an amp for each string

[Basvarken]

Well this is different!

[hollowbody]

I believe that Phil Lesh had a column for each string in the "Wall of Sound" period.

[uwe]

Reminds me of the prevailing legend (?) that on Def Leopard's Hysteria Mutt Lange insisted on some chord progressions via recording single notes from the guitars separately (Collen's mostly, the other guy wasn't much around) and mixing them together, "producing" each note. I always took that with a grain of salt, but with Mutt Lange you never know.

In comparison to the ebullient Pyromania, Hysteria always sounded contrived to me. Rocking the mixing console.

[uwe]

As regards the vid that inspired this thread, it's all very well with that silly chicken tapping he does, but can you play bass with it too? Aren't you gonna have huge cancelling-out issues? Even just regular stereo doesn't work well in most bass situations. The guy doesn't even attempt to play a regular bass run.

[gearHed289]

I believe that Phil Lesh had a column for each string in the "Wall of Sound" period.

One of his first Alembics had a quad pickup on it, so that would make sense.

It's a different approach. Seems cool for a solo piece, but not very practical or necessary in most situations.

[JZumbro]

I'm too old (and lazy) to lug 5 amps in and out for a gig.

[the mojo hobo]

I believe that Phil Lesh had a column for each string in the "Wall of Sound" period.

So did Jack Casady.

[Psycho Bass Guy]

With that stupid tap crap dude is doing, he could use multiple beginner guitar combo amps and it wouldn't sound much different. Big +1 on phasing problems too. With people barely understanding speaker phase on cabinets connected in a single amp stack, adding in amplifiers and disparate speaker stacks is a recipe for disaster, especially if they're miked. Phil Lesh and Jack Casady's setups worked because their amps WERE the PA.