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I've heard that the relatively inexpensive Danelectro French Toast was designed to sound like the Foxx Tone Machine. I enjoy using mine sometimes, but I've never played a real FTM to compare it to. Greg --- stanitarium@earthlink.net wrote: > here is a quote from Guitar Player jan.'84: > AB describing his onstage/studio equipment p.80- > ...number 3 is my Foxx[Tone Machine]fuzztone. That's the sound in "Big > Electric Cat" and "Paint the Road". "i always use it w/ the high octave > sustain switch on. its my favorite effect, and not an easy one to find >these > days. i'm also daisy-chaining the Foxx-tone into an MXR 10-band graphic > equalizer so that i can eq it." > i know i'm getting into minutia here but AB is/was a great looper guitar > guy,so... > s > > > I had always been under the assumption that he got the octave sound >out of > > the GR300 myself but, since someone brought up the possibility of the >Foxx > > Tone Machine. I got to thinking that it could possibly be that or >maybe he > > just conciously or unconciously modeled his GR patch around the FTM >sound or > > something like it. The tune I was thinking about was Paint The Road >from > > Twang Bar King. > > > > Thanks Guys > > Another Belewaholic ;D > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: David [mailto:vze2ncsr@verizon.net] > > Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 3:29 PM > > To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com > > Subject: Re: King crimson stuff > > > > > > At one point in the early 80's, and memory fails me when exactly, AB >had an > > Ibanez HD1000 Harmonizer Harmonics Delay. I remember talking about it >with, > > and buying one from, Reeves Gabrels when he was working at Wurlitzer on > > Newbury Street back in 1986. > > > > The Roland GR300 of that era also would create pitch-shifted tones +/- > > octaves > > > > And then AB also is a superlative slide-guitar player, and he would >often go > > beyond the fretboard. > > > > I hope that helps. > > > > David Kirkdorffer > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Alan Kroeger" <nospam@developsolutions.com> > > To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> > > Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 3:11 PM > > Subject: RE: King crimson stuff > > > > > >> Red? Hmm!, the one I had in the 70's was blue (maybe there was another > >> version or it was customized) but, I did love that thing (it still had > >> a slightly ugly fuzz sound) the octave thing was cool (wish I still > >> had it $$$). Do you think that was what he was using to get those > >> sounds on Lone Rhino and/or Twang Bar King? I ain't much for persuing > >> those trivia details ;D > >> > >> Heres a pic the same as the one I had > >> http://www.tonefrenzy.com/2/images/gear/fox_tonemachine1%20copy.JPG > >> > >> I might have to think about duplicating this on one of my DSP boxes > >> cause > > it > >> is cool sounding. > >> > >> Some circuits that supposedly replicate it > >> http://www.runoffgroove.com/ftm.html > >> http://www.generalguitargadgets.com/ftm.html > >> > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: stanitarium@earthlink.net [mailto:stanitarium@earthlink.net] > >> Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 2:40 PM > >> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com > >> Subject: Re: King crimson stuff > >> > >> > >> hey bein a belewaholic since the 80s maybe i know... > >> every interview in print that i have from the days of elephant talk > >> adrian talks about his 'foxx tone machine' for those upper octavee > >> thingees-it works like the roger mayer 'octavia'-fuzz plus octave. and > >> its red and > > fuzzy > >> :-) > >> s > >> > >>> No Harmonizer - He just uses the guitar to really get up there - you > >>> should try to locate the Live in Mexico official bootleg - he does a > >>> killer high pitched distorted feedback squeal solo on "Three of a > >>> Perfect Pair" - and if you can find the old video he made in the > >>> 80's you can see how he gets a lot of his sound with minimal effects > >>> although his rack at that time was the size of a fridge :) > >>> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: L. Angulo [mailto:labalou2000@yahoo.com] > >>> Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 6:18 AM > >>> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com > >>> Subject: RE: King crimson stuff > >>> > >>> hes obviously also using some sort of harmonizer to > >>> get those really high pitched notes but what intrigues > >>> me is that you cannot hear the artifacts you usually > >>> hear from such devices > >>> louie > >>> --- Glenn Poorman <glenn.poorman@autodesk.com> wrote: > >>>> I think that second solo is pure guitar with some > >>>> good > >>>> fat distortion and compression. > >>>> > >>>> Glenn > >>>> > >>>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>>> From: L. Angulo [mailto:labalou2000@yahoo.com] > >>>>> Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 8:39 AM > >>>>> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com > >>>>> Subject: Re: King crimson stuff > >>>>> > >>>>> Thanx Caleb > >>>>> Yes i am aware that they both used Roland synths > >>>> and > >>>>> in Elephant talk is really clear the synth solo > >>>> from > >>>>> fripp but the second solo is the one that > >>>> intrigues > >>>>> me... > >>>>> Cheers > >>>>> Louie > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> ===== > >>> www.luis-angulo.com > >>> > >>> __________________________________ > >>> Do you Yahoo!? > >>> Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes > >>> http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/signingbonus > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > > > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/signingbonus
