by phil kelly » 15 Jan 2020, 11:49
getting the right sound (Strat/Meazzi/Vox) and so I assumed (probably wrongly, it seems) that the objective of the post was to show how close the sound of the "wrong" gear came to that of the "right" gear.
No you are not wrong, I totally agree with you Paul , also agree how can a comparison be made without doing an A B test, the thread says Apache played with the wrong gear , Dave, you say you are not interested in comparing to the record ? why ? in this video you are suggesting by using cheaper non original equipment you can attain the same sound as when using the original gear used by Hank , but this is incorrect, the fact remains of course there is gear out there which will give a shadowy sound , tell us something we dont know, but thats all, thats all this is, it is never totally on the money, whilst I appreciate not everybody can afford the original gear, it is good for them that the cheaper alternatives are out there, but thats all they are, compromises, Hanks early sound is Meazzi, strat @ vox, period , Boss Katana ? just an amp, the only other to add to that which is on the money is the TVS 3, the rest are not, its not just about echo repeats, its the tonality within such, and the dynamic responses from the magical meazzis, as well as the harmonic complexities of the old early voxes, I have the original gear and know how it sounds, and its a million miles away from what you suggest, and this is misleading to a lot of people, even having such gear in order to recreate a melody such as Apache you have to play it exactly as Hank did, positioning and phrasing, something from watching your playing you seldom do, doing your own take on things, theres nothing wrong with that , just funny as this being something you do quote in your threads that you have to do, but you dont execute yourself, no offence meant to you, just being straight.
phil