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KevinLesko
Alien Abductee
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 Posted - 11/14/2003 : 01:50:23 AM
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Just going back and reading a few of the old interviews, and read this, only from 3 years ago:
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JS: Do you bring an electric with you when you're doing the acoustic tours?
TR: No, and the reason is the way I have my acoustic setup is that it's physically harder to play, because since it's an acoustic instrument, I wanna get that nice fat tone. So I use thicker strings and a little higher action to achieve that. If I was to play electric for a couple hours then go back to the acoustic it would be like...
JS: Painful to play.
TR: Yeah. So that's one of the reasons I don't like to do both of em in the same night. I mean, I guess I could setup my acoustic so it's easier to play, but... whatever. I did some before like that, but playing the electric and then going back to the acoustic, I didn't feel like I had the facility as if I just played acoustic. So it's kinda like I wanna be able to play the acoustic really well, and I feel playing electric would sacrifice so much of the technical whatever. So that's why I do one or the other. When I play electric I like to just wail on that all night long.
JS: This is another odd one, but have you ever considered a solo electric tour?
Not only Did TR do a solo electric tour, but he now plays the equilibrium shows, which are both solo and electric... just goes to show you how inspiration can completely change your mind. |
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Erich
Fluffy-Esque
USA
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Posted - 11/14/2003 : 01:56:59 AM
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| yeah, i remember this and thought about it a lot durring the shows. |
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Zachmozach
Fluffy-Esque
USA
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Posted - 11/14/2003 : 2:56:28 PM
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I know where he's coming from though. I have huge strings on the acoustic and if I start playing on anything other than that it feels like a monster to play. Although if I start on the acoustic I can't even tell that it's any harder or different to play. Guess that's why he mostly plays acoustic first eh.
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Jay
Alien Abductee
Vatican City
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Posted - 11/15/2003 : 7:00:20 PM
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| I play heavy gauge strings, which are .60-.14...they're gigantic, and when I go to play an electric, I don't feel comfortable...it's almost too wirey and not as sturdy feeling as an acoustic with heavy strings...ONly problem with heavies is that your fingers hurt horribly after a while... |
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Arthen
Alien Abductee
USA
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Posted - 11/16/2003 : 01:52:29 AM
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| Wow, heavy eh Jay? I don't think I've ever played on the heavier sets of strings. |
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KevinLesko
Alien Abductee
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Posted - 11/19/2003 : 1:27:11 PM
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TR saw this and had this to say about the subject:
"pretty funny eh?.........that all changed in January 2002
when I first learned how to program the zoom 234 drum machine....then
all of a sudden my reality changed and I had new badass virtualband.
Then I just had to break out the electric. It works for me to do an
acoustic set before the electric, the trasition is less of a shock to
the fingers. For a long time I backed off the idea of a dual mode show,
but now I realize that to do both modes is ultimately fulfilling". |
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My how times have changed....
