For the band I need to play Purple Haze. I've searched a lot but all in vain, even in RE. Anyone for starting with a good suitable amp or maybe a rig suggestion to nail the sound?
Purple Haze
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December 17, 2022 at 9:36 PM -
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With your Les Paul?
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I do believe besides a single coil Strat, the reverse headstock makes a difference in Jimi's tone since the string lengths are inverted. Prove me wrong.
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What ever guitar you are going to use, a Marshall with a vingtage amount of gain, and EQed to sound similar to the song with your guitar will serve you well.
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With your Les Paul?
Good thinking Paults! Always
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I do believe besides a single coil Strat, the reverse headstock makes a difference in Jimi's tone since the string lengths are inverted. Prove me wrong.
You're right, but go and find one. I always use my loyal Les Paul
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What ever guitar you are going to use, a Marshall with a vingtage amount of gain, and EQed to sound similar to the song with your guitar will serve you well.
I'll try this one. Thanks!
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and keep in my mind that every well recorded tone from Jimi is his setup plus Eddie Kramer.
Jimi's fingers/technique/gear is hard enough to even come reasonably close to, but then there is the congenial engineer/producer on top of that, and that's what you've been listening to for decades... -
For the band I need to play Purple Haze. I've searched a lot but all in vain, even in RE. Anyone for starting with a good suitable amp or maybe a rig suggestion to nail the sound?
OctaShaper is your friend here - it's really obvious in the solo part, but I hear it throughout
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I think you will struggle with a Les Paul, really need single coils for that cutting sound.
A cranked marshall, played loud is you best bet along with his strong rhythmic playing.
Check out Stevie Ray for a great cover...
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experiment with fuzz engine , but getting Jimi's tones is probably the most difficult mission. A strat is mandatory !
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I have a 2LP with BBC recordings of Hendrix. In the liner notes they write the BBC engineer told Jimi he was getting back a lot of feedback and distortion. It took a while for Jimi to make them understand that was his sound...
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A strat is mandatory !
there is a good chance that Purple Haze was at least partially recorded with a Tele
https://www.guitarworld.com/news/jimi-hend…ter-purple-haze -
Purple Haze was at least partially recorded with a Tele
pretty cool! I felt the same numerous times while playing my vintage style tele ,it's very easy to get some mix piercing overdubs and some iconic tones also, like gilmour's lead tones or Hendrix clean tones. So many teles in studios , for an obvious reason !
but I'd definitely be missing the whammy bar for Hendrix licks
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Fuzz distortion, and lots of it. If you play the song correctly or close enough...know one is going to criticize the tone.
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I have a theory about playing cover songs that the audience fills in the tone they know in their head while you try to cover it good. If it's close then they do the rest.
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Nail the sound? Lol, with a Les Paul? You can't Wrong guitar for the song...period.
As mentioned(kind of), octave fuzz is all over that song. Not just during the obvious solo and octaves at the end. The dirty rhythm is full of it.
BayouTexan - you should request a new Kemper feature to shorten and/or lengthen the strings. It will make all the difference Might as well include an option for scale length as well.
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I'd EQ the les paul to match a strat curve - drop the mids. I'd drop from 120 - 600ish MHZ out. This will clear the tone up and get more in the realm of a single coil.
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BayouTexan - you should request a new Kemper feature to shorten and/or lengthen the strings. It will make all the difference Might as well include an option for scale length as well.
I would prefer a feature to make a good cup of Frappuccino.
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