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Topic: Theremins...

Anyone out there have one or can recommend one?  I love what he does on some of his new stuff with the theremin, very Zeppelin/Page sounding!  I hear the Moog is the most accessable and overall very good for the "Whole Lotta Love" thing.  BTW anyone sure how Joe uses it live (through another amp, PA, delay/reverb added, ect)?

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stratpaulguy86 wrote:

Anyone out there have one or can recommend one?  I love what he does on some of his new stuff with the theremin, very Zeppelin/Page sounding!  I hear the Moog is the most accessable and overall very good for the "Whole Lotta Love" thing.  BTW anyone sure how Joe uses it live (through another amp, PA, delay/reverb added, ect)?

Take a look at the linked picture in this thread: http://www.jbonamassa.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=9157 !

Joe uses a Moog theremine, going into a Boss DD-3 and a volume pedal; he only uses the tone pitch antenna, instead of the volume antenna he uses the volume pedal, I don't know if he uses an additional preamp, but he doesn't use an additional amp - its going into the pa.

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The Theremin is running thru his rig. It doesn't go to the PA direct.

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roadshow101 wrote:

The Theremin is running thru his rig. It doesn't go to the PA direct.

Joe has a different small effect board for the theremine, and I think after that it goes into the PA - I posted this some time ago too, and Joe has corrected a few parts I have written, but not this one.

And I think it would be unlogical if the theremine would go into the guitar amps?! roll

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I´d guess Warren knows what he´s talking about though ... wink

Did Zeppelin actually use thermemins??

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eva wrote:

I´d guess Warren knows what he´s talking about though ... wink

Did Zeppelin actually use thermemins??

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Yup!  As far as I know, Page was the first and maybe only original artist before Joe who used one in rock music.  I think Page has one of the original RCA ones and would use it live for "Whole Lotta Love".  Youtube search Jimmy Page Theremin and you'll see what I'm talking about.  I just can't get enough of the theremin in the breaks of "Ballad of John Henry" on the live versions.  I think I've seen Joe use it occasionally on the "Django/Just got Paid/Dazed and Confused" part of his set as well.  Question: Why the volume pedal if the theremin has a volume antenna???  Is it so he can turn the thing off with the volume pedal when not in use??

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stratpaulguy86 wrote:

Question: Why the volume pedal if the theremin has a volume antenna???  Is it so he can turn the thing off with the volume pedal when not in use??

Joe doesn't use his hands to control the theremine, instead of it he only uses the guitar neck for the pitch, and the pedal for the volume.

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Cool, you never stop learning new things reading this forum ... here´s a video where you can see page use it (and what kind of guitar is he playing? .... goldtop LP... big_smile) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnbWZmZ_9go (around 3 min.).

stratpaulguy86 wrote:

I think I've seen Joe use it occasionally on the "Django/Just got Paid/Dazed and Confused" part of his set as well.

He does use it for Just got paid - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yaszOF0ekc (around 4.50) and he also used it for Woke up dreaming sometimes ...

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The Beach Boys were first in popmusic, I think they used it on Good Vibrations.
I wrote something about it in my review of the Joeshow in Vredenburg in Utrecht last November see www.bluesmagazine.nl  in Dutch!!

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Eva, that link looked like Mr. Page was REALLY getting into it.

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When I saw joe last, he told me the theremin ran through the cat5.  the rest of the songs he uses it in are also ones that normally go through the cat5 as well, just got paid, etc.

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DonR wrote:

When I saw joe last, he told me the theremin ran through the cat5.  the rest of the songs he uses it in are also ones that normally go through the cat5 as well, just got paid, etc.

DonR

So he plays the theremin and Category 5 at the same time?  That's really weird unless he puts it through the loop or something...now I'm really confused!  The new GP came out with Joe's entire rig updated so I'm going to have to check and see if there's any info in there.  Thanks Don!

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eva wrote:

He does use it for Just got paid - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yaszOF0ekc (around 4.50) and he also used it for Woke up dreaming sometimes ...

Eva

He uses the theremine for Woke Up Dreaming?! Never heard of this... Do you have a YouTube link - or anything other?

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Yup, right here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvBC6X4pUd0 - it´s just a very, very short part with the theremin though.
Sorry for posting my own video, but I know that he uses it on this one for sure, so ... wink

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Edited to add: it´s at 7:15 if you´re too impatient to watch the whole video. smile

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Ok,  its simpler than you think.. The Theremin runs through the spare normal input of my Category 5 JB-100 (yes 100 ) silver amp.  It gets used at the same time as the guitar goes through it. Reason number 356 to use 100 watt amps.  A keely DD-3 and Ernie Ball Volume pedal provide the delay and the expression.  You can use it through any good clear amp. But a dual amp set up is best..  I hope this helps
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@ eva: Stimmt! Hatte ich gar nicht mehr in Erinnerung... wink

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