The Logic Off Topic list

At 07:33 PM 11/6/02 +0900, you wrote:

>>My recollection from that time (somewhat hazy by now) is that they
>>tracked each note separately. Lots of individual tracksinsted of
>>chords. But they are all power chords anyway I think (i.e. no thirds)
>
>Didn't I hear somewhere that that guy tuned all his strings to E?

The main riffs in those tunes ( eg Rock and Roll Pt I and Pt II)  sound
like single line melodies  -- albeit incredibly thick single line. A bit
like the sound you get from a sax section playing unisons rather than a
single tenor. In live performances in the early to mid seventies the
"Glitter Band" which accompanied him had two full drum kits so that all the
main beats were flams and there were usually a set of 4 tenor saxes
thickening the guitar sound up. No saxes are evident on most of the
recordings though. 

I am just curious about how that unique sound was obtained --
multi-tracking the line over and over sounds plausible I guess.

Regards,
Murray