Guitar
- Pedal Time 2! Dallas-arbiter Trem Face
guitarz.blogspot.com: While we're on a pedal trip, I'd like to add my own Dallas Arbiter pedal into the mix. Mine is the Trem Face, which I bought at a car boot sale in the early 90's. For a long time, it was pretty obscure and became almost...
- Sumbro Les Paul. . . . . .
This is the one!!!!! Yes. . . . THE ONE!!!!! Again, this is for anyone who has followed this blog from the beginning and this guitar is the very same one that I described in my blog entry of April, 2010. Sumbro Les Paul This was my first...
- Antoria 12 String. . . . . . .
Antoria twelve string acoustic guitar. As I am on a run, with some of the guitars - I thought now would be a good time to feature this one. This is the only acoustic guitar that I have and I have had this old fella for a very long time...
- Reeve Twin - Progtasic. . . . . . . . .
This is Mr Lee! Can't think why! :) Mr Lee is a fairly accurate "Tribute" (notice I choose my words very carefully) to one of America's guitar makers. It was made for the guy I bought it off, by a a small operation called Reeve Guitars. Some...
- The Story Continues. . . .
The story continues from last year. . . . . What followed was a sucsession of "planks", mostly from second hand shops, that were my victims for the next few months, selling ones that I had done to fund getting another one. Myself and three other friends...
Guitar
Some of my amp experience. . . .
I thought I would drift off course a little, as I have just bought a
new extension cab for my bass rig.
new extension cab for my bass rig.
This adds to a whole lot of other gear I have and made me think of
how it all started, a long time ago.
Back in the day, there were a lot of Treble n Bass type amps and
when you didn't have a lot of the folding stuff, you took what you
could get your hands on.
Most took a little coaxing to fire up - storing them in damp
conditions didn't help.
conditions didn't help.
My first guitar amps were a series of "lends" of various makes, fed
into anything you could find - who cares about ohms and some sort
of compatibility - anything that would work was good enough.
The first amp that I bought, as I was then playing bass, was
something that I can picture in my mind but can't remember what it was.
something that I can picture in my mind but can't remember what it was.
It was valve combo, 30 watt, I think, that had the head clipped onto the
open back cab, so you could take it off.
This had so much abuse but managed to survive, mainly because in
the very early days. . . . . we had no PA!!!
The next one I can't remember what that was either but I do recall
the cab - a 2 x 12, that I stood on it's end to make it look taller! :)
I think the power of the amp well exceeded to capacity of the speaker,
as on more than one occasion . . . . . a new speaker was required!
When that finally gave up I had a borrow of a Sound City, with I think
a 2 x 15 bass cab, which for a guitar set up may sound a bit odd
but it seemed to work.
This didn't last long, as my friend, who had found another band, asked
for it back, at a time I needed it most!
Bearing in mind, this was waaayyyyy before t'internet and anything you
bought was out of the paper, notices in Newsagents (remember them?? :)
or in desperation. . . . . a shop!
The next amp I do remember very well - bought through one of the notices
in a shop - a Simms Watt Combo. . . . . with reverb! Wow!
As hardly anyone took band pictures, let alone the gear, I have none
but I did lift this off the net.
This served me quite well for the stuff we were doing, Ace - How Long,
Climax Blues Band - Couldn't get it right, Boz Scaggs - Lido Shuffle,
not quite enough grind for a whole host of Lizzy, Stones and Bad Co.
stuff but this was helped out by my trusty distortion pedal.
It was orange, that's all I can remember and mated up with a Phaser,
give some interesting sounds.
I sold it in the early 80's for £60, I remember that much - a huge amount
in today's money.
Amps that followed were borrowed, begged but never stolen!!
Burman 501, ahh, those were the days - tiny thing but what a beast.
I'll come back to amps, another time.
Cheers. :)
- Pedal Time 2! Dallas-arbiter Trem Face
guitarz.blogspot.com: While we're on a pedal trip, I'd like to add my own Dallas Arbiter pedal into the mix. Mine is the Trem Face, which I bought at a car boot sale in the early 90's. For a long time, it was pretty obscure and became almost...
- Sumbro Les Paul. . . . . .
This is the one!!!!! Yes. . . . THE ONE!!!!! Again, this is for anyone who has followed this blog from the beginning and this guitar is the very same one that I described in my blog entry of April, 2010. Sumbro Les Paul This was my first...
- Antoria 12 String. . . . . . .
Antoria twelve string acoustic guitar. As I am on a run, with some of the guitars - I thought now would be a good time to feature this one. This is the only acoustic guitar that I have and I have had this old fella for a very long time...
- Reeve Twin - Progtasic. . . . . . . . .
This is Mr Lee! Can't think why! :) Mr Lee is a fairly accurate "Tribute" (notice I choose my words very carefully) to one of America's guitar makers. It was made for the guy I bought it off, by a a small operation called Reeve Guitars. Some...
- The Story Continues. . . .
The story continues from last year. . . . . What followed was a sucsession of "planks", mostly from second hand shops, that were my victims for the next few months, selling ones that I had done to fund getting another one. Myself and three other friends...