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Just about every guitar can do a variation of this. Single coils will tend to be a tad more dynamic and more focussed but a 335 with low-wind humbuckers could impress too. That's a Gibson Goldtone GA-15 (aka Trace Elliot Velocette) he's playing through. Back to your Julian Lage clip.. the amp is set so there's no audible distortion (tube clipping) until he strums a chord with moderate force. Single notes will sound clean (although there is still some pre-distortion clipping going on which adds a little something to the sound). Any tube amp can be set up like that, ie with the gain a little under the break-up point. The bigger the wattage, and the more sensitive the speaker(s), the louder it will be. Here's another nice clean sound - but he's playing through a solid state amp so it won't break up when you lean into it, the way a tube amp would with the gain set close to the break-up point. Ultimately, it's all a balancing act: pickups, amp, speaker/cab - and maybe a pedal or two - all have to work together to give you the sound in your head. There's probably more than one combination which would give you a really nice, responsive, touch-sensitive "jazzy" type of sound to play with. Incidentally, many classic tube amps are surprisingly simple circuits. The Tweed Champ is very a popular DIY project. |
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Mulling things over still, and doing a bunch of research. Musician's Friend is running a 15% off, and that could get me a Bugera V5 and a American Special Tele for $1020 total, which seems like a decent deal. I'd happily buy used, but don't seem to see much in the way of savings over that on places like Reverb, and I'm in a fairly remote area when it comes to scouring Reverb.
Thoughts on this price for the amp and guitar? Thanks, Baron
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I also just found a 2015 MIM tele with Texas Special pickups and 3 saddle barrel bridge setup local on craigslist, they are asking $450, but I could try to negotiate.
Thanks, Baron
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Thanks, Baron
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things as simple as "the guitar or amp tone control dilled back" is great info for us old beginners.
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http://www.acousticguitarforum.com/f...d.php?t=460805
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