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Topic: Hank DeVito`s Cordovox sound. |
steinar
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Posted 15 Dec 2023 5:57 am |
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Producer Brian Ahern let Hank use a Cordovox on some Emmylou songs in the 70`s. To schlep an old Cordovox around may be a challenge doing gigs, and I don`t know whether Hank De Vito himself did that while touring with Harris. But the chorus/phaser sound is admittedly nice, so I wonder whether anybody knows of a pedal that may approximate the Cordovox sound?
I have read about rotary/Leslie pedals, and Hughes & Kettner Rotosphere is often mentioned. Would that one be a candidate?
I just love De Vito`s sound from his Hot Band days!
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Ken Metcalf
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Posted 17 Dec 2023 7:20 am
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I use a Strymon LEX.
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steinar
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Posted 19 Dec 2023 10:05 am Cordovox
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Strymon Lex is outstanding for organ sounds, but I still somehow cannot achieve that Cordovox sound of De Vito on Emmylou`s records. Don`t know what`s missing, but then again, Ahern produced miracles in his Electron studio.
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Noah Miller
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Posted 23 Dec 2023 8:29 am
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| Cordovoxes were single-rotor speakers. That's a different sound from the Leslies commonly used with Hammond organs. You need a pedal that emulates a model 16 or 18 or Fender Vibratone specifically. |
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steinar
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Posted 23 Dec 2023 8:37 am Hank DeVito`s Cordovox sound.
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The Fender Vibratone? Ok, would the TC Vibraclone pedal do a fair approximation, - in as far as you`ve had the opportunity to try it?
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Per Berner
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Posted 23 Dec 2023 9:24 am
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| Any song examples where he used that effect with Emmylou? Can't remember any that weren't just straight steel. |
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steinar
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Posted 23 Dec 2023 10:23 am Hank DeVito`s Cordovox sound.
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Listen to Beneath still Waters, live versjoner av Together again, Blue Kentucky Girl, Making believe og flere, Per
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Jack Stanton
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Posted 23 Dec 2023 5:59 pm
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| I know for a fact Hank used the Roland Space chorus quite a bit. |
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steinar
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Posted 23 Dec 2023 11:53 pm Hank DeVito`s Cordovox sound.
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Jack, - that`s interesting. Was he able to reproduce some of that Cordovox sound with the Space Echo? I know that unit produces a nice chorus effect.
To drag a Cordovox along on tours seems impractical unless you`ve got a stage crew, so I`ve been wondering what Hank did on the road.
Did he use any other effects?
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Jack Stanton
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Somewhere in the swamps of Jersey
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Posted 28 Dec 2023 8:20 pm
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Steiner,
I’m no expert, but the only two effects I’ve ever seen Hank use during his Hot Band tenure was the Roland and a Boss Tone. |
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Fred Treece
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Posted 28 Dec 2023 8:48 pm
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| I’ve never heard of Cordovox until now, but I just listened to a gorgeous version of Making Believe on YouTube just to see what you’re talking about. The effect Hank DeVito had on his steel definitely sounds more like a chorus rather than a rotary speaker, but it doesn’t get in the way of his flawless playing. Don’t we all miss that group… |
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