The Guitar Pron Thread

[dcbc 14410]

3 hours ago, Deej said:

Why would you have just one Strat? I have another that has the standard set-up. 

 

Because I have 3 telecasters.

[Goredho 17349]

23 minutes ago, AnotherUTFan said:

Our Psycho Las Vegas set is a week from today and they just sent us the back line options. I'm thinking the Ampeg SVT Classic and SVT810 cab to run my Pbass through? Any opinions on Classic vs Pro?

I want to sound as big and deep as possible with lots of mids. Like velvet cannonballs hitting your eardrums.
 

I'd say fuck it, plug into JCM2000 and go all Billy Sheehan bass tappy-tappy on them.

Seriously, I don't know jack about bass amps.  Can you delay the decision until a sound check and see what grabs you on the day of?

[Deej 76568]

23 minutes ago, dcbc said:

Because I have 3 telecasters.

Me, too.

[G650 14108]

50 minutes ago, AnotherUTFan said:

Our Psycho Las Vegas set is a week from today and they just sent us the back line options. I'm thinking the Ampeg SVT Classic and SVT810 cab to run my Pbass through? Any opinions on Classic vs Pro?

I want to sound as big and deep as possible with lots of mids. Like velvet cannonballs hitting your eardrums.
 

100% Classic with 8x10. I'm firmly in the bass should be felt more than heard camp, Tommy Shannon and James Jamerson are the GOATs. The Pro 4 is a hybrid amp.

[jimmyjazz 45560]

I don't know much about the modern Ampeg heads, but if you don't select the 8x10 cab you need to be kicked out of the band.

For some reason I purchased a vintage Ampeg head and 8x10 cabinet back in the day -- I don't play bass -- holy moly that thing was loud, deep, and heavy in every possible way.

[topochico 1049]

1 hour ago, AnotherUTFan said:

Our Psycho Las Vegas set is a week from today and they just sent us the back line options. I'm thinking the Ampeg SVT Classic and SVT810 cab to run my Pbass through? Any opinions on Classic vs Pro?

I want to sound as big and deep as possible with lots of mids. Like velvet cannonballs hitting your eardrums.
 

I think the Classic may be more of the tone you are looking for based on your prior Koff videos. This may provide some better perspective.

https://www.talkbass.com/threads/svt-cl-vs-svt-4-pro.937250/

[Celery Man 20886]

Classic.

 

I had an svt-4 pro that was a lemon. Still bummed about that amp. SVT Classic and the refrigerator cab is the most rocking bass setup.

[G650 14108]

18 minutes ago, Celery Man said:

Classic.

 

I had an svt-4 pro that was a lemon. Still bummed about that amp. SVT Classic and the refrigerator cab is the most rocking bass setup.

After an Acoustic 360, yes it is.

[Celery Man 20886]

Good call on acoustic. I was thinking Sunn could get in the mix. And… who played the puffy Kustom rig?

[G650 14108]

5 minutes ago, Celery Man said:

Good call on acoustic. I was thinking Sunn could get in the mix. And… who played the puffy Kustom rig?

Those Kustoms were epic. My man James Jamerson actually played one.

 

Sunn deffo classic. I never got on well with them but they are legit.

[Celery Man 20886]

Has to be Jameson I’m thinking of, although I think he’s also associated with the flip top ampeg 

[G650 14108]

Yeah I believe he started with an Ampeg. I think almost all the Motown studio stuff was done with it.

[Deej 76568]

21 minutes ago, Celery Man said:

Good call on acoustic. I was thinking Sunn could get in the mix. And… who played the puffy Kustom rig?

I've got a little Acoustic bass amp that punches well above its weight. I need to break it back out. I've been playing the Fender Rumble I got from you, Celery. At least I think it was you. 

[G650 14108]

If anyone wants an Acoustic 270 or 370 my old man has like 6 of them in the garage in various states of operability. He may or may not have gotten carried away with chasing them down to rebuild and flip (narrator: he did)

[jimmyjazz 45560]

1 minute ago, G650 said:

If anyone wants an Acoustic 270 or 370 my old man has like 6 of them in the garage in various states of operability. He may or may not have gotten carried away with chasing them down to rebuild and flip (narrator: he did)

I might have a buyer for one, let me check

[G650 14108]

For the sake of my stepmother's sanity, and to resume partial use of their garage, I hope so. I need to find out just what state they are in and will report back.

