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THE RESONATOR - AS USED BY PAGE HAMILTON AND RICHARD FORTUS
After
sending out a questionnaire in late JULY to all previous Frostwave.com
customers we were flattered and humbled by peoples enthusiasm
and praise for the whole Frostwave range. A testament to Paul
Francis Perry and the rest of the Frostwave crews tireless
efforts in producing unique Analog tools
for the working musician.
In
summarising a selection of these comments I decided to select
two guitarists.
Both of these gentlemen have achieved recognition not only
for their guitar playing but also for their innovative approach
to their music as a whole.
It wasn't too surprizing to hear that both now utilise the
FROSTWAVE RESONATOR as a important
part of their live setups. Showing that the immense popularity
of the RESONATOR amongst ELECTRONIC and NOISENIK musicians
is indeed achieving a cross over into more and more diverse
styles of music.
PAGE HAMILTON of seminal math rock outfit HELMET, and more
recently lead guitarist for DAVID BOWIE is the kind of man
Frostwave Effects were built for. Someone who definitely is
'out side of the square' as far as approach and performance
is concerned.
Page's musical background spans from experimental noise with
THE BAND OF SUSANS, to occasional contributions to infamous
New York minimalism guitar
ensemble of composer
GLENN BRANCA. A studied Jazz musician, Page went on to define
a guitar genre in
the 'jaring' guitar rock machine that is HELMET.
Page, when asked was very happy to share his setup with frostwave.com
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"My
guitar rig changes pretty frequently but the VHT guitar
amps remain constant. Right now I've got a bunch of MXR
pedals, Moog 12 stage phaser, Z-Vex Fuzz Factory, Flip
Funky Box and the Resonator
in a rack with a Lexicon MPX G2 (which I found to
be useful during the Bowie stint).
I access everything with a Rocktron (now defunct) All
Access switcher and Rocktron Patchmates.
The Resonator is great
'cause if you find the right setting it'll play the damn
guitar for you ( I'm lazy)....this lets you run around
pumping your fists in the air ( RAWK!!) to fire the crowd
up. You can't capture and quantize that shit in Pro Tools!!
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PAGE
HAMILTON LINKS
Transcription
of chat about Page's stint with Bowie
Helmet
website
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