Wenge in their prime were no.1 by the way listen to instrumentation in Kaskin perfection just as if they were in a studio was that christian mwepu on bass
Quote from: NEWSIDE96 on May 26, 2014, 14:08Wenge in their prime were no.1 by the way listen to instrumentation in Kaskin perfection just as if they were in a studio was that christian mwepu on bassAnd for those Werra critics, should listen to his unique voice.
guys who have some experience in guitars,i wonder why in clan wenge maitre ficarré is probably the one who had those moments with almost inaudible solo sound the most,what could be the reason behind it?
Yes, i think i understand better,what i found strange is when they played masampu,if you listen to when makaba is on lead in the "tempete talaka bana" part and then after ficarré takes over on masampu and later makaba restarts on lead for kaskin you'd almost think there was no soloist on masampu,a similar thing happened to him at jb's zenith where mbokaliya had to start his own song djodjo ngonda and also play danico which he actually played in studioon another note, i think this was the one of the best wenge musica concerts,along with the one which was broadcasted live by a french channel
I also find patty moleso inaudible...he was usually masked by drums rhythm and synthe..any particular reason?
Archos, I think Newside has given a good answer to Ficarre's problem. It's mainly his guitar. Each make of guitar and each guitar produces different sound and what you find is that the higher the price, the better the sound. Ficarre has been using the same guitar for over 20 years and it's so his sound has been the same. His other position is the position he plays on on the fret board, to me it seems he plays mi-solo and that's why his notes are thicker. He plays from half way position of the guitar. To produce very high sharp notes, soloists play further on the head of the guitar and some guitars are best suited for that especially BC Rich guitar. If you check others like Kapaya, he's been playing with different guitars, when Maison Mere started, kapaya had a similar guitar to Ficarre's and the sound on the albums was different, on Kibuisa Mpimpa he changed his guitar to a lower end BC rich guitar,later on he changed to another proper rockers BC Rich guitar which is more expensive and has been using the type since. Makaba and Roga Roga have been using the same guitars too, I think Lebou too, this is the steinberger guitar. Moleso and Mboka Liya use it too, it's a bit expensive too and has good sound. They have particularly thinner fret boards so easy to play on different positions including on the top end of the head of the guitar for high notes. If you look at Thierry Mogratana, he had some cheap guitar when he joined Maison Mere. I think what he had was a cheap copy of Flamme Kapaya's BC Rich guitar and you heard the difference in tone and pitch between the two guitars. Kimbangu too uses Kapaya's favourite BC Rich and am sure you agree with me that their tone and pitch on the solo is kind of similar. The likes of Ramazani, Correen and others also use expensive guitars and we know their standards on sound so the brand of guitar has a lot to do with the sound produced though it's also the soloist's styles and position on the fretboard as you'll find that some cheap guitars still produce decent sound if the soloist knows where to pick the notes from and the guitar amp is good enough.