Members Teahead Posted June 8, 2008 Members Share Posted June 8, 2008 I love the electric guitar tones on Cake's Fashion Nugget, google tells me Greg Brown was the man responsible, but I can find nothing on what he used back in '96. My best guess is it sounds like a semi-hollow, into a smallish, old and well cranked amp, possibly even pedal boosted. I'd love to know, if anyone can shed some light on it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Axe_34 Posted June 8, 2008 Members Share Posted June 8, 2008 Good ears! Got this: Greg Brown, formerly of Cake and currently of Deathray -- his gear (love that fashion nugget tone!):Onstage and in the studlo, Brown's Carterisms take a modern turn on a 1965 Gulid Starfire running through an early-'60's 30-watt Silvertone 2 Twinn 12. "I'm amazed at the number of old guys who come's up to me and say "That was my first amp," he says. Gregs only effeet is a Rat distortion pedal used to "compress the sound a bit," and even on albums his tone is characteristically reverb-free. His Goya nylon-string has a Barcus-Berry pickup that routes to a Fender Sidekick. ...from here: http://www.duke.edu/~drw5/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 88mm Posted June 8, 2008 Members Share Posted June 8, 2008 I think he uses a Bassman combo. I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 88mm Posted June 8, 2008 Members Share Posted June 8, 2008 I was wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cdawzrd Posted June 8, 2008 Members Share Posted June 8, 2008 He's used many different amps, but what they all have in common is that they are "{censored}ty" amps... $100 practice amps from the olden days, mainly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bhsbhswarp Posted June 8, 2008 Members Share Posted June 8, 2008 i seen him on tv once and he was ruuning through what looked like a deluxe 112.the guitar semi hollow body,killer tone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Teahead Posted June 8, 2008 Author Members Share Posted June 8, 2008 Good ears! Got this: ...from here: http://www.duke.edu/~drw5/ Cool! Thanks mate. Someone should make a Fashion Nugget pedal to nail that tone, it's reminiscent of Dave Davies early Kinks tone almost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Headlow Posted June 8, 2008 Members Share Posted June 8, 2008 Cool! Thanks mate. Someone should make a Fashion Nugget pedal to nail that tone, it's reminiscent of Dave Davies early Kinks tone almost. If you want I'd be more than happy to take a pair of scissors to the front of your amp. That should get you a bit closer to Dave Davies sound Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Teahead Posted June 8, 2008 Author Members Share Posted June 8, 2008 If you want I'd be more than happy to take a pair of scissors to the front of your amp. That should get you a bit closer to Dave Davies sound No, that's for Mrs. Tea to do, when she comes home early to find me up to no good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brother_Budro Posted June 8, 2008 Members Share Posted June 8, 2008 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ug3L-RL86Dw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members willburford Posted June 8, 2008 Members Share Posted June 8, 2008 Word on the street is he also uses an old squier practice amp for some of those tight rhythm sounds. excellent band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members V Posted June 8, 2008 Members Share Posted June 8, 2008 I can get a pretty decent Cake-like sound with my strat Ayan Slim + Smooth into my Blues Jr (Cranked all the way back to Slim). The neck pickup especially sounds pretty interesting like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members drifterphase Posted June 8, 2008 Members Share Posted June 8, 2008 Good ears!Got this:...from here:http://www.duke.edu/~drw5/ I lived in sac in the early '90s and saw Cake a number of times in really small venues. The above quote is 100 percent consistent with what I saw. He kept the rat on top of his amp - not on the floor - and set it (obviously) for a very mild distortion. I think that he left the rat turned on all the time - I never once saw him switch it on or off. Live john used a little solid state squire for his acoustic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cdawzrd Posted June 8, 2008 Members Share Posted June 8, 2008 Word on the street is he also uses an old squier practice amp for some of those tight rhythm sounds. excellent band. How he gets that low-fi acoustic sound is by running a really trashy acoustic into a really trashy amp... which has changed over the years but was a Frontman at one point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Teahead Posted June 8, 2008 Author Members Share Posted June 8, 2008 The acoustic sound is quirky and all, but it's the electric rhythms and leads on Fashion Nugget in particular that really tickle my fancy. Great tone and even better playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members V Posted June 8, 2008 Members Share Posted June 8, 2008 How he gets that low-fi acoustic sound is by running a really trashy acoustic into a really trashy amp... which has changed over the years but was a Frontman at one point. It's also just got a contact pickup taped to the body. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members El Gallo Negro Posted June 9, 2008 Members Share Posted June 9, 2008 Cake rules. [YOUTUBE]6w40f18AnaY&feature[/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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