how did Stone get his strat to sound so fat the last tour

Mike's Cousin
Mike's Cousin Posts: 21
edited June 2004 in Musicians and Gearheads
I can't believe he played that strat for songs like DTE, Once, and STBC. I'm thinking he played with the bridge pickup with the tone rolled off at least half way.
Makes much more sense
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  • DaytimeDilemma
    DaytimeDilemma Posts: 2,008
    Yeah, I was asking myself the same question.
  • evenflowrocks
    evenflowrocks Posts: 96
    its all in the fingers man, I know some people who can play a strat through a little 15 watt practice amp and it'll come out fat as hell. for me they just always seem a little too thin but I have a buddy who can play through my amp, same pedals, guitar, settings and all and it sounds completely different than when I play it...it's all in the fingers
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  • mccreadyisgod
    mccreadyisgod Bumfuq, MT Posts: 6,395
    Stone didn't use any overdrive or distortion effect pedals this last tour.

    But damn yes, he does have awesome gear...
    ...and if you don't like it, you can suck on an egg.
  • djyman15
    djyman15 Posts: 181
    so then he just used the amp's distortion on the last tour mig?
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  • djyman15
    djyman15 Posts: 181
    excuse me, TAFKAMIG ;)
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  • mccreadyisgod
    mccreadyisgod Bumfuq, MT Posts: 6,395
    Originally posted by djyman15
    so then he just used the amp's distortion on the last tour mig?

    Stone used natural overdrive from the amp (especially on the Trentino, which has two independant amplifiers in one box) as well as compression and booster pedals to push the preamp.

    You can view Stone's pedalboard on http://www.giventowail.com
    Just go to the Gear & Tech Info page, then click to Pedals/Effects, and choose Stone's gear.
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  • Mike's Cousin
    Mike's Cousin Posts: 21
    which is the boost pedal? what does a compressor and boost do to the pre amp section? why do they only affect the pre amp section?
    Makes much more sense
  • mccreadyisgod
    mccreadyisgod Bumfuq, MT Posts: 6,395
    Well, now...

    The boost on Stone's board is a Morgan Miller DT-1 Boost. In the photo on GTW, it's in the upper-right corner, labeled #6. I'm not familiar with the name, I'd guess it's built by a small boutique builder.

    A compressor will squash the peaks in an audio signal and then bring up the overall level, making volume changes less dramatic.

    Both compressors and boost pedals can be used for clean (read: unaltered, undistorted) volume increase. This is known as "boost" or clean gain. In fact, this is the express purpose of a boost pedal: to make the signal louder and fuller.

    This sort of effect will affect both the preamp section and the power amp section, but since the signal goes through the preamp first, the boost will drive the preamp first. In most cases, the preamp will distort the signal before the power amp will. However, driving the power section into overdrive WILL cause power tubes to distort as well as compress signals. This is commonly refered to as "saturation," a desirable effect from pushing the power section.

    Anyone care to disagree or clarify?
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  • nazcanlines
    nazcanlines Posts: 26
    what does stbc stand for?
  • All Those Yesterdays
    All Those Yesterdays Posts: 2,723
    Originally posted by nazcanlines
    what does stbc stand for?

    Spin The Black Circle
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  • All Those Yesterdays
    All Those Yesterdays Posts: 2,723
    When recording I typically like to use my Danelectro double cut-away (lip stick pick-ups, which are a thinner pick-up than fenders single coil) and play that thru a tube screamer thats in front of a 15 wall Gibson Minuteman amp. And that tone is just incredible thick. In case you don't know a Minuteman is a single channel tube amp, we just crank them up! The way it should be
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  • djyman15
    djyman15 Posts: 181
    that Dano sounds really cool ATY. Id just like add that on the guitar i built, two of the pickups (the config is HSS {the last S is actually a double bladed humbucker}) the H and the S are out of phase with each other. So when I switch to bridge middle, the sound is weaker, and when I switch out, it actually has a boost effect. Granted this was done completely unintentionally haha, but its a nice gimmick
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  • Mike's Cousin
    Mike's Cousin Posts: 21
    what does that MXR micro amp do?
    Makes much more sense
  • 2italy
    2italy Posts: 39
    maybe an overdrive pedal...as a preamp or before the amp input...
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  • pariah
    pariah Posts: 596
    Originally posted by Mike's Cousin
    what does that MXR micro amp do?
    It's a clean boost, as described above. Adds volume and some presence and body to your sound.
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  • mccreadyisgod
    mccreadyisgod Bumfuq, MT Posts: 6,395
    I once saw a drummer use a Micro Amp as an amp for in-ear monitors... they had bass tracks recorded onto an iPod with a click track... it was pretty interesting.
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