From: math1rb@rosie.uh.edu (92F07486)
Subject: Re: Kings X guitar sound..
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Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 20:46:00 GMT

In article <13442@fennig>, fennig@Software.Mitel.COM (Kurt Fennig) writes...
>cczdvh@unicorn.nott.ac.uk wrote:
>: 
>: Just a quickie. Ive not seen this mentioned in this group yet so, how or
>: what gear does Ty Tabor use to get that FABULOUS sound. I know they multi
>: layer like mad in the studio but.... what a beautiful noise. Any info on
>: this ( and Doug P's setup too if poss) much appreciated.
>: 
>: Dave Valentine-Hagart.    
> 
> 
>I read in a guitar mag featuring King's X:
>Ty Tabor did not want to reveal his set-up to the interviewer.  He said
>it was his secret set-up.  Unless your a roadie or a relative, I don't 
>think you'll find out.
> 
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>Kurt Fennig                MY OPINIONS ARE NOT SHARED BY MY EMPLOYER
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Well, like you said, he does a lot of layering in the studio, usually a
unprocessed signal using several different tones and guitars. In concert
he uses some chorus, but not much. An article a while back guessed that the
amps were gibson lab series. Ty and other guitarists like Nuno try to stress
on the individual guitarist finding his own sound.
 One hint is to tune the low E to a D which gives a bigger sound.
TY hinted that he uses various volume settings quite a bit. On the other
hand he says he almost exclusively uses the bridge pick-up in his Strat ELite.

 One of the hardest things I have tried is to get his clean but hard sound.
Actually a lot of guitarists have that tone. I use to always try to get the
heavy tone, and then pretty it up, usually by adding a bit of flange. Recently
what I've done is set my amp to total clean, with a bit on the treble side
to get a bright tone. Then I use a tube-pedal with only about 40% gain, and the
tone between mid and treble. On my giutar I use medium to heavy guage strings
11 or .12's with a very heavy pick. Then i use a variety of pickup combo's
and the tone controls onthe guitar to get a lot of different sounds. 
 Really to get a good tone, you need to have a good guitar and a good amp,
and place to turn the amp up abit.

 If I had a place to play, I'd just set the amp to clean, lean a little
heavy on the bass as far as tone. And then I would use my humbucker in the 
bridge position! But I can't ever do that, so...

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