Soul
What else can be said? If you’re not believing 100% in every note you play, and letting a drop of bloody angst dissipate across each melodic line, I don’t care if you’re playing a Top Hat, Hayseed, Line 6, Bruno, or plugging straight in. All of that pails in comparison to soul, feel, and passion. (But, uh, once you have acquired said soul, feel, and passion…it can’t hurt to filter all that passion through a good tube amp.
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It doesn’t get much better. Tone, taste, and feel:
Okay, maybe it does:
BB King: “I’m horrible with chords.”
Bono: “I don’t think there’s much chords in this song. Maybe 2.”
Classic on both counts.
Terrible posting on my part lately. Hey, when holidays flow into weekends, I’m over. However, demos are coming soon. The whole digital versus analog thing will be a bit, as I need to acquire all that stuff at prices low enough to allow me to resell them without losing money. (Stupid, necessary money.) But some new pedals are on their way to be demo’d. And…here’s the real kicker…they’re from Boss. I think I just lost half my audience.
Splendid.
Karl.
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#2 written by Sal Hamby 3 years ago
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#4 written by Don 3 years ago
BB does/did indeed use a lab series amp. And they are solid state.
Ty tabor of king’s x did as well, for their first 4-5 albums.
Here’s an example of his lab series tone…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hjw_1JW3PRk -
Yeah so recently I was following up on some this guy Reb Beach, an amazing guitarist who happens to play a bunch of Suhr guitars (Which have great cred right?)
Check out his pedalboard:
http://www.rebbeach.com/gear_gallery_pedals.htmI think he broke some TGP rules, if not my heart.
But who am I to talk, I just use an m13 now.
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Gtr1ab–aye.
But it makes for a nice example, as the post was on feel, even if you’re playing through solid state trash.
Although, in all seriousness, sometimes those big, almost acoustic-sounding old wood hollowbodies don’t need any extra tube warmth…makes them muddy. A good Evans type solid state amp can be good for them. I still prefer tube, and would love to hear BB through one, but hey…I don’t think he cares what I think.Sal–when he’s singing?
Don–thanks for posting that! Haven’t heard of King’s X in a while!
Kenrick–lol As soon as the mail comes in today, I’m breaking some TGP rules, too! hehe
Don–lol
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Not to be too much of a smart aleck, but doesn’t BB King play through a solid state amp? Something about a Lab Series L5? Perhaps you could borrow his for your next tube v. solid state shoot out?
But don’t try to contact BB through the guy who wrote this article:
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/document?doc_id=80783
That’s got to be the poorest excuse for an interview I’ve read in a long time.