[Foggy Notion 1202]

Here’s another vote for the SVT Classic and 8x10 cab. There’s nothing like the feel of a P-bass going through 300 watts of tubes. I still have my first generation blue line SVT rig that I bought back in the late 90s. Don’t know if I’ll ever play it out again but can’t bring myself to sell it. It is my holy grail of bass amps. 

[Celery Man 20886]

35 minutes ago, Deej said:

I've got a little Acoustic bass amp that punches well above its weight. I need to break it back out. I've been playing the Fender Rumble I got from you, Celery. At least I think it was you. 

that was from me before I skipped town. I bought that at the going out of business sale for the Brooks Mays next to Outback on S. Lamar.

As long as we're down the bass amp trail - when I was getting into bass, my guitar teacher had recommended Gallien Krueger and I wound up with a 400rb/115" combo. In a couple years when I was gigging quite a bit I wanted a big boy amp and got an SVT-4 pro alongside a 15" and a 4x10 combo from Avatar. But that fucking Ampeg never worked for longer than a few months at a time and i kept spending money trying to have it fixed only for it to shit out again. And at some point I ended up just running the GK combo through either of the cabs, and at some point I stopped caring about having a tall amp and just used the combo. That amp never failed me not even once, great amp. Still have it in my attic. The cone has also been dented for 20 years, still sounds great.

not exactly pictured is precisely how concave that grill is from humping it into 1000 clubs.

Edited August 12, 2022 by Celery Man

[Deej 76568]

29 minutes ago, G650 said:

If anyone wants an Acoustic 270 or 370 my old man has like 6 of them in the garage in various states of operability. He may or may not have gotten carried away with chasing them down to rebuild and flip (narrator: he did)

[G650 14108]

A dark little part of my brain wanted to say some about Gallien Kruger. Coming of age playing music in the early 90s, they were ubiquitous.

 

I actually still have a Hartke in my shop that belongs to a guy that jammed with us about 10 years ago. I'm not a super fan of it but that thing is fucking loud. And every time I look at it I reflexivly think of the Tom Hamilton ads from Guitar World back in the day

[Chad Fuck 17567]

I have an 800rb that I keep meaning to sell but always find a reason not to. It’s a great amp.

Chalk another vote for Classic into 8x10.

This is the way.

[AnotherUTFan 9681]

Thanks for confirming. Ive requested the Classic and 8x10's.

Evidently our singer is a little short in the brains. He's our point person and has the contact that got us into that thing. Ive been asking for a couple weeks if we'd recieved any info on checking in, instructions, etc. This morning I texted the guys cause its a week away and asked again. A flurry of texts later and our guitar player is at his place spending the entire afternoon responding to a bunch of emails that we were over due in replying to. Things like the gear we want, stage setup, and merch we are selling and prices. Ive never been a part of anything like this, very interesting to me to experience it.

The morning after our show last week I asked if we'd earned anything. They were surprized to learn that we should have. He emails the venue to ask, and sure as shit we'd left without collecting our paycheck.

[tbone_ 14025]

Here’s some bass pron for you guys - our bass player’s Fodera Yin Yang and his Aguilars in the corner.

[tbone_ 14025]

Also that gold sparkle DW kit is the one from this video

[G650 14108]

5 hours ago, AnotherUTFan said:

Thanks for confirming. Ive requested the Classic and 8x10's.

Evidently our singer is a little short in the brains. He's our point person and has the contact that got us into that thing. Ive been asking for a couple weeks if we'd recieved any info on checking in, instructions, etc. This morning I texted the guys cause its a week away and asked again. A flurry of texts later and our guitar player is at his place spending the entire afternoon responding to a bunch of emails that we were over due in replying to. Things like the gear we want, stage setup, and merch we are selling and prices. Ive never been a part of anything like this, very interesting to me to experience it.

The morning after our show last week I asked if we'd earned anything. They were surprized to learn that we should have. He emails the venue to ask, and sure as shit we'd left without collecting our paycheck.

Well obviously he's not intelligent, otherwise he would be a guitar player

[hullabelew 3706]

13 hours ago, Celery Man said:

Good call on acoustic. I was thinking Sunn could get in the mix. And… who played the puffy Kustom rig?

