs, thrown in so you can get back to the melody notes smoothly.

bw

kenposurf · Post by **kenposurf** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 5:28 am

Thanks for the info Buddy..I have enough to deal with with a flatpick and a bare finger or two!

stubby · Post by **stubby** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 7:37 pm

That Jellifish looks like a lice comb!

raider · Post by **raider** » Sun Dec 17, 2006 4:39 am

Gordon, where do you get the (Janglebox)?
I haven't seen it at our local music stores
yet. What's the price for this pedal.

Scastles · Post by **Scastles** » Sun Dec 17, 2006 6:14 am

You get the Janglebox via their website.

www.janglebox.com

They aren't, and likely won't be, available anytime soon at music stores.

Don Miller · Post by **Don Miller** » Sun Dec 17, 2006 10:15 am

Unless you go to Mammoth Music in Anchorage..they have 3 left..out of a consignment of 8...I got to try before I bought mine...

I'm trying to figure out who bought the other 4....

firstbassman · Post by **firstbassman** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 4:16 am

Steve L, you are quite right. Sorry, I didn't edit my message carefully enough (about which fingers).
Buddy is correct about Travis vis-à-vis Roger.