Post #182154 by TikiGardener on Fri, Aug 26, 2005 1:51 PM

Link Wray pulling a gun and setting it on his amp because somebody threatened him, height of punk if you ask me.

Link Wray's recording studio techniques...

"Wray’s Shack Three Track." Instead of a snare drum, they would use can of nails; in place of a bass, foot stomping; and when a couple of amps couldn’t fit inside, they were miked through window. Link describes the recording set-up: "I used Telefunken mikes. I put them on my amplifier and let the sound leak through to give me that freedom of playing, because when you put a mike tight next to an amplifier you get that sharpness, and you also get amplifier noise. But when you put an amp in one spot and the microphone across the room, all you get are the overtones, no electronics, just real nitty-gritty."

Wray started playing electric guitar in 1947. "It was a Vega," he says. "Once pickup way up, sort of like jazz guitar." He purchased a Gibson Les Paul in 1953 and a Premier amplifier. It was the only amplifier at that time that had a tremolo effect and crossover heads. "it had a big fifteen-inch speaker," he adds, "and two little six-inch tweeters on each side. I made my own fuzz by punching holes in the speakers."

More can be found at
http://home3.inet.tele.dk/sba/bio.htm

Can of nails for a snare?!? Punching hole in your amp speakers to make your own fuzz???? Really now, how much more punk do you need?

[ Edited by: tikigardener 2005-08-27 14:47 ]