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Have love will travel - The Sonics ... The saxophone sound is ... very RAW

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Hello Cafe people!
I was listening to Rob Lind's solo on Have love will travel.
What a sound.

But what about the raughness of this solo? How was it shaped?

I suspect he has a baffled mouthpiece. (They all do :p)
Fast tonguing and growl. (Can do this)
A sticking to (an almost) one note solo, a nice cliche in RnR. (Yeahhh)
And possibly a "high gain" effect. It's like it's been miced and put through a guitar amp? Quite possible as Garage and Psychedelic bands of the 60s used to do all sorts of experiments :)

What do you think?
 
Great song ; thanks @ellinas ; good choice..
I'm not the right guy to comment on the production but yeah it's rough..
High baffle probably..
Play LOUD !!!
 
Pretty raw. There's a rough edge to everything, so as hard edged as the solo is, the production seems to add even more distortion.
 
The Dancing Tongue?
"The Dancin' Tongue technique is quickly becoming a lost art." " If you imagine the sound of a machine gun makes in full fire, then you are on your way to understand the workings and the sound of The Dancin' Tongue. " (from the book "Learn To Play Rhythm 'N' Blues Saxophone by Mark "Deke" McGee)

I use to practise fast staccato. Think theat your tongue is a drumstick and your reed is the snaredrum. Add a growl, Try to play without octave key if you are in second octave. A high baffle mouthpiece and a hard reed is best for me. Forget what the teachers had told you that you should be gentle with the reed.

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Like the added cutting Thom...embouchure by Pablo Escobar...( see above )
 
That is not quite the sound Adolphe Sax had in mind when he created the instrument. :rolleyes:
 
thomsax said:
The Dancing Tongue?
"The Dancin' Tongue technique is quickly becoming a lost art." " If you imagine the sound of a machine gun makes in full fire, then you are on your way to understand the workings and the sound of The Dancin' Tongue. " (from the book "Learn To Play Rhythm 'N' Blues Saxophone by Mark "Deke" McGee)

I use to practise fast staccato. Think theat your tongue is a drumstick and your reed is the snaredrum. Add a growl, Try to play without octave key if you are in second octave. A high baffle mouthpiece and a hard reed is best for me. Forget what the teachers had told you that you should be gentle with the reed.

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So beautifully explained on the attached page! :w00t: I need a drink...
 
I’ve always considered this particular solo a minor work of genius in that it is so odd it really stands out, a bit like Davey Payne’s double sax on Hit me with your Rhythm Stick.

“You’ve got a few bars for a solo- go” .. and who’d have thought that this is what they’d come up with. Conceptually a real case of ‘thinking outside the box’ (awful phrase but sums up what I’m meaning)
 
Liverpool Victoria? Listening on my phone, it seems a common sound. Earl Bostick, Jr Walker. Growl and turn up the treble and turn down the bass. The tonguing is something I've never been able to master.
 
You could send a message to the band's website to find out what mouthpiece/equipment he played. I am sure that he would be glad to hear from you; The Sonics
 
John Laughter said:
You could send a message to the band's website to find out what mouthpiece/equipment he played. I am sure that he would be glad to hear from you; The Sonics
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Good idea. But it's not going to be me. I'm no longer on FB and they don't have a webpage. I'll not be able to "like" and comment your posts on FB.
 
Morning folks : I don't do FB myself either but it would be interesting to find out his setup ; mpc especially...
 
Having listened again I suspect the mic has a lot to do with the sound. Several blues acts use a certain mic, can't remember the name, that gives that overloaded sound.
 
My opinion as well is that the got the signal distorted to get that sound...
 
ellinas said:
My opinion as well is that the got the signal distorted to get that sound...
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The entire track sounds like everything's verging on going into the red....
 
LOVE it!
His technique is properly (excuse the language) Balls Out!
As for the “sound” I’d guess it’s very over-driven valves on pre-amp, which is technique favoured by Hammond players. Listen to Winwood’s riff in Gimme Some Lovin’
Vocals the same.
 
The Sonics are the fathers of Garage Punk. True legends of the 60s.
 
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