Anyone know how Ron Wood got that sick, raw, ragged guitar tone on the studio track of the Faces' Stay With Me? One of my all time favorite guitar tones, as well as riffs...
Anyone know how Ron Wood got that sick, raw, ragged guitar tone on the studio track of the Faces' Stay With Me? One of my all time favorite guitar tones, as well as riffs...
I'm guessing that was some kind of fuzz played into a Marshall that was dimed on the Rhythm p'up of a Les Paul, but I'm probably wrong. That's where I'd start though.
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That's an awesome song. It was my favorite song for many years groing up.
I like that it's dirty as hell, yet bright.
I use my Tele or Les Paul with a Fulltone '69 Pedal into my tweed Deluxe clone for that kind of sound.
I love playing that loose Faces style rhythm guitar. I like to play "Had Me a Real Good time" even more than "Stay With Me".
I'm partial to Bad-n-Ruin myself.
As far as the Ron Wood sound, I get good results playing without effects into my dimed 65 champ.
Nothin left to do but smile smile smile.....
Ampeg V4.
There are rumours that his Zemaitis has some built-in fuzz (but that doesn't explain how he gets that sound using the Dan Armstrong plexi guitar in the video.
Meastro fuzz were around, too.
Oh and one more thing:
Five Guys Walk Into a Bar.
Check that video at 0:55 and again at 3:15... isn't that a Champ sitting on the floor back there by Ronnie's big rig??
I doubt it's what Woody's using, but that sounds like what the Pignose was invented to do.
Serious dirt.
It does look like a little amp sitting there. Can't see it too well though.
Cool vid!
When was the last time you saw ol' Rod without a tan?
"Well, I used to be disgusted, now I try to be amused..."
Elvis Costello
That is a little champ back there!
prolly what he's using.
You can tell they aren't all that loud by how well we hear Rod's handclaps are in the begining.
"Tone is in the Dan Armstrong Plexiglas Guitar" perhaps??
I'd say the champ dimed,the lead pup dimed and the tone
rolled off.
But Ihave to say I had a amp when I was a kid that was a solid state 60's amp,
called a prestige with 6 inch speaker,that sounded just like that.. I hated that amp,,
It sounded the same no matter how you played...LOL!!!
At that time live I think they were using Ampegs (VT22s?)but they are clean up to a point where to get them to distort is close to the pain threshold.Ampegs have a unique sound that is very much underappreciated, Maybe a Jet or a ReverbRocket would get you near that sound at a sane volume
I used to play through a VT22, and I can tell you that breakup is beyond the pain threshold. WAY beyond. I even bought (being 17 and not knowing any better) one of those stupid plug-in "master volume" things that Ampeg marketed. Nuthin'. That amp would outrun an F-16. Hearing protection required by OSHA. Sign this waiver and it's yours, son.....
My favorite Faces sound is that paino-guitar chug-a-roar in the intro to "I Know I'm Losing You." Day-yum.
actually, if you listen for it, you can hear that there is a pot load of compression on the whole mix, i guess as is typical of made-for-tv etc.Originally Posted by Wilko
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Ha! My first electric "rig" was a Prestige strat copy and a Prestige amp. My folks picked it up at the local Army base PX. Sounded like ass no matter what I did.
Gotta say, it's amazing what you'll find on YouTube. That Faces vid is one of my favorite and I haven't seen it in over 15 years. Thanks for posting it.
Cool Armstrong too! Ron and Rod were great together.
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Dang, did you guys listen to the filthy freakin' tone he got at the same live taping, on the Zemaitis guitar? Man, that's raw! Now I feel like I need a fuzzbox. Wow. That's smack yer grandpappy in the face tone.
"I'm gonna find myself a girl
that can show me what laughter means
And we'll fill in the missing colors
In each other's paint-by-number dreams..."
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My favorite Faces sound is that paino-guitar chug-a-roar in the intro to "I Know I'm Losing You." Day-yum.[/QUOTE]
This......
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4PXMCCTMwM
Love that tune.
What are those extra knobs on Ronnie's guitar?
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IIRC, it's some kind of built in distortion box.
Dan armstrong had that sorta cheapish plug in distortion box that sounded rough as hell. It sounds like a combination of rough fuzz effect plus heavy camera auto compression.
I saw them several times and the Faces or Humble pie had that cool lazy anything for fun down to a tee.............
You saw the Pie live? I'm jealous! Didn't Woody tune his Zemaitis to open G for "Stay With Me"?
Just watched the utube; definately a distortion pedal. That's not amp distortion, it's a "fuzzbox". Try to get your hands on an old Maestro Fuzztain - check eBay or something. That'll get you there. -h
Thanks for posting those videos clips of a great band. It helped me to stumble on to this nugget... I never realized they covered this one by Sir Paul: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLhoLkTyNkM
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Oh yeah. You gotta get "5 Guys Walk Into a Bar"
great collection of odd cuts from these guys.
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