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Bill Frissell is a phenomenally creative guitar player. And he's been integrating looping effects for a long time. I remember seeing him with Joey Barron at Johnny D's in Somerville, MA about 10 years ago. He was using a reverb and Digitech PDS-8000 Echo Plus as his only effects (Here's a picture of the PDS http://homepages.luc.edu/~tgeerdi/dslpedals.html). He mounts it in "arms reach" or on an amp, because a key feature of the PDS's analog delay is you can turn a knob that speeds up and slows down a delayed/looped segment in a way that also changes the pitch. Combined with his deft whammy-bar technique, it's a pleasure to hear what he does. With his somewhat "americana-jazz" band at the Montreal Jazz Fest July 2002, he was using the same pedal still. Along with the DL-4 mentioned below. God bless him. ----- Original Message ----- From: "ernesto schnack" <schnack@mailbolt.com> To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> Sent: Monday, May 12, 2003 12:56 AM Subject: Re: Frisell > On Sun, 11 May 2003 20:35:16 -0700, Mark Hamburg <mark_hamburg@baymoon.com> > wrote: > > pedal but also using a DL-4 to some extent. Reviving an age old debate on > > this list, I would classify his use of loops as more of an effect than an > > instrument or compositional tool. Their most prominent use in the show > > were > > as "funny sound" breaks. > > Yeah, he uses them more for ambience. However, it is still amazing how > agile he has become at it. Those sounds just pop out of nowhere. the >first > time I heard him (Blues for LA) I had no idea what was going on. I >thought > he was using some sort of whammy bar, but it sounded so weird... > > -- > ernesto schnack > http://schnack.does.it >