Members tele_jas Posted November 23, 2006 Members Share Posted November 23, 2006 Now that you're done laughing...... I was listening to my old 80s mp3's right after Poison and Warrent came Stryper and their guitar tone was AMAZING and even sounded huge compared to some of today's tones. Songs like "Soldiers under Command" and "In God We Trust". What amps did they use? I was guessing JCM800's, but that was also the time of big racks and I know they had eventinde (sp) harmonizers in there rig. How?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 13bats Posted November 23, 2006 Members Share Posted November 23, 2006 those are all Mesa MK II'cs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members stangme01 Posted November 23, 2006 Members Share Posted November 23, 2006 OMG dude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members warhead78 Posted November 23, 2006 Members Share Posted November 23, 2006 Yellow and Black ATTACK! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wilmer Posted November 23, 2006 Members Share Posted November 23, 2006 Me think the sound from those amps were somewhat choked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MisterBulbous Posted November 23, 2006 Members Share Posted November 23, 2006 ADA MP1's? I seem to remember several of the guys in one of the endorsements ad's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PRSKILLER Posted November 23, 2006 Members Share Posted November 23, 2006 At least you didn't ask what gear did the Boy George band use:freak: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Romanian Reaper Posted November 23, 2006 Members Share Posted November 23, 2006 They used Mesas. As ridiculous as people thought they looked, etc., they were pretty talented musicians. By the way, they used Jacksons and Charvels too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members willy22 Posted November 23, 2006 Members Share Posted November 23, 2006 Styper had badass tone! now, about those vocals... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Les-Zombie Posted November 23, 2006 Members Share Posted November 23, 2006 stryper had awsome tone and were good players, i still like them after all these years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rushtallica Posted November 23, 2006 Members Share Posted November 23, 2006 Originally posted by 13bats those are all Mesa MK II'cs Yeah; I definitely hear Mesa tone on their recordings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members iroc Posted November 23, 2006 Members Share Posted November 23, 2006 i think oz fox was a mkIIc+ boosted with a palmer parametric eq pg3 or something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members magentaplacenta Posted November 24, 2006 Members Share Posted November 24, 2006 Stryper have serious chops, just check out some live vids on youtube. Hokey message, hokey image, but great players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members thesplawnster Posted November 24, 2006 Members Share Posted November 24, 2006 I seen them live 4 times. and they were awsome. Robert someting, on them rolling drums. Keep the fire burning, Dam I;ll be back going to dig thru some yellow and black. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 17 Tubes Posted November 24, 2006 Members Share Posted November 24, 2006 BAd ass. They sounded just as good live. Eventhough I had to dodge the Bibles. Serisously...bad ass bitches...playing....tone....singing and songwriting. I think most of it is old school Mesa. And the Jackson guitars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeathMonkey Posted November 24, 2006 Members Share Posted November 24, 2006 I always thought they had the best produced albums of that time. Just incredible the depth and clarity. Great guitar tones as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cloudnine Posted November 24, 2006 Members Share Posted November 24, 2006 Madison Divinities? *groans* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ChihliDog Posted November 24, 2006 Members Share Posted November 24, 2006 Surrender was an incredible tune. I like most of their stuff, and being a Christian myself, I dig the subject matter. But I just cant bring myself to like Michael Sweet's voice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BerkleeBill Posted November 24, 2006 Members Share Posted November 24, 2006 Oz Fox used a Mesa Mk II for his dirty sound and a 100wt JCM 800 for his clean tones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ripping Rudy Posted November 24, 2006 Members Share Posted November 24, 2006 I saw them in buffalo NY early this year and the singer had a mesa rack rig with triaxis and mesa power amp. He was using two 2x12 recto cabinets. Not sure what Oz Fox was using but it must have been Mesa too - total Mark tone. BTW, they kick {censored}ing ASS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gafyagaton Posted November 24, 2006 Members Share Posted November 24, 2006 Stryper used Quad preamps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cougar Hunter Posted November 24, 2006 Members Share Posted November 24, 2006 I thought they also used TC 1140 Parametrics like me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JonathanLA Posted November 24, 2006 Members Share Posted November 24, 2006 badass tone. and songs(although, I don't listen too much to the lyrics ) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIkchk19GV8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7jxn8FE4-Y Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gainfreak Posted November 24, 2006 Members Share Posted November 24, 2006 Stryper was one of my favorite bands in the 80's and I'm not affraid to admit it lol As far as their tone goes, It depends on what album you are talking about. The Yellow and black attack was a Modded marshall with a graphic eq before the amp. The Soldiers album up until To hell with the Devil was a Mesa boogie MkIIC and a furman PQ3 parametric eq before the amp. The EQ is what gave them their sound. The furman boosted up the gain by +26db. They boosted the mids at a narrow bandwidth, cut some lows and boosted up the highs. The graphic eq on the Boogie was set in a v pattern. The In God we trust album was a Mesa Quad and a strategy 400 Poweramp modded by Randall smith at boogie for more bottom end and they used the furman Pq3 before the Preamp. Their last studio album before the breakup ( against the law) Was just the MKIIC straight into a boogie half back cab. They used EV speakers for all of their albums accept the first one. The EV loaded boogie cab was rated for 800 watts! (just like zakk wylde although he loaded the ev's in a marshall cab) I have that old Stryper tone in spades and it is a fun sound to play around with!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GnR102385 Posted November 24, 2006 Members Share Posted November 24, 2006 Originally posted by ChihliDog Surrender was an incredible tune. I like most of their stuff, and being a Christian myself, I dig the subject matter.But I just cant bring myself to like Michael Sweet's voice. Their subject matter to me is....well I am an atheist. But I still like them, and I dont even mind the vocals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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