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Comment by BUGGY (C) on September 12, 2014 at 11:34pm

Cheer Oily they are using Marshall amps...

Comment by Ron "Oily" Sprague on September 12, 2014 at 11:06pm

Well, the quest for "ultimate tone" has led virtually every guitarist to GAS: gear (or guitar) acquisition syndrome. If you can afford it, great. if you can't, approach tone the way you would haiku: in a strict haiku form, you have exactly 17 syllables to express two or three rather complicated interlocking thoughts. Western music has 12 tones and 8 notes. Most CBGs have 3 or 4 strings. All of these are limitations,l which are amazingly useful to help you focus. Many of the truly great guitarists had one (yes, ONE) recognizable tone, involving plugging a specific guitar directly into a specific amp, and letting it rip.

And sounding better sounds different live than it does on recording, so already you're chasing shadows ( which is both a great song title and band name, and has already been used both ways:

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Purple_(album)

https://www.facebook.com/pages/CHASING-SHADOWS/134693720789

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=o4jwUHmbsjc

Comment by BUGGY (C) on September 12, 2014 at 10:24pm

Er... ok I take your point...just trying to sound a bit better....tiny minute details make huhge differences in life...

plus now what am I going to do with my time...LOL?

(I am still working on it.in the background)

Comment by ChickenboneJohn on September 12, 2014 at 9:54pm

Digglydog, right on the money there..nicely put about chasing shadows, once you start the quest for the ultimate tone or whatever, it's bound to end in permanent frustration and a waste of time. 

Plug your guitar in, play and stop worrying. 

Comment by Ron "Oily" Sprague on September 12, 2014 at 9:53pm

Agree with the Diglydog. Unless you have built a teleporter, and want to travel back to Woodstock...or have a ton of spare cash on hand. This is why amp modeling has become so popular. You can get all those classic tones in one box (or pretty reasonable facsimiles thereof), for 1/5 the cost of just the 100W Marshall head.

Comment by Diglydog on September 12, 2014 at 8:44pm

Bug, are you sure you're not just chasing shadows ?

Back in the 70s (early 80s for me), the music was loud, the room was smoke-filled and we were listening through lots of pints of whatever we could afford.  I have memories of great-sounding rock but if I listened to that sound today, sober, it may not be quite so good.

You have some pretty good amps.  Just work with what you've got and make a sound that you like.  As Fleetwood Mac said: "Yesterday's gone. Yesterday's gone".

Comment by BUGGY (C) on September 12, 2014 at 8:14pm

Comment by BUGGY (C) on September 12, 2014 at 8:13pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06cDfBXZL_U&feature=youtube_gdat...

oh yeh...your right no pedals

Comment by BrianQ. on September 12, 2014 at 5:32pm

Bug, what u need my friend is a Marshall with an MXR Distortion +,DOD OD250 or an old green Ibanez Tube Screamer. That combo seems to get that 70's hard rock sound for me,straight dirt rock!!! I.ve seen AC/DC several times and believe it or not he runs straight into a 100 watt Marshall with a little reverb,no pedal board,just a standard 2 button marshall footswitch.

Comment by Clock The Wolf on September 12, 2014 at 12:09pm

Pignose 7-300 HOG-30 Amplifier!!!

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