Guitar questions

nickers

I always loved the Sound Pete Townshend and RATT got out of theyre HiWatt amps.. they are known for having a great HOT searing guitar sound.. Crunch and choppy sounding but not overly thin..but it was a great amp to use. They cut well in the mix.. The clean sound.. not so great.. Fender Black face the 65's and fender bassmans doit for Me clean tone wise. And the old Supro's would be another..

nickers

VesnaKociper said:

I never enjoyed an amp more than my Hi-Watt, the bad part about it was that the clean channel was noisy. I was playing in a band that did rock, polkas, jazz, country, and pop. When I put an arch top, or needed clean chords for the polka stuff, since we didn't play that stuff loudly, the hiss was almost unbearable. I wound up using a noise gate, which always blows when you play live. Still, I wish I never sold it. For me, nothing ever touched the Bassman 4 x 10 for a clean tone....unbelievable tight bottom end. Once I made a REALLY dumb choice and purchased a Peavey Classic 50 w a 4 x 10 cabinet (piggy back style) because I thought I could sacrifice the clean sound for the peaveys channel switching. That Peavey amp sounded nice cranked up and distorted, but if you didn't play it loud, it was shit.

My objection to Fenders is that they don't sound thick at low volumes. Even the blues JR....30 watts? Its too fucking loud to get nice tone.

I have a Crate V18 Class A tube amp now, and it is one of the nicest sounding amps I ever had. No channel swiching but I can get it right on the verge of crunch, back off the pickup volume just a twat hair and keep it clean. Punch in the humbucker and it crunches. Kick in an overdrive pedal and boom, I am covered. 18 watts however is borderline loud for anything over 100 people.

Try the new Fender ML series that came out last year . Theyre a great platform for pedals.. and has a nice round tone.. it's voiced to give the bridge pickup a rounder tone

http://www2.fender.com/experience/fender-tone/michael-landau-demos-new-hot-rod-deville-212-ml/

Axe

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Very cool Axe. Woos $600 bucks for one of those what a bargain. Hey is this one of the effects you have? If so buying this did it replace other effects or do you just use it for amp simulation?

Give us a review man.

Axe

I own one.. It does Amp sims, Cab sims (you can load your own) as well, and effects.. It's a dual use pedal. Live and studio. It's not far from my Fractal Audio AxeFx for a lot cheaper.

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Does it have factory presets you can tweak into your own like a multi processer?

Axe

Yes, it does. And plenty of slots for your own patches. There are also libraries popping up that others have built. I am not tracking with it yet because we're too far down the road on tracking this cd to change sound now. But I will in the future.

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@axe said:
Yes, it does. And plenty of slots for your own patches. There are also libraries popping up that others have built. I am not tracking with it yet because we're too far down the road on tracking this cd to change sound now. But I will in the future.

With the recording aspect of it I've only worked with a Boss Processer with my Boss four track. Different guitars including acoustics. Other than that you will lose me. Amateur I is.

I was reading on it I guess I'd have to check it out. Since its guitar player friendly I'd guess the bank switching is easy.

Axe

Well, if you grab one you'll have to shoot me an email addy and I'll send more patches than you'll know what to do with

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@axe said:
Well, if you grab one you'll have to shoot me an email addy and I'll send more patches than you'll know what to do with

If I had the dough to spend on it I would. In the distant future I can see me getting one and if I do I'll take you up on the offer.

nickers

@axe said:
I own one.. It does Amp sims, Cab sims (you can load your own) as well, and effects.. It's a dual use pedal. Live and studio. It's not far from my Fractal Audio AxeFx for a lot cheaper.

I hate amp simulation.. It just cant reproduce The dynamic nuances like Tube Amps can...Tube amps are touch sensitive to your Fingers.. While Digital and SS are NOT!.. your pretty much stuck with a gnatty processed shit guitar sound and tone.. Yuck!

nickers

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Very cool Axe. Woos $600 bucks for one of those what a bargain. Hey is this one of the effects you have? If so buying this did it replace other effects or do you just use it for amp simulation?

Give us a review man.

Dont waste your money/./ Puhleeze.

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Whatever Nickers I like Solid State amps. Lol. I'm just a poor boy so I'd have to sit with it before making a $600 purchase.

After listening to Axe he has my integrity. I just wish my ol lady would let me buy it. There I said it.

nickers

Well.. I bought a Marshall MA 50 head for 300.00 bucks on Amazon.. Everyone that plays through it wants it.. It's by far the best sounding Amp I've owned. I lucked out but.. If you look hard.. and are patient.. you can find some gems.. Heres a short demo I did on Youtube.. just shows you that you dont need to spend a fortune to get a great guitar sound..But the reality is.. you can have the best equipment in the world and still sound like shit..Your tone starts in your mind,, By what your ears hear and take in.. and the tone in your fingers..

Westside Steve

It's a poor Craftsman that blames his tools.

WSS

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Whatever Lol. I make no excuses I prefer the loud chunk sound of a Solid State amp. Just saying.

nickers

One Post From the Truth said:
Whatever Lol. I make no excuses I prefer the loud chunk sound of a Solid State amp. Just saying.

and I prefer the loud chunk of a Mesa Boogie Dual rec with 6L6 tubes...

nickers

Larry Carlton explains it better than I ever could..

Axe

Too bad Dimebag wasn't sitting in Larry's audience.

Play what works for you..

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@axe said:

Too bad Dimebag wasn't sitting in Larry's audience.

Play what works for you..

Kirk Hammett as well.