28 Feb
2003
28 Feb
'03
6:04 p.m.
On Thu, 27 Feb 2003, Frank Barknecht wrote:
Hallo,
Paul Winkler hat gesagt: // Paul Winkler wrote:
Chris Wood of Traffic used to use a pickup from whom I can't recall that
was attached to the neck of his saxaphone. You can hear some of the studio
stuff he did with it on John Barleycorn Must Die and Low Spark of High
Heeled Boys.
Bill
Guitar effects on a microphone is very hard to
manage without uncontrollable
feedback. But I saw it done - on a saxophone yet! - by a trio called
Spongehead (guitar/bass, sax, and drums).
Cool. I even have a record by them, on Shimmy Disc, I think.
> The sax player used wah, echo, and an octave divider (which on a
> tenor or bari gave him some very nice deep notes, allowing the sax
> to function as the bass player on some songs!). I don't remember if
> he ever used distortion. He played through a big guitar amp, i
> think.