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Members Flatspotter Posted October 9, 2012 Members Share Posted October 9, 2012 I still have a PortaStudio lying around somewhere... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members taxerman Posted October 9, 2012 Members Share Posted October 9, 2012 Originally Posted by tlbonehead Ovation was already very popular in the 70s. Yup, some very big names were using Ovations in the '70s, but it was in the '80s that Ovations were being used by a ton of no-names. That's popularity. Everytime I turned on MTV and saw a hair band try to show that they are sensitive young men, I saw an Ovation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members taxerman Posted October 9, 2012 Members Share Posted October 9, 2012 Originally Posted by tlbonehead Ovation was already very popular in the 70s. Yup, some very big names were using Ovations in the '70s, but it was in the '80s that Ovations were being used by a ton of no-names. That's popularity. Everytime I turned on MTV and saw a hair band try to show that they are sensitive young men, I saw an Ovation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members LynchProtoge Posted October 9, 2012 Members Share Posted October 9, 2012 Originally Posted by soundcreation Charvel's gotta be right up there... I remember series 10 made a replica of that graphic, very cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kulardenu Posted October 9, 2012 Members Share Posted October 9, 2012 Originally Posted by docjeffrey Still have one of them. Bought it used Chicago and the dude at the store tried telling me it was used in a local studio for a Madonna tune... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members thecornman Posted October 9, 2012 Members Share Posted October 9, 2012 From what I remember from back then was lots of super strats, solid state Randall amps and yes the Rockman effects! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lowbrow Posted October 9, 2012 Members Share Posted October 9, 2012 Originally Posted by LynchProtoge That top thing in the pic? Saw one of those in a local pawn shop last week. Didn't know what it was but knew it had to be from the 80's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members noisebloom Posted October 9, 2012 Members Share Posted October 9, 2012 Originally Posted by sk8centilli These things... Correct answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members A_Gitarman Posted October 9, 2012 Members Share Posted October 9, 2012 Originally Posted by thecornman solid state Randall amps... that were covered in RAT FUR! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members thecornman Posted October 9, 2012 Members Share Posted October 9, 2012 Originally Posted by A_Gitarman that were covered in RAT FUR! Ya I remember those ones and the ones covered in fake red snake skin as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RogerF Posted October 9, 2012 Members Share Posted October 9, 2012 Eddie Van Halen, aka the Pasadena Phaser, was probably responsible for the sale of every phaser pedal purchased in the 1980's. Practically every electric guitar player in North America purchased one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bsman Posted October 9, 2012 Members Share Posted October 9, 2012 This idea that hair metal or other such atrocities were the only form of music being played is full of {censored}. A lot of us were into the punk or new wave, folk, country, or other such forms back in the 80s and paid little or no attention to all the glitz and glitter being spread around MTV... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fuzztone Posted October 9, 2012 Members Share Posted October 9, 2012 These are my "80s" guitars('84 Tokai,'81 Gibson and '89 Fernandes). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members craigny Posted October 9, 2012 Members Share Posted October 9, 2012 Originally Posted by GreatDane the ADA MP-1 was EVERYWHERE. that's what i remember, gearwise, about the 80s. +1 to this man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members docjeffrey Posted October 9, 2012 Members Share Posted October 9, 2012 Originally Posted by Flatspotter I still have a PortaStudio lying around somewhere... Working with those PortaStudios taught me a lot about the recording, mixing and production processes. I honestly think that I am a better digital engineer because of having to work within the limitations of a 4 track cassette for many years. Levels had to be perfect; tone had to be perfectly flat in order to get a decent mix. Reverb and compression was about all you could add to the track using the sends/returns without muddying up the mix. It was a lot of fun to see just how much fidelity you could squeeze out of a very limited but well designed unit. I still use mine to record vocals and guitar parts from time to time (using all four inputs at once) before dumping them into Pro Tools. I just acquired a Tascam reel to reel 348 from our university. The heads need to be relapped or replaced, but it works! Now, if someone could just carry it up to my studio for me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members docjeffrey Posted October 9, 2012 Members Share Posted October 9, 2012 Big, heavy 2 x12 solid state amps were the order of the day. Randall made some cool gear like this Commander II. I still have mine:And these were everywhere:Small practice amps like this sounded like total shit but looked cool at the time:But Marshall made a very cool sounding Lead 12 that kicked total ass: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ashtray Posted October 9, 2012 Members Share Posted October 9, 2012 Everyone I knew was rockin one of these:Ok, so maybe it was only me... Superstrats were THE guitar by the mid to late 80's. Pointy stuff by BC Rich or ESP or Carvin were all well received. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members genesis3 Posted October 9, 2012 Author Members Share Posted October 9, 2012 another hugely popular box................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fusion1 Posted October 9, 2012 Members Share Posted October 9, 2012 I do miss that about the 80s about having to drive around to buy used equipment and hitting up the mom and pop stores and pawn shops. It was also the start of catalog ordering gear through different places and this preceded the internet and Ebay, but almost the same concept. I remmeber buying a BC Rich Warlock through East Coast Music Mall over the phone, and a few guitars through Victor Litz Music via mail order or phone order, and I forget where I bought my first ART Mach II and ART SGX2000 from, but all were pre internet and pre Ebay. So looking back I even had GAS before the internet and pretty much had the same buying habits then only not as much as now post internet. Damn the internet! Originally Posted by BryanMichael People really have to understand that gear was expensive back then. I think I got one mail order catalog near the end of the 80's, something like PME or something that isn't around anymore, but you usually went to a local mom and pop or medium sized store and paid what amounted to 10%-20% off of list price IF something was on SALE! Now, GC, Musicians Friend, AMS, etc... all offer gear at about 50% or more off of list price. So, you didn't stock up on a bunch of stuff- imagine that. For comparison, A TS-9 lists at $169...you would be paying about 152.00 plus tax for it. A Fender American standard lists at what, $1300? You would be paying $1105 plus tax. That was the way things were, and that was IF your local stores carried Fender or Ibanez or whatever you were looking for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Psychotronic Posted October 9, 2012 Members Share Posted October 9, 2012 Yeah, there's always gonna be someone that says, "Wait a second! I was playing a Fender in the 80's in my country band!". Blah blah blah, you were the minority, get over it. There is no doubt that both Fender and Gibson got the {censored} kicked out of them for several years. Fender has SRV to thank for keeping them from going the way of the dodo, Gibson has Slash to thank. Without those 2, they might have been gone. Hell, even Jeff Beck was playing a Charvel in the 80's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tim gueguen Posted October 9, 2012 Members Share Posted October 9, 2012 Had to be....pop' date=' rock...seems everbody used it a time or two....these are sheer guesses by the way, I have no way of knowing they actually used any of the Rockman devices in the videos below, but it sure sounds like it! No Rockman on that according to Terry Manning, who engineered the album. That's supposedly Dean guitars into a Legend amp. Probably no Frank Beard or Dusty Hill on there either, as Manning claims most of Eliminator is just him and Billy Gibbons instrument wise, with the drums being a combo of Oberheim DMX drum machine and samples "flown in" by a sampling digital delay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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