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Originally Posted by sleestack  People are ******** about gear. They don't use their ears. They just want to know if it was made in the same year as the gear their musical hero's gear was made. There are some amazing sounding amps out there, but people just can't accept it because its not "Vintage". I'm sorry, but vintage marshalls paved the way for the birth of rock and roll and that isn't good enough for you? |
I use my ears and my head, not every amp is made equal ...even the `same` model
but when you find a good one, it will have a certain quality or `voice` unique to that model
there are some good modern amps made, but not for the sound I want. Current amps tend to either cater for a low gain 60`s, 70`s retro market or a 90`s high gain sound or solid state `modelling` of both lol. I`m into clear harmonic rich valve distortion, which was all the rage in the 80`s, as that was the trend, those are the amps which cater to that sound. That sound is NOT the be all and end all of tone, but for what I do IT IS!
I would love to have a factory fresh mesa mkIV, I wouldn`t care that it wasn`t vintage, because it was still designed with a particular sound in mind (pre-mega fuzz sludge gain)
I bought the 2210 when I was young but it isn`t the sound I`m looking for, I got it because they were out of fashion and cheap but what I really wanted was a 2203. I have heard some awesome recordings done with vintage Marshall JMP, plexis, 2203 but they were obviously using good examples of said amps.
I was tired so what I said is weird, this is more how I feel ... There are lots of overpriced vintage amps out there which aren`t worth it and Mesa rectifiers are overpriced. I`ve heard some awesome Rectifier sounds on record (Soundgarden-Superunknown, Lockup), but the bands took ages to find a setting which worked, with a good Mark series head it will sound awesome pretty much however you set it up.
Of course people are ******** about gear...this is Gearslutz forum!
I rest my case
Sam
