Members scott944 Posted May 1, 2009 Members Share Posted May 1, 2009 Rik Emmett (Triumph) was a Pearce user, IIRC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Belva Posted May 1, 2009 Members Share Posted May 1, 2009 Rumour has it SRV used SS Fenders from time to time. Can't verify. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members orourke Posted May 1, 2009 Members Share Posted May 1, 2009 Last time I saw Steve Howe he was playing Line6. That was an Asia gig not Yes. I saw him with Yes (or at least some band calling themselves Yes, without Jon Anderson or Rick Wakeman) a few months ago. Steve Howe was using a Line 6 amp and a Line 6 Variax guitar for acoustic parts. He sounded good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Muddslide Posted May 1, 2009 Members Share Posted May 1, 2009 Greg Ginn First guy that came to mind. I think the most important thing to remember is that, whether live or on a studio recording, 99.999% of the people listening won't know or care, or be able to even tell the difference between tubes and SS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dughaze Posted May 1, 2009 Members Share Posted May 1, 2009 I admire the extensive solid state amp user list above and I greatly admire a lot of those artists that are listed - but listening to those specific recordings that I've heard only confirms for me why tube amps are USUALLY better sounding by quite a degree. Lifeson, Santana, Townsend, and a couple of those other specific instances listed were times that are not the best examples of their guitar tone. I do appreciate some of the well known desireable properties of solid state amps...instant on/off and no tube maintenance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Belva Posted May 1, 2009 Members Share Posted May 1, 2009 Greg Ginn Do you mean Greg Kihn? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members surfcat Posted May 1, 2009 Members Share Posted May 1, 2009 When I was a teenager I had an L5, then I bought a Boogie. Night and Day. I guess it works for BB King since he likes a very compressed sound and the L5 has it in spades, even with the built in compressor off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vantango84 Posted May 1, 2009 Members Share Posted May 1, 2009 Do you mean Greg Kihn? Greg Ginn was the guitarist of Black Flag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members curseoftruth Posted May 1, 2009 Members Share Posted May 1, 2009 Sunn Beta Lead: Buzz from The Melvins and a newer band called Red Fang. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members goth70 Posted May 1, 2009 Members Share Posted May 1, 2009 Holy Shiiiiit!!! Mr Chen seems to be a walking encycolpedia of solid state tone. Here is an odd one....I have an early 90s recording of BB King playing in a PBS special and he is plugged into a (drumroll please)....... Marshall MG100.Shows it up close, no mistake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jamdogg Posted May 1, 2009 Members Share Posted May 1, 2009 Randy Rhoads used a Zeus 8401 Mini-amp, and Buckethead used a Scholz Rockman amp (not the headphone amp, the rare combo version). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MDLMUSIC Posted May 1, 2009 Members Share Posted May 1, 2009 Norlin (Gibson) Lab Series L5/L7Ty Tabor (King Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members H8UGUYS Posted May 1, 2009 Members Share Posted May 1, 2009 Bob Mould of Husker Du used a JC120. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members eric.chambers Posted May 1, 2009 Members Share Posted May 1, 2009 Greg Ginn Wasn't it some sort of SS PA head that he used? Can't remember exactly what it was, but I know I read it somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members goth70 Posted May 1, 2009 Members Share Posted May 1, 2009 Those Norwegian death metal bands, those charming panda bears who kill tourists, worship satan etc. recrded mostly with Peavey solid state amps with the scratchy distortion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SuproSuper Man Posted May 1, 2009 Members Share Posted May 1, 2009 Albert King [YOUTUBE][/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Existentialist Posted May 1, 2009 Members Share Posted May 1, 2009 Yngwie Malmsteen (boosted with TS9 for convention and clinic use, reported shot an instructional video using one) Not to bash solid state amps in general but yeah I've heard Yngwie play at a Fender clinic/convention thing where he had to use all Fender gear and oh man... You could feel the depression sweep over everyone when his tone was heard. Might as well have been a Marshall commercial showing you what happens to Yngwie without them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ferdinandstrat Posted May 1, 2009 Members Share Posted May 1, 2009 Steve How uses Vettas and Trademark 60's. Ron Bumblefoot Thal uses Vettas too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BobbaFret Posted May 1, 2009 Members Share Posted May 1, 2009 Acoustic Model 260 Robbie Krieger (the Doors) Albert King Chuck Berry BobbaFret Fixed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members HeatherAnnePeel Posted May 1, 2009 Members Share Posted May 1, 2009 John and Tom Fogerty and their "tuck and roll" Kustoms win this one, hands down! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members neffrocks Posted May 1, 2009 Members Share Posted May 1, 2009 Ok, we have pinpointed the small handfull of solid state users. Now let's list all the tube amp players. GO!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rena Rune Posted May 1, 2009 Members Share Posted May 1, 2009 Ok, we have pinpointed the small handfull of solid state users. Now let's list all the tube amp players. GO!! Replies like this really piss me off. This thread in general rubs me the wrong way, too many negative replies. I'm sick of people insisting on there being only one path to tone. It's not that Solid State sound worse(except with cheap amps), it's that it sounds different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Schtang Posted May 1, 2009 Members Share Posted May 1, 2009 Ok, we have pinpointed the small handfull of solid state users. Now let's list all the tube amp players. GO!! If we take every guitarist in the world the bulk play SS. PS: SS any day for a clean tone over tube (although Marshall SS clean sound is an absolute disgrace). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mr Songwriter Posted May 1, 2009 Members Share Posted May 1, 2009 If we take every guitarist in the world the bulk play SS. Yes, but how many of them are famous? (as per the thread title) PS: SS any day for a clean tone over tube (although Marshall SS clean sound is an absolute disgrace). Which amps are you talking about then? are you saying that the cleans on a Line 6 Spider sound better than the ones on a Vintage Fender Twin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ferdinandstrat Posted May 1, 2009 Members Share Posted May 1, 2009 John and Tom Fogerty and their "tuck and roll" Kustoms win this one, hands down! That is one of the most horrid looking tolexes I have ever seen. And it had one channel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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