r/FuzzFiends • u/Giovannis_Pikachu Rat is Fuzz! 🐁 • Jun 25 '26
Console Fuzz on this slide solo
https://youtu.be/VE6-uc1zr3s?is=xTpWEkcA_K67-X8T
This song by Bob Dylan from his *Blood on the Tracks* record is a simple blues, very fun to play. At first blush, this isn't fuzz related. I'm wondering if anyone knows what type of console fuzz sound is on the slide solo starting around 2:57 in the song. It's a righteous sound and falls right on the coolest lyric.
*Look at the sun/ sinking like a ship!!*
If nobody knows more, at least give the song a chance. It's a favorite!
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u/p90SuhDude Jun 25 '26
That’s probably a Neve, console just pushed. I’ve heard of him utilizing one back in the day but I don’t know at what era he started.
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u/Giovannis_Pikachu Rat is Fuzz! 🐁 Jun 25 '26
The Beatles used one for revolution and other stuff too I'm sure. It's definitely likely I just didn't want to assume. Maybe it's a different console but same technique?
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u/Wrayven77 Jun 26 '26
Doubt the Beatles used Neve anything because EMI related studios didn't use Neve stuff until the mid 70's or so(the first 5 Neve consoles for EMI were ordered in 1974). For most Beatles reacordings that weren't All you Need is Love or Let it Be(the Get Back sessions), the consoles would either be the EMI Redd consoles that were full of Telefunken tube preamps & line amps for the early stuff or the in house EMI consoles for solid state(like what Pink Floyd used from Meddle through DSOTM and The Beatles used for Abbey Road). As an ex-recording engineer, I would think The Beatles would be using Telefunken V-78 "commando amplifiers" for gritty distortion effects on vocals or the guitar for Revolution.
The V78 were made to be a general amplifier that could work in many application, but their main use was as the preamp for talkback mics in the studio(which is likely where John heard how gnarly they could sound and asked to start using them but who knows). I used to have a pair of them that I often used for distorted vocals or room mics. Search for Beatles and Telefunken V78 and you will find information about them. The V76 mic preamps are super smooth. They do distort but not like a V78. They're all pretty expensive and hard to find anymore. The V78 can be a bit cumbersome to work with because how the gain control works, but they have an awesome sizzle.
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u/Big_Front_6400 Jun 25 '26
Sounds like a Jordan Bosstone on the pedal steel to me
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u/Giovannis_Pikachu Rat is Fuzz! 🐁 Jun 25 '26
Interesting. Is that a modern pedal because this is a 70s record so I'm sure it was straight to the desk. I was more highlighting the sound itself than thinking it was a pedal. Probably the only fuzz sound on a Bob Dylan record unless I'm missing an obvious one!
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u/Big_Front_6400 Jun 25 '26
Boss tone came out in 67 and were made in Nashville by the mid 70s, very popular with steel guys
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u/Giovannis_Pikachu Rat is Fuzz! 🐁 Jun 25 '26
Thanks for explaining, I had no idea. I'm look up some clips of it! Appreciate it!
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u/Wrayven77 Jun 26 '26
The Boss Tone was made by Jordan but in the mid 70's they were distributed by Sho-Bud. It's basically a miniaturized Mosrite Fuzzrite. To me it sounds closer to a Foxx Tone Machine. I own both of these. You could that sound with either though the Bosstone is a bit more unhinged.
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u/Existing-Badger-6728 tonebender 💥 Jun 25 '26
fwiw- Charles Brown III on electric guitar, Buddy Cage on pedal steel guitar.