Punch a hole in a speaker

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Nov 5th 2005, guitarist Link Wray died aged 76. Wray was credited with inventing 'fuzz' guitar after punching a hole in a speaker giving him a distorted guitar sound. Famous for his 1958 US No.16 single 'Rumble' which was banned on several radio stations, on the grounds that it glorified juvenile delinquency. A rare feat for a song with no lyrics.
 
I always thought it was Paul Burrlison with the popped out power tubes.:confused:
 
I don't know if any of you ever listen to the CBC radio but Randy Bachman used to or still does have a radio show and he credited that fuzz sound to another person still, in a country song from like 64 or so if i remember at all correctly.
 
CBC??? I didn't think ANYONE listened to CBC!!!:D
I'm pretty sure INTENTIONAL distortion was pre '64.
 
I've heard that Dave Davies of the Kinks slashed his speakers for the distorted tone he got on 'You Really got me', I believe he acknowledged it in a Guitar Player article many years back.
 
People returned copies of The Beatles' records because they thought something was "wrong" with them. " Revolution", and "Helter Skelter", were pretty distorted for the times.
 
jj burnell from the stranglers got his classic tone from playing an acoustic stack with a ripped speaker.

funnily enough he didnt even know this until a lot later....but it sounded sweet.:) ...peaches!
 
OT- I used to know a guy that ran Celestions for 'clean' but slit a jbl for crunch. :confused: Seemed backwards as hell to me.
 
goldtopchas said:
People returned copies of The Beatles' records because they thought something was "wrong" with them. " Revolution", and "Helter Skelter", were pretty distorted for the times.
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That's fantastic :) I wish stuff like that happened these days. You'd find it hard to create noises so revolutionary that people thought the disc was damaged.

Andrew
 
I don't recall the guitar player's name but that old country song refered to was DON'T WORRY ABOUT ME by Marty Robbins. I don't know when it was released but the band I was playing with in 1966 played it a lot.
 
goldtopchas said:
People returned copies of The Beatles' records because they thought something was "wrong" with them. " Revolution", and "Helter Skelter", were pretty distorted for the times.
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The liner notes on the Rubber Soul track "Think For Yourself" credited Paul as playing "fuzz bass".

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