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bonkers Group: Members Posts: 45 Joined: Dec. 2004 Posted: April 15 2005, 05:11 does anyone know what kind of guitar amps mike used in recordings such as tubular bells 2,amarok and ommadawn. i have an idea its a fender twin reverb shown in this picture http://www.rcarter.34sp.com/oldfield/omminstruments.html but i would just like to be sure about this Back to top

Korgscrew Group: Super Admins Posts: 3511 Joined: Dec. 1999 Posted: April 15 2005, 08:24 Yes, when he used an amp at all, it was the Twin Reverb. By the time he made Amarok and Tubular Bells II, he was recording direct through a Roland GP-8, but he mentioned that for Amarok, he also used the Les Paul Junior (presumably the SG) through a Twin Reverb for a really 'searing' sound. He noted at the same time that it had been the main guitar sound on Ommadawn. He plugged it through a whole chain of devices to get his distortion sound before it went into the Twin Reverb, though - the amp alone wouldn't do it. Back to top

ktran Group: Members Posts: 156 Joined: May 2003 Posted: April 15 2005, 13:51 Let's not forget that in that huge-ass signal chain he talks about, that he runs it through yet another amp, the battery-powered Vox Escort: Vox Escort You can see it in the video for the "William Tell Overture" on the Elements DVD, actually. -------------- Khoa Tran www.suspendedseconds.ca Back to top

Taurus Outcast Group: Members Posts: 69 Joined: June 2004 Posted: Aug. 16 2005, 17:08 didnt he have an old mesa boogie amp at the knebworth festival? Back to top

Korgscrew Group: Super Admins Posts: 3511 Joined: Dec. 1999 Posted: Aug. 17 2005, 01:30 Yes. He was still using it up until Tubular Bells 2003. Whether he still has it after his studio clearout, I don't know. He quite likely used it on some of his albums during the 80s - I seem to remember there's a picture of it inside the Five Miles Out sleeve, and some of the guitars on that album do sound like they could have been recorded through it. Back to top

Craig Evans Group: Members Posts: 256 Joined: Sep. 2004 Posted: Aug. 17 2005, 03:02 Quote (Korgscrew @ April 15 2005, 08:24) he also used the Les Paul Junior (presumably the SG) through a Twin Reverb for a really 'searing' sound. Mike Oldfield also has a 1957 version of the Les Paul Junior as well.  It is a single cutaway model with a Yellow finish and can be seen in two shots throughout the "Shadow On The Wall" video from the "Elements DVD".  It was also modified in the early 1980s to have the 22 fret fingerboard replaced with a 24 fret one.  It is sometimes nicknamed "The TV Model".     -------------- "It is good to be on Horseback" - Mike Oldfield "On Horseback" "(Insert "The Thunderstorm" here)" Back to top

Ray Group: Members Posts: 857 Joined: Jan. 2000 Posted: May 29 2006, 19:25 Quote (Craig Evans @ Aug. 17 2005, 08:02) Quote (Korgscrew @ April 15 2005, 08:24) he also used the Les Paul Junior (presumably the SG) through a Twin Reverb for a really 'searing' sound. Mike Oldfield also has a 1957 version of the Les Paul Junior as well.  It is a single cutaway model with a Yellow finish and can be seen in two shots throughout the "Shadow On The Wall" video from the "Elements DVD".  It was also modified in the early 1980s to have the 22 fret fingerboard replaced with a 24 fret one.  It is sometimes nicknamed "The TV Model".     .....Not any more he doesnt - see avtar!!!  HeeHee!!!\ Bit out of date I know but I just couldnt resist it.... Ray -------------- Looking out over the harbour in Peel....... Back to top

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