amps/tone.gadgets

I have a few guys that get together 2x a week to hone our skills
(hobby band). We just picked up a new rhythm player and he was just
was not cutting through. He is playing through a very old Standell
solid state amp w 2x12 Altek.( reverb and tremelo). I run a JMP 50
watt Marshall and pedals- Jokily I send him an add for a Full 100W
Marshall stack - he was tempted, and asked my opinion on a 900 - I
said there kinda buzzy, and channeled his thoughts to a cleanish type
amp ( which I much prefer for rhythm and cord work - Fender Twin) .
So last night we switched places - and after a lil bit of fiddling
with the Standell I was getting some pretty nice tones - not Fender
Twin nice but close ( he didn't have much Bass going and it was making
it sound either loud and shrill or no volume at all - cranking in some
Bass and giving it more power cured it - haha I did blow the circuit
breaker in it a few time !! with the bass maxed) . My Marshall is an
oldie 1 channel - so I run it cleanish and use pedals to put it over
the edge for leads. He didn't have any pedals - so he experimented
with my set up and came to discover that he like the added flexibility
a few good pedals could make.. So I think the Standell is going to
work - just needs some toys to add on. ( And yep - lots of tone is
indeed in the fingers - I still sounded like me through his amp, and
he sounded like him through mine only now he had the harmonic soup
only real tubes can do. )


In closing - you can always Nasty up a clean amp but a nasty buzzing
amp can't get clean no matter how much crap you add on - 2c Ed S.
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