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Old 5th November 2005   #14
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As other people mentioned, Stevenson amps, I've used one from a friend who has produced albums for bands that sound a lot like Nickelback (you can probably guess which ones, hint: they're Canadian and sold over 2 million records).

In any case, there are a number of amps that can pull off that time: Mesa Boogie Triple Rect is the "main" one, Stevenson does it, so does the Bogner. My friend recently switched to Diezel amps. It takes that Triple Rect crunch tone to a whole new level. For a cab it's a vintage Marshall with Celestion greenbacks.

The other thing is the micing. What I see happening is a mix of SM57 and Royer going into Neve 1073's into vintage 1176's.

And of course the single guitar parts are doubled and panned on each side.

Since we're on the subject, I'd love to know, is there a way to get that sound in a smaller combo amp? I'd love to get that sound at home without borrowing friends' gear but I like small combo amps (for example, my main amp is a Vox AC15).
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