Scott Henderson Discussion

[Thumberstrummer]

Hi Scott.
Here I am again for submitting a question I have in mind since quite a long time.
I can't help listening to such a gorgeous tune since months (well, I know my love is a bit out of date, but that's it...). Anytime it happens again (it can still happen once a day at least) - I get slowly hypnotized by that minimalist guitar "spiral", which leads a smoothly amazed listener to the song's end, evolving through kind of a round crescendo....

Please, may you unveil what's behind that magnetic, singing lead tone? Is that the Octavia? Or the Fuzz Factory? Or a combitation of effects?

Well I know that not any single-ingredient recipe may ever work with such an advance style of playing... But is seems that smooth, roundy tube-ish tone depend mostly on a OD / booster stage... If yes, what?

Thank you for unveiling once more one of your tone secrets.

Regards

Fabio
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Germino Club 40 plexi replica + EJ Strat w Suhr ML st. pups. I'm not asking for more so far (but... who knows...?)

[Scott Henderson]

On Lady P I used a Fender Bandmaster amp, and the pedals were an Ibanez Tube Screamer, run through a Roger Meyer Voodoo 1. The Tube Screamer alone sounds a bit thin on the treble pickup - running it through the Voodoo fattens it up.

That was 10 years ago - now I get a much better tone by using just one pedal, the Xotic RC Booster. If I want a more high gain tone, I use either the Maxon SD-9, Klon Centaur, or Fulltone PlimSoul.

[Thumberstrummer]

Many thanks Scott.
Happy to see you feel things got ahead in those 10 years.
But as one of your followers let me say I'm in love with that particular singing phrase and tone, which look so damnly warm and at any listening still captivates me...
That is something which stays chiseled in the stone, no matter of time passing by, or if getting clumped by dozens of amazing new tunes / CDs (that it is, and which I love too).
Now, if I'm not wrong, I've lernt that those subtle scooped-mids tone I love (similar to a fixed wha) comes from the Voodoo 1. Good to know.

Good to know also you are using the Klon Centaur, which is a sought after hell of an effect also in my thoughts. Are you using a vintage silver or gold Klon Centaur, or one of the new Bill Finnegans's KTRs?


Thanks again

All the best
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Germino Club 40 plexi replica + EJ Strat w Suhr ML st. pups. I'm not asking for more so far (but... who knows...?)

[Scott Henderson]

Yes, The Voodoo 1 is a scooped sounding pedal and smooths out the midrange peak of the Tube Screamer.

I have a vintage silver Klon, which cost me 300 bucks brand new and it's a shame to see them selling for so much. I haven't heard Bill Finnegans's KTRs, but I hope they sound exactly the same as the vintage ones so the ridiculous price goes down to something reasonable.