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J.H. Axle Fuzz

  • Created 17 October 2021
  • Author Florent D. (Admin)
  • Category Experience Jimi Hendrix™ for Spark
Tagged: AxisAxle FuzzFuzzjimi hendrixRoger Mayer

Positive Grid J.H. Axle Fuzz pedal is available in the Experience Jimi Hendrix™ for Spark add-on and is inspired by the Roger Mayer Axis Fuzz.

J.H. Axle Fuzz

The Axis Fuzz was developed in early 1967 to give an additional series of tone colours for Jimi. This guitar effect is named after it’s most famous use on the title track of the album “Axis Bold as Love”. It can also be heard extensively on the “Band of Gypsies” and various other post 1968 recordings by Jimi. Since it’s reissue it has become a firm favourite by guitarists who demand rich fill range quality fuzz tones with plenty of bottom end but that can also be used on chords and riffs. It cleans us very well from the guitar volume control and retains its large range of tone colours. The guitar does not loose identity and is truly a modern classic used by many leading performers today.

Electronically the Axis uses a discrete circuit configuration that is completely unlike the simple and crude Fuzz Face configuration. Both PNP and NPN silicon low noise transistors are used in an unique configuration that is temperature stable, free from radio interference and producing more output level and sustain than the Classic Fuzz. It produces a distinctive rich-biting sound that makes solos extremely noticeable but not thin sounding and weedy like so many popular mass marketed effects. The unit has a high input impedance to keep the guitars character and quality of tone whist providing great sustain. It is definitely best described as fuzz rather than distortion but has the ability to be used on chords as well as solos.

Source: https://www.roger-mayer.co.uk/axis.htm

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    Roger Mayer is an electrical engineer who developed several electric guitar effects, including the Octavia, a fuzz effects pedal which also doubled signal frequency, with a sound that was not attainable by simply connecting an octave pedal and a fuzz pedal together. The effect was popularized by Jimi Hendrix, and can be heard during the solos on the song "Purple Haze".[1][2]

    The Octavia, as well as several other effects, are still being produced under Roger Mayer's name.

    Background

    Mayer was originally an acoustic engineer working for the British Admiralty on underwater research projects. At a time when guitar effects were virtually unknown, he designed and built fuzz boxes for leading English guitarists such as Big Jim Sullivan, Jimmy Page, and Jeff Beck. His effects can be heard on P.J. Proby singles such as "Hold Me" (1964) and on numerous Yardbirds tracks.[3]

    Mayer was awarded 'Innovator of the Year Award 2018' by Vintage Guitar magazine not for a particular product, for his work and design across the board.[4][5]

    Jimi Hendrix

    Just having turned 21, Mayer saw Hendrix playing live and in his words was "blown away by his live show". It was after one of Hendrix's shows at the Bag O’Nails club which was in Soho, London. After introducing himself backstage and talking in-depth about tone and a desire to create a totally different sound, he was invited by the guitarist to a gig the following week. Via a small amp back stage, Hendrix listened to the Octavia and was really impressed and excited by what he heard. Mayer was invited by Hendrix to overdub the solos on the songs "Purple Haze" and "Fire" which took place at the Olympic Studio,[6] and working on tones and designing custom effects to realize the sounds Hendrix 'heard' in his head. His designs can be heard on the albums Axis: Bold as Love and Electric Ladyland.[7]

    Other artists

    Mayer worked with many other artists from the Isley Brothers to Bob Marley. He also co-built a pioneering early synth for Stevie Wonder.[8][9]

    Since the 1990s, Tom Principato has enjoyed ongoing endorsement deals with Roger Mayer effects pedals.[10]

    Documentary

    Mayer appeared in the 2004 documentary about Jimi Hendrix, Jimi Hendrix: By Those Who Knew Him Best that also featured Leon Hendrix and Seattle guitarist Sammy Drain.[11]

    References

    1. ^ Gallagher, Mitch (2012). Guitar Tone:: Pursuing the Ultimate Guitar Sound. Cengage Learning. p. 261. ISBN 9781435456211. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
    2. ^ April 2019, Guitar World Staff 19. "The Secrets of Jimi Hendrix's Guitar Setup: Interview with Roger Mayer". guitarworld. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
    3. ^ September 2019, Jonathan Horsley19. "Jimmy Page talks about Roger Mayer bringing the distortion pedal into his life". MusicRadar. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
    4. ^ "Roger Mayer awarded 'Innovator of the Year'". guitarvillage.co.uk. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
    5. ^ Guitar, Vintage (3 December 2018). "2018 Readers' Choice Awards". Vintage Guitar® magazine. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
    6. ^ Reverb, 8 Jan 2018 - Interviews, Hendrix, Page, and Standing Out in a Crowded Effects Market: A Conversation with Roger Mayer by Jake Law
    7. ^ "Jimi Hendrix | An Interview with Michael Fairchild". starting-at-zero.com. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
    8. ^ AnOther (13 September 2010). "Roger Mayer, sound engineer, on his friend Jimi Hendrix". AnOther. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
    9. ^ "Masterclass: Roger Mayer". BIMM. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
    10. ^ "Tom Principato | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
    11. ^ Night Flight, 27 November 2017 - Castles made of sand, fall in the sea, eventually: "Jimi Hendrix: By Those Who Knew Him Best" By Bryan Thomas

