solo in Queen's "I wanna break free"

writeroxie · Post by **writeroxie** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 10:39 am

It almost sounds like a guitar... but this is a synth, correct? moog?

Jords · Post by **Jords** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 11:54 am

As a kid I used to think it was a Roland GR700 guitar synth - I can't remeber why I reached that conclusion.

wasteddays · Post by **wasteddays** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 4:24 pm

I'm pretty sure it is a guitar. I think its the Roland guitar synth as well.

writeroxie · Post by **writeroxie** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 8:16 am

i googled this page

http://www.pemcom.demon.co.uk/queen/guest.html

which credits Fred Mandel for the "Synth solo on I Want To Break Free"

That sound is awesome, and it's just enough 'guitar' and 'synth' to sort of confuse you.

endocrine · Post by **endocrine** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 12:47 pm

could it be doubled?
-Tyler2000-

Qwave · Post by **Qwave** » Mon Jul 04, 2005 5:02 pm

There is a very good sound of this lead for the Waldorf microQ and Q done by Howard Scarr for the Waldorf Soundbank.

Boeing 737-400 · Post by **Boeing 737-400** » Mon Jul 04, 2005 8:07 pm

It had me confused when I listened to it recently. I thought the solo was a guitar, and there was a synth on the intro and a bit before the solo.

writeroxie · Post by **writeroxie** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 9:51 am

...you'd think a controversy like this would be settled in some sort of interview over the last 20 years, no?

Mike Braithwaite · Post by **Mike Braithwaite** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 1:21 am

Howard Jones played a synth through a Marshall guitar amp and cab miked up to get an cool synth/guitar sound on one of his 80's records I remember. That's one way to do it.

alphacode · Post by **alphacode** » Fri Jul 15, 2005 6:34 am

Guy's

it's played on the ARP Avatar Guitar synth .....

yellowbird · Post by **yellowbird** » Fri Jul 15, 2005 7:26 am

it's a Roland Jupiter 8.

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solo in Queen's "I wanna break free"

solo in Queen's "I wanna break free"

hmmm, sure?

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