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Brian,
I was joking, they aren't THAT bad. Go read my bio on my website.
Our old drummer moonlighted as a John Lennon impersonator. He had
an aresenal of AC-30s, 50's and Super Beatles. He also had one
custom made by the same guy who does 1964 the tribute's amps. It
was nice not having to lug an amp to practice so I'd plug into one
of those, or one of his Orange amps(another british amp). I had a
hell of a time getting my tone out of these amps. When I bought my
Bandmaster, he went out and bought a Showman, just because he "had
to have that Fender sound." So you could say I've played through a
fair share of Vox amps, and I've played through a fair share of
classic vintage Fender amps. I like the Fenders better. But it's
like comparing apples to oranges. Most people associate the Beatles
with Vox amps, they disliked those amps in later years, George
Harrison is quotes as to hating his tone with the Vox in the Beatles
Gear book. Infact they were using pretty much Fender from '66
onward. I like my JBL 15s and 12s, I dislike celestions.
Bill
--- In , Brian Neal <brian@s...> wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 05:15:03 -0000, supertwangreverb
> <supertwangreverb@y...> wrote:
> >
> > The Shadows mind blowing guitar tones?? Vox amps, yuk! :)
> >
>
> ??????
>
> Wow... I always thought Mr. Marvin had a fantastic tone. Sure, he
also
> had his mind, fingers, Strat/Burns, and tape echo in the
> equation...but the Vox was a large component to that wonderful
sound.
>
> I don't know too much about amps, in fact I have probably played
> through a total of about 7 in my entire life. But I have seen Ivan
> play about 5 times, and I always think he sounds great through his
> Vox. In fact I can usually hear him the best out of all the other
> bands on the bill (except when the sound guy tells him to turn
down).
>
> If I recall correctly Ivan has replaced the speakers in his Vox and
> maybe had some other tweaking done on it though.
>
> I would be interested in hearing from people who have played
through
> both vintage Vox and Fender amps and have them describe the
> differences.
>
> Thanks,
>
> BN
