http://www.kurtrosenwinkel.com/forum/ The Kurt Rosenwinkel Forum » User Favorites: carlescountry en Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:05:59 +0000 http://www.kurtrosenwinkel.com/forum/topic/kurts-gear#post-6080 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 03:14:05 +0000 JorgeRubiales 6080@http://www.kurtrosenwinkel.com/forum/ <p>D'angelico never made semi-hollow guitars. Kurt is using a vestax d'angelico, about $4k. Definitely better than the koreans made and sold now by Hale and others. Not bad guitars, but if you're after one, better try other options or save for the Japanese vestax </p> http://www.kurtrosenwinkel.com/forum/topic/kurts-gear#post-6076 Sun, 11 Dec 2011 21:05:15 +0000 jorgemg1984 6076@http://www.kurtrosenwinkel.com/forum/ <p>I am almost sure Kurt has an Asian one... </p> http://www.kurtrosenwinkel.com/forum/topic/kurts-gear#post-6075 Sun, 11 Dec 2011 19:19:28 +0000 arewolfe 6075@http://www.kurtrosenwinkel.com/forum/ <p>I have to ask a stupid question, but I'm almost positive my friend is wrong:</p> <p>A friend of mine who is a gear-whore / equipment nerd told me KR's D'Angelico guitar is one of the original models made by D'Angelico himself... aka that it's a $20,000 - $40,000 instrument. I always figured it was one of the newer models ($2,000 - $3,000 retail). I don't think NYSS-3 was even a model while D'Angelico was living, correct?</p> <p>My friend is full of it, right? </p> http://www.kurtrosenwinkel.com/forum/topic/guitar-pick#post-3586 Wed, 22 Dec 2010 02:42:50 +0000 Basile865 3586@http://www.kurtrosenwinkel.com/forum/ <p>I bought a v-pick for about 5 bucks recently - its around 3 mm thick I believe - its def. thicker than my 2 mm gator grips and 207 jazztones. I think its a great pick. Its actually the same shape as dunlops 207 jazztone, just thicker. Sorta has a perloid white color. It can sound dark and fat although I find the gator grip standard fender shape much more nimble. Everyone raves about the jazz III&#39;s but I just cant get comfortable with them. Oh well to each his own I guess. </p> <p>Kapteinar - &quot;cheapest way of improving your tone ever&quot; I couldn&#39;t agree more man. A friend of mine carries all sorts of picks and just uses different ones for various applications - I think its a good way to be. Its just like having different distortion/overdrive pedals - picks make the difference! </p> http://www.kurtrosenwinkel.com/forum/topic/guitar-pick#post-3585 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 14:23:39 +0000 denjz 3585@http://www.kurtrosenwinkel.com/forum/ <p>I use jazz III shaped stone picks and really like them.They always have perfectly smooth edges and the tone they produce is more bell-like compared to the plastic ones...The difference is very subtle though and has to do more with the feel than the actual tone. </p> http://www.kurtrosenwinkel.com/forum/topic/guitar-pick#post-3574 Sun, 19 Dec 2010 19:27:00 +0000 Kapteinar 3574@http://www.kurtrosenwinkel.com/forum/ <p>I use Jazz IIIs for anything but jazz. For jazz I use the Jazztone 207.<br /> Cheapest way of improving your tone ever! </p> http://www.kurtrosenwinkel.com/forum/topic/guitar-pick#post-3559 Sun, 19 Dec 2010 09:56:21 +0000 Matt 3559@http://www.kurtrosenwinkel.com/forum/ <p>jazz iii&#39;s anyone? </p> http://www.kurtrosenwinkel.com/forum/topic/guitar-pick#post-3560 Sun, 19 Dec 2010 09:56:21 +0000 Matt 3560@http://www.kurtrosenwinkel.com/forum/ <p>jazz iii&#39;s anyone? </p> http://www.kurtrosenwinkel.com/forum/topic/guitar-pick#post-3553 Sun, 19 Dec 2010 03:17:09 +0000 Basile865 3553@http://www.kurtrosenwinkel.com/forum/ <p>floatingbridge I agree...</p> <p>another thing that really makes a difference is how you hold it. Its hard to explain on the internet but picture a pick laying on a table with the pointed side facing you. Some of us hold it so that the left edge makes the first contact with the strings, and some hold it so the right edge of that point is the first to make contact with the strings. It varies the tone quite a bit by how much angle - a buddy of mine who was getting a nice dark fatter tone using my same pick holds it so the right edge hits first. I&#39;ve been experimenting with that today and its really quite interesting how different you can make some picks sound then you&#39;re used