Ripples-Steve's guitar solo

[Henning Quanz]

Yesterday I listened to Steve's Solo on Ripples (Studio-Version, I used
Headphones). To me it sounds like it has been recorded backwards... True???

Henning

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[The Barrie Family]

Henning Quanz wrote:

I don't think so....he plays that way.

[... Mike]

Henning Quanz wrote :

>Yesterday I listened to Steve's Solo
>on Ripples (Studio-Version, I used
>Headphones). To me it sounds like it has
>been recorded backwards... True???

Could very well be. Steve must have incorporated the "E-Bow" ( a device
that can simulate a backwards guitar, among other sounds ) into his
array of effects during this period, or shortly thereafter. Perhaps
some Hackett historians would comment on this - hopefully!

[Polecat]

A number of guitarists hold the plectrum between the thumb and index finger,
and hook the little finger around the volume knob on the guitar, so that
they can "fade in" the notes, usually to simulate the sound of pedal steel
guitar - I'm not sure if this is possible on a Les Paul though...

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Cheers,

Polecat
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[Allan Matthews]

In article <L1CA5.258$993....@news6-win.server.ntlworld.com>,
tony.f...@NOSPAMntlworld.com says...

> A number of guitarists hold the plectrum between the thumb and index finger,
> and hook the little finger around the volume knob on the guitar, so that
> they can "fade in" the notes, usually to simulate the sound of pedal steel
> guitar - I'm not sure if this is possible on a Les Paul though...

For the solo on "Ripples" Steve used a little gizmo called an "E-bow."
The hand-held, battery-powered device vibrated the string without any
actual physical contact.

The company that made them went out of business not long after TOTT came
out.

allan
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[Polecat]

Presumably using a small revolving magnet inside... Doesn't the guy from
ReGenesis use one of these?

[Chris West]

In article <L1CA5.258$993....@news6-win.server.ntlworld.com>, Polecat
<tony.f...@NOSPAMntlworld.com> writes

>
>A number of guitarists hold the plectrum between the thumb and index finger,
>and hook the little finger around the volume knob on the guitar, so that
>they can "fade in" the notes, usually to simulate the sound of pedal steel
>guitar - I'm not sure if this is possible on a Les Paul though...

There's an interview I read just last night at

http://jgwizard.home.mindspring.com/hackett.html

where Steve talks about this sort of thing. He says he can't reach the
volume knob with his finger so he gets this sort of effect with his
volume pedal. Probably with the e-bow too.
--
Chris West

[William Elsom]

The company that made Steve Hackett's E-bow may well have gone out of
business, but Stewart Adamson and Bruce Watson of Big Country used them
frequently. Best example, The Storm, on The Crossing.

Never realised Steve was using one on Ripples.......

Will

"Allan Matthews" <allan_m...@bigfoot.nospam.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.143d649ad...@news.ne.mediaone.net...

> In article <L1CA5.258$993....@news6-win.server.ntlworld.com>,
> tony.f...@NOSPAMntlworld.com says...

> > A number of guitarists hold the plectrum between the thumb and index
finger,
> > and hook the little finger around the volume knob on the guitar, so that
> > they can "fade in" the notes, usually to simulate the sound of pedal
steel
> > guitar - I'm not sure if this is possible on a Les Paul though...
>

[Shane Faulkner]

"William Elsom" <will....@ukgateway.net> wrote in message
news:8r0ijd$bn7$1...@plutonium.btinternet.com...

> The company that made Steve Hackett's E-bow may well have gone out of
> business, but Stewart Adamson and Bruce Watson of Big Country used them
> frequently. Best example, The Storm, on The Crossing.
>
> Never realised Steve was using one on Ripples.......
>

E-bow's are still readily available in music shops and by mail order.
Check out www.ebow.com. The guitar solo in Ripples sounds like
volume pedal manipulation to me. Another great example of E-bow
is the end section to the title track of Marillion's Season's End album.

Shane

[David Martyn]

"Shane Faulkner" <ak...@freenet.buffalo.edu> wrote in message
news:i90B5.4442$7I4.2...@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...

> "William Elsom" <will....@ukgateway.net> wrote in message
> news:8r0ijd$bn7$1...@plutonium.btinternet.com...

> > The company that made Steve Hackett's E-bow may well have gone out of
> > business, but Stewart Adamson and Bruce Watson of Big Country used them
> > frequently. Best example, The Storm, on The Crossing.
> >
> > Never realised Steve was using one on Ripples.......
> >
>

> E-bow's are still readily available in music shops and by mail order.
> Check out www.ebow.com. The guitar solo in Ripples sounds like
> volume pedal manipulation to me. Another great example of E-bow
> is the end section to the title track of Marillion's Season's End album.
>
> Shane
>

Based on playing, and watching Steve play, I've always thought this solo was
done by volume pedal.

David

[Andy H.]

Hi,

Yes, Steve in ReGenesis uses an e-bow, but not on "Ripples". For this one,
he uses a volume pedal to fade in and out.Regards,

Andy H.
(ReGenesis)

www.re-genesis.net