Ultimate Rock maestro

Hammeron · 2011-01-20T20:42:39+00:00

Who is it.....who is the ultimate of all time???? :-\

AlanRatcliffe

I absolutely love Leslie speakers. The Hammond organ too. The Hammond shares a few things with the electric guitar that make it very well suited for rock - electromagnetic pickups and a valve amp. While the B3 wasn't touch sensitive, the more notes you played together and the further out you pulled the stops, the more the amp distorted.

Hammeron

....well there you go...thanks Alan

Hammeron

Anyone got access to 'Leslies'? 8)

Bob-Dubery

There are pedals designed to produce a similar effect. The Line 6 Roto Machine is one example but not the only one.

Interestingly the Roto Machine also dirties up the sound a bit, presumably to try to recreate that Hammond/Leslie distortion.

The Univibe was an attempt to provide the Leslie effect without having to lug a Leslie around or pay for one.

Bob-Dubery

Late 60s early 70s a LOT of people were using the Hammond organ. John Evan of Jethro Tull, Keith Emerson, Rick Wakeman, Rick Wright, Ken Hensley, Gregg Rolie, Bill Payne ... Hammonds were all over the place. Not quite the only game in town, but by far the most popular.

A notable exception was Garth Hudson of The Band who used a Lowry.

Seventhson

Chris broderick end of discussio >☹

Malkav

Seventhson wrote Chris broderick end of discussio >☹

He's good and everything, but he's just a shredder. If it weren't for him joining Megadeath most people would never have heard his name, it's not like Jag Panzer was ever doing particularly well.

I find whenever I watch him play on electric his technique just seems too stiff, and his alternate picking is just a tad bit too rigid sounding. My biggest turn off though is how awful his distorted tone generally is, it's just so harsh and abrassive in the Bet You Can't Play This videos and none of the subsequent other ones I've seen have changed my opinion. The thing is that his tone is so abrassive that it almost sounds muddy and it makes him sound like his technique is a bit naff...

Then he picks up a classical guitar and I shut up :-[

I love his classical playing, and his RGs but I'm not a fan of his electric playing. His tone is pretty dreadful quite often as well...Just pointing out why he wouldn't be the end of the discussion ?

Seventhson

Chad Adam Browne wrote
Seventhson wrote Chris broderick end of discussio >☹
He's good and everything, but he's just a shredder. If it weren't for him joining Megadeath most people would never have heard his name, it's not like Jag Panzer was ever doing particularly well.

I find whenever I watch him play on electric his technique just seems too stiff, and his alternate picking is just a tad bit too rigid sounding. My biggest turn off though is how awful his distorted tone generally is, it's just so harsh and abrassive in the Bet You Can't Play This videos and none of the subsequent other ones I've seen have changed my opinion. The thing is that his tone is so abrassive that it almost sounds muddy and it makes him sound like his technique is a bit naff...

Then he picks up a classical guitar and I shut up :-[

I love his classical playing, and his RGs but I'm not a fan of his electric playing. His tone is pretty dreadful quite often as well...Just pointing out why he wouldn't be the end of the discussion ?

I love his tone. Maybe I am just weird.

BMU

I also don't get the complaints about his tone. It's not just Chad, I've heard others too. Listening to Endgame, those are great lead tones (great production all around)

But I agree he's not the ultimate rock maestro. For one thing, Jeff Loomis and Per Nilsson both are technically as strong but with more unique styles. Especially Nilsson. Secondly, he's not really breaking open anything new, to me that's a strong requirement to qualify as candidate for "greatest ever".

Malkav

BMU wrote I also don't get the complaints about his tone. It's not just Chad, I've heard others too. Listening to Endgame, those are great lead tones (great production all around)

In fairness I thought his tone was fine on Endgame (a bit generic), but that's with a huge famous metal band. They have better production and can hire people who make things like that better. I'm talking about his solo videos and with Jag Panzer, the point in time when his ears were picking his tones ?

BMU wrote But I agree he's not the ultimate rock maestro. For one thing, Jeff Loomis and Per Nilsson both are technically as strong but with more unique styles. Especially Nilsson. Secondly, he's not really breaking open anything new, to me that's a strong requirement to qualify as candidate for "greatest ever".

I agree with you completely on this. I'm not a huge fan of Loomis, however I do think he has serious chops, I just don't really like the kind of music he makes. However the moment you hear Loomis, you know it's Loomis ? and that is the most important and admirable quality of them all ?

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