Late 1940s electric sound

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Gabojo Kleio (stimer copy) pickup into a Fender Champ 600

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Cool, man! What's the recording chain? I can hear a bit of room in the mic, so how far from the speaker?

You've captured that partially overdriven/distorted (mic?) sound on those old, late era, electric Django prints...even sounds like Charlie Christian, Minton's jams. What element is responsible for the break-up/distortion?...very authentic.

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The breakup is just from the fender champ turned up to 11 on the low input. I really dig it when it sizzles. It's recorded with my phone. The amp and speakers are about 1 meter away on either side of me.

Djangos distorted sound was from a cranked 6 watt Stimer amp. Apparently he liked to play very loud.

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The breakup is just from the fender champ turned up to 11 on the low input. I really dig it when it sizzles. It's recorded with my phone. The amp and speakers are about 1 meter away on either side of me.

Thanks, man. I've always wondered if those old prints were recorded with the small amps/speakers distorting into mics or whether it was the mic ribbons overloading or tape saturation/distortion. Thanks for clearing that up. Great jams, man

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Overdriving amps was definitely a desired sound and intentional effect. I've read all these things about Link Wray and Chuck Berry 'inventing' it in the 50s... but Django and his contemporaries had already embraced it in the late 40s.

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Overdriving amps was definitely a desired sound and intentional effect. I've read all these things about Link Wray and Chuck Berry 'inventing' it in the 50s... but Django and his contemporaries had already embraced it in the late 40s.

Yeah. The 'merican media are pretty introspective. If it didn't happen in 'merica, it didn't happen at all. I read a treatise about US country music that claimed all this BS for 'merican music history (Bob Wills and The Texas Playboys, Eldon Shamblin) dismissing Django as nothing but a smalltime, flash-in-the-pan, Euro interest...nothing special

I'm actually waiting for someone to make a definitive bio-pic movie of that cat's life and music...it's a freakin' epic story in it's own right, let alone the creative genius of an entire music genre.

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much enjoyment