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jenny · Guest

i've been playing for a while,but i'm still intimidated by my amp. Those tremble,middle,bