Well John Sykes, Michael Schenker, John Norum, Angus Young (In the studio fot solos I´ve read), Jeff Beck all play 50W amps. Do they sound bad? And I thought Mr Clapton sounded quite passable on the Beano album, although that was actually less than 50 watts wasn't it - although I gather he was usin...

SteveD wrote:

wharris wrote:Which one, Steve?

Totally the real deal! It's either a 58 or 59 and sounds sweet as can be.

Steve, the world needs to know - did you ever put the guitar through a Vintage Modern? :)

SteveD wrote:Somehow .013s are not so hard to bend on his guitar though!

You played his guitar?! Tell us more Steve, details, we want details! :)

wharris wrote:He also used bass cabinets (larger speaker cones), which contributed to his tone.

Yes, I read that in an interview with him - has anyone actually tried it, found a difference?

Plus he used big old strings apparently.

mats i think you are getting your plexi's confused. im talking about a JTM45 not the 1987 with el34s. i dont know about yours but mine with the master volume maxed and even moderate detail and body. with the mid boost in it definetly has the same if not more as a JTM45. HDR has too much gain for me...

Just getting mine fixed for this! it was one of the kt66s. Test them if you haven't. However my VM is 2 years old so it was due! As far as your other problem, your drummer who can't control his volume. there is no cure! Having the exact same problem!!! Told our drummer to hit quieter, so he hit at ...

Thanks for the input. This is a great board. I worked with it a little more today and I am going to be ok with the cleans being that low. Everything is just lower on the guitar now then what I was used to before but there is much more gain on tap now. I think I may look into the different pots and ...

Would setting my pickups lower give me a little more room on the volume knob for cleans? I would definitely hold off on adjusting your pickups until you've really tried everything on the amp settings - especially if you are generally happy with how your guitar sounds. I would try reducing the body ...

I know the Vm is meant to be controlled by the guitars volume, but does anybody on here just use the guitar and amp, and not use any effects.... :chug I'm just a bedroom practice guitarist (if that doesn't sound too smutty) but yes, my preference is guitar/cable/amp. By the way, if you were happy t...

Good stuff Jim. You know what they say about finding a good woman...same with amps! :winking Ah, about that... I'm happy with the amp ....and the woman, mostly - her cleans are fine but when she raises her voice, the sound seems seems to go straight into transistor territory and miss out the creamy...

DeanM wrote: that was awesome control he had over his sound there!! loved how he went from screamin lead to real bluesy sounds! and it sounded so SMOOTH in the process!!!

Glad you enjoyed it, it still takes my breath away.

ClubAndCountry wrote: So it's simply much better to separate the clean and dirty sounds.

Am I sensing something of a crusade here? :)

Surely this is a case of different strokes?

This is the approach that I personally would aspire to:

surfnorthwest wrote:Frickin 'OOPPSS, my bad.... that got priority #1, it be fixed

Impressive response time, surfnorthwest. Standing down from outrage mode. :)

What's going on? Okay, one of our esteemed members is guilty of it, I can cope with that, but now the Vintage Modern Forum itself??!!! Yes, I'm talking about "flipped" images of Jimi Hendrix, making him appear to be a right-handed player - specifically the random guitarist images generated at the to...

He may have used some but who's to say for sure.... About the Floyd Rose I highy doubt it. Look at Clapton, Gilmour, Trower, etc., etc. Jimi liked the woody natural, acoustic tone of a guitar with highly melodic phrasing, so I doubt he woud have gone for whole shred setting thing, though he could h...