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Posted: Mar. 04 2000, 21:17 |
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I don't know if this is any help, but...
According to Mike, he now uses only 2 patches on his effects processor (a Roland GP-8), one clean and one distorted. He actually uses a few more sounds than that, because he has other devices and of course there are other sounds that he's used in the past...
The main trick to getting his sound is just in the way you play the guitar - its all in the fingers, really.
A few clues though (I don't own a 505, so I can't give exact directions here)...
His distinctive distorted lead sounds that he used in the 70s are fairly heavily compressed (as far as I remember, the 505 should have a compressor on board). They also use quite a large amount of distortion - often a fuzz type sound. Using the compression, a medium heavy overdrive and then plugging into an already overdriven amplifier can get you a good sound (you'll have to play around with the controls and the parameters on the 505 to get this sounding exactly right). Remember that Mike is able to use extremely heavy overdrive sounds, but still make them sound controlled because of the way he mutes the strings that he isn't playing, using his right hand fingers. If you don't do this, it can end up sounding like a mess.
The key to controlling the sound is varying the way you pick the notes - often in the really screaming lead parts, Mike is picking quite hard, while at other times he'll lay off a bit and pick more gently...its difficult to get it exactly right...
Just a few pointers...possibly stuff you knew already, but somebody might find it interesting
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