early bill frisell compressor - which one?

[samhambone]

i love the rubbery clean sound he gets on his early recordings and the stuff he did w/ power tools and bass desires. my guess would be a stock mxr dynacomp - but if anyone knows for sure - please let me know. thanks

[samhambone]

oops! i must remember to use the "search" function first - found older threads addressing this. sorry about that.

[Meriphew]

So what was it - a Boss CS-2?

[samhambone]

Originally Posted by Meriphew

So what was it - a Boss CS-2?

here's the link to the archive page - consensus seems to be that it was a tc electronic parametric compressor/sustainer
http://www.thegearpage.net/board/arc.../t-117680.html

[tim gueguen]

The April '85 Guitar Player article says he was using a Boss compressor at the time, but no model is given.

[Unburst]

He used the TC sustainer, I had both that and a Boss, the TC gets a lot closer.

[Bobby D]

TC Sustain/Parametric EQ......they used to hit $350-$400, but have fallen back down to around $150. GREAT unit.....

[p.j.]

Originally Posted by samhambone

i love the rubbery clean sound he gets on his early recordings and the stuff he did w/ power tools and bass desires. my guess would be a stock mxr dynacomp - but if anyone knows for sure - please let me know. thanks

Don't forget the volume pedal and delay. I loved his tone when he was playing sg's.

PJ

[slopeshoulder]

he once spoke in an interview about how the comp and volume pedal cancelled eachother and that he would never again use compression. probably in GP.

[splatt]

Originally Posted by samhambone

here's the link to the archive page - consensus seems to be that it was a tc electronic parametric compressor/sustainer

that's what it was for quite a while, at my suggestion to him.

dt / spltrcl

[splatt]

Originally Posted by slopeshoulder

he once spoke in an interview about how the comp and volume pedal cancelled eachother and that he would never again use compression. probably in GP.

..... due, in fact, to a single very specific "technique"
that can be applied (by user-choice) when playing the old TC Sus/ParEQ compressors.....
that "cancellation" isn't really a "rule", as it were.

dt / spltrcl

[LouRossi]

Back in the early 90's I saw him use both the TC & a Boss CS-3...