Members sammyreynolds01 Posted October 11, 2012 Members Share Posted October 11, 2012 A lot of country players now days use PRS and a several rock acts use them. Honestly the first guy I ever saw use a PRS was Ted Nugent when he was in Damn Yankees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Strenge Posted October 11, 2012 Members Share Posted October 11, 2012 Well I didn't get far in this thread...our guitarist used a rockman direct. No amp. A thinner, weedier sound was ne'er heard o'er the land.Then I see the next post has a keytar. I refused to go further. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Armitage Posted October 11, 2012 Members Share Posted October 11, 2012 It seemed everyone had ADA preamps and Yamaha SPX-90s in their racks... I hated both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sgt mukuzi Posted October 12, 2012 Members Share Posted October 12, 2012 dont forget old tube amps from the 70`s and 60`s, they were super cheap and everyone i knew had one. couldnt wait to upgrade to a SS amp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fuzztone Posted October 13, 2012 Members Share Posted October 13, 2012 My '80s amps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Angry Tele Posted October 13, 2012 Members Share Posted October 13, 2012 telecasters why? The BossPrinceThe PoliceThe pretendersThe WHoThe Rolling StonesThe CarsThe Clash all these bands ruled the 80s...with the exception of ac/dc, madonna, and MJ these were the biggest acts. oh, and country was HUGE in the 80s... hello? alabama, garth brooks, dwight yoakam et al...its bigger now but it was huge back then too, especially country rock ala The Eagles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members soundcreation Posted October 13, 2012 Members Share Posted October 13, 2012 Originally Posted by Angry Tele telecasters why? The Boss Prince The Police The pretenders The WHo The Rolling Stones The Cars The Clash all these bands ruled the 80s...with the exception of ac/dc, madonna, and MJ these were the biggest acts. oh, and country was HUGE in the 80s... hello? alabama, garth brooks, dwight yoakam et al...its bigger now but it was huge back then too, especially country rock ala The Eagles. I'll give you Prince, Bruce, the Police, and pretenders but... Easton wasn't an exclusive "tele" player. He played everything. Les Pauls, Strats, super strats, and a tele...so you don't get him. And the Clash "ruled" the 80's? lol...come on. and nobody really cared about the stones and the who at that point. (pete was playing a tele??) those three were most certainly not "ruling" the 80's. Bands you missed that 'ruled' the 80's WAY more than those three could even dream of...would be U2, Def Leppard, Bon Jovi, INXS..... Here's the top 100 albums by sales in the 80's... http://www.amazon.com/gp/richpub/syl.../385I1ATRSODTZ http://www.amazon.com/gp/richpub/syl.../2CMEO3LES66EL As you can see....the stones BARELY make the list with tattoo you at 99...no who, and the clash aren't even on there. As for the country thing.....well...yeah..garth brooks, and alabama are up there once each.....I personally wouldn't call that huge...country may have been popular for people INTO country...but it wasn't cracking the mainstream charts at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sammyreynolds01 Posted October 13, 2012 Members Share Posted October 13, 2012 Garth Brooks came out in in 89 but didn't get it big until 90 when his 2nd album came out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tlbonehead Posted October 13, 2012 Members Share Posted October 13, 2012 Originally Posted by sammyreynolds01 Garth Brooks came out in in 89 but didn't get it big until 90 when his 2nd album came out. his first album was huge as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hurtzher Posted October 13, 2012 Members Share Posted October 13, 2012 I remember everyone using Crate amps back in the day. I mean EVERYONE used those around here. Peaveys were everywhere too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fuzztone Posted October 13, 2012 Members Share Posted October 13, 2012 What about Rickenbackers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GAS Man Posted October 13, 2012 Members Share Posted October 13, 2012 Yep, even the GAS Man, had only one electric guitar in the '80s. Well, actually, I had one from the '70s but sold it after I got number 2. Hard to imagine there was a time in my life when I thought I should only own 1 electric guitar. But I still have it. A 1983 that I bought new in '84 A Custom Shop Edition Studio Standard - from the first of the Studio production line. Norlin era with all the faults, but I still love it. Originally Posted by genesis3 Had to be.... Oh, and I still have one of those but never warmed up to it. But I've never used it for anything other than a headphone amp. I know that others had success with it as a dirt box, but for a headphone amp, I moved on to Pocket Rockits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fuzztone Posted October 13, 2012 Members Share Posted October 13, 2012 Originally Posted by GAS Man Yep, even the GAS Man, had only one electric guitar in the '80s. Well, actually, I had one from the '70s but sold it after I got number 2. Hard to imagine there was a time in my life when I thought I should only own 1 electric guitar. But I still have it. A 1983 that I bought new in '84 A Custom Shop Edition Studio Standard - from the first of the Studio production line. Norlin era with all the faults, but I still love it. Cool! Does it have Tim Shaw pickups? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GAS Man Posted October 13, 2012 Members Share Posted October 13, 2012 Originally Posted by fuzztone Cool! Does it have Tim Shaw pickups? Believe it or not, I don't know yet. I've read a bit about that and understand that was a bit more common on the Studio Custom of that time. But the next time I change the strings on that guitar (which should be soon) I'll be lifting them up to take some pics of the back of those p'ups. But whatever they are, I've never really been that fond of them. The neck is a bit muddy and the bridge is a bit hard sounding, like knocking on wood. So if I open it up and they are Shaw, I'll be happy to have "collectable pickups" in it, but OTOH, I'd also then leave them in there when what I really want to do is get a set of Duncan Antiquities for that guitar. So if they are not Shaw p'ups, I get to continue on with plan A. The part that I love about that guitar is mostly that it truly plays like buttah and the sentimental value I have attached to it. I bought a set of SD Anniversary Edition inscribed Seth Lovers for it years ago, but then realized that putting shiny engraved chrome pickups in a guitar with all aged nickel hardware would mess up its vintage