Burlap and Blues, The Blues Blog

Decided on Funky Woman... What an odd name for a tune. Sounds like something out of a horror movie.

Speaking of horror movies and Funky Woman, here is my inspiration for playing the blues over Funky Woman. When the movie "Twister" came out, my wife and I decided to see the movie. She enjoys movies, I am not really a big fan of movies because the screen is too big, I like to look away because I feel like I am falling. Twister was a graphic movie for it's day with tornadoes whipping cows around, etc.

We always get where we are going early, and like always, we got to the movie, got our popcorn, got a comfortable seat. About 5 minutes after the movie started a middle aged gal sat next to us. Unfortunate for me, she smelled like she hadn't showered for 3 months. As longs as she sat still, it was tolerable while I was eating my popcorn, but every time she moved I could smell this funky smell. Not only was the movie making me dizzy, I could hardly breathe...

Now them's the blues for sure...

One year ago we started our Blues Blog. Thanks to everyone who has supported our blog and to those who spam us with comments, and to those who make actual comments that make sense! We have reviewed some guitars, pedals and have had other non-blues related stuff too. I look forward to another year here at the BAB blog. If you are interested in becoming a guest blogger at the Blues Blog, just send me a note and I would be more than happy to get some info to you.

On Monday I presented a distortion effect that was dependent on frequency to distort. Somewhat different that the treble boosters of the past, but it still made for a very interesting effect. Today I will present a more complex effect that takes attack and delay and frequency control to another level.

Imagine if you would an effect that if you played subtly, your notes would come through, nice and relaxed with a subtle delay, when you hit harder, the clean note would ring and then quickly mute, and slowly a distorted note would fade in. At the same time, A delay would go from 0% mix up based on the level that you hit the string. As your string fades, the delay fades out. A hard hit makes you sound like you are playing backwards.

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I hate to throw everyone off by breaking this up with an effect review, but I am trying to keep everyone on their toes.

The rest of the single coil manifesto (interpreted)

All preamp distortion, tube or solid state, will sound buzzy at low volumes. I don't care if it's a point-to-point wired Matchless Hotbox, a Boogie V-Twin or whatever, preamp distortion sounds buzzy unless it's used moderately in combination with a hot power amp. That's just the way it is.

A good point to remember.

Tube amps still sound more organic than solid state amps. The difference is mostly in the power amp section, however. That's just the way it is.

Another good point to remember, even if you are running the latest $1200 digital emulator.

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What if there really were no limits in creating good analog effects. What if the mind was really the limit. Well if it was, I would be new creating effects every day. I want to take some time to think outside the effects box. This week I will submit a few effects for your review that I created.

The first effect I will submit for review is the Frequency dependant OD. This overdrive takes 1 / 2 of the signal and distorts it, while keeping the lower frequencies clean. If you were to purchase the analog box it would look something like this:

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