OMG!! it just proves that you have to experiment with yer Balls and Amp

[Spudmurphy]

Spent an evening toolin around on my LEAL,(MM90's) and decided to fire up the trusty Marshall Silver Jub, which hasn't been fired up for some time.
I decided to try out some "wacky" settings on the Marshall and plumped for
25 watt setting
Gain 7
Lead Master 6
Output master 6
Treble 0
Middle 5
Bass 5
Presence 0

and played a (VERY) old fav of mine called Ballanese by a band called Wet Willy, followed by some Who power Chords a la Live at Leeds - shoot that sound smoked!! - can't wait to try out those settings live.

So guys get on yer rigs and try something off the wall - it's good to experiment

 

[Astrofreq]

Mids are where it is at.

 

[mb99zz]

Spud, I'll try out some new settings on my amp....in the mean time send me that LE AL and I'll see what I come up with

 

[bkrumme]

So guys get on yer rigs and try something off the wall - it's good to experiment

Absolutely! I love messing around with tones.

Mids are where it is at.

+1 The right application of mids can really bring your guitar to life.

 

[Spudmurphy]

.. and of course, it wasn't Wet Willie, it was ZZ Top - (Thanks Catdaddy)

Now what the heck was that Wet Willie song I used ta do???

 

[TNT]

and, don't forget - VOLUME CHANGES EVERYTHING!!!!

 

[Spudmurphy]

^
Lucky I have a WELL insulated Loft room

 

[catdaddy]

.. and of course, it wasn't Wet Willie, it was ZZ Top - (Thanks Catdaddy)

Now what the heck was that Wet Willie song I used ta do???

I vote for their version of "Grits Ain't Groceries." Maybe it was "Keep on Smilin'," or maybe "Weekends" if you were having a disco flashback.

 

[przemek_n]

Spent an evening toolin around on my LEAL,(MM90's) and decided to fire up the trusty Marshall Silver Jub, which hasn't been fired up for some time.

maybe a bit off topic, but...
I had several amps and ended up with Marshall
There's something magical about that sound.

 

[Spudmurphy]

There's "Marshalls" and there's "MARSHALLS"

Missus is out, all on my lonesome, and switched to 50 watts - turned volume up so that when I hit a note the room shook!! - nice very nice !!

 

[PugNinjas]

Right on Sir Spud, I too had the chance to let loose a little bit this afternoon with my Morse and it was quite invigorating

 

[przemek_n]

There's "Marshalls" and there's "MARSHALLS"

I know, I know

 

[ScoobySteve]

Went I moved my 150w head from a concrete basement for the apartments of California, well, lets just say something got lost in the mix.

Looks like a new is gonna be required.

 

[Spudmurphy]

Went I moved my 150w head from a concrete basement for the apartments of California, well, lets just say something got lost in the mix.

Looks like a new is gonna be required.

Tell ya what - after trying one out live I otta get me a Fender Blues Junior 15 watter. Prolly, performance would be ideal for an appartment?

 

[mb99zz]

Yep, Fender Blues Jr. is sweet. It's a fantastic amp that won't get you evicted from your apartment - Scooby The Roland cubes are a good budget practice amp as well.

 

[sickindian]

Spud youve got standard JP?

 

[JMB27]

Experiment with settings on my Balls and Dr Z amps? yes!

just ran one of my Super Sports thru the Carmen Ghia hooked-up to a 112 cab and 210 cab. Volume @ 2:00 and Tone at 1:00. On the neck pickup with the tone rolled back to about 6 and movin' the volume from 0 to 10 brought some clean to mean in a very, very nice way

cheers always, eh

Joel

 

[Tim O'Sullivan]

I do wacky things with amps all the time - I play all my gigs with a Line 6 and prefer it to valve amps!

 

[Spudmurphy]

Spud youve got standard JP?

Yup - bog standard - except for a respray. Rebuilt the Piezo bridge and have a new (bog standard too) pre amp that I may install