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Fender, Marshall, Aiwa, Lace Sensors and BSM
A small German company called BSM will present it’s new treble booster guitar pedal at the upcoming Musikmesse which will be held in Frankfurt at the end of March. The pedal aims at recreating the Mk2 Blackmore’s sound. BSM already has a line of booster pedals built to emulate the tone of various guitar players with several Blackmore models among them. They also have a series of well researched articles on their website on the finer points of Ritchie’s guitars and pickups, amps and pedals and the iconic Aiwa tape machine. They are worth reading for anyone interested in Blackmore’s gear or vintage electronics in general.
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Jesus…how much information here.This guy is genius.
February 28th, 2010 at 15:41Made in Germany–sham wow–Germans make good stuff. Hope the product assists all Ritchie B. influenced guitar players.
March 1st, 2010 at 14:03This seems like good structure for PhD on Ritchie – gear part 🙂
March 2nd, 2010 at 06:17Everyboby play yer atrats loooooooooooud fer springbreak!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 im gonna get all them & also put em thru my stereo flanger!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A strat got the springs in it makes ya fly super space truckin like feelin ya get sittin a back of a 727 jet tween the turbos!!!!!!!!!!!!!! & like jimi parachuting!!!!!!!! I met ritchie ask him bout jimi he said surprisingly humbly jimi came up to him askin him how to play all the zillion leads & stuff!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A guy in woodstock live next to jimi said at his managers mansion by the horsehouse & swimming pool jimi play starsplangled echoing off the mts practicing!!!!!!!!!!!!! A kid that knows ritchie says he got a real castle in england with a room all black furniture for blackmore & a big romm fulla marshalls & stuff practicing!!!!!!! I hope stev meets ritchie someday & does a jig round the campfire playin super maybe that will turn ritchie on!!!!!!!!!! Have fun yall!!!!! Yeeeeeeeeeeeeee~haaaaaaaaaaaaw!!!!!!!!!! Save all the kittens too they likes super geeeetaaaaring!!!!!!!!!!! Coz theres strings!!!!!!!!!!
March 2nd, 2010 at 16:41All that and much more if you check the website highlighted by my name, moreblack 🙂
March 2nd, 2010 at 19:46You see, I m not that insane!
I love my AIWA cassettedecks too!!!!!
Its all about TONE too!!!!!
March 3rd, 2010 at 09:53#5 GGGGGary thank you mate.I’m at home.In case Ritchie be elected to the hall of fame,will he went to receive the prize?
March 4th, 2010 at 21:58Ritchie Blackmore to 2011 Rock n Roll Hall of Fame!!
Cause the crwod yelds:Ritchie Ritchie Ritchie Ritchie Ritchie Ritchie Ritchie Ritchie…
@6 bought one in the philippines 1980–still rock’n. along with a set of j33 speakers-shiney black–sound like bose. plenty of DP sounds went through that set.
March 5th, 2010 at 13:07The formula is a simple one. Plug a Stratocaster into an old Marshall stack and turn it up full and you’re close to “that classic Blackmore sound”.
Re: #8
I have a set of those J33 speakers 😉 😉
March 6th, 2010 at 02:57@9 soon to be a “Cash in the Attic” item! Collector’s dream if there ever was one–they sound great huh! Although do not stack them up and plug in the Strat–only works with the Marshall’s.
March 6th, 2010 at 22:46It is not that simple with a strat and a Marshall. Read BSMs feature closely. There is not A Marshall but a lot of different types. You won´t get a great Blackmore sound out of a JCM 2000 if you are not Ritchie himself. And even he used a very special Marshall (Major) which is more like a Monster Hifi Amp.
March 9th, 2010 at 16:04If you´re a damn good player you can use a Les Paul and a Fender Twin and get a Blackmore Tone. But it is mostely a good idea to buy one of BSMs Trebelboosters. Ritchie used them (old stuff of course), he knew what a treble booster or a Reel-to-reel-Preamp could do to your sound.
So, the 71/73 pedal is a real thrill. Go get one, when available.
I once got a comment that an original solo I’d done on a recording “sounds like Ritchie Blackmore”. It was simply direct-injection with only a Boss distortion/feedbacker pedal and a ’57 Stratocaster.
It’s more a matter of touch than equipment. Blackmore would sound like Blackmore on anything–but a special pedal is a nice short-cut without having to blow the roof off the house I suppose. I once did such an experiment and had to quit when the window glass began to rattle out of the frames. Now THAT’S science!
Dirk’s Les Paul comment was very interesting. Blackmore’s best MkII playing was on that old ES-335, and I miss those days. The reel-to-reel was another astute observation, since that tape delay also had a lot to do with Blackmore’s sound.
March 12th, 2010 at 04:07t
yeah the es335 was a kinda late 60’s and very early 70’s blackmore sound he did not like the tremelo or i guess he might have stuck with it ……………. also to note i have seen pictures from the early mk2 lineup and ritchie might have had the first strat with humbuckers yeah check it out so he might have been using that strat in the studio one never knows right ?????????????????????????
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March 23rd, 2010 at 01:19I don’t care what anyone says, but you will never emulate a vintage amp to the letter simply with a pedal. It just can’t be done. There’s no way to replicate a 60’s plexi in a damn stompbox, I’m sorry.
October 7th, 2010 at 17:32