willowdale
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This coming Sunday in Tampa!
It probably is a Loft Phaser, not a Loft flanger, although I'd love to get my hands on both units and see what is what. As I said, I asked Terry Brown and he said the Loft Flanger, but to my ears, sounds like a combo phaser and flanger, or at least a flanger that has a phaser like sweep built it.
I was playing Spirit of Radio (the correct way this time) with a EHX EM (original Green unit) and by accident stepped on a Boss Phaser (if you saw my studio, you would understand stepping on stomp boxes is a professional hazard) and it sounded spot on.
I'm talking studio version because live sounds different and probably is the EM. In fact, I do remember hearing Lifeson say it was a phaser - it may have been when he gave those video lessons.
Saw them in Lincoln. AMAZING, but way too LOUD!!! I would advise ear protection.This coming Sunday in Tampa!
Saw them in Lincoln. AMAZING, but way too LOUD!!! I would advise ear protection.
Saw them in Lincoln. AMAZING, but way too LOUD!!! I would advise ear protection.
I have seen them twice, and on both occasions, it was not loud enough to make me feel like I was at a rock show, so your post sort of surprises me.
It probably is a Loft Phaser, not a Loft flanger, although I'd love to get my hands on both units and see what is what. As I said, I asked Terry Brown and he said the Loft Flanger, but to my ears, sounds like a combo phaser and flanger, or at least a flanger that has a phaser like sweep built it.
I was playing Spirit of Radio (the correct way this time) with a EHX EM (original Green unit) and by accident stepped on a Boss Phaser (if you saw my studio, you would understand stepping on stomp boxes is a professional hazard) and it sounded spot on.
I'm talking studio version because live sounds different and probably is the EM. In fact, I do remember hearing Lifeson say it was a phaser - it may have been when he gave those video lessons.
I have not had much luck in nailing TSOR studio tone, nor has Alex copped it live in the many shows and recordings I've heard from all eras.
They make mistakes. They're just really, really good at covering them.
Saw them in Lincoln. AMAZING, but way too LOUD!!! I would advise ear protection.
From Alex himself - an article in Guitar World a few years back discusses several songs.
Interview: Alex Lifeson Dissects 11 Key Rush Songs, from "Anthem" to "Test For Echo" | Guitar World
As far as "The Spirit of Radio", he had this to say:
“By the time we cut this, I was using mainly a Strat that I had modified by putting humbuckers in the bridge position. I also used the 355, which I used in the studio for the next couple of records. My amps were Hiwatts, the Marshall and the Twin. I also had a Sixties Bassman head and cabinet. The flanger on that song was an Electro-Harmonix Electric Mistress, which I still have. I used the Boss Chorus Ensemble, and I had graduated to the Roland Space Echo, which replaced my Echoplex.”