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solo in Queen's "I wanna break free"
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 10:39 am
by writeroxie
It almost sounds like a guitar... but this is a synth, correct? moog?
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 11:54 am
by Jords
As a kid I used to think it was a Roland GR700 guitar synth - I can't remeber why I reached that conclusion.
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 4:24 pm
by wasteddays
I'm pretty sure it is a guitar. I think its the Roland guitar synth as well.
hmmm, sure?
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 8:16 am
by writeroxie
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.
Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2005 12:47 pm
by endocrine
could it be doubled?
-Tyler2000-
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2005 5:02 pm
by Qwave
There is a very good sound of this lead for the Waldorf microQ and Q done by Howard Scarr for the Waldorf Soundbank.
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2005 8:07 pm
by Boeing 737-400
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.
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 9:51 am
by writeroxie
...you'd think a controversy like this would be settled in some sort of interview over the last 20 years, no?
Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 1:21 am
by Mike Braithwaite
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.
Queen's song solo
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 6:34 am
by alphacode
Guy's
it's played on the ARP Avatar Guitar synth .....
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 7:26 am
by yellowbird
it's a Roland Jupiter 8.
Commentary from Brian May on the 'Greatest Video Hits 1' DVD