Poundcake Drill

[mark dott]

My band wants to cover van Halen's Poundcake and I need to buy an
affordable drill to get the same whine through the pick-up. Seems my
little black and decker rechargeable doesn't have enough RPM's for tonal
take-off.
Any suggestions of a make/model chordless drill? The cheaper the better
to do the job. Thanks. mark D

[Guncho]

If you want the good sound, you need a vintage tube drill. Don't get
suckered into getting one of those modelling drills.

:)

Chris

[alann]

In article <21116-42...@storefull-3251.bay.webtv.net>,
mark...@webtv.net (mark dott) wrote:

I can get this sound. He used a Black & Decker. Not sure which one.

Any drill will mostly work, except for high end ones.. What you want is
a drill that you pull the trigger and let off, the chuck gradually slows
down.. Some High end drills ( Like my Ryobi and Makita's ) come to an
abrupt stop. A craftsman I have from my dad's estate works just fine.
Just need some delay and chorus, you are there..

[Dave M]

I know the drill's cool, but if your band and singer are
good enough to do the song well, I don't think anyone's
gonna miss the drill.

[jgu...@budweiser.com]

Makita 18v, but with the portable rechargeable Variac he can get the
drill to 'brown down' to where the servo motors are seeing 12 to 16v -
also his has a Plexi casing. Really though, it's not so much about the
drill, dude - he's Van Halen! He could make any drill sound like magic!
It's in the fingers man...

[Dr. Zontar]

jgu...@budweiser.com wrote:
> Really though, it's not so much about the
> drill, dude - he's Van Halen! He could make any drill sound like magic!
> It's in the fingers man...

I think it's all about the babe who's using the drill in the video. Get
a woman who looks like that to play drill for you, and nobody will care
what it sounds like.

[RichCI]

You're right, but what a great visual! Pulling out a drill for the
beginning of a song will definitely get some additional attention (hey
- it's rock and roll!). If you really want to make the crowd's jaws
drop, play "Ted Just Admit It" by Jane's Addition - Navarro uses a
vibrator for a similar effect as the drill.

[mark dott]

No way Poundcake without the drill!? My band plays alot of VH mostly
earlier stuff with Roth.
I've got the rhythm and all the harmonics down, and 50% thru the lead.
If we can't play it close to the original, we don't cover it.
Yep, I need a variable speed drill with high RPM's. Not an option to
blow off the drill.....shame on all who suggested that.
Mark D

[SuthernAhia]

Bob Bradshaw is coming out with a box that replicates both EVH and Paul
Gilberts drill sound.
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[Duncan]

ROFLMFAO!!!

That is vintage!