Guitar help...

[blackfbiv]

I'm kind of enamored with the idea of adding the Byrd's kinda sound to Sunday morning.

Oddly enough I stumbled upon this unit: http://www.janglebox.com/about.asp

Would you consider this an acceptable solution? Or is there another way using another effect or two that would be more versatile over all.

I'm guessing that this isn't just some marketing gimmick on a plain old compressor/sustainer?

Any ideas are welcome.

Also: I was thinking that really all a guy like me (simple hack playing a little electric riddim here and there) should need would be a Chorus, tremolo and ...help me here.. delay mebbe? Ok I know i don't actually NEED anything, but well.. gear is gear.

I'm pretty ignorant here. I used some kinda Harmonizer in an original song one time. I have never been a fan of effects on bass. I hated it so much that I made our 'roadie' turn it off and on from the side of the stage.

TIA,

Dion

[tgoss]

Well, for a Byrd's sound you definitely need a compressor. I think I read somewhere that Roger ran through 2 of them simultaneously so this effect would be on the right track. Some of the better digital pedals can give you all of the effects you mentioned in one package but if you prefer certain pedals then individual is the way to go. Visit your local music store and start checking 'em out.

[tbabinec]

Roger McGuinn used a compressor, and I believe he also had Rickenbacker make him a Rick with a built-in treble booster. McGuinn says that the compressor was essential to his 12-string jangle sound. For some sound clips of an uncompressed vs. compressed 12-string, check out the CD accompanying Dave Hunter's book on "Guitar Rigs."

[serial]

(here it comes...)

A Sharkfin pick.

[mc2]

Actually....McGuinn's trick was that his main Ric 12-string which he used on most of the Byrds recordings (he had two main Ric 12s) had the treble boost circuit from a Vox guitar wired into it permanently to get his trademark sound. I have a pair of Vox hollowbody teardrop 12-strings and they sound dead-on exact to the Byrds records.

[blackfbiv]

Kewl... an approximation will suffice for me. The folks in the congregation won't really know (heck maybe they won't care-lol)

I think I'd probably just go with the Janglebox.

We'll throw in some of those funky Crosby harmonies (4ths? 5ths?) and voila, Retro-worship.

Now.. a sharkfin pick...hmmm?

Dion

[cmatthes]

I KNEW that old Sharkfin joke would come out!

Also, picking nearer to the bridge also helps get "that" sound