Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Power duo is a name sometimes given to two-piece rock bands consisting of just an electric guitarist and a drummer, particularly those who follow a similar blues rock style to a traditional power trio, for example the White Stripes, the Black Keys, Blood Red Shoes and originally the Flat Duo Jets.A power duo can be described as "a power trio without the bassist". This can be overcome by the use of octave dividers and pitch shifters, as Jack White of The White Stripes and Joe Ziemba of The Like Young have done. However, most of these effects are monophonic and will not work on chords, limiting their usefulness in live situations; Scott Lucas of Local H created a workaround by installing one half of a split bass pickup under the lower strings of his guitar and running the signal from it to an octave pedal and a bass amplifier, creating the illusion of a bass player while maintaining a full guitar sound. Yet another means is to split the guitar signal between multiple guitar amps (generally one for clean and another for effects), and a bass amp; Japandroids and No Age follow this approach. Rarer is the use of synthesizer technology to fill in the gaps; examples include Wye Oak and Giant Drag, whose drummers simultaneously play synth.A power duo is not limited to the guitar/drums format; Death From Above 1979 were an example of a bass/drums power duo, also employing synth.. }
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- Power_duo abstract "Power duo is a name sometimes given to two-piece rock bands consisting of just an electric guitarist and a drummer, particularly those who follow a similar blues rock style to a traditional power trio, for example the White Stripes, the Black Keys, Blood Red Shoes and originally the Flat Duo Jets.A power duo can be described as "a power trio without the bassist". This can be overcome by the use of octave dividers and pitch shifters, as Jack White of The White Stripes and Joe Ziemba of The Like Young have done. However, most of these effects are monophonic and will not work on chords, limiting their usefulness in live situations; Scott Lucas of Local H created a workaround by installing one half of a split bass pickup under the lower strings of his guitar and running the signal from it to an octave pedal and a bass amplifier, creating the illusion of a bass player while maintaining a full guitar sound. Yet another means is to split the guitar signal between multiple guitar amps (generally one for clean and another for effects), and a bass amp; Japandroids and No Age follow this approach. Rarer is the use of synthesizer technology to fill in the gaps; examples include Wye Oak and Giant Drag, whose drummers simultaneously play synth.A power duo is not limited to the guitar/drums format; Death From Above 1979 were an example of a bass/drums power duo, also employing synth.".