to them sounding just by that angle. Maybe obvious to some people but I hadn&#39;t experimented with that enough. It helps darken it up if thats what you&#39;re trying to do. </p> http://www.kurtrosenwinkel.com/forum/topic/guitar-pick#post-3552 Sun, 19 Dec 2010 01:18:46 +0000 jbroad 3552@http://www.kurtrosenwinkel.com/forum/ <p>red bear picks. not cheap but they&#39;re great. check out the no. 9 extra heavy </p> http://www.kurtrosenwinkel.com/forum/topic/guitar-pick#post-3551 Sun, 19 Dec 2010 00:59:28 +0000 Floatingbridge 3551@http://www.kurtrosenwinkel.com/forum/ <p>i&#39;m sure they&#39;re great, i&#39;ve never tried them... sort of like really expensive sunglasses. </p> http://www.kurtrosenwinkel.com/forum/topic/guitar-pick#post-3549 Sun, 19 Dec 2010 00:50:19 +0000 Poparad 3549@http://www.kurtrosenwinkel.com/forum/ <p>I&#39;ve been using the 2mm Dunlop gator picks for years. I went back and forth between them and others, and I always kept coming back to them. A beautiful, warm tone, but you don&#39;t lose any crispness in articulation. </p> http://www.kurtrosenwinkel.com/forum/topic/guitar-pick#post-3546 Sat, 18 Dec 2010 19:20:56 +0000 Basile865 3546@http://www.kurtrosenwinkel.com/forum/ <p>This is a really old topic I&#39;m retouching on, but a buddy recently was suggesting the stone picks to me. They&#39;re not cheap (about $22.00 per pick depending on which you get). I&#39;m nervous to spend money like that on a pick....I currently find the dunlop 2 mm gator grip (the black ones) to be the darkest sounding pick I&#39;ve tried so far. Even slightly darker then their jazztone 207&#39;s. Anybody ever compare those 2mm gater grip to stone picks? </p> http://www.kurtrosenwinkel.com/forum/topic/kurts-gear#post-2674 Sun, 12 Sep 2010 18:05:43 +0000 Anonymous 2674@http://www.kurtrosenwinkel.com/forum/ <p>I&#39;m all about Kurt and his gear.<br /> He&#39;s using a h o g for an octave sound. He used it a bit at the vanguad when he played with d&#39;angelo in their.quartet.<br /> He is also using the boss octave pedal. It&#39;s set to the Low strings I think. He just doesn&#39;t play anything but the low e as the octafied note. He stays away from the others.<br /> Also he&#39;s using the hog for it&#39;s freeZe function and he still rocks many delays including multiple eventides. </p> http://www.kurtrosenwinkel.com/forum/topic/kurts-gear#post-2655 Sun, 12 Sep 2010 02:43:38 +0000 lubo 2655@http://www.kurtrosenwinkel.com/forum/ <p>What about just tuning the guitar differently? Thats his &quot;octave divider&quot; I think. </p> http://www.kurtrosenwinkel.com/forum/topic/kurts-gear#post-2650 Sat, 11 Sep 2010 13:37:37 +0000 geetarted 2650@http://www.kurtrosenwinkel.com/forum/ <p>I use the Boss OC-3 and on the poly setting you can get only the bottom string down an octave. It&#39;s prob what he uses.?. check it out.<br /> <a href="http://www.bossus.com/gear/productdetails.php?ProductId=608" rel="nofollow">http://www.bossus.com/gear/productdetails.php?ProductId=608</a> </p> http://www.kurtrosenwinkel.com/forum/topic/kurts-gear#post-2648 Sat, 11 Sep 2010 07:49:14 +0000 c0ltrane 2648@http://www.kurtrosenwinkel.com/forum/ <p>Would anyone happen to know what octave divider pedal Kurt has been using lately in some of his solo introductions? Sounds like its set only n the low E string. </p> http://www.kurtrosenwinkel.com/forum/topic/kurts-gear#post-2646 Sat, 11 Sep 2010 07:31:50 +0000 lubo 2646@http://www.kurtrosenwinkel.com/forum/ <p>hey guys, Kurt uses &#39;Harry Colby-modified Fender Twin Reverb amplifier&#39; does anybody know, how is that amp modified? </p> http://www.kurtrosenwinkel.com/forum/topic/kurts-gear#post-581 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:06:21 +0000 jbyrd123 581@http://www.kurtrosenwinkel.com/forum/ <p>Thanks, Denjz. You&#39;re right that it was the neck PU. I mistyped.<br /> That&#39;s a good guess about pick noise. I imagine it&#39;s something simple like that. Just curious. </p> http://www.kurtrosenwinkel.com/forum/topic/kurts-gear#post-554 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:24:26 +0000 denjz 554@http://www.kurtrosenwinkel.com/forum/ <p>I saw that blue tape too,although on the neck pickup.I thought maybe the pickups are set very high so that the pick sometimes touches the pickup and makes noise.Maybe the tape prevents that noise...