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Location: Brighty in Blighty | As I'm sure some of you are aware I am a Legg head and love listening to and playing his lovely tunes. He is the reason why I play Ovations/Adamas guitars (yes I know he doesn't play them anymore).
Anyhow I've been on a tone quest to try and get close to his sound for when I play his pieces. After a lot of research, head scratching, deads ends, equipment tests and frustration I think I have come up with something that is close to the sort of tone he gets of some of his tunes.
No it's not 100% but a very good starting point for me. Yes I should find my own voice/tone and yes I am, but this is about trying to enjoy playing his pieces with his general sound.
It's not a perfect rendition or complete, it's a tone test. The tune is Nail Talk.
Anyhow for those interested check it out here:
http://www.boiledsweets.com/tunes/nailtalktest1.mp3
I'll be recording the full piece in the fullness of time.
For those interested in what I used...
Ovation 2007 Collector with Elixir nanoweb 11s into a Zoom A2.1U with a little compression and bright slap reverb then USB'd into the PC. Normalised and MP3 encoded. I think I've been trying to overcomplicate the problem, less is more.
As an aside to this I've realised that the real answer is to record and play with a dry sound and get the performance and technique 200% down and polished. Then add processing accordingly. I beleive I can attain the same level as the professional fingerstylists, all it takes is dedication, practise, time ( oh and a load of guitars ;) )
Still I'm happy, I'm in it for the long haul :)
Thanks to RDA08 for the encouragement and inspiration. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Adrian always used real light strings and had a plain G. I found his tone over the years to get more and more bright and brittle. |
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Location: Brighty in Blighty | Yup, he typically used 10s, in fact these days he uses 9s but then he is using a guitar more like an electric.
His tone probably got brighter and brighter as his ears got older! |
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Location: South of most, North of few | I feel like such a hack now. Great job Dweez! |
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Location: NW Washington State | Sounds good. Now don't you need the Keith tuners so you can retune on the fly? I like to see you buy more and more gear. :)
-Steve W. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Very well done, Dweez! |
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Location: Chicago | Very pretty and nicely executed. I don't know the tune, but you must have done it justice... some cool transitions and chordal "colors". I also like the reverb on this one; not overdone. |
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Location: New Hampsha | Dweez, Nice job! Same tone as a lot of Legg's stuff - Sounds just like "Chicken Little's last Ride. |
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Location: Scotland | I think Mr Legg is an incredible musician, but regardless of whatever guitar he uses, I've always despised his live and recorded tone. Go figure. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Ah, Professor Templeman finishes my post for me.
Thank You.
Adrian is great, I love the guy. His initial tone was nice, could have been fatter. Didn't care for the direction it went in. Got to love his chops though. That's what's important. |
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Location: NJ | Gordon Giltrap had a similar acoustic tone, as well . . . |
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One man’s hawk is another man’s dove,
one man’s hug is another man’s shove
One man’s rock is another man’s sand,
one man’s fist is another man’s hand
One man’s tool is another man’s toy,
one man grief is another man’s joy
One man’s squawk is another man’s sing,
one man’s crutch is another man’s wing
One man’s pride is another man’s humble,
one man’s step is another man’s stumble
One man’s pleasure is another man’s pain,
one man’s loss is another man’s gain
One man’s can is another man’s grail,
one man’s curse is another man’s sail
One man’s right is another man’s wrong,
one man’s curse is another man’s song
For every father’s daughter
For every mother’s son
The only think the same
Is that is ain’t for everyone
Hank Williams said it best
He said it a long time ago
"Unless you have made no mistakes in your life Be careful of stones that you throw"
One man’s deuce is another man’s ace,
one man’s back is another man’s face
One man’s reason is another man’s rhyme,
one man’s dollar is another man’s dime
One man’s tree is another man’s post,
one man’s angel is another man’s ghost
One man’s rain is another man’s drought,
one man’s hope is another man’s doubt
One man’s false is another man’s fair,
one man’s toup is another man’s hair
One man’s hand is another man’s stub,
one man’s feast is another man’s grub
One man’s dread is another man’s dream,
one man’s sigh is another man’s scream
One man’s water is another man’s wine,
one man’s daughter leave another man’s cryin
One man’s famine is another man’s feast,
one man’s pet is another man’s beast
One man’s bat is another man’s ball,
one man’s art is another man’s scrawl
One man’s friend is another man’s foe,
one man’s Joesph is another man’s Joe
One man’s hammer is another man’s nail,
one man’s freedom is another man’s jail
One man’s road is another man’s rut,
one man’s if is another man’s but
One man’s treasure is another man’s trash,
one man’s landin is another man’s crash
One man’s word is another man’s lie,
one man’s dirt is another man’s sky
One man’s skin is another man’s color,
one man’s killer is another man’s brother
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Location: Scotland | Originally posted by cliff:
Gordon Giltrap had a similar acoustic tone, as well . . . Giltrap played Ovation's early in his career, Folklores and Pacemakers mostly, though I seem to remember the big hit being on a Deacon 12. Later Yamaha, then when my ex-business partner was distributing K Yairi over here he produced a limited run Yairi GG signature model. Lately he's been using Fylde and most recently the synthetic/polymer Cool Acoustics. Apparently he's had carpel tunnel problems or something similar, and his strings have been getting very light. His Fyldes were designed for ultra-light strings. Maybe that's why I don't like his tone either. Nice player though. |
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Location: Chicago | Made me think of Paul Simon's
"One Man's Ceiling is Another Man's Floor" |
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Location: NJ | One Man's Pet Is Whitehead's "Date". . . |
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Location: Atlanta, GA. | You're BAAAAAAd! |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Great tune Dweezil, Got one with Restoration in it? That's the topic this week |
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Location: Brighty in Blighty | uh? |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Originally posted by cliff:
One Man's Pet Is Whitehead's "Date". . . Tell Bugsy, I said, "Hey-There  " |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | I got a big carrot for you Jeffy! |
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The quest for "Legg Tone" nears it's end!
