tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2506799271388439141.post6240513931505896448..comments2023-10-17T06:42:01.792-07:00Comments on Three Chords and Some Tubes: BBE Sonic Maximizer: Guitar Tone Friendly?Ringohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09506068154852505840noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2506799271388439141.post-84922142013903055262009-11-28T02:38:40.835-08:002009-11-28T02:38:40.835-08:00Red Light Fever is my favorite guitar driven song ...Red Light Fever is my favorite guitar driven song of the 21st Century. Up there with Revolution Calling by Queensrÿche from their Operation: Mindcrime album, and Summerland by Kings X from their Gretchen Goes to Nebraska album - especially since this was the time when Kings X guitarist Ty Tabor still kept his guitar amp set-up a closely guarded secret.May Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04532345762556952361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2506799271388439141.post-65774303874636089622009-11-21T02:53:39.641-08:002009-11-21T02:53:39.641-08:00Red Light Fever by Liz Phair is one of my all-time...Red Light Fever by Liz Phair is one of my all-time guitar based tracks of all time. You guys should do a <br />'Pet Sounds" like thing like that of Guitar Techniques magazine to play this song on one's guitar as Liz Phair intended.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03731612351738952367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2506799271388439141.post-5727218097244188072009-11-20T02:06:07.033-08:002009-11-20T02:06:07.033-08:00Russel Fischer also does FOH work with Queensrÿche...Russel Fischer also does FOH work with Queensrÿche - one of my all time favorite guitar based metal bands. Though Liz Phair's Red Light Fever is my current guitar driven songs of the 21st Century. I think the BBE Sonic Maximizer somewhat neutered the overall sonic impact of Heavy Metal Music. I noticed this when Megadeth and Skid Row began to extensively used the BBE on most of their tracks.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17595256385089984827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2506799271388439141.post-47779879134828633102009-10-29T03:27:03.304-07:002009-10-29T03:27:03.304-07:00Russell Fischer does sound engineering duties for ...Russell Fischer does sound engineering duties for both Veruca Salt and Garbage. As far as the actual guitar set-up used by Liz Phair in the recording session of Red Light Fever, I think you folks should consult Michael Penn on this. Michael Penn also worked with Aimee Mann on the famed Just Say Nöel Christmas album.Sans Ferdinandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15122435607122238678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2506799271388439141.post-18694752237895374332009-10-28T05:59:24.009-07:002009-10-28T05:59:24.009-07:00I wonder if Vanessa hangs out with Russell Fischer...I wonder if Vanessa hangs out with Russell Fischer, the sound engineer for Veruca Salt during the 1990s. I tried a similar pickup - connecting two single-coil pickups in-phase which obviated their hum-canceling properties - configuration back in 1998, though I've abandoned it because I was still a newbie back then when it comes to creating "dampening fields" against airborne RF interference. An in-phase connected pickup such as these gives a very loud and gorgeous tone despite of the disadvantage of hum pickup. Line conditioners such as the CinePro only works with mains-born noise, though it is very effective in protecting your audio and other gear against catastrophic lightning strikes. Did they upgrade the National Electric Code Article 530 for technical power applications because it is ratified over 10 years ago?Ringohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09506068154852505840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2506799271388439141.post-73574384753784300972009-10-21T04:54:15.832-07:002009-10-21T04:54:15.832-07:00I've searched this particular topic and Michae...I've searched this particular topic and Michael Penn's name keeps coming up. Vanessa's second set up is probaably right in Emulating Liz Phair's tone on Red Light Fever.Letichehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12167766662268885819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2506799271388439141.post-77206483780822072812009-10-20T04:00:20.634-07:002009-10-20T04:00:20.634-07:00If Liz Phair really did use her signature (?) Fend...If Liz Phair really did use her signature (?) Fender Duo Sonic guitar in the actual recording session of Red Light Fever, she might had set the pickups in their hum bucking mode to get that mid-prominent tone. Though I personally have reservations in using short-scale guitars - like the Fender Duo Sonic - because it tends to make me harder to be more skilled in playing a normal sized guitar. <br />When it comes to my own experience in emulating Liz Phair's guitar tone on Red Light Fever, I first tried it with my trusty old US made (a family heirloom bought by my granddad in a car boot sale back in the 1960s) Fender Stratocaster. I had sinced tweaked it after buying a heavily discounted single-coil pickup of a Robert Cray Custom Strat and a Lace Sensor pickup similar to the one used by Jeff Beck in his custom Strat. With this set-up, I more or less successfully managed to emulate Liz Phair's mid-prominent / somewhat honky tone on Red Light Fever by switching my tweaked Fender Strat in the hum bucking / hum canceling mode - i.e. switches at positions 2 and 4. <br />While the second technique that I tried resulted in a much closer match to the Red light Fever's guitar outro as it was captured on the recording session on Liz Phair's eponymous 2003 album was from my other guitar. It is an old US made Gibson Les Paul also bought by my granddad back in the 1960s in a car boot sale which I since tweaked by connecting the bridge pickups in series and in-phase - as opposed to the standart hum-canceling series and out-of-phase connection of two single-coil pickups. This defeated the bridge pickups hum bucking / hum canceling properties of my Gibson Les Paul, but it did result in a tone that was closer to Red Light Fever as it was recorded. <br />When it comes to hum avoidance issues, during the recording session of this particular track, Liz Phair probably avoided serious hum pickup with the help of her trusty seasoned guitar and amp "roadies" who knew how to take measures against hum pickup by a series and in-phase connected non hum canceling guitar pick up. Liz Phair and her session band's recording gear and other equipment was probably powered - like I did - from a Furman IT-1220 Power Conditioning Balanced Isolation Transformer or something similar like Cinepro PowerPRO 20 AC Line Balancer (which I also own in my hi-fi set-up). Both power transformers can lower the inherent 50-Hz or 60-Hz hum of the 110-volt / 220-volt AC line down to inaudible levels as balanced power has already been recognized by the National Electric Code Article 530 for technical power applications for some time now. <br />A Record by Mullard version of the EL84 tube? How old is Sherry's guitar amp? Does it date back to the time when Tom Brokaw was still doing a live coverage of the Tet Offensive? I only have six of such extremely rare but tonally-rich tubes. Some of the letters of the labels have already rubbed out in my set, Does it really read "Record" or is there some letters missing? Due to it's extreme rarity, I only use such tube - as opposed to the standard 6V6 tube - in my since tweaked Black Face Fender Champ on special occasions. I had also read that most Alternative Rock musicians prefer Mullard EL84 tubes rather than the more common EL34 tubes when it comes to guitar tonality.VaneSSahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09903333054433459032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2506799271388439141.post-15366289805181521832009-10-17T07:55:13.568-07:002009-10-17T07:55:13.568-07:00Liz Phair's Red Light Fever is probably the be...Liz Phair's Red Light Fever is probably the best song I ever heard in my 30-year or so existence on this planet. Proof that you don't have to play at Warp Speed to create a very beautiful guitar solo. With a guitar tone that rich, I think Liz Phair probably replaced the tubes of the Fender Twin she's using with a Record by Mullard EL84 tubes.Sherryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06734540074567393781noreply@blogger.com