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Craig Evans Group: Members Posts: 256 Joined: Sep. 2004 Posted: Mar. 16 2005, 12:14 In the Tubular Bells 2003 version of "The Sailor's Hornpipe" there is a little distorted electric guitar solo that occurs towards the end in between the 1:24 minute mark and the end. It sounds a little brittle than the usual distorted PRS guitar sound so could it be the Gibson LS6? -------------- "It is good to be on Horseback" - Mike Oldfield "On Horseback" "(Insert "The Thunderstorm" here)" Back to top

ktran Group: Members Posts: 156 Joined: May 2003 Posted: Mar. 16 2005, 13:10 I suspect the differences in tone have more to do with MO's choice of effects and amps than with the actual guitar. k Back to top

Korgscrew Group: Super Admins Posts: 3511 Joined: Dec. 1999 Posted: Mar. 16 2005, 16:32 All the equipment Mike used is listed in the booklet (in the CD, that's limited to the instruments he used, and a few bits of recording gear, the DVD-A really does list pretty much everything). All of the instruments listed there are also listed on the TB2003 discography page. No L6-S there, he hasn't used that in years. I think his main reason for using it was that it had 24 frets. He commented at one point that he didn't think that the pickups were terribly good, and the L6-S was quite well known (I could say infamous) for having a 'hard' sound, so it's maybe not surprising that the PRS quickly replaced it. The PRS also gives better top fret access. Back to top

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