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I usually leave my J-Station set to the Black Face setting, which is great for the jazzy/bluesy stuff I usually do, but I was just messing around with it and discovered that the quot;Tweedquot; setting, with some gain dialed in, sounds cool with the Tele-clone.

So I was wondering, do you all associate a certain amp with a certain guitar? Or vice-versa? Like LP with Marshall, Strat with Fender, etc.?

Artie

Loads of people prefer tweeds for Telecasters (they're middier and not as bright as blackfaces), strats work in almost every amp.

I'm sure a real cranked tweed would sound great with a strat. Lower wattage amps don't mate quite well with humbucker equipped Gibsons (mud, too much breakup).

In my experience, no other pickup sings better than a strat neck pickup through any decent tube amp. It's bright enough to avoid mud in darker sounding amps, but it's dark enough to get that pleasing wailing tone we all love.

I am less and less inclined to think this way. I would rather say that some amps could be associated to a certain type music style. But then when you some Peavey that has three channel with three modes by channel I guess you can play whatever music you want with any guitar you can get you hands on.

it is even meaningless with digital amp modeler as they are not always very accurate in their simulation of original amp.

Proof is, I played a Tele in a Marshall AVT the other day and it was great

I personally don't like single coils through an AVT. The distortion is very SS-ish/buzzy with single coils, but humbuckers give it more character.

Actually alot of guys associate Teles with the BF Deluxe Reverb amp....And yes,the LP through a Marshall is pretty hard to beat..A RIC through an AC 30 is another classic duo...Everything sounds great through a Fender Tweed amp,especially the 59 Bassman..Today you also see and hear alot of Metal players using the combination of a PRS through a Dual Rec Mesa amp..

I'll have to leave it on the quot;Tweedquot; setting for awhile and see how it reacts with the other guitars. The manual calls the quot;tweedquot; setting '57 Tweed Deluxe, and the quot;Black Facequot; setting a '65 Twin Reverb. There's another setting in the extended area, (no specific name), thats supposed to be a '65 Bassman, and yet another thats a Fender Bandmaster.

I'll just have to experiment some more.

gibson with marshall
jackson with err.....anything hi-gain
Ibanez with mesa


Originally Posted by ArtieTooI usually leave my J-Station set to the Black Face setting, which is great for the jazzy/bluesy stuff I usually do, but I was just messing around with it and discovered that the quot;Tweedquot; setting, with some gain dialed in, sounds cool with the Tele-clone.

So I was wondering, do you all associate a certain amp with a certain guitar? Or vice-versa? Like LP with Marshall, Strat with Fender, etc.?

Artie

I've always associated guitar amp combos for certain styles:
Country: Telecaster/Twin
Blues: Strat/Tweed Bassman or Blackface Deluxe
Classic Rock: Les Paul/Marshall Plexi
New Metal: PRS/Boogie Recto

I don't think those are what a player has to have to play those styles but are indicitive. You ever walk in a place to see a band and try to guess what kind of music they play by the rig they have? Its a lot of fun, I got burned one night ...Les Paul/Marshall Bluesbreaker....played lots of old country and sounded great.


Originally Posted by bungalowbillI've always associated guitar amp combos for certain styles:
Country: Telecaster/Twin
Blues: Strat/Tweed Bassman or Blackface Deluxe
Classic Rock: Les Paul/Marshall Plexi
New Metal: PRS/Boogie Recto

I don't think those are what a player has to have to play those styles but are indicitive. You ever walk in a place to see a band and try to guess what kind of music they play by the rig they have? Its a lot of fun, I got burned one night ...Les Paul/Marshall Bluesbreaker....played lots of old country and sounded great.

Another important combo as mentioned above,is the Tele/Deluxe Reverb amp..Moreso than the Strat/Deluxe..Everything sounds great through a Deluxe though..

Tele - Twin
Tele - Ac30
Strat - Plexi
Strat - Bassman
Les Paul - Plexi
Les Paul - Bluesbreaker
Ric - Ac30
Gretsch - Blonde Showman or Bassman
PRS - Mesa Boogie

Interesting. Thats two folks who've put PRS with Mesa. I would never have made that connection.


Originally Posted by ArtieTooInteresting. Thats two folks who've put PRS with Mesa. I would never have made that connection.

It's almost a cliche.... The band Creed comes to mind....


Originally Posted by STRATDELUXER97It's almost a cliche.... The band Creed comes to mind....

Tremonti's a mutant....he'd make an old school Cort through a Zoom 808 and an original Crate amp sound the exact same way as his PRS and Mesa gear.

I do tend to associate the PRS/Mesa Rectifier coupling with the generic quot;nu metalquot; sounds that over-populated the airwaves.

Santana put his PRS in a Mesa Mark II right?


Originally Posted by STRATDELUXER97It's almost a cliche.... The band Creed comes to mind....

Let's also not forget Linkin Park, Nickelbak, POD, 3 Doors Down, Lost Prophets, Slipknot, Puddle Of Mud, Limp Bizkit, 311 and Hoobastank. For nu-rock, calling it a cliche is almost an understatement.


Originally Posted by Hames JetfieldSlipknot

errrmm...sorry, but, NO!!!
I remember a few months back in a thread about nu-metal, just about everyone that chimed in after my post(saying slipknot isnt nu-metal) was agreeing with that statment. and considering they're one of my favorite bands. They're NOT nu-metal. Nu-metal doesn't have solos, and most of the nu-metal guitarists can't play worth a ****.

but jim has used prs--gt;mesa before
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There probably aren't any two sounds more distinct than a Les Paul through a Marshall and a Strat through a silver face Fender - nothing that cuts through all the effects and extras you can throw at it and still is instantly recognizeable. But the exact opposite combinations are nearly as common. I guess everyone associates pointy-headed Jacksons with cranked Plexis or JCMs. After seeing and hearing people play metal with teles and semi-hollow Gibsons, and after hearing my own Jackson pull of some decent country sounds (though not with me playing), I've stopped trying to associate anything. I still catch myself thinking something like, quot;you can't play blues with THAT guitar!quot; At least 9 times out of 10, I end up being wrong.


Originally Posted by JacksonMIAThere probably aren't any two sounds more distinct than a Les Paul through a Marshall and a Strat through a silver face Fender - nothing that cuts through all the effects and extras you can throw at it and still is instantly recognizeable.

I can think of a third: a twelve-string Ric through a Vox.

Fender strats = blackface Fender Twin/ Deluxe Reverb etc., Vox AC-30
Gibson (humbucker) = Marshalls, Mesas
Gibson (P90s) = tweed Fenders, Vox AC-30s, Marshalls
Fender tele = blackface Fender, Vox AC-30, tweed Fenders
Rickenbacker = Vox
Gretsch = blackface Fender
Gibson ES-335/ Guild Starfire etc. = blackface Fender

That's typically what combos I'd pair together.


Originally Posted by the_ChrisGretsch = blackface Fender

George Harrison made a few bucks playing a Gretsch through a Vox.