Sound of Fripp's guitar on Bowie's Scary Monsters

[robogone]

I suppose there are people out there that don't know who Eno is either...

Sure I do!

[RTaylor]

My wife has one of those. It laughs if I close the closet door too hard.

[geoffrey]

A friend of mine is a music teacher for the last 15 years. He tells me many kids don't even know who Hendrix is or they have heard of him, but don't know his music. Especially galling to him since he is the guitarist for a Hendrix cover band. ( He played with Fripp in the League too, just to stay on topic)
Pax,
Geoff

[RTaylor]

He's a music teacher, no? Why is he not playing Purple Haze in the classroom?

[bduffy]

This thread has taken a strange turn...

[RTaylor]

I don't think anyone knows the answer to the question.

We could discuss Fripp in general...

[alex zonder]

This thread has taken a strange turn...

But with some interesting thoughts and suggestions on board already...

bduffy, I think you were on the right track writing "Tony Visconti loved to play with natural room ambience, and I bet there was some crazy ambient miking and gating going on. It's a very roomy tone." And the wonder of the final mix then is how this roomy sound is right on front of the band, almost attacking the ear with its full and dominating presence.

I guess one simply has to try to reproduce some of that sound, and in a mix, to understand how the 'roominess' could become such a fiery, attacking sound force. I certainly will. Anyway, thanks to all for your contributions so far.

[Holistic Ska Guy]

Consider that Fripp's familiar to most Crimson fans or folk that have followed art rock since about '67 or so... I can't see him as obscure.

I'm speaking purely relatively. Of course he's totally well-known around here.

Luv yer sig, bduffy - you tell them feckin' Yids where to go!

your HSG.

[bduffy]

Consider that Fripp's familiar to most Crimson fans or folk that have followed art rock since about '67 or so... I can't see him as obscure.

I'm speaking purely relatively. Of course he's totally well-known around here.

Luv yer sig, bduffy - you tell them feckin' Yids where to go!

your HSG.

..."Yids"??...whoa! Uh, OK, the guy who runs it is really on Israel's case right now, but do not make that mistake about me. Whatreallyhappened.com is my favourite, anti-corporate media blog for getting news from the left, right, middle, whatever; it challenges power: be it Israeli. U.S., British, Iranian, etc. He has had to post permanent, blatant reminders that criticizing the nation of Israel has nothing to do with anti-semitism, just as criticizing England doesn't make you "anti-caucasian" (sounds funny when you say it like that, eh?). Wikipedia's entry for him keeps getting changed to insinuate that he's anti-semetic, and that's simply not true; about him and especially about me. The only people I don't like are Mac-users.

The first two stories as I look right now are about Korea and Las Vegas, and it's only because of the end-of-the-world shelling of Lebanon that he's leaning heavily on Israel - actions that could lead to World War III - just like every newspaper on the plane right now (except his articles don't automatically take the US position)...So I hope that's just a "non-PC" joke, because that just is not what I am about, and I hope you're not about that either, in which case we are absolutely not in accord.

[dimex1]

I believe his tuning is CGDAEG.
Cheers,
Geoff

Nope. At this point in time, Mr. Fripp is still in E Standard. He did not begin using the New Standard Tuning of CGDAEG until about 1985 or so. And he does use heavier gauge strings for the lower C and G. A .009 is used for the high G. Sometimes a .008.

As far as the tone itself, he may have been using a modified Big Muff, or a modified Pete Cornish Fuzz, into Hiwatt amps set clean, but very loud.