Guy's Forum

[holaknopfler]

There is a difference in sharing different guitar settings/set ups just to see how a guitar is set up to make the playing easier, or the overall sound of the guitar better. Copying another guitarist complete is not ok. 

[holaknopfler]

AND I still find it very difficult to give weight to such words as 'sad' or whatsoever.. In Dutch we also have those words, which for a Dutchman it's perfectly clear what you're saying to a person who doesn't speak Dutch.. But then that person can rate those words very differently from what you are trying to say.

[Love Expresso]

Also one answer in capital letters about set lists again - seems he is losing his temper. Guess touring is more stressful than he makes us think via his diary...
He better should shut down the forum, fo rme it's clear he lost his interest in it long time ago...

LE

[superval99]

Yes, Guy seems to be resorting to capital letters quite a lot lately.  Maybe the heat is getting to him!   

[Justme]

By the way, I love the words GF chose to elaborate on the "guitar settings":

"It's YOUR sound. If you really, really want to copy someone else's sound, the ONLY way to do it is to use your ears. There is certain mystique in music which I'm not keen on ignoring. "

 

[holaknopfler]

And he's right :-) I certainly know one thing, Guy knows a lot about music. And how to describe it.

[Love Expresso]

Yeah he's an eloquent multi instrumentalist... 

LE

[ds1984]

It can be funny to hear how different you are sounding using the same setting as Mark 

[Ar (aka Enlight)]

And he's right :-) I certainly know one thing, Guy knows a lot about music. And how to describe it.

yes he is..............but he could have answer it that way the first time.

I did not knew that this was his definition of sad.

And threatening  with closing his from and saying that it takes a lot of effort , well first:  no threats but promises ,
second: the effort people are willin to make to hear Sultans and don't get it and wanna ventilate that in a question to " AsK the docFletch".

And why does he hate such a questions , well may be people telling him HOW GOOD he is too often and he can reply on that always, or that he doesn't has too much to say in the Knopfler circus .I think he whish he could reply with:," yeah I know am i good? I do know my skills ,that's SAD, you like my pictures ? well you may kiss the cook , I am not gonna say I am better Allan , that are your words.(thx)... , ok , ok , enough **s li****g boys and girls , thx thx thx , we gonna rock Sultans tomorrow , fasten your seatbelts"

[dustyvalentino]

MK copies Hank's settings (echo, heavy strings etc),  Richard Bennett does the same getting "old timey" sounds on guitar and lap steel on certain songs. They didn't invent this stuff, at some point somebody told them how to do it.

[holaknopfler]

MK copies Hank's settings (echo, heavy strings etc),  Richard Bennett does the same getting "old timey" sounds on guitar and lap steel on certain songs. They didn't invent this stuff, at some point somebody told them how to do it.

[Ar (aka Enlight)]

copy that 

[Hophead]

It can be funny to hear how different you are sounding using the same setting as Mark 

If it were me..still would sound like two cats being sprayed with the hose while fighting. 

[3Strats]

Possibly being a little harsh on yourself there Hop !   

I have to say, having the right gear helps, but I usually "zero in" on the sound by ear, because frankly, there are differences between individual amplifiers of the same model, and even if you have the "correct" amp & effects, unless you are able to play at the same volume as Mark (in studio or on stage)  it will not sound the same . ( Tube amps have to be played fairly loud to get the best out of them). At "home volumes" I usually use a solid state Fender Princeton Chorus & a multi FX pedal and tweak the  Multi FX patches while listening to the original song. 

I'm afraid I have a lot of sympathy for Guy because he must be heartily sick of reading the same questions & complaints, (even though I'm definitely in the "play Sultans" camp). 

[Josef]

Anyone know what happened to that poster called Roland Dent?  He must have upset Guy or something..Guy says "he is alive and kicking".  Anyone know what happened?