Guitar updates

Did some research on guitars and managed to dig up some more on the black Tokai (Later 80s section) and the Beaudoux guitars (00s section). The 48th Street guitars have been dated to 1992 (90s section). Some new stuff on strings as well!

Updates

Not much new happening in the world of RF music gear and not much old to be unearthed, so updates here remain scarce. Two additions today:

• Info from Hernan Nuñez on the early ’90s rig
• Spec sheet for 2003 touring rig

Minor update

• Added video reference for the Beaudoux used at some soundchecks for the 2008 tour (’00s).

Update & reorganising

• Shuffled around a bit with content and two old pages that were leftovers from an older version of Fripperies have been replaced with “Plectrums & Strings” and “About & Links”, a much better way to organise that content.
• Added some info on strings used in the 1970′s.
• Some guitar and effect info in the New York section, not very new but filling out the picture.

Update

• Comments & Links section updated: plectrum text completely overhauled.
• New information regarding the League of Gentlemen setup thanks to commenter Ray Smith.
• Some housekeeping in the 70′s KC section.

Buyer’s guides?

I have a question for our visitors – would you like some kind of buyer’s guide like the excellent Gilmourish site has? Getting a Fripp kind of sound is not particularly difficult in terms of what hardware to buy: the real difficulty lies in the playing. Ever had a go at Fracture? The magic in that piece is certainly not the fuzz tone!

Still, maybe it could be interesting? Leave a comment below!

Updates

Several minor updates today:

• a second diary reference to the “Marriott” spare Les Paul and a reference to the current resting place of the main Les Paul (70′s KC)
• more information on the black Tokai and a spare (Later 80′s)
• the start of rack mounted looping/soundscaping dated to 1992 (90′s)
• “Formentera Lady” acoustic (Acoustics)
• the String Archive (Comments and Links)
• RSS feed added, by request. I’m new to RSS stuff so let me know if there are any issues with this!

Fripperies relaunched!

If one can call it a relaunch after an over five year hiatus – but we are back! All sections have been scrutinised and updated and will continue to be so. The new WordPress-based format will certainly make this a lot easier.

Fripperies is the leading place for all and any information on Robert Fripp’s guitar gear from the late 1960′s to the present day. Most of this information can be found anyway by looking around (that’s how I did it) but this is the only place where one can get a clear and comprehensive overview of all of it. Tell your friends, and welcome!

(and yes, there will soon be a more guitar related header picture above!)