Interview du "Père du Newgrass"

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Si la langue anglaise n'est pas un obstacle, interview avec "goodies" sur le Mandolin Cafe de monsieur
Sam Bush
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(Pour les mandolinistes fanatiques, et au delà du bluegrass, voir les autres interviews !!!)

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Bonne trouvaille de Grassmat!

et pour compléter la partie instruments de l'interview....

Sam Bush
INSTRUMENTS:
1937 Gibson F5 Mandolin - Barcus-Berry Hot Dot pick-up and Countryman Isomax IIC mic.
2000 Gibson F5 Sam Bush Signature Series Mandolin - Barcus Berry Hot Dot pick-up and Countryman Isomax IIC mic.
1938 National Resophonic Slide Mandolin - w/ a Highlander pick-up and an internal Shure mic.
1976 Cats Eyes - Martin D42 copy - w/ a Highlander pick-up and a Countryman Isomax IIC mic.
1956 Fender Electric Mandolin
1980 Custom Electric 4-string mandolin designed by Sam, modified by Sim Daley.
1959 Gibson A-5 Florentine Custom.
(unknown year built) Copy of a Stradivarius violin w/ a Barcus-Berry
bridge pick-up and Joe Mills mic.
Sam Bush model Gibson Mandolin Strings
Thomastik violin strings
RACK:
BBE 802 Sonic Maximizer
Richard Battaglia - ChardStuff AcH 104 pre-amp
Yamaha SPX90
AMPS:
Polytone Mini-Brute II
Marshall DSL401
Byron House
Stage
Instruments:
2000 Eminence RN-4 Portable Upright Bass, Fishman Full Circle pickup
Fender Jazz Bass, 5-string passive Mexican
mid-70’s Fender Precision Bass, fretless, Bartolini PJ pickups
2003 Parker Fly Bass, 5-string, DiMarzio Ultra-Jazz pickups
Amplification:
Eden Highwayman WT-500 Integrated Amplifier
Trace Elliott 2103X Speaker Cabinet
Processing:
BBE 482i Sonic Maximizer
Boss Octaver
Boss Stage Tuner
Boss Super Chorus
Loop-Master A/B switcher and Effects Loop
Cables:
George L
Planet Waves
Stand:
Ultracase 4-space
Additional Studio Equipment
Basses:
1990 Clevinger Electric Upright Bass
Czech flatback Acoustic Upright Bass, ca. 1880, Barcus-Berry pickup
Czechoslovakian Electric Bass Guitar
1998 Epiphone Jack Casady Signature Model Bass
1996 F-Bass BN-5, 5-string
1956 Fender Precision
Fender “Jazz-Tele-Cision”: 70’s Jazz body, 60’s Telecaster neck, 2 custom-wound J pickups, one Lindy Fralin ‘63 P pickup (center position), 5-way Strat-style switching w/push-pull tone knob
1986 Guild Ashbory Silicone String Bass
2004 Hofner Club Bass
1991 Martin Acoustic Bass Guitar
Modulus Graphite Quantum Bass, 5-string, EMG PJ pickups
Steinberger L2 Bass
1961 or ‘62 Supro Pocket Bass
Other:
Gibson J-45 Acoustic Guitar
Gibson L6 Electric Guitar
Hammond L-100 Organ
Magnus Chord Organ
Ode-Baldwin Model C 5-string Banjo
Yamaha Bass Recorder
Yamaha U3 Upright Piano
Processing:
BBE DI-1000 Direct Box
MXR Envelope Filter
Sadowsky Outboard Preamp
SansAmp Bass Driver DI
Yamaha NE-1 Parametric Equalizer
Hamilton Upright Bass Stand
MIT Ripcord
Royer 121 Ribbon Microphone
Strings:
D’Addario, various flatwounds and roundwounds (electric)
LaBella tape wounds (on Jack Casady Bass)
Corelli (upright)
Thomastik Spirocore (upright)
Chris Brown

Live:
1987 Yamaha Recording Custom Drumkit .
The sizes are 20" Kick, 10" Rack Tom, 15" Floor Tom and a 14" x 5 -1/2" Pearl One Piece Shell Snare.
The Cymbals vary but generallly I use: Zildjian A-Custom 22" Ride, Two Paiste Signature Full Crashes 15" & 17" , Paiste 14" Signature Dark Crisp Hi Hats, and a 14" Wuhan China Cymbal.
I use Ayotte Londoner Model Drustix, Flix Brushes, Regal Tip Whiskers Brushes, Regal Tip Telescoping Wire Brushes (Regular & Jeff Hamilton Model).
In The Studio:
I Have been favoring my2003 Dw All-Maple (no re-inforcing ring) Drum Kit. Those sizes are: 20" Kick, 10" tom, 12"tom, and 14" floor tom. Snares range from Ludwig 20's Black Beauty, Ludwig Supraphonic Snare, Ludwig super-sensitve snare, Noble & Cooley wood Piccolo snare and Pearl One Piece maple snares
Scott Vestal
Stealth Banjos. One normal tuning, one tuned to a low C for other songs.
The midi rig is an electric solid body Stealth with a Roland GK-2A midi trigger running through a Roland GR-30 synthesizer
D'Addario strings
Trace amps
Stephen Mougin
Road Gear
All guitars run into a Peterson Strobe Stomp and are routed to the appropriate rig with an Loop-master mini A/B switch.
ACOUSTIC
Daley HD-28 Guitar - with Fishman Acoustic Matrix 2
Dearstone HD-23 Guitar - with Fishman Acoustic Matrix 2x
Fishman Aura
Fishman Loudbox Amplifier
ELECTRIC
Fender Telecaster - with EMG "tele" pickups
Dunlop Original Wah
Visual Sounds Jekyll & Hyde pedal
Boss Tremelo
Ibanez AD-9 Analog Delay pedal
Fender Blues Jr. with Harvey Modification
GHS Strings Infinity Bronze Medium (Acoustic) Boomers 9's (Electric)
Colorado Case Covers
Endorsements:
GHS Strings
Colorado Case Covers
Daley Instruments
Dearstone Instruments
Fishman (Aura and Loudbox amp)

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[james442]

Si la langue anglaise n'est pas un obstacle, interview avec "goodies" sur le Mandolin Cafe de monsieur



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