<br /> It&#39;s just a guess though... </p> http://www.kurtrosenwinkel.com/forum/topic/kurts-gear#post-546 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:29:47 +0000 jbyrd123 546@http://www.kurtrosenwinkel.com/forum/ <p>Hi, Kurt (or anyone who can answer this):<br /> In some online video, unless I&#39;m mistaken, I noticed blue painters tape across half of the bridge pickup<br /> on the red 335. Is this for purely mechanical reasons (i.e., to hold the humbucker in place b/c of loose screws, to stop a rattle, etc.)<br /> or is the tape used to change the tone in some way? Thanks. </p> http://www.kurtrosenwinkel.com/forum/topic/guitar-pick#post-263 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:53:59 +0000 denjz 263@http://www.kurtrosenwinkel.com/forum/ <p>Hitdoggie,since you first mentioned playing guitar with a brick...I think stonepicks are really great! I recently got a couple as a present and found that they sound better compared to the plastic ones. </p> http://www.kurtrosenwinkel.com/forum/topic/guitar-pick#post-259 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:35:33 +0000 Anonymous 259@http://www.kurtrosenwinkel.com/forum/ <p>^^^ these picks are made of Win </p> http://www.kurtrosenwinkel.com/forum/topic/kurts-gear#post-201 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:31:40 +0000 111 201@http://www.kurtrosenwinkel.com/forum/ <p>Sorry, I meant to refer to the Moffa guitar... </p> http://www.kurtrosenwinkel.com/forum/topic/kurts-gear#post-200 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:42:32 +0000 Paul 200@http://www.kurtrosenwinkel.com/forum/ <p>111: i have the same d&#39;angelico guitar, and the foam really isn&#39;t necessary - i&#39;ve never had feedback at all with this guitar. i think usually that&#39;s the case in semihollow guitars, though i haven&#39;t played too many of them. </p> http://www.kurtrosenwinkel.com/forum/topic/kurts-gear#post-199 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:19:33 +0000 denjz 199@http://www.kurtrosenwinkel.com/forum/ <p>I saw Kurt in Eilat in late August.He used this axe:</p> <p><a href="http://www.moffaguitars.it/archlorraine_e.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.moffaguitars.it/archlorraine_e.htm</a></p> <p>Although this was a big concert outside and Kurt played with quite a bit of distortion,I didn&#39;t notice any foam in the soundholes.And this is a fully hollow design,no center block,so...Probably it wasn&#39;t all that loud onstage...</p> <p>Another interesting fact: I saw Kurt the same night on the jam session.He played an es-175 through Fender Hot Rod Deluxe. Guess what? The signature Rosenwinkel sound was right there! </p> http://www.kurtrosenwinkel.com/forum/topic/kurts-gear#post-198 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:29:39 +0000 Sandemose 198@http://www.kurtrosenwinkel.com/forum/ <p>It was very long since I saw Kurt. Stockholm 2004 I think. One of the best concerts Ive ever seen. Cant remember if it was that loud, quite perhaps, but I cant remember. Would really like to know how hard the amplifier works and how much is cranked via the PA. Best, and thanks for bringing up this topic, really intresting.</p> <p>Sandemose </p> http://www.kurtrosenwinkel.com/forum/topic/kurts-gear#post-197 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:50:23 +0000 111 197@http://www.kurtrosenwinkel.com/forum/ <p>Does anyone know if he has foam in the soundholes on the D&#39;Angelico? I can&#39;t tell. I plan on seeing him live in Toronto or Buffalo and hope to see how he manages feedback. If anyone has any idea, I&#39;d appreciate some feedback. Thanks! </p> http://www.kurtrosenwinkel.com/forum/topic/guitar-pick#post-191 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:56:19 +0000 Sandemose 191@http://www.kurtrosenwinkel.com/forum/ <p>Dunlop 2mm (the black ones) with the round side (not with the &quot;point&quot; (?) like Pat or Robben Ford among others. </p> http://www.kurtrosenwinkel.com/forum/topic/guitar-pick#post-190 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:54:46 +0000 hitdoggie 190@http://www.kurtrosenwinkel.com/forum/ <p>The 207&#39;s are great for jazz, but they don&#39;t work out well when I am teaching other genres. It&#39;s pretty much like playing guitar with a brick! </p>