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Re: Tom Scholz: Sound Machine
2014/06/10 10:31:03
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Thanks, Rain. I enjoyed that. I recently read "Instant: The Story of Polaroid", which doesn't mention Tom but describes a company designed by its founder to be an environment where smart people are encouraged to think, dream and invent. A lot of musicians are employed there still.
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Re: Tom Scholz: Sound Machine
2014/06/10 11:21:44
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Note that your video link starts towards the end (that "t" portion at the end). So remember to rewind before watching!
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Re: Tom Scholz: Sound Machine
2014/06/10 15:16:17
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craigb
Note that your video link starts towards the end (that "t" portion at the end). So remember to rewind before watching!
I hate when it does that - I think that's the point where I switched from the linked video in another page directly to YouTube, because I wanted to share it... :/ Bit - Glad you enjoyed. :)
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Re: Tom Scholz: Sound Machine
2014/06/10 15:32:01
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☄ Helpfulby Rain 2014/06/10 15:36:16
When you click on the "Share" tab, you're given a choice of copying the share link from where you are or the beginning.  You don't want to grab the main URL either.
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Re: Tom Scholz: Sound Machine
2014/06/10 16:11:35
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That was cool. Always liked his sound.
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Re: Tom Scholz: Sound Machine
2014/06/10 16:22:11
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My friend has this little rack of Boston sounds: 
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Re: Tom Scholz: Sound Machine
2014/06/10 16:39:32
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Re: Tom Scholz: Sound Machine
2014/06/10 16:43:49
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i bought a rockman, way back when.... was it 1982?  i still have it somewhere. have some demos recorded with it..... the cleans on it were really nice... and i liked the distortion without the chorus effect.... but found that every single track ended up sounding the same using this thing. same eq, same sonic fingerprint. but at the time, it was like a magic miniature studio. actually, the best of all the products he put out, was the Distortion Generator. run that, into a programmable EQ, and you are really onto something.
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Re: Tom Scholz: Sound Machine
2014/06/10 16:50:23
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Re: Tom Scholz: Sound Machine
2014/06/10 18:46:47
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I used to have a Rockman too, so much fun! But, I made the mistake of storing it with the battery (batteries?) still in it and they exploded... 
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Re: Tom Scholz: Sound Machine
2014/06/10 19:00:58
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So you know where the batteries go in a Rockman, but not in every Boss pedal ever made... 
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Re: Tom Scholz: Sound Machine
2014/06/10 19:56:41
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So you know where the batteries go in a Rockman, but not in every Boss pedal ever made...
Pretty much! 
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Re: Tom Scholz: Sound Machine
2014/06/10 20:14:19
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A buddy of mine had one but I can't remember much about it. Listening to a couple of videos on YouTube, I do recognize the sound however.
Joe Satriani must have used that thing on Surfing with the Alien, did he? That's THAT sound pretty much exactly.
Pretty incredible device for the time.
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Re: Tom Scholz: Sound Machine
2014/06/10 20:28:36
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[Old Fart Talk]
Just to be able to walk around playing guitar with distortion while wearing headphones. Kids now-a-days have NO idea how innovative that was at the time!
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Re: Tom Scholz: Sound Machine
2014/06/10 20:38:51
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[Old Fart Talk]
Just to be able to walk around playing guitar with distortion while wearing headphones. Kids now-a-days have NO idea how innovative that was at the time!
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Ah, 1985...  Never owned one, but the older brother of a friend had one and let me play with that and his priceless Gibson flying V for an entire afternoon. Heaven on earth. :)
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Re: Tom Scholz: Sound Machine
2014/06/10 23:29:52
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I had one called a Hot Watt back in '83 or 84'. Road trips were great. Just sit in the back seat and get lost in the sound... :)
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Re: Tom Scholz: Sound Machine
2014/06/11 00:30:10
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Cool, thanks Rain. Really liked the part where HE talks about getting two warranty cards signed by Jeff Beck...yea, that would make my lifetime also.
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Re: Tom Scholz: Sound Machine
2014/06/11 23:05:29
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I had two rockman's back in the day. Recorded about 20 songs (or so) with them.
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Re: Tom Scholz: Sound Machine
2014/06/12 00:04:18
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☄ Helpfulby bapu 2014/06/12 11:01:57
bapu
I had two rockman's back in the day. Recorded about 20 songs (or so) with them.
Etudes in Am? 
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Re: Tom Scholz: Sound Machine
2014/06/12 11:07:34
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Back on topic.
Regardless of his business success I really do find it hard to believe that a wizard like that could not "get the sound" he was after out of stock devices*.
Mebee I Am smarter than Tom after all.
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Re: Tom Scholz: Sound Machine
2014/06/12 11:38:34
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well, remember, the first album, was a marshall, with his tweaks all in front of the amp.
the first album, was a real amp.
he used a prototype of the POWER SOAK (another scholz device i bought and used).
after that, it sounds mushy to me.
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Re: Tom Scholz: Sound Machine
2014/06/12 11:47:25
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Re: Tom Scholz: Sound Machine
2014/06/12 12:02:05
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Interesting! Boy do I remember after their debut album came out waiting and waiting and waiting for their next one and then REALLY wanting a third to come out which also took forever...
Their latest album, which just came out, took 11 years(!) to complete and even that still includes three songs that were on the previous album but just remixed... Oh, and the drums are fake and sound like it! Oh well...
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Re: Tom Scholz: Sound Machine
2014/06/12 13:59:49
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I'd never been a fan of Boston - I was too young for their first albums and by the time I started buying records, they were much too pop for my tastes. I'm finding out that I do like that guy and, from checking their stuff out on iTunes, their first album definitely has its place in my CD collection. I got the link from Bobby Owsinski's weekly newsletter, which is one of the very few newsletters worth reading imho.
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Re: Tom Scholz: Sound Machine
2014/06/12 14:03:55
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☄ Helpfulby Rain 2014/06/12 14:04:42
Both the first album and the second album (Don't Look Back) are above and beyond. After that it's a matter of picking and choosing with some songs and/or albums, as with most bands that have been around a long time, being somewhat forgettable.
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