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The Best amp/axe combinations?

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08/23/2003 1:53 am
I read that Keith Richards says to make a Fender guitar really scream you need to match it up with a Fender amp.

A common combination is a Gibson LP or SG matched with a Marshall stack(ala Jimmy Page and many others)

I am running an Epiphone and Fender through a series of pedals into a Fender amp.

What do you think is the best combination?
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08/23/2003 1:59 am
I play a Gibson Les Paul Double CutAway + through a Fender '65 Deluxe Reverb, which is uncommon. That's a hard question to answer, all I can do is tell you what I play through.

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08/23/2003 2:01 am
Do you play mostly clean or dirty channel?
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08/23/2003 2:03 am
Clean; Fender '65 Deluxe Reverb (tube amp) doesn't have a dirty channel, remember. I use a Line 6 POD XT for effects, and often use slight overdrive, but i usually keep it clean.

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08/23/2003 2:08 am
I bet that has a sweet sound.

All i really want to know is what combination you use and if you like it or not. Or if your looking for something more.
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08/23/2003 2:17 am
Oh okay, I can totally answer that.

Yes, the sound is very nice, although I'd like more headroom, so I will likely be buying a Fender Twin Reverb (100 Tube Watts, compared to 22 Tube Watts).

I have gotten used to 3 different sound levels-

At Home- Volume is at 2;

At Jams- Volume is at 4.5;

At Gigs- Volume is at 7 (and mic'd)

Don't get me wrong, my setup is better than 99% of 15 year old guitarists, but how many 15 year old guitarists are gigging?



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08/23/2003 2:20 am
Well I'm 16 and gigging. At home I set it at about 1 1/2 depending on which axe I'm using(the LP is louder). Dirt channel(master) at about .5. My amp is very loud.

Gigs: Outside and without a mic- 4-8
Inside without mic- 3-6

I have no complaints about my setup either, I love it, sweet sounding, more power than I need, its perfect.

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08/23/2003 2:23 am
I know you recently purchased a Les Paul, but what amp do you use? Marshall?

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08/23/2003 2:24 am
Fender Hot Rod Deluxe.
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08/23/2003 2:27 am
What kind of music do you play?
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08/23/2003 2:33 am
I'm in a Jam Band that plays alot of Bob Dylan, Grateful Dead, a little bit of Phish, alot of traditional folk tunes (played electric, we call it electric folk), etc. We do some Jazz as well. As a lead guitarist, I'd have to say that I'm a Jazzer, occasionally throwing some blues licks in. I would say I'm a mix between

Jerry Garcia/Carlos Santana/Dave Gilmour/Trey Anastasio/Django Reinhardt/Allan Holdsworth

and many others. I recieved three offers to work as a Session player in my town, all of which I couldn't accept due to a lack of transportation (don't have my license).

You?

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08/23/2003 2:34 am
Our band is a light rock band, but I dabble in some other bands for sessions and recordings, doing blues and rock mostly.

All our songs are original tunes.
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08/23/2003 2:39 am
I recently started jamming with a saxophone player; I noticed an immediate increase in my ability to sightread, and to adapt to different musical possibilities...Saxophone is a wonderful instrument.

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08/23/2003 2:41 am
I agree, I can't play them., but I know a few poeple who do and its fun to get them in a jam sometimes.

Personally I don't like jazz, its not my thing, but we get him to play some rock and ska.
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08/23/2003 2:44 am
See, I'm not a fan of ska, but I know alot of people that are. I'm more into the mellow trip, the John Coltrane, the Miles Davis, the Charlie Parker....

Although, I've listened to Less Than Jake before, they are listenable.

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I don't like much ska either, but I liek The Specials.
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08/25/2003 2:50 am
You got hit by lightning, Pony? I've never met anyone who was hit by lightning...tell me, how did it feel?

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08/25/2003 3:01 am
Hey dudes, i dont get it...alot of you are just a few years older than me and you have bands where you play alot of anything that you have interests in...while, NO ONE i know who is my age that likes any of the Jam, 60's Psychadelia, Jazz, Progressive NOTHING....i cant find ANYBODy who has the same tastes as me which is why i play in a heavy metal band that i am not to enthusiastic about....what i really want to do is play in a sort of a Progressive Jam band only with a much harder Metal edge....Please help me for i do not know how to find anyone my age who has the same interests as me....what am i to do?:confused::confused::confused:
....What a long, strange trip its been.....
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08/25/2003 3:05 am
O yea my rig, despit an average guitar, has a sweet sound...it is my Squier Strat II played through my Marshall AVT150....I love the sound...cant wait to get an Acoustic/Electric Ovation or something new to play into it.....
....What a long, strange trip its been.....
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08/25/2003 3:35 am
I use an Ibanez RG570 played through a little practice amp.

I use to own a 5150 but I got rid of it, didn't need that much power then, but wish I had it back now.

Sometimes I hit notes only dogs can hear.
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