Is the RP 355 capable ?

[RVB]

Is the RP355 capable of producing a tone close to Mark Knopfler's Sultans of Swing solos?
I just can't seem to get it right;
is there a patch for this somewhere out there already?

 

[burningyen]

This was a hard one. This is the best I can do:

[clips gone, sorry]

 

[olerabbit]

Trying to support Burningyen’s suggestions with some additionally hints.

There is a very small Digitech sound community which might be of no great help: http://www.digitech.com/soundcomm/guitar_product_start.asp?productid=254

And there is a website where you can learn more about Dire Straits' gear used for several songs. So you can try your own approach: http://ds.mk-guitar.com/

 

[uglybassplayer]

This was a hard one. This is the best I can do:

[SOUNDCLOUD]http://soundcloud.com/burningyen/rp355-sultans-with-backing[/SOUNDCLOUD]

[SOUNDCLOUD]http://soundcloud.com/burningyen/rp355-sultans-without-backing[/SOUNDCLOUD]

Close enough for Rock n' Roll Ben

 

[RVB]

WOW, Amazing, Incredible, Awesome - that's pretty close, - and really fantastic work on the strings!!

Not sure what guitar you are using, but besides the fact that you are obviously an accomplished musician, it must make a bit of difference in the tone when using my little Ibanez ART100.

I activated the pickup to single coil and adjusted the gain a bit higher to my liking.

Hey, and a big thanks also to Olerabbit for the links

Cheers

 

[burningyen]

Thanks, man, that was a fun tune to learn. I'm not that experienced playing without a pick. I tried tackling the outro solo too, but it was way beyond me. The guitar was my '97-98 57AVRI Strat, using the middle pickup, a DiMarzio Area 67. If I had to do it over again I would increase the Level of the CS Comp a bit to bring a little smoke out of the amp sim. A lot will depend on how hot your pickups are. Also, I couldn't quite get enough sparkle no matter what amps or cabs I tried. I just noticed that the Presence was at 0dB, which is weird, I thought I had it maxed out! Anyway, I would suggest maxing it out.

 

[RVB]

yup, that's exactly what I did, which I forgot to mention in my last reply.

thanks again!!!