Members Vintage_freak Posted May 26, 2009 Members Share Posted May 26, 2009 I have a rickenbacker 620 which is absolutely fantastic, but i am finding the dry sound fairly underwhelming. I want to try and emulate that jangley sound, typifyed by Peter Buck, Johnny Marr and other 6 string Rick players. I am aware of the Janglebox, but is incredibly expensive. Are there any alternatives?I have looked at a few, and so far the EHX nano soul preacher looks good, simply because of the low price, small size and quite a feq controls.Any suggestions out there?Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MakuseruSukotto Posted May 26, 2009 Members Share Posted May 26, 2009 Stay away from the Soul Preacher, very very noisy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vintage_freak Posted May 26, 2009 Author Members Share Posted May 26, 2009 Ok cheers, any other suggestions?The Boss CS 3 seems to have some fairly jangley tones on their website demo.Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members clementwave Posted May 26, 2009 Members Share Posted May 26, 2009 The jangle came from an AC30 or bitchingly clean fender, what amp do you have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vintage_freak Posted May 26, 2009 Author Members Share Posted May 26, 2009 At band practice, i have a tsl60, and at home i have a Marshall MG30 something, which is {censored}. I have played it through a DeVille, with slightly better results, but i am going to try a laney lionheart 5 watt soon, as i beleive i may be able to get that at factory prices. Im hoping that will improve it. The main reason i am asking is that Roger McGuinn said that he always uses compression for ricks because their natural sustain is lost pretty quick. Seeing as he is essentially the main man for jangle, i thought maybe i could use a comressor as a way to improve my tone whilst saving for a better amp.Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mirrorball Posted May 26, 2009 Members Share Posted May 26, 2009 http://janglebox.com/ McGuinn uses the JangleBox (or so the site says). Not sure about the newer JB2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MakuseruSukotto Posted May 26, 2009 Members Share Posted May 26, 2009 You're running into very un-jangly amps though. Have you though about trying the Tech 21 Liverpool? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members HeartfeltDawn Posted May 26, 2009 Members Share Posted May 26, 2009 Of the people you mentioned (Buck, McGuinn and Marr), each has a lot of differences in gear. Yes, they Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members deluxe74 Posted May 26, 2009 Members Share Posted May 26, 2009 Well I know you said that cheep is preferable, but when I saw Death Cab for Cutie, Chris walla had numerous Rickenbackers including a couple of 620s and on his pedal board it appeared he was using a Keeley four knob. Man his tone... Killin'! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mike McLenison Posted May 26, 2009 Members Share Posted May 26, 2009 I second the Janglebox. I use one with my Rick 12 and Vox AC-30. I've used others but the Janglebox is in it's own league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vintage_freak Posted May 26, 2009 Author Members Share Posted May 26, 2009 Thanks a bunch guys, this is just what i needed! Yeah i should hopefully be getting the lionheart for about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members greenweenie Posted May 26, 2009 Members Share Posted May 26, 2009 Currently Marr uses a Diamond Comp into a Super Reverb. Pretty jangle-ish but like they said, its in the amp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TravvyBear Posted May 26, 2009 Members Share Posted May 26, 2009 You need duh Vox bro. There are a lot of good AC15 copies around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members HeartfeltDawn Posted May 26, 2009 Members Share Posted May 26, 2009 Thanks a bunch guys, this is just what i needed! Yeah i should hopefully be getting the lionheart for about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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