OT: Re: While we're off-topic...

[Thomas Hudson]

Ingo Debus wrote:

> does anyone remember the band Caravan? They had a very typical sound in
> many songs on their early albums ("If I could do it all over again", or
> "In the land of gray and pink"), it is a special distortion, I don't
> even know if it's from a guitar or an organ. Does anybody know how they
> made it? I love that sound.
> 
I haven't heard this, but on Steve Hillage's first albun "Fish Rising"
there is a similar sound to what you describe that has mystified me
for many years. It sounds somewhat like an organ through a distortion,
but it seems to almost feedback like a guitar. I think I remember
note bends in the solo (on "Dance of the Whirling Dervishes") which
makes me think guitar, but there is also a click on the attack
that suggests an organ. The sound also seems to evolve over the sustain 
portion. I know they have to be using the same device or technique,
because it is such a unique sound that can only be described as
guitar/organ/distortion. I would love to know what this is.

Tomy