Me and Mike would go down to soundchecks early so we could jam, warm up and horse around with different ideas, I was playing that lick, and my brother said, ‘That’s a good one. Do you recall who came up with the riff and chord structure of that tune?
I’ve been thinking of getting a small Hiwatt rig, probably an AC30 and probably a small Marshall and using those amps together to come up with my perfect sound.Īll those older Heart tunes still hold up, and one of my favorites is Barracuda – one of the greatest rock tunes ever, in my opinion. I think about gear and tone all the time, still. So to have a guitar sound that has real solidity with just a little bit of smoke, that’s what I like about the Hiwatt. It’s pleasing in a way, but it doesn’t have solidity. A real distorted guitar sound kind of hits you like a puff of smoke. A clean guitar sound when you hear it hits you like a piece of steel. I was a real proponent of cleanliness in a guitar sound because the dirtier you get, the more clipped that waveform is and the less substance it has. Brand didn’t really matter, but I think I used Ernie Balls most of the time įor strings, I went back and forth between different sets, sets starting with 9s and sets starting with 10s. My favorite rig was a Hiwatt – I think 100 watts. What was your favorite gear when you played in Heart?Ī Les Paul – I think it was a ’65 Gold Top with the standard humbuckers it came with. Every time I’ve spent time with him, it’s been like he’s an old buddy.
Whereas if you meet Jeff Beck and he’s just a regular guy like he is, then his music – he’s probably my favorite electric guitarist. To me personally, if I meet a guitarist held in high esteem and see just a wreck, the music doesn’t have quite the shine it had before I met him. A great player is a great player, doesn’t matter what they’re doing. But then there certainly are exceptions to every situation. If your evolution has brought you to the point where you’re an alcoholic with a drug problem who will be as dishonest as necessary to continue your indulgence, then I wouldn’t think your music has much magnetism. The greatness is what you have cultivated your presence in life to be. Greatness isn’t in the number of notes per second. And then let that greatness come through in my guitar-playing and singing without feeling any need to prove that I’m some great player.
It does squash the art thing a little bit, which brings to mind something else important to me: I’m not interest in being a virtuoso as a guitar player or singer, but I do want to be a virtuoso as a human being. In this business it’s so difficult…because it’s necessary at times to wear a lot of hats. I invested lot of money into rack systems, different amps, guitars, effects until at some point back in the ’90s I just decided use off-the-shelf Strats and just basic effects – so I can concentrate on being a producer, engineer, guitarist, singer, head of the art department and head of marketing (laughs). Most of us are always chasing after that – better tone. Roger: That’s such a tough thing for guitarists. WoodyTone: How about your tone – were you happy with it at the time or were you still going through gear trying to get it to match what you heard in your head? Here’s the second part of my 3-part interview with founding Heart member Roger Fisher – who unfortunately for all of us hasn’t gotten his due over the years.Īlthough there’s no doubt, you can tell he’s a guitarist merely by the fact that he can recall his gear details from three decades ago! Roger with his mic'd cab and a few fans! ( photo)
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