first of all congratulations on your great playing !!!
Being a prof. guitar player myself I would appreciate, if you could share with me some insight on how you achieved a certain rhythm sound i fell in love with in the 80ies, listening to guys like Paul Jackson jr. and the likes …
It’s a sound that’s often referred to as “bubble-strat” and that I heard recently on one of your recordings for Hans Zimmer:
“Dropzone” soundtrack, title: “Too Many Notes…”
I would really appreciate, if you could quickly explain to me, how you achieve this sound:
guitar: probably a Stratocaster of some kind
strings: gauge (thinner than .010 ?!?)
pick ups: EMG SA strat PUs ?! …or stock passive Fender ?!
pick up position: probably “out of phase” position between bridge & middle PU ?!
amp or straight to the board ?! Or both ?! Which amp, if so ?! Or some special pre-amp ?!
additional effects ?! Chorus, delay, filter, EQs ?!
O.K., I think that’s about it !
So thank you very much in advance, all the best to you and kind regards from Hamburg / Germany,
sincerely,
I apologize for taking so long in responding, but I’m just getting this note now. There is a forwarding issue with my wordpress site that I need to address.
I have a horrible memory – but I’ll go back and take a listen to that one and see if it conjures up any recollections. Offhand, I know that my main strat back then was a Fender American standard – yes, probably standard gauge .010 (D’Addario Nickel). Very likely the stock pickups back then. Amp wise, I had a Bogner Ecstasy & Matchless HC-30 back then – I would guess it was the Matchless, but both amps had great clean sounds. I didn’t do much straight-to-the-board recording.
Typically, I never used many effects – I did have an SDX-330 in the rack back then, though. It would have been that unit, or maybe double tracked? Double tracked seems more likely.
bob daspit 
Dear Bob,
first of all congratulations on your great playing !!!
Being a prof. guitar player myself I would appreciate, if you could share with me some insight on how you achieved a certain rhythm sound i fell in love with in the 80ies, listening to guys like Paul Jackson jr. and the likes …
It’s a sound that’s often referred to as “bubble-strat” and that I heard recently on one of your recordings for Hans Zimmer:
“Dropzone” soundtrack, title: “Too Many Notes…”
I would really appreciate, if you could quickly explain to me, how you achieve this sound:
guitar: probably a Stratocaster of some kind
strings: gauge (thinner than .010 ?!?)
pick ups: EMG SA strat PUs ?! …or stock passive Fender ?!
pick up position: probably “out of phase” position between bridge & middle PU ?!
amp or straight to the board ?! Or both ?! Which amp, if so ?! Or some special pre-amp ?!
additional effects ?! Chorus, delay, filter, EQs ?!
O.K., I think that’s about it !
So thank you very much in advance, all the best to you and kind regards from Hamburg / Germany,
sincerely,
Roland
Hi Roland,
Thank you for getting in touch!
I apologize for taking so long in responding, but I’m just getting this note now. There is a forwarding issue with my wordpress site that I need to address.
I have a horrible memory – but I’ll go back and take a listen to that one and see if it conjures up any recollections. Offhand, I know that my main strat back then was a Fender American standard – yes, probably standard gauge .010 (D’Addario Nickel). Very likely the stock pickups back then. Amp wise, I had a Bogner Ecstasy & Matchless HC-30 back then – I would guess it was the Matchless, but both amps had great clean sounds. I didn’t do much straight-to-the-board recording.
Typically, I never used many effects – I did have an SDX-330 in the rack back then, though. It would have been that unit, or maybe double tracked? Double tracked seems more likely.
Bob