How to murder a $50/100,000 amp
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Clockworkmike
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You just need a grandfather that was worth billions of dollars and left you a handsome trust fund, like Mr. kaiser here lolThis video proves that you don't need tone, melody, rhythm, or even key to make noise... er I mean music???
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Clockworkmike
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Precisely. EVH literally had about $300-$600 at best for his entire rig and look at what he accomplished. Then you got ol Henry here, toting about $120000 to $150000 worth of gear and managed to make the impossible: a guitar actually farting at 0:42 in the video.
Well....I made it through the the whole thing. I treated it as a learning exercise.
I learned that I will probably be playing through my Valve Jr combo today, and I will appreciate that I have no compulsion to have an effects unit play anything for me....at free random.
I did not need to see that video to know this...but that video really drives the point home.
Shut up, and play yer guitar.
I learned that I will probably be playing through my Valve Jr combo today, and I will appreciate that I have no compulsion to have an effects unit play anything for me....at free random.
I did not need to see that video to know this...but that video really drives the point home.
Shut up, and play yer guitar.
Oh yeah...and that video, at 1:57, made me realize that I want to watch Super Troopers again soon. 
Ebidis
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What kills me is that the way this guy plays, you're gonna sound better through your $100 Valve Jr combo than he does through his $100,000 Dumble.
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Clockworkmike
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^^^ The Gospel Truth Right There!^^^
Question is...do we ever “really” hear him playing anything but an algorithm?
Ebidis
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Maybe not, but his technique is also pretty terrible, and I don't need to hear his clean tone to know that.Question is...do we ever “really” hear him playing anything but an algorithm?
I really get the distinct feeling that if you plugged him straight into a clean Deluxe Reverb, his playing would still be laughable.
Listen to this live recording...according to Gary's guitar/amp tech:
"For this album, he adopted a new rig consisting of a prototype of Marshall’s forthcoming reissue of the classic mid-'60s JTM45 head."
To achieve the high-gain overdrive and sustain he desired, Moore relied upon Marshall’s newly introduced The Guv’nor distortion pedal, which was the company’s stomp box interpretation of a JCM800 amp.
"The JTM45 was dialed to a clean setting, and the Guv’nor pedal was the sole source of the tone’s distortion..."
"For this album, he adopted a new rig consisting of a prototype of Marshall’s forthcoming reissue of the classic mid-'60s JTM45 head."
To achieve the high-gain overdrive and sustain he desired, Moore relied upon Marshall’s newly introduced The Guv’nor distortion pedal, which was the company’s stomp box interpretation of a JCM800 amp.
"The JTM45 was dialed to a clean setting, and the Guv’nor pedal was the sole source of the tone’s distortion..."
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Clockworkmike
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Lol i think Alexander Dumble showed up to sit in because he felt a guilty selling a 6 figure amplifier to this guy. He probably thought " Alright dude, i know you're rich n loaded and it was funny burning ya. Now i just feel embarrassed at myself for doing this to a grown man who couldnt play Smoke On The Water by just the Low E String...."
Indeed, but if he were to be forced to do so...he may improve...or go away.
To me, it’s a clear example of not applying oneself to learning the instrument, and becoming dependent on tech to make up for it...and failure to do so.
This^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Clockworkmike
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No doubt. All the money and equipment in the world couldn't fix this dumpster fire. Im sure if you autotuned it, your computer would catch on fire and kill itself out of frustration trying to fix it.Indeed, but if he were to be forced to do so...he may improve...or go away.
To me, it’s a clear example of not applying oneself to learning the instrument, and becoming dependent on tech to make up for it...and failure to do so.
I played through a few of Dumble's amps and was thoroughly shocked at how average they sounded...FWIW.
God bless the guy, but the most expensive amp I would consider (based on actually playing them) is an Engl Fireball and we're talking under $2,000...
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Clockworkmike
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I can totally believe that! Nothing to write home about huh?
Good playing...