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Topic: David Lindley patch for Digitech RP155? |
Chris Tweed
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Cardiff, Wales, UK
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Posted 19 May 2012 4:15 pm |
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Anybody have a patch for the RP155 that might come close to David Lindley's sound on Running On Empty? I know the guitar and amp have a huge influence but is there anything out there that might get me started?
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Brad Bechtel
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San Francisco, CA
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Chris Tweed
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Cardiff, Wales, UK
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Posted 20 May 2012 1:57 am
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Thanks for the links, Brad. I have several non-pedal guitars, but the one I use most is an Allen Melbert 8-string with a Bill Lawrence 705 pickup. I will be playing this through a MusicMan amp, but I like to keep the amp as dry as possible an add any effects I need, including reverb, using the RP155.
It does have several Tweed Deluxe settings, so I'll start playing around with those.
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Tom Wolverton
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Carpinteria, CA
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Posted 20 May 2012 7:01 am
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Here's my opinion. I thind Mr Dave's rig for that tune was a prewar Bakelite running thru a Dumble amp ( which sounds like a tweed deluxe only louder). I tried to get this sound from my RP155 and gave up for this main reason: I like the over-drive before the vol pedal and the reverb after the pedal. Maybe I gave up too soon. I decided I probably needed to go with two RP's, one before and one after the VP. I was going to try it, but then Brad came out with the Earthdrive and I liked it so much, I never looked back.
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Chris Tweed
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Cardiff, Wales, UK
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Posted 20 May 2012 8:34 am
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Tom,
does that mean the Earthdrive gets you close enough to the sound you are after? If so, what kind of guitar are you using?
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Mitch Adelman
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Pennsylvania, USA
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Posted 20 May 2012 10:40 am
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| +1 on Tom's comment on Earth Drive for Lindley type sound.No way the software overdrives on the 155 can come close to the dynamics and tone of the Earth Drive before the VP. |
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Tom Wolverton
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Carpinteria, CA
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Posted 20 May 2012 6:43 pm
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I'm not saying the RP155 can't get you there, I just didn't find it quickly and gave up. (I'm lazy). It's a great product. Since I've played a Ricky thru a '57 tweed deluxe a lot, I know how I wanted it to respond in front of the VP. The EarthDrive, for me, just felt a lot closer to that rig. I mostly play lap steel with a cheapo Asher copy, that has a humbucker or an old Kay with a Lollar Chicago PU. Maybe not the perfect Lindley rig, but close enough for most gigs, and I can switch it over to clean pedal steel with the push of one button. A reasonable, pragmatic solution.
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Helmut Gragger
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Austria
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Posted 21 May 2012 3:23 am
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Gentlemen,
this is a highly subjective discussion.
I have build many a distortion stompbox, most of them dissociate themselves from the once hailed mid-rangey tube screamer tone and claim "the" tone.
However, this lead to incompatiblity issues regarding levels and impedances besides some stepdancing on the respective knobs, increased set-up time and haulage.
I use the RP-500 which is the big brother of the RP-155.(Not that the big device were necessary for steel usage...)
And don´t forget that you can store all knob settings and all "devices" in a single patch which you can dial up at the push of a button.
You can set the digitech´s volume pedal to pre/post effect chain BTW.
What I really like about the Digitech is its volume pedal. It does not scratch and it has a perfect taper, totally linear (perceived) volume increase upon a steady pedal travel at a given angular velocity, just as one would expect. All digital signal path or not, you would not notice.
The Telonics can be set to do this at double the price of the whole effects processor.
You can also set a minimum volume (heel down)at taste for selected patches. The Teloncs can do that, but not patch programmable.
The Digitech is a very capable effects processor that does all you ever need for a live performance.
For studio tinkering, one can think up other ways, but live performance swamps all the fine detail IMHO.
-helmut
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