Re: kurt rosenwinkel "picky" sound

On Oct 27, 9:35 pm, Jeremey Poparad <popa...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Oct 26, 12:03 am, Paul <psc...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

this is kind of hard to explain. I'm thinking of mainly intuit and
east coast love affair. you can hear it best on his melody to how deep
is the ocean, also when he plays chords, on various things. there's a
real picky sound to it, like you can hear the pick raking across the
strings, but it seems more distinguished than that.

anybody else know what i'm talking about? how does he get that sound?
maybe by using a heavier pick or holding the pick sideways a little
bit?  the picks i'm using now are already pretty heavy, the d'andrea
standard pro-plec.

thanks

One not-so-obvious part of his tone is that he always runs a Rat
distortion pedal in his chain, with the gain turned all the way down
to act as a mid range boost.  Perhaps that boost is enhancing the pick
attack that you're hearing.

It's much simpler than that. The effect you are talking about in "How
Deep Is the Ocean" on "Intuit" is just Kurt holding the pick in such a
way that the thumb brushes the string a little bit ahead or behind the
pick attack depending on direction. Joe Pass did it a lot. Of course,
it's a little clumsy with a big pick. It's similar to the effect blues
guitarists use for harmonics like Clapton on "Leila".

-Dan
http://danadler.com
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