    External links

    • Roger Mayer official website
    Jimi Hendrix
    Studio recordings
    • Are You Experienced
    • Axis: Bold as Love
    • Electric Ladyland
    • The Cry of Love
    • Rainbow Bridge
    • War Heroes
    • Loose Ends
    • Crash Landing
    • Midnight Lightning
    • Nine to the Universe
    • Voodoo Soup
    • First Rays of the New Rising Sun
    • South Saturn Delta
    • Valleys of Neptune
    • People, Hell and Angels
    • Both Sides of the Sky
    Live albums
    • Band of Gypsys
    • Historic Performances Recorded at the Monterey International Pop Festival
    • Experience
    • Isle of Wight
    • Hendrix in the West
    • More Experience
    • The Jimi Hendrix Concerts
    • Jimi Plays Monterey
    • Johnny B. Goode
    • Band of Gypsys 2
    • Live at Winterland
    • Radio One
    • Stages
    • Live Isle of Wight '70
    • Woodstock
    • BBC Sessions
    • Live at the Fillmore East
    • Live at Woodstock
    • Blue Wild Angel: Live at the Isle of Wight
    • Live at Berkeley
    • Live at Monterey
    • Winterland
    • Miami Pop Festival
    • Freedom: Atlanta Pop Festival
    • Machine Gun: The Fillmore East First Show
    • Songs for Groovy Children: The Fillmore East Concerts
    • Live in Maui
    • Los Angeles Forum: April 26, 1969
    Anthologies and
    retrospective
    albums
    • Smash Hits
    • Soundtrack Recordings from the Film Jimi Hendrix
    • The Essential Jimi Hendrix
    • The Essential Jimi Hendrix Volume Two
    • The Singles Album
    • Kiss the Sky
    • Live & Unreleased: The Radio Show
    • Cornerstones: 1967–1970
    • Lifelines: The Jimi Hendrix Story
    • The Ultimate Experience
    • Blues
    • South Saturn Delta
    • Experience Hendrix: The Best of Jimi Hendrix
    • The Jimi Hendrix Experience
    • Voodoo Child: The Jimi Hendrix Collection
    • The Singles Collection
    • Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Jimi Hendrix
    • West Coast Seattle Boy: The Jimi Hendrix Anthology
    • Fire: The Jimi Hendrix Collection
    Official bootlegs
    • Live at the Oakland Coliseum
    • Live at Clark University
    • Morning Symphony Ideas
    • Live in Ottawa
    • Baggy's Rehearsal Sessions
    • Paris 1967/San Francisco 1968
    • Hear My Music
    • Live at the Isle of Fehmarn
    • Burning Desire
    • Live in Paris & Ottawa 1968
    • Live at Woburn
    • Live in Cologne
    Concert tours
    • The Cry of Love Tour
    Films, books,
    and tributes
    • Rainbow Bridge
    • Jimi Hendrix
    • Stone Free: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix
    • Hendrix
    • Power of Soul: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix
    • Room Full of Mirrors
    • An Illustrated Experience
    • Becoming Jimi Hendrix
    • Jimi: All Is by My Side
    Related people
    and acts
    • Curtis Knight
    • Lonnie Youngblood
    • Jimmy James and the Blue Flames
    • The Jimi Hendrix Experience
    • Noel Redding
    • Mitch Mitchell
    • Chas Chandler
    • Eddie Kramer
    • Roger Mayer
    • Michael Jeffery
    • Billy Cox
    • Buddy Miles
    • Alan Douglas
    • Leon Hendrix
    • Kathy Etchingham
    • Monika Dannemann
    Related articles
    • Original discography
    • Posthumous discography
    • List of songs
    • Videography
    • Canadian drug charges and trial
    • Handel & Hendrix in London
    • Electric Lady Studios
    • Black Gold
    • Unfinished fourth album
    • Death of Jimi Hendrix
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    source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Mayer_(engineer)

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