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While Allan was with Tony Williams he used the vibrato arm on his ax - an '''SG''' back then - and it became his trademark, extending his legato runs by changing pitch within a note. Things have changed since then: "Most of the time I leave it alone. I’ll first find one that works real well, that can do anything, really, and I’ll not use it too much at all, because it’s the fashion now and I don’t want to know about fashion. It’s like looking over my shoulder, if you know what I mean, because my sound’s changing." | While Allan was with Tony Williams he used the vibrato arm on his ax - an '''SG''' back then - and it became his trademark, extending his legato runs by changing pitch within a note. Things have changed since then: "Most of the time I leave it alone. I’ll first find one that works real well, that can do anything, really, and I’ll not use it too much at all, because it’s the fashion now and I don’t want to know about fashion. It’s like looking over my shoulder, if you know what I mean, because my sound’s changing." | ||
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The first good guitar I had was a Fender Stratocaster. I only had it for a short period of time, but I really loved it. The Fender was a new guitar with a great sound, although I only had that first Strat for about six months. Then one day I went down to Leeds. ... | |||
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I used to ride the bus down there, sometimes just to look in the window of a Kitchens - a big music store. And one day I saw a Gibson SG - it was the first time I'd ever seen one in my life. I went in, and they let me take it downstairs and play it. I loved it. So I managed to exchange the Strat for the SG. I played that guitar from then through the time I joined with Tony Williams. Wonderful machines. In those days there weren't that many different guitars around. There were basically two, Fender and Gibson; both had completely different sounds. With the Gibson I had found a guitar with a voice more akin to what I was looking for. Now those two sounds have merged more with a lot of people experimenting, putting Humbuckers on Strats, etc. — which I did. I was so knocked out with this little Gibson. I then read about Orville Gibson and that man's story, and I became a big fan of his. I used to read a lot of books about violin makers and instrument makers in general. I admire innovative people like Leo Fender and Orville Gibson and those who helped develop their instruments, like Bach did with the organ. | |||
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A.H. - The Gibson I had was an '''SG''' custom. I had an '''SG''' standard at first, but I later traded it up for an '''SG''' custom. No - the neck was like a baseball bat - it was huge. There was nothing skinny about that neck. I had it re-fretted with big frets. I ended going back to a Strat style guitar because I liked the longer scaling... 25 1/2. | A.H. - The Gibson I had was an '''SG''' custom. I had an '''SG''' standard at first, but I later traded it up for an '''SG''' custom. No - the neck was like a baseball bat - it was huge. There was nothing skinny about that neck. I had it re-fretted with big frets. I ended going back to a Strat style guitar because I liked the longer scaling... 25 1/2. | ||
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