Members andyhumb Posted February 26, 2009 Members Share Posted February 26, 2009 amazing how all these years have past since the late 70's and early 80's -when tube amps and analog effect units/pedals were king. To this day, with all the tech advances in both amplifiers and digital effects units, etc, the tone of that time is still considered by many to be the ultimate (emulated at best, but not surpassed). I don't expect the teenagers to agree, but alot of guys over 30 will know what I mean. I'm just surprised by how little tone and purity of tone has advanced since that time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NITROHOLIC Posted February 26, 2009 Members Share Posted February 26, 2009 im 22 and i approve this message Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TornadoOfSouls Posted February 26, 2009 Members Share Posted February 26, 2009 All my {censored} is late 80s/early 90s stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sheik_Yerbouti Posted February 26, 2009 Members Share Posted February 26, 2009 Maybe sometimes they just get it right the first time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ThisIsExile Posted February 26, 2009 Members Share Posted February 26, 2009 im only 17 and i agree. i love me some 70's rock tone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Casey4s Posted February 26, 2009 Members Share Posted February 26, 2009 I started playing in the early 60's and I approve of this post too. Some things just don't need to be fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members andyhumb Posted February 26, 2009 Author Members Share Posted February 26, 2009 wow, I'm surprised at the responses from the young guys - I thought for sure I would hear "my Mesa rectifier blows away the Marshalls of the 70's and early 80's" etc. I guess young guys can have a good ear too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Slaymoar Posted February 26, 2009 Members Share Posted February 26, 2009 I'd say late 50's early 60's for sure. -D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Badside Posted February 26, 2009 Members Share Posted February 26, 2009 It's tube amps from the 50's and 60's by the way Ok... I'll accept 70's since that's when MV amps with cascaded gain stages came about (Marshall's 2203 circuit is from 1975 for those who forgot). Anything after that is scheisse Do you think that... 30 years from now, people will say the digital modelers from the 00's were the best?Vintage digital gear FTW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members chrispsullivan Posted February 26, 2009 Members Share Posted February 26, 2009 im 19my dream amp is a 67 50 watt plexi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sheik_Yerbouti Posted February 26, 2009 Members Share Posted February 26, 2009 wow, I'm surprised at the responses from the young guys - I thought for sure I would hear "my Mesa rectifier blows away the Marshalls of the 70's and early 80's" etc. I guess young guys can have a good ear too Nothing wrong with new gear, either. I'm 40, and my main amp is a Mesa Roadking II, but I've owned and played some fantastic older maps, too. Old Blackface Fenders & Marshalls (JCM800s being my personal faves) in particular are hard to top in my book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members andyhumb Posted February 26, 2009 Author Members Share Posted February 26, 2009 cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members andyhumb Posted February 26, 2009 Author Members Share Posted February 26, 2009 I'm just amazed that its 2009 and "old tone" is still considered best by so many musicians - including myself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ThisIsExile Posted February 26, 2009 Members Share Posted February 26, 2009 i would love to own a plexi, but i love modern amps too. a good amp is a good amp. no matter what date it was made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NaturalBornBoy Posted February 26, 2009 Members Share Posted February 26, 2009 Maybe sometimes they just get it right the first time. This And when they do get it right, anything they come up with after is just a waste of $$$. New stuff is cool for what they do but I'll be damned if you don't get goosebumps when you plug into a boosted JMP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sheik_Yerbouti Posted February 26, 2009 Members Share Posted February 26, 2009 This And when they do get it right, anything they come up with after is just a waste of $$$. New stuff is cool for what they do but I'll be damned if you don't get goosebumps when you plug into a boosted JMP Werd! Have Gibson or Fender ever managed to top the Les Paul or the Stratocaster? There's a good reason why some designs just stand the test of time better than others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NeloAngelo Posted February 26, 2009 Members Share Posted February 26, 2009 early 80's mesa boogie mark series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NaturalBornBoy Posted February 26, 2009 Members Share Posted February 26, 2009 Werd! Have Gibson or Fender ever managed to top the Les Paul or the Stratocaster? There's a good reason why some designs just stand the test of time better than others. When I think of a LP, I automatically think Gibson. Classic design and classic tone that never go out of style Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members andyhumb Posted February 26, 2009 Author Members Share Posted February 26, 2009 In fairness, their are alot of boutique companies like Voodoo Amps and John Suhr that make really, really high quality modern amps - but they are still probably somewhat modeled after the 70's and early 80's Marshall classic tones - not sure if you can truly say they surpass them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members charveldan Posted February 26, 2009 Members Share Posted February 26, 2009 Maybe sometimes they just get it right the first time. Gospel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members byekittie Posted February 26, 2009 Members Share Posted February 26, 2009 17, and I agree with your statement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FlamingFrets Posted February 26, 2009 Members Share Posted February 26, 2009 My snaxfx {censored}ing {censored}s all over every single vintage amp evah, even teh dumbledorez. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cobrahead1030 Posted February 26, 2009 Members Share Posted February 26, 2009 even playing pretty heavy modern stuff, i could live with a good marshall stack and a tubescreamer if i had to thankfully there's stuff around now that meets my needs a little more...but both my cobra and vht have a marshally crunch and aggression that i really love Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members teemuk Posted February 26, 2009 Members Share Posted February 26, 2009 Well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JoshIsNumber2 Posted February 26, 2009 Members Share Posted February 26, 2009 My Triaxis pretty much shat all over most of the gear mentioned in this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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