tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-161694830669099204.post7670174067897759259..comments2024-03-17T18:53:56.416-07:00Comments on Cosmic American Blog: "Money For Nothing" And Your MTV Promotion For Freeyoggothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00233852251148460524noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-161694830669099204.post-74182574797833645252016-08-02T09:28:54.914-07:002016-08-02T09:28:54.914-07:00Relative to your comments about Knopfler wanting t...Relative to your comments about Knopfler wanting to cop the tone of Billy Gibbons. The secret sauce for Gibbons and others was the Scholz Rockman which was also used extensively (if not exclusively) by Def Leppard on their two big albums. Kiss used it on at least one of their 80s releases. Now if Knopfler bought a Rockman I don't know - it was possible to recreate the tonal characteristics of the device with a knowledgeable engineer so it wasn't that hard. Tom Scholz was quite an inventive individual (though I don't really like Boston the band so much). The Rockman was an early and successful attempt at giving guitarists a "tone in a box" that could be used live or in the studio. Billy Gibbons used to plug a Rockman into another Rockman. This took lots of EQing to get the hiss out of the chain so kudos to his engineers.stewartavekidhttp://stewartavekid.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com