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Hartman - Tommy Bolin Fuzz
Posted: 20 Dec 2008, 17:32
by PurplePeopleEater
Re: Hartman - Tommy Bolin Fuzz
Posted: 20 Dec 2008, 22:10
by kokohi5
I absolutely love Tommy's playing, but I'm not crazy about his fuzz tone on his 2 solo albums. Does anyone know if this is the same fuzz that he used with Zephyr and Energy?
Re: Hartman - Tommy Bolin Fuzz
Posted: 20 Dec 2008, 23:04
by Fuzzer
Tommy Bolin supposedly used an Astrotone, I traced one that I got in my hands for a time, It ios the only thing I have really given to this community. It's the same as the Samash Fuzz box, here is the link for the full project.
viewtopic.php?f=19&t=2181&p=25376#p25376
Re: Hartman - Tommy Bolin Fuzz
Posted: 22 Dec 2008, 09:15
by JHS
The magic fuzz tone comes from those old lense head trannies. I have a few of them, producing a very fat and middy tone and nearly no noise. TB played over a HIWATT 100 and most of his sound comes from the cranked amp not the fuzz.
JHS
Re: Hartman - Tommy Bolin Fuzz
Posted: 23 Dec 2008, 00:11
by Fuzzer
Actually, when I had the chance to play the astrotone, it sounded to me more like a fuzzy treble boost than a fuzzed out sound. I thought the trebly sound was intended for the old reason of the amps being too dark sounding... etc. But now that you mention It was a Hiwatt, I don't know why would he want more treble.
Re: Hartman - Tommy Bolin Fuzz
Posted: 23 Dec 2008, 13:24
by theehman
Pics are gone. Can you repost?
Re: Hartman - Tommy Bolin Fuzz
Posted: 23 Dec 2008, 15:28
by PurplePeopleEater
Re: Hartman - Tommy Bolin Fuzz
Posted: 23 Dec 2008, 16:05
by Lawnchair
Don't forget Tommy needed all the high end he could get. My favorite Ritchie Blackmore quote explains why:
Ritchie Blackmore on Tommy Bolin's guitar strings:
"When I heard that Purple hired him I thought it was great. He was always so humble. I remember he would always invite me out to his house in Hollywood to see his guitar. One day I went to his place. I walked in and tried to find him, but no one was around. There was no furnishings - nothing. I stayed there for ten minutes before he finally appeared. He showed me his guitar, and the strings must have had a quarter-inch of grime on them, as though he hadn't changed them in four years. I asked him when was the last time he'd changed strings, and he said very seriously, "Gee, I don't know. Do you think I should change them?"
How great is that.
Re: Hartman - Tommy Bolin Fuzz
Posted: 13 Nov 2011, 15:14
by okgb
2nd the " any chance of reposting the images ? "
tia
