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Strats, Screamers, Vibe, Wah, Fuzz & Rotary – let’s go!

Welcome to the show. It is our sincere pleasure to welcome the wonderful Philip Sayce to Schwangri-La. Philip has a unique take on high-octane blues and rock, always giving 100 per cent commitment and conviction to live shows and album releases. Since his early tenures with Jeff Healey and later, Melissa Etheridge, Philip has gone on to establish a successful solo career with a stellar reputation as a player, writer and singer. He’s a fan of vintage Strats, Tube Screamers, wah-wah, vibe and fuzz, which reveals his principle influences, after which he goes way beyond. It’s a trip to sit down and chat with him.
Enjoy the show!

Philip’s signal chain explained…
We’ve listed Philip’s pedals in signal-flow order below. For today’s show, there’s a GigRig Humdinger after the last pedal that splits the signal to two amps: the Tommy Cougar 50 watt (and 2x12 EV-loaded cab) and Mick’s Two-Rock Classic Reverb signature which is driving the Fender Vibratone rotary speaker cabinet. Philip doesn’t tour with a Vibratone these days, but he used to, and we thought he might like it! (He did).
Big thanks to Matt Schofield for the loan of the Vibratone!

A note on the audio from Mick…
This is a very challenging guitar tone to record in our environment. Super loud, full-out, everything cranked. There’s plenty of room mics in the mix, but it does indeed sound soooo much better in a bigger room and when experienced in person. We do what we can!

Pedals & stuff in today’s episode
• Cesar Diaz Texas Square Face
• Cesar Diaz Texas Ranger
• Original Vox Clyde McCoy ‘Picture’ Wah-Wah
• Jim Dunlop JH-OC1 Jimi Hendrix Octavio
• 1980s Ibanez TS 9 Tube Screamer (using Keeley True Bypass Loop)
• Or… 1981 Ibanez TS-808 Tubescreamer (as above)
• KR Mega Vibe
• Line 6 DL4 Delay Modeller

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Guitars in today’s show
• 1963 Fender Stratocaster – Big Daddy

Amps in today’s show
• Custom By Cougar Mother 50-watt into Custom 212 with EVM 12L speakers
• Two-Rock Classic Reverb Signature into Fender Vibratone cabinet

Interesting bits and go to sections…
0:00 Intro playing
1:25 Hello and welcome
6:00 The energy and commitment - how?!
10:40 Playing what you feel
13:30 Being vulnerable in your playing
14:45 Making the Sayce Tonal Soup
17:45 Amp explanation
18:15 Meeting Cesar Diaz
22:08 Texas Square Face sounds
27:07 Texas Ranger chat
29:18 Texas Ranger sounds
32:05 Hybrid picking?
34:45 Philip’s 1963 Strat - Big Daddy
37:45 Interesting nut slot repair
40:47 A bit of general amp chat (volume)
44:37 Marshalls?
45:50 Tube Screamers?
50:10 TS 9 & TS808 chat & sounds
54:50 … and Texas Ranger mid setting
1:01:45 Picks and strings?
1:06:16 Line 6 DL4 & Vibe
1:08:30 KR Mega Vibe sounds
1:10:35 Octavio chat & sounds
1:12:30 No sloppy playing?
1:18:30 Wah-wah
1:21:48 Philip plays us out

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