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In Reply to: Howe, yes, yes, yes (boy did he look sickly last year!) posted by Duilawyer on January 24, 2007 at 21:20:00:
... throughout Grand Funk's most popular touring years, when it was just Mark, Don & Mel. Oddly enough, that Messenger guitar may in part be responsible for some of the group's touring success, in a manner of speaking. The Messenger guitar Mark Farner used on stage and it is assumed in the studio had a unique distortion controls built into it that could really be made to kick in on higher frequencies; he taped the fret holes up which reduced feedback and enhanced the distortion effects giving the guitar a fat, crunchy kind of sound.The only downside was that the addition of masking tape made his green Messenger guitar look like it was literally held together with glue and bailing wire, and believe me it was a pretty crappy lookin' guitar even without the masking tape (LOL!), but somehow what Mark got out of his Messenger was a stylized sound that really made those early albums. After he switched to other well known brands of stage guitars like top dollar Gibsons, Fenders, etc., some of that fat, distortion drenched sound was lost and while greater control may have been obtained through foot pedals and outboard devices allowing a broader range of effects such as echo, nothing quite sounded like that green Messenger. I'll try to locate and link a photo of him playing that guitar in the early 70's and other info. :o)
Cheers,
AuPh
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Follow Ups
- Ummm, the Messenger is an obscure el-cheapo brand of electric guitar (now rare & pricey) that Mark played... - Audiophilander 22:50:19 01/24/07 (2)
- photo of Mark Farner w/ his Messenger guitar - Roscoe East 13:16:27 01/26/07 (1)
- Thanks! Apparently the photo image I linked disappeared; too bad, because it was a great shot as well. - Audiophilander 00:14:27 01/27/07 (0)
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