Tone like a siamese cat yawning...Dynasty track

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well, it's the closest description I can think of...maybe a nasal cat...if I wake my Siamese up he makes this noise

....finally I have found a vid of the song and it seems the guy has a Rick'...not knowing anything about them and never seeing one singing funk before....is this sound normal, or maybe it's fretless or perhaps it has some aftermarket pick-ups, whatever I love the tone

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[quote name='iconic' post='1031703' date='Nov 21 2010, 07:07 PM']....finally I have found a vid of the song and it seems the guy has a Rick'...not knowing anything about them and never seeing one singing funk before....is this sound normal, or maybe it's fretless or perhaps it has some aftermarket pick-ups, whatever I love the tone [/quote]

Yeah, it's do-able up to a point.
Looking at the age of the track (well, the clothes anyway!) there wouldn't have been any super clever effects around at the time like there are today but there's definately "something else" in there with the Ric.
A subtly set autowah of some description would be my best guess.

[Chris2112]

That does have a really nice burpy sound to it. Possibly a subtle envelope filter maybe? Answers on a postcard!

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[quote name='Chris2112' post='1031898' date='Nov 21 2010, 09:02 PM']That does have a really nice burpy sound to it. Possibly a subtle envelope filter maybe? Answers on a postcard![/quote]

Burpy sound?

A Flatulent Flanger maybe?

[Ou7shined]

I see a Ric but I can't hear one.

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[quote name='Ou7shined' post='1031958' date='Nov 21 2010, 09:53 PM']I see a Ric but I can't hear one. [/quote]

I suspect the selection of guitar was more to do with colour co-ordination than musical accuracy...
Without wanting to sound like a wine taster, it does have that punchy growl though - along with a lot of mid and dollop of "something else"...

[gjones]

It's an electric guitar with a filter or possibly a wah wah pedal. Of course it could be a stylophone [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkTQsOQLEeU&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkTQsOQLEeU...feature=related[/url] which does sound very like a siamese cat.

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[quote name='gjones' post='1031976' date='Nov 21 2010, 10:13 PM']It's an electric guitar with a filter or possibly a wah wah pedal. Of course it could be a stylophone [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkTQsOQLEeU&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkTQsOQLEeU...feature=related[/url] which does sound very like a siamese cat.[/quote]

they do now I think of it!

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[quote name='iconic' post='1032173' date='Nov 22 2010, 07:07 AM']they do now I think of it![/quote]

Erm....

You considered taking your cat to the vet?

[BigRedX]

As always in these cases just because the bassist is seen miming with a RIC in the video doesn't mean that is what was used on the record...

[matski]

Sounds like a StingRay to me...

[Ou7shined]

[quote name='matski' post='1032441' date='Nov 22 2010, 11:57 AM']Sounds like a StingRay to me... [/quote]
+1 That's what I heard too... but I though it would be so predictable for me to bang on about 'rays yet again that I left that bit out for someone else say.

[Brave Sir Robin]

Yeah I vote Stingray, but it's a Ric in the video. Either we all need some earwax treatment, or the video is FAKE!

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[quote name='Brave Sir Robin' post='1032745' date='Nov 22 2010, 03:31 PM']Yeah I vote Stingray, but it's a Ric in the video. Either we all need some earwax treatment, or the video is FAKE![/quote]

Fake Sir?!?
Do you realise what you are saying?
This could bring about the end of live music as we know it!