Very Important Hillage thread- what is this instrument?!

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I have just listened to the song on FLAC rip, and I agree Dave, it more than likely is keyboard synth.
I used to have difficulty telling Jeff Beck and Jan Hammer apart too - sometimes the sounds they used were very much in the same mould ...
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Oh no! You mustn't agree with me... we're supposed to get all 'huffty' and biff one another up and roll about in the dust surely!

Its what the interwebs was built for weren't it?! :lol:

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Dave the bass wrote:Oh no! You mustn't agree with me...
Oh, OK then.
Naaahhhh!!!!
Yer talking cobblers!!!

Is that the sort of thing you meant? :wink:
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The Stratmangler wrote:
Dave the bass wrote:Oh no! You mustn't agree with me...
Oh, OK then.
Naaahhhh!!!!
Yer talking cobblers!!!

Is that the sort of thing you meant? :wink:
Thats more like it! Thank you!

Take this.....
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Your go!

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Aww noooo!!!!
You just made me get angry ......

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I think the gr-500 could track string bends, but I could be wrong.
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If there is anyone out there using twitter maybe someone could ask him?

https://twitter.com/stevehillage
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Contacting Mr Hillage over such things is a cross between Waynes World "We're not worthy.... we're not worthy!" and Magic Thighs approaching Deep Thought :-) etc etc.

At 2.17 to 2.31 in the G500 vid there's a a hint of bend but to my ears its mechanical and 'stepped', it doesn't have the float that the mystery sound has in the Hillage song.

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Listening again, I am thinking more keyboard
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I've just checked both live DVD's I've got of him, he doesn't cover WOM on either, dang!

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OK, I have just tried messaging the Steve Hillage Band on facebook....

Absolutely no shame, me :)
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thomas wrote:OK, I have just tried messaging the Steve Hillage Band on facebook....

Absolutely no shame, me :)
:idea: You're 51 next year.... howsabout getting the Steve Hillage Band w/T.O.N.T.O to reform for a one off gig to celebrate your special day?! :D

Gwaaaarrrrrn!

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PS. I want a bluddy invite BTW!

PPS, He MUST play Wait One Moment too!
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Idea You're 51 next year.... howsabout getting the Steve Hillage Band w/T.O.N.T.O to reform for a one off gig to celebrate your special day?! Very Happy

Mmmmm now there's a thought...! :D
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Dave the bass wrote:
At 2.17 to 2.31 in the G500 vid there's a a hint of bend but to my ears its mechanical and 'stepped', it doesn't have the float that the mystery sound has in the Hillage song.

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not very up on these things but back in the day(1989ish) my sy77 had a pitch wheel........it certainly didn't have a 'stepped' sound. I don't know when pitch wheels emerged but it has to be a contender.......bit irrelevant now if Thomas gets the word from the horses mouth, so to speak. That's if SH can remember.
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OK, I have just tried messaging the Steve Hillage Band on facebook....

Hmmm well I thought it was a bit of a long shot!....no reply as yet :(
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