vibe a bit, so we shall see. Maybe that can be a project for today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hand Amputation Posted October 13, 2012 Members Share Posted October 13, 2012 Fantastic thread. I was born in the 80's, but a product of the 90's. So much of this thread brings back memories from LONG ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fuzztone Posted October 13, 2012 Members Share Posted October 13, 2012 Originally Posted by GAS Man Believe it or not, I don't know yet. I've read a bit about that and understand that was a bit more common on the Studio Custom of that time. But the next time I change the strings on that guitar (which should be soon) I'll be lifting them up to take some pics of the back of those p'ups. But whatever they are, I've never really been that fond of them. The neck is a bit muddy and the bridge is a bit hard sounding, like knocking on wood. So if I open it up and they are Shaw, I'll be happy to have "collectable pickups" in it, but OTOH, I'd also then leave them in there when what I really want to do is get a set of Duncan Antiquities for that guitar. So if they are not Shaw p'ups, I get to continue on with plan A. Did you ever try changing the pots? I think those came with 300k volumes and 100k tone pots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GAS Man Posted October 13, 2012 Members Share Posted October 13, 2012 Originally Posted by docjeffrey 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 {censored} but looked cool at the time: But Marshall made a very cool sounding Lead 12 that kicked total ass: My first amp that I kept was a Sunn Stinger 60 Funny, now it's sold as a "Vintage amp", but I bought mine for $150 and was happy to sell it for $50 to someone at work once I had enough money to buy myself a decent Fender amp. Oh, and when my stepson (and of course his momma ) moved into my house, he came equipped with a Kramer and a little Gorilla amp. I acquired a Roland JC-120 which I still have, but not until the early '90s. I still have a love/hate relationship with the Roland. Those Lead 12s are rather sought after these days. Selling for decent chunks of change. I look at them from time to time on ebay and come close to pulling the trigger. But I have a newer Zak Wylde version which despite being MIC does a fairly good job and doesn't have the concern of worn out pots that could come with tracking down a Lead 12 off of flea-bay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fuzztone Posted October 13, 2012 Members Share Posted October 13, 2012 How bout Crate amps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GAS Man Posted October 13, 2012 Members Share Posted October 13, 2012 OMG, THAT is a Crate. I remember when I bought that Sunn I posted above. It was down to either the Sunn or a Crate at the music store. Ah, a time period before MF and the rest changed the way we shop for gear. I also remember another store in town carried Peavey which is what I should have chosen for my first amp considering the budget I had to work with back then. {censored}, even for $150 I caught a lot of {censored} when I came home with that amp. Silly wife started saying nonsense like we needed a clothes dryer more than I needed an amp. What the heck was that BS I mean, hell, I'd already bought her a deluxe collapsible wooden drying rack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sammyreynolds01 Posted October 15, 2012 Members Share Posted October 15, 2012 Originally Posted by tlbonehead his first album was huge as well. His first single didn't even make the top 40. His first album in the first year sold 2 or 3 million not bad that's for sure. But he didn't become GARTH until his second album and most notable his first television special on NBC. That is TRULY what made Garth, Garth. And you want to be honest Clint Black in 1989 was bigger than Garth but after No Fences and that TV special hit it was all over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tlbonehead Posted October 15, 2012 Members Share Posted October 15, 2012 Originally Posted by sammyreynolds01 His first single didn't even make the top 40. His first album in the first year sold 2 or 3 million not bad that's for sure. But he didn't become GARTH until his second album and most notable his first television special on NBC. That is TRULY what made Garth, Garth. And you want to be honest Clint Black in 1989 was bigger than Garth but after No Fences and that TV special hit it was all over. Clint was very big in the last part of the 80s, which is the era listed in this post. He is, BTW, a very good guitar player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tlbonehead Posted October 15, 2012 Members Share Posted October 15, 2012 Originally Posted by sammyreynolds01 His first single didn't even make the top 40. His first album in the first year sold 2 or 3 million not bad that's for sure. But he didn't become GARTH until his second album and most notable his first television special on NBC. That is TRULY what made Garth, Garth. And you want to be honest Clint Black in 1989 was bigger than Garth but after No Fences and that TV special hit it was all over. it had country song of the year THE DANCE on it. It reached #13 on Billboard and #2 in Country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stringbender11 Posted October 15, 2012 Members Share Posted October 15, 2012 In my dim memory of those years I really remember headless bass guitars & locking trems more than anything - seemed like everyone had or wanted one. I also agree that despite the popularity of hair bands there was a lot of other stuff around at the time as well. I was never into hair bands but still found lot's of other music to listen to at the time. If that made me 'in the minority', I can live with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kap'n Posted October 15, 2012 Members Share Posted October 15, 2012 Man there was a {censored} ton of gear back then that sucked. A couple of turds that went unmentioned so far are Gallien-Kruger lunchbox amps and the HM-2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bucksstudent Posted October 15, 2012 Members Share Posted October 15, 2012 Originally Posted by fuzztone What about Rickenbackers? Kinda. Rickenbackers tried to do some different things in the eighties, like a bolt-on solid model. I think a lot of those players were into Rickenbackers because they were affordable used (Peter Buck's famous 360 was a used model), and it's what their heroes of the sixties used. Rickenbacker didn't receive a huge commercial resurgence until the later nineties and recent years (They're extremely backordered, mainly thanks to nostalgic Beatles/Byrds/Who fans, and yuppies). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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