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Post by motorcitymetalhead on Dec 15, 2010 17:48:35 GMT -5
Does anyone know any settings that might be close to Tom Scholz sound he used on the first record [and then for some reason abandoned on the second record] I mean the Splawn QR is basicaly a Marshall Plexi on "Roids", correct? I would think some of you guys have tried to replicate it. I have a Curt Mitchell Video somewhere and he shows how to get there with his amp. [he has a vintage modded Plexi] wonder if that would give a guy a "Baseline?] to start from.....We are all Scotts "Splawn",....
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Post by splawndude on Dec 16, 2010 18:43:31 GMT -5
I can't remember my settings exactly but I can pretty much guess at what I used - because honestly, my settings do not change all that much. This clip is a bit messy because I was trying to double track it without a metronome but you get the idea. profile.ultimate-guitar.com/311ZOSOVHJH/music/all/play809374All O'Clock pres 10 bass 11 mids 12 treb 12 solo 11 vol 10 gain 11 gear 2 OD1 yeah, Gear 2 so it might be a tad rougher than Scholz |
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Post by sasquatch on Dec 21, 2010 14:52:13 GMT -5
Weren't most of the guitar tracks recorded in his basement using a lot of processing gear he designed and built (preamps, F/X, etc)? Stuff that later evolved into the Rockman product line?
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Post by shreder75 on Dec 21, 2010 14:57:32 GMT -5
something along those lines
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Post by metaltronixmike on Dec 21, 2010 16:52:17 GMT -5
Get a Rockman Sustainor...first generation direct recording unit. Tom was a bit of a processing pioneer. Sustainor, EQ, Chorus were 1/2 rack space units. I had them all. For their time they were useful. They really don't compare with today's technology. Not sure if I'd want my QR to sound like a Rockman, IMO.
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Post by Ayton(e) on Dec 21, 2010 19:06:31 GMT -5
;D My brother had that half rack space Rockman Sustainer, it was nuts! On some settings it went berserk if you held one note and bent another, made this weird synthesizer sucking sound. We probably fed it a bit more gain than Boston.
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Post by purposetomelody on Dec 22, 2010 1:58:32 GMT -5
Never Played a QR. but I was on a quest for quite a long time to get that elusive "boston" sound profile.ultimate-guitar.com/Bostonrocks/music/all/play615244 this is a rockman DG (smaller version of the sustainor) as you can hear it absolutley NAILS the lead sound... rhythms..not so much profile.ultimate-guitar.com/Bostonrocks/music/all/play717795 this is a JCM900 with a wah a boost. this is also VERY CLOSE. so, I suggest get a wah cocking it half way and wailing away for cheap. if you have a MXR EQ www.guitarbootcamp.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/mxr_settings.jpgmake it look like that in front of the amp, hit it with a slight boost from a distortion + (tom did have it modded) and you'll be kind of close. add a bit of chorus (VERY LITTLE) to widen the sound a bit and you'll be very close. the QR should be able to do a very good job at the Boston sound, just gonna have to work with it. if you're going for more of a "Third Stage" sound you're gonna have to just buy the rockmodules. if you want more of a "Boston" or "Don't look Back" sound a cranked to hell plexi and some good EQ will get you passably close. its really one of those tones only Tom knows how he did though and even then I'm not sure if he really knew. |
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Post by waylay00 on Dec 25, 2010 19:59:30 GMT -5
Yeah, Scholz was an electrical engineer from MIT, so there's no telling what he did. His tone, while I love it, isn't something that I would go to my Splawn to in order to replicate. Way too many gadgets/preamps/devices to have to consider. I have an old Rockman though, so that gets me close.
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