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OMG, your Tone is amazing
Dante:
Ho Hum, another gig, another bunch of other guitarists raving about my guitar tone...happens all the time. Nothing to see here, move along
Had a gig last night with a new cover band. Since I'm not up to speed on all the songs yet, we had three guitarists taking turns all night (basically, one per set) to get the band through the gig. Both the other guitarists just kept raving about the tones of my rig. Same ol thing, no comments about playing ability, just tone - haha.
One of the guys is a total gear whore too, so I am sure he's considering an ADA preamp. He has over 50 guitars, and who-knows-how-many amps, many of them vintage tube heads & cabs. I just think to myself - he must be wondering why he has a garage full of amps when there's a beautiful tone machine in a 4u rack right there in front of him. :dunno:
Kim:
--- Quote from: Dante on March 26, 2017, 09:10:58 AM ---Ho Hum, another gig, another bunch of other guitarists raving about my guitar tone...happens all the time. Nothing to see here, move along...
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:lol:
Strange that you posted this today....just this last night I went to see a cover band playing locally and was wondering why the guitar rig didn't sound better than what it did. The guy was a solid player for sure, but his gear just didn't seem to sound as good as what you'd probably expect. Mesa Mk-something head, Jet City cab, floorboard with a dozen pedals, etc.....
Granted, I'm not in a cover band and just concentrate on our originals....but every time we rehearse or play there's a huge wave of something special that comes over me the moment I kick the poweramp off Standby and get to it. It's exactly the tone I've always heard in my head, but could never get before.
That feeling.....it doesn't go away. :thumb-up:
Dante:
--- Quote from: Kim on March 26, 2017, 11:30:53 AM ---
--- Quote from: Dante on March 26, 2017, 09:10:58 AM ---Ho Hum, another gig, another bunch of other guitarists raving about my guitar tone...happens all the time. Nothing to see here, move along...
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:lol:
Strange that you posted this today....just this last night I went to see a cover band playing locally and was wondering why the guitar rig didn't sound better than what it did. The guy was a solid player for sure, but his gear just didn't seem to sound as good as what you'd probably expect. Mesa Mk-something head, Jet City cab, floorboard with a dozen pedals, etc.....
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A good friend is in another cover band (actually, several), and he uses some Line6 thingamajig that is priced at $1,500. It's a multi-fx pedal for christsakes, with multi-colored lights. I can get those lights at IKEA for $40. Anyway, I felt the same way...asking myself 'why is the guitar so thin and wimpy sounding? That's not right. Where's the sound man?"
Dante:
Yup, I'm bumping my own thread again...played another gig with the new band last night. Since I'm still not totally up to speed on all the songs, we had a couple guests come onstage for a half set. They were previously in another band with our singer, so they remembered a half set worth of old material.
My singer plugged his guitar into my rig, and let his ol' guitarist use his rig - said he already knew how to use my rig and it would confuse the other guitar player(?). I find this interesting that he'd rather use my rig than his own Blackstar combo. So, after the set, during the break, the other guitarist comes up to me and says "I shoulda plugged into your rig, that thing sounds amazing"
Boom.
rnolan:
Hey Dante, why am I not surprised >:D , are you using the Classic in this outfit ? (seems where you've gravitated lately ??). My MP-2 clean patch is working well for the new funk/soul band I've joined, very different style for me but I'm having fun so far, and they want me to stay, so I must be doing ok :dunno: .
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