The bass player from the first high school band I was in played one.  I fucking LOVED that thing.  I think it might have belonged to the high school, but it stayed at his house.  What a cool look.  I actually played my guitar through it as well.  

[hullabelew 3706]

In 2014, I bought a Les Paul and knew I needed a Marshall so Paul Wesley sold me a Class 5.  I loved the amp, but that Les Paul just didn't love me back and life is too short to drool over that beautiful guitar hanging on the wall and knowing it didn't love me, I traded it for something really old.  But I kept the Class 5.  

I picked up that hollow bodied Gretsch last week.  Right now I have a Blues Jr., Vox AC4 and the Marshall.  Had to give the 65 Deluxe Reverb back to my brother.  (sad panda)

I'm test driving a Vox AC10 and AC15...thinking they would go well with the Gretsch.  Thought maybe I didn't need that Marshall anymore and would use that as a down payment on either a new Vox or a pedal steel amp.  Then, I decided to plug that Gretsch into the Marshall and turn everything up to 10, just for one last ear-ringing moment.  Holy fuck......that amp really won't work for any of the groups I play with but when my wife pisses me off or I just need to burn up some nervous energy????????  That guitar and that amp get really angry and gritty together.   Also, I'm playing with the settings on my compressor to really drag out the sustain.  I mute a lot with my right hand and with the Gretsch, it really stops the sound, much more than on any other guitar I have.  So, I'm really enjoying 'learning' to play a different way....and REALLY REALLY FUCKING LOUD.    That is all.

[G650 14108]

26 minutes ago, hullabelew said:

In 2014, I bought a Les Paul and knew I needed a Marshall so Paul Wesley sold me a Class 5.  I loved the amp, but that Les Paul just didn't love me back and life is too short to drool over that beautiful guitar hanging on the wall and knowing it didn't love me, I traded it for something really old.  But I kept the Class 5.  

I picked up that hollow bodied Gretsch last week.  Right now I have a Blues Jr., Vox AC4 and the Marshall.  Had to give the 65 Deluxe Reverb back to my brother.  (sad panda)

I'm test driving a Vox AC10 and AC15...thinking they would go well with the Gretsch.  Thought maybe I didn't need that Marshall anymore and would use that as a down payment on either a new Vox or a pedal steel amp.  Then, I decided to plug that Gretsch into the Marshall and turn everything up to 10, just for one last ear-ringing moment.  Holy fuck......that amp really won't work for any of the groups I play with but when my wife pisses me off or I just need to burn up some nervous energy????????  That guitar and that amp get really angry and gritty together.   Also, I'm playing with the settings on my compressor to really drag out the sustain.  I mute a lot with my right hand and with the Gretsch, it really stops the sound, much more than on any other guitar I have.  So, I'm really enjoying 'learning' to play a different way....and REALLY REALLY FUCKING LOUD.    That is all.

 

There's been so many times where I have been into this that or the other guitar, amp, music style or whatever. Digging this or that. Had  some grand theory and told myself oh you have found the sound now. And no matter how many times this has happened, I have on a whim or something plugged one of my guitars into a cranked Marshall, and just been like, fuck. It's a singular thing. It's not right for everything, or even most things. But it's fucking rad.

[noharleyyet 2837]

A Marshall stack @ GC's Platinum room has sold a ton of expensive guitars...some to moi

[DougO 5239]

23 hours ago, Deej said:

Why would you have just one Strat? I have another that has the standard set-up. 

 

True. It takes several Strats to do what one PRS can do.

 

 

 

Ha! Just trolling. 

[Deej 76568]

Having more than one Strat would not make one look like a d-bag dentist. 

[DougO 5239]

I have my buddy's 1x15 Fender cab that his family gave me after he passed away a couple of years ago. I probably should pass it on to someone who could get some use out of it and rock on. But it's tough.

I also have a couple of his small bass heads. I'll probably keep the little Elf and move the TC on. I have a couple of basses and a Rumble 40 that are more than I'll ever need, since I haven't touched any of it in a good while.

[Chad Fuck 17567]

24 minutes ago, Deej said:

Having more than one Strat would not make one look like a d-bag dentist. 

