Santana / Vai / Satch like sound with EBMM? What amp?

[Colin]

Boss ME-5, TU-2, DS-1
Ernie Ball 6166
Dunlop Crybaby 535Q
Rocktron Banshee Talkbox
EBMM Steve Morse

Even the talkbox?

Yep, that exact same one. One little word of advice about the talk box, if you don't use it correctly it will sound just like a wah, you need a PA and the novelty wears off pretty quick. But that model is the best because it's safer than the Heil.

Colin

 

[Junior]

Yep, that exact same one. One little word of advice about the talk box, if you don't use it correctly it will sound just like a wah, you need a PA and the novelty wears off pretty quick. But that model is the best because it's safer than the Heil.

Colin

What's novelty?

I'll go through the PA when I buy it and play with the band. I have no PA in my room where I practice, so...

 

[Spudmurphy]

Another thing to keep in mind is how it's going to sound at low volumes. The classic Marshall sound only happens when you move a lot of air ... whereas some of the more modern designs sound good in your bedroom.

+1
Beej is spot on.
You have to really crank the Marshall to get the sound.
The POD XT works great with my Marshall which I now use I guess, as a Tube power amp.

If you want good tone at low volume I can recommend the Vox valvetronics, save up and get the 60 watt version and you'll be ok for stage use too.

Get a full on valve amp and your neighbours will be banging on the door!

 

[Colin]

What's novelty?

I'll go through the PA when I buy it and play with the band. I have no PA in my room where I practice, so...

Novelty = gimmick. I have it here in my studio and I keep saying I'll record with it one day. When you use the banshee the sound comes up the plastic tube and hit's the palette inside your mouth and then is picked up by the mic. The sound to your amp is bypassed, you could set up a switching system to play both sounds? There is a bit of an art playing at the same time, this may require a little getting used to?(you can't look at your guitar and look straight into the mic at the same time) Make sure you have good foldback. At the end of the day it was a lot of fiddling compared to the amount of time spent using it. Brown eyed girl and Blister in the sun don't really have much room to put talkbox in them

 

[Junior]

I know how the talkbox works. I spent much time on the internet gathering information, and talked to experienced people about it, so I could say I know how it works.

But I don't understand the thing about the Brown eyed girl and the Blister in the sun deal...

 

[CudBucket]

While I have tube amps, I can get a really good "Always With Me" tone from both my Vox Tonelab and POD XT Live. In fact, I was just getting ready to record "Always With Me" on a backing track I downloaded yesterday.

 

[Norrin Radd]

While I have tube amps, I can get a really good "Always With Me" tone from both my Vox Tonelab and POD XT Live. In fact, I was just getting ready to record "Always With Me" on a backing track I downloaded yesterday.

Where did you get the backing track? Does it cost $?

 

[Tim O'Sullivan]

I am sure they had this backing track when I had a subscription to Line 6 tone port.

 

[Junior]

How 'bout a Carvin Legacy 2x12" combo? I think it'd do the trick

 

[CudBucket]

Where did you get the backing track? Does it cost $?

Sorry, I didn't check this thread in a while. Go to: http://guitarplanet.free.fr/index.htm. They have the backing tracks there. Free.

Dave