HIi guys
Well I gave up on a single set up a while back and now I kind of have horses for courses...
Into my P.c and for recording I use an old boss GT3 . I have number of electric guitars but I like my fenders the best because they feel right although at least 2 have seymour duncan pickups fitted. I also use the pedals from my live setup for some tracks.
Strat for funk,clean sounds and creamy overdriven lead . Tele for rythm country rock blues (11s fitted its a simple tough guitar and most like an acoustic to play) 72 tele with p90s for tearing it up. I am also considering a les paul type guitar at the moment because I dont have one..
For live stuff I loose the boss pedal.I have a Marshal blues breaker,a dan echo and a eq pedal . My amps dont have effects loop(a function of budget as much as anything) so I use the Marshall od pedal to get the delay the "right" side of the distortion .
I favour valves and use an epiphone blues custom tube amp or a smaller clone of the much moded epi 5watt head and a single 100watt cab ...somtimes combinations of the 2 .
I have tried several digtal multi effects and solid state amps but I just cant get on with 'em live. To me they always feel sterlile and digital ,where as tubes respond more musicaly somehow producing sounds that I wasnt expecting on the night which inspire me to play better . I have read a lot of tech stuff as to why this is harmonics breakup blah blah...........zzzzzz. To me the they sound and "feel better .
Feel free to disagree infact I hope some one does or we will never move forward and we might all sound the same!
I dont think the audiance could tell the difference between tube and digital at a gig (usually a party or bar) but for me thats not the point. I can tell the difference and valves make me feel good ,that increases my confidense and make me play better .
IF I could only use one..... The best tube amp I could afford my danecho delay and a good tele with a chuncky neck and a good set of 10s . Mic it up with a SM57 and we are good to go live or recoreded .
These are very personal choices brought about my weaknesses as a player as much as by my strengths . My set up is always evolving but I always learn somthing from other peoples setups even if its what I dont like . So this is mine!
Tim
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