Griffin Effects Ampeg Scrambler

SpaceFace · Post by **SpaceFace** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 7:37 pm

Yeah you got a good point with that. To me the only person who uses the wah the way I really liked it was Frank Zappa only because it just added to the weird tones he was already getting.

kim · Post by **kim** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 7:43 pm

yeah, agreed. fu manchu not so much. i listen to their stuff and sometimes i just wish i could step into the record and delete all wahs off it;

the isaac eaton · Post by **the isaac eaton** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 9:28 pm

Original post updated with the demo.

dub · Post by **dub** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 3:22 am

Hey Kim you ever listen to japanese psycher's High Rise?

They remind me of Fu Manchu played at ridiculous speed. I imagine the wah abuse would drive you nuts though.
Probably a big influence on Boris.

As for the wizard, yeah, Jus is pretty much FZ-2 > Loudass Sound City Amp, and Liz just turns every knob on her Laney to ten.
They did use expensive Matamps to record Let Us Prey, if I recall correctly. Probably now pawned for weed.

Part of the EW tone is totally the octave bouncing between notes when they let chords decay, that's that sinister sounding rumble. With the FZ-2 you can just shake the strings and your amp starts throbbing. Superfuzzes do the same thing but the FZ has a nastiness to it that sounds sorta industrial and glitchy. It's that "ah fuck here it comes" bit at the beginning of many songs.

Nice demo. Makes me want to buy a ring mod. mmm

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 8:10 am

Aye, very nice demo; different enough from a Superfuzz for me to still want one.

kim · Post by **kim** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 9:21 am

i don't like the vocals in high rise, it's like city indian, great instrumental stuff going on but i can't get over the vocals lol

gaybear · Post by **gaybear** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 10:23 am

I refuse to buy anything from Nick Griffen or the BNP

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