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tomjackson

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Irish Tours for this tone?
« on: July 12, 2008, 11:27:43 PM »
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il˙ti

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Re: Irish Tours for this tone?
« Reply #1 on: July 12, 2008, 11:31:44 PM »
I don't know but damn the guy can play!
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Re: Irish Tours for this tone?
« Reply #2 on: July 13, 2008, 12:01:07 AM »
Its kind of hard to tell through the wall of effects, but I think they could get you there. Is there anything better for it? Maybe. Dont know.

And yes, the guy can play!
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Re: Irish Tours for this tone?
« Reply #3 on: July 13, 2008, 12:12:47 AM »
His '61 Strat has the original pickups (well, 2 out of the 3 in fact), so I suppose the closest equivalent of the actual pickups would be the Mother's Milk set?

Whether that's going to give you his tone or not is a totally different question!  :wink:
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Re: Irish Tours for this tone?
« Reply #4 on: July 13, 2008, 05:22:40 AM »
I agree with Philly, Mother's Milks are the pickups you need, though Sultans would also give you the clean tones too.
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Re: Irish Tours for this tone?
« Reply #5 on: July 13, 2008, 09:51:26 AM »
Blug's tone is based on early 60s pickups, which according to the various comparison sites (mostly originating from Seymour Duncan's table) clock in at 6.2k like the Irish Tours - I would reckon that some Irish Tours wound with 50s/early 60s Formvar wire rather than mid 60s plain enamel wire would get that tone perfectly.  Don't know if BK do that as a custom order though.
« Last Edit: July 13, 2008, 09:53:44 AM by Elliot »
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Re: Irish Tours for this tone?
« Reply #6 on: July 13, 2008, 01:38:02 PM »
Wooo! That guy can play.

My ITs can get me close to that sort of tone, a bit thicker sounding and not so glassy though.

However, my strings are 11s and I'm quite aggressive on both right and left hand. It looks to me like he's got a scalloped fingerboard, and his strings look a fair bit floppier than mine, so his touch is probably a lot lighter. I suspect he'd exactly sound the same if he put ITs in there... (whether he'd prefer MMs or Sultans instead though, I couldn't say!)

Well impressed with his playing - ended up watching several clips. Interesting hearing him talking about what he does as well.
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Re: Irish Tours for this tone?
« Reply #7 on: July 16, 2008, 12:57:55 PM »
I would take some Alnico V Apaches, maybe wound a bit hotter just like Elliott suggests (Irish Tours with Formvar = hotter Alnico V Apaches).
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