10 classic amps and the songs that made them famous

[djdrdave]

http://www.myrareguitars.com/10-classic-guitar-amps

This may have been posted before but neat article by ben fargen

 

[John Thigpen]

I saw two that I question...I thought Roy Buchanan usually played a Vibrolux Reverb, not a Deluxe Reverb, and I thought Larry Carlton recorded most of the Steely Dan sessions with a tweed Deluxe. The Dumble came later.

That said, I would certainly expect Ben Fargen to have better access to the correct info than I.

 

[Ogre]

Great stuff! Thanks.

 

['58Bassman]

I wonder how Marshall amps would have sounded if the Tweed Bassman hadn't existed.

 

[Windup 43]

Very cool, thanks.

 

[Baxtercat]

That was kool.
Another deal w/ Dick Dale is his bridge pickup is slanted so that the closest to the bridge magnet is under the big E string. Gives a little more insanity you can hear on the intro to Misirlou'.

 

[tsar nicholas]

This is going to sound stupid, but watching that live Carlton clip made me finally "get" what's distinctive about the "D" sound. I mean, I've always liked it fine, but now I really get it -- it has the articulation and clarity of a clean sound even though it's actually pretty saturated. Pretty cool.

 

[Tom CT]

Ha! That's my Marshall coming in at #3. The picture was taken at Barry Weber's NYC amp fest years back.