Randy's Diary Tour Tone

wareagle · Post by **wareagle** » Thu May 21, 2009 11:44 am

<3 u 2 lol.

and bush...theres no way she wasnt involved with him...that be like bark not on a tree lol

rreza · Post by **rreza** » Thu May 21, 2009 1:21 pm

Looks like this turned into the 'Why were Don Airey's keyboards so effin loud?' thread.

wareagle · Post by **wareagle** » Fri May 22, 2009 1:08 am

yh

or more like how did they let him do it for over 2 tours!?!?! doam batm and the latter parts of batm b4 he was gotten rid of.

rreza · Post by **rreza** » Fri May 22, 2009 1:24 am

Hope I'll get to find the answer to my question about Randy's Diary Tour tone!

GUITARIDOL5682 · Post by **GUITARIDOL5682** » Fri May 22, 2009 2:32 am

It could be a hard one to find out 100% as we know he experimented with his sound all the time. We had a discussion about the different echoe units he used and tested. These being used for his tone as well as effects. He then seemed to stop using them later on in his career. It could be a mixture of things from amp settings to effects, graphic equaliser settings who knows. We could be guessing to the answer we may find out more about RR sound when we hear what Pete Merton's has to offer in the documentary. Good luck with your search

wareagle · Post by **wareagle** » Fri May 22, 2009 3:15 am

yeh who was his tech guy and sound guy that ran it? hed know that certainly. id give him a ring.

((CHAMBERS)) · Post by **((CHAMBERS))** » Fri May 22, 2009 4:02 am

I think he might have been using the modded channel on this tour which could explain why the soundman was adding echo and chorus. Could possibly be a combination of the amp mod gain, the Dist +, and the 10 band. . The chorus added to Randy`s sound somehow didnt make it sound soft on the hi gain tones like chorus can do. Very unique.

rreza · Post by **rreza** » Fri May 22, 2009 5:45 am

That could very well be it. He had so much distortion/gain coming out of that amp on the Diary tour as compared to Blizzard tour. Running delay and chorus through all that distortion in the guitar line wouldn't have sounded too hot - no effects loop back then. I think we're on the path to figuring this out!

Fri May 22, 2009 10:09 am

((CHAMBERS)) wrote:I think he might have been using the modded channel on this tour

+1
And there is probably only one guy that can clear this up: Pete Mertons.
I hope he will get enough time in the documentary.