[Chad Fuck 17567]

24 minutes ago, DougO said:

I have my buddy's 1x15 Fender cab that his family gave me after he passed away a couple of years ago. I probably should pass it on to someone who could get some use out of it and rock on. But it's tough.

I also have a couple of his small bass heads. I'll probably keep the little Elf and move the TC on. I have a couple of basses and a Rumble 40 that are more than I'll ever need, since I haven't touched any of it in a good while.

This post would go better with pics.

That said, I bought a Rumble off my Dad and it has become my premier bass practice amp.  You can dial it down at home, but it'll hang with the band in the practice room.  Plus I can do one handed shoulder lifts with it.  Super light.  

[DougO 5239]

This is the only bass thing I have pics of now, but not for sale. My Epiphone Viola bass. I seriously need to break it out. I just got a cheapass looper pedal so maybe I can make some grooves.

 

[jimmyjazz 45560]

11 hours ago, tbone_ said:

Also that gold sparkle DW kit is the one from this video

Wait, wut?  The model or the actual kit?

[tbone_ 14025]

The actual kit. Our drummer bought it from her drummer on Reverb after he was done touring with it. It sounds insanely good.

Plus, it’s gold fucking sparkle!

[jimmyjazz 45560]

Gold sparkle is the tits.  So is blue sparkle.  And red sparkle.  And silver sparkle.  And champagne sparkle.

Sparkle is the tits.

FIFM

[jimmyjazz 45560]

33 minutes ago, tbone_ said:

The actual kit. 

And Waddy Wachtel, as weird and allegedly pervy as he is, has such an insane tone and staccato picking technique on that song.

[tbone_ 14025]

We’ve started playing it in the duo with just me on acoustic and the singer. After spending some time digging into that song holy shit it’s just a vocal masterpiece by Stevie.

[dcbc 14410]

22 hours ago, G650 said:

Those Kustoms were epic. My man James Jamerson actually played one.

 

Sunn deffo classic. I never got on well with them but they are legit.

I had a 1970 Sunn 4x12 for almost 30 years that I used with my Bassman 100 (for guitar).  Had a good sound.

[Paul Wesley 3277]

1 hour ago, tbone_ said:

holy shit it’s just a vocal masterpiece by Stevie.

Agreed.  I think it’s kind of cool to listen to demo versions of songs that turned out to be great.  In one of the Stones documentaries you can watch them rehearsing “Gimme Shelter,” and it’s a bit of a train wreck.  I’ve heard unused takes (probably on YouTube) of “Seventeen,” and it feels slow and uninspired.  You would never predict that all those parts were about to get really amazing.  

[Handcruser 2805]

Gold sparkle is the tits.  So is blue sparkle.  And red sparkle.  And silver sparkle.  And champagne sparkle.
Sparkle is the tits.
FIFM

Sparkle is the way. On everything.

I’ll own a Les Paul sparkle one day. USA.

[Grandioso 2592]

NGD. Had my eye on this for a while at Fuller’s here in HTown. Jimmie Vaughan Tex Mex strat. Basically a Mexican strat with upgraded “Tex Mex” (higher output) pickups. I love the neck/fretboard without all that glossy sticky lacquer or whatever it is.



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[G650 14108]

29 minutes ago, Grandioso said:

NGD. Had my eye on this for a while at Fuller’s here in HTown. Jimmie Vaughan Tex Mex strat. Basically a Mexican strat with upgraded “Tex Mex” (higher output) pickups. I love the neck/fretboard without all that glossy sticky lacquer or whatever it is.



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Beauty.

 

Do I see a Supa Puss delay on the board there? Very nice,.

[G650 14108]

 

 

[Grandioso 2592]

Beauty.
 
Do I see a Supa Puss delay on the board there? Very nice,.

Yes. I love way huge! There is also a special run “effect pedal jumbo fuzz” (swollen pickle) that came out with the Pedal Movie.


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[Deej 76568]

I've got a black sparkle, but am holding out for the orange sparkle Surlycaster. 

[Celery Man 20886]

Does that J Vaughan strat have a V neck?

[G650 14108]

5 minutes ago, Celery Man said:

Does that J Vaughan strat have a V neck?

I had a Japanese Strat with a V neck back in the mid 90s, I could never come to terms with it. Sold it to my ex fiance's little brother after a year or so.