Instructor - Wolf Marshall
Wolf Marshall:
Welcome to our class on FX licks. Here's our first lick:
Wolf Marshall:
Here's Lick 1 for tonite. See if you can guess the sound
Jimmy:
some sort of envelope filter
Wolf Marshall:
Good Jimmy, this is a bluesy lick using the auto wah of an envelope follower
Jimmy:
that song by Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians has one of my favorite guitar solos using that effect
Wolf Marshall:
It was a real popular sound on funk records too. The Edge of U2 used one as well.
The point is to add the effect to YOUR LICKS. This first lick is in the A Blues Scale,
the riff is a standard blues theme. Try all these licks with the jam track tonight:
Wolf's Mutron 3 envelope follower
Wolf Marshall:
This was done with a Mutron. MUTRON III ENVELOPE FOLLOWER (1978 model)
Controls (left side top to bottom): 3-position rotary knob for filter Mode. LP (low pass), BP (band pass) and HP (high pass). Peak and Gain controls (0-10).
Switches (right side top to bottom): Low-High Range, Drive Up or Down, Power On-Off.
Effect On-Off switch.
Pictured also is the matching Mutron PS-1 Battery Eliminator.
jerry:
do they still make the Mutron?
Wolf Marshall:
I think they are reissued by some company
Jimmy:
is that a digital effect, or analog
Wolf Marshall:
Analog
Wolf's Dr. Q envelope follower
Wolf Marshall:
DOCTOR Q ENVELOPE FOLLOWER by Electro-Harmonix (1977 model)
Controls: Bass-Normal slide switch, Range knob. Effect On-Off switch. This is another famous envelope follower,
Pat Martino the jazz guitarist used one of these on his fusion record
jerry:
what is an "envelope filter" anyway?
Wolf Marshall:
Jerry--the effect is a variable filter that works with input signal to shape notes--most commonly like an automatic wah wah.
You make your typical licks sound very different with these babies. Here's another lick for y'all
Wolf Marshall:
This one has some jazzy modal notes in it. Again note the envelope follower. The thing about this lick is the use of the 9th tone: B,
gives it a Wes-Benson vibe. The arpeggio is raked backwards--sweep picked, it's an A minor 9th arpeggio,
again try placing it into the blues context and you get something original
jerry:
what notes are in the min 9th arp?
Wolf Marshall:
In this case: A C E and B Jerry, played descending: B A E C B A
jerry:
isn't it 1, b3, 5, b7, b9?
Wolf Marshall:
Jerry that's the basic chord---this is specific melody, the arpeggio is A C E G plus B,
in this melody you omit the G, It creates that jazzy sound with those intervals selected
Wolf Marshall:
That's what you guys have to do...take parts of scales and chords and make new licks with them
Jimmy:
I have trouble with arpeggios for some reason
Wolf Marshall:
Jimmy--they are chords played as single notes. What kind of problems?
Jimmy:
just remembering all of them
Wolf Marshall:
That's familiarity--takes time. Think of them as chords in a key, Jimmy--it also helps to see them as fingered shapes moving up the neck
Wolf Marshall:
Here's another lick to chew on
Wolf Marshall:
This lick has a different vibe---pun intended. Roto-Vibe! The lick is in the guitar-organ style,
these types of licks are used by guitarists who like to mimick Hammond Organ licks.
The double stops and Leslie sound are the ticket
Univibe
Jimmy:
isn't a roto-vibe expensive?
Wolf Marshall:
No actually it's reasonable Jimmy, made by Dunlop, it's a Leslie simulating pedal like a wah,
it has two modes: vibrato and chorus, but thru the right amp it's Leslie to the bone.
The UniVibe is similar, both are reissued by Dunlop
Dunlop RotoVibe
jerry:
what's a leslie?
Wolf Marshall:
It's a Leslie rotating speaker cabinet
Leslie
Wolf Marshall:
Guitarist used it a lot in classic hard rock and before, as you all can see, these were BIG and HEAVY
jerry:
how heavy?
Wolf Marshall:
Like moving furniture at every gig--how about carrying it up stairs?!!!
jerry:
isn't that an organ cab?
Wolf Marshall:
Jerry--right
jerry:
it looks like there are two slots for sound
Wolf Marshall:
Lots of guitarists plugged into them--Dave Gilmour, Clapton, Harrison, it has a rotating speaker inside. Grol--like a sideboard,
I mean a large piece of furniture
gman:
I heard Hendrix used one for "Little Wing," before he had the Uni-Vibe
Wolf Marshall:
I think you may be right--GMAN--in the studio, Stevie Ray used one too--a Fender Vibratone
Jimmy:
I think I'll just get an digital effects processor that does it instead
Wolf Marshall:
Some sound good these days Jimmy
jerry:
are the Fender's as big as the Leslie?
Wolf Marshall:
Jerry--no much smaller and lighter, about size of a combo amp
Jimmy:
do the pro's use the real thing nowadays?
Wolf Marshall:
Jimmy--a lot do in the studio
grolschie:
Joe Perry of Aerosmith's "What it takes" solo?
Wolf Marshall:
That's another GROL
jerry:
kind of like the "droppler effect"
Wolf Marshall:
Exactly Jerry, Stevie Ray on Cold Shot
jerry:
you know when you're a kid and you swing a hose around your head to get the 360 sound
Wolf Marshall:
Right--that's the idea Jerry, here comes the next lick:
Wolf Marshall:
This one has a combo of Leslie and envelope follower, this lick really imitates that blues organ riffing style
Jimmy:
is an envelope filter and envelope follower the same thing?
Wolf Marshall:
Yes Jimmy, it is most often called the envelope follower though
Jimmy:
ok, my digital processor calls it a filter so I was confused
Wolf Marshall:
The sound is probably the same Jimmy, all envelope followers are basically variable filters
Wolf's Heil Talk Box
Wolf Marshall:
Here's another way to get the filter---WITH YOUR MOUTH!! HEIL TALK BOX
Signal path: Guitar--> Amp head (50-watts 8 ohm) speaker out--> Talk Box output--> Speaker cabinet.
The mouth tube is attached to a microphone stand and is picked up by mic. This signal goes to PA, mixing board or to a second amp.
Wolf Marshall:
So--three ways to wah. With wah pedal, envelope follower and Talk Box, the Talk Box is also reissued by Dunlop
Dunlop - Heil Talkbox
Jimmy:
so what are you saying into the box?
Wolf Marshall:
Anything you want--you are shaping the tone with vowels usually
jerry:
that's the effect Peter Frampton uses in "Do You Feel" and Joe Walsh uses in "Rocky Mountian Way"!!!
Wolf Marshall:
Right Jerry. Also Sweet Emotion or She's A Woman by Jeff Beck, they are doing good with classic reissue boxes
grolschie:
Is that a relative of the vocoder?
Wolf Marshall:
Actually Vocoder is more like a synthesizer, the Talk Box is purely a physical thing. Tube in your mouth
Jimmy:
are you saying anything into the box?
Wolf Marshall:
Depends on the song, on the sample those are just basic vowels: oohs, ahs , and etc
stobocore:
can you mimic notes to
Wolf Marshall:
Strobo, you basically speak with your guitar notes, as you play you sync words to the lick
jerry:
hey Wolf, what effect does Alice in Chains use on "Man in a Box"?
Wolf Marshall:
That's a Talk Box, Talk Boxes sound good with a distorted amp, with distortion you get growl on the notes along with wah,
I guess it's adios time, see you all soon. Come on back
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