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I didn't know that about the guy from Pearl Jam. Jeff Ament is his
name for the curious. Pearl Jam recorded a surf song with lyrics but
pure instrumental surf rock as a backing. It is called Gremmie Out of
Control. I think a lot of the surfers here would get a kick out of
that song.
--- In , dave wronski <stickmandw@y...>
wrote:
> Sam now ues a Showman head with a SWR 6X10 cab. with
> Slacktone. When we first tried it, I immediately liked
> it because for the first time I could actually tell
> which notes he was playing. Always make final
> judgements about sound in within the the context of
> how it sounds against the band. By itself, you may
> think a sound to be to distorted, but power amp
> clipping {not Master Volume/ Pre amp distortion}can
> really sound good against a band sound. By the way,
> that SWR 6x10 cab was
> designed with the guy from Pearl Jam, and is quite a
> bit better sound than any other SWR cab.
> -dave
>
> --- Jeff <bigtikidude@y...> wrote:
>
> > All the amps and guitars/basses and Drums, used in
> > the Dick Dale
> > show are Dicks property. 2 showman heads and 2
> > cabinets for Guitar
> > and Bass. I should Know I've loaded them up after
> > shows many times.
> > Helping Dicks Roadies.
> > Jeff(bigtikidude)
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In , Richard
> > <errant_jedi@y...>
> > wrote:
> > > I think the last show pics I saw had Sam using a
> > > Showman head, which I imagine he'd have to have
> > dimed
> > > to keep up with Dick. Fortunately bass
> > amplification
> > > has come a long way since the 60's. I think that
> > as
> > > long as you can get a pretty decent vintage-y bass
> > > sound out of it pretty much any amp will work.
> > You'll
> > > always have more volume and cut than the lowenders
> > did
> > > in the old days. I personally found a used Mesa
> > > Boogie Buster head (now discontinued) which is
> > > basically a Bassman clone loaded with 6L6's. At
> > 200
> > > watts it's a beast.
> > >
> > > Richard
> > >
> > > --- Brian Neal <bgneal@g...> wrote:
> > >
> > > > When I saw DD 2 years ago Sam was playing
> > through a
> > > > Showman head. I
> > > > don't remember what he had a few months back,
> > but
> > > > I'd be surprised if
> > > > it was anything but a Showman with DD.
> > > >
> > > > Great bass article, DP, thanks for the link.
> > > >
> > > > BN
> > > >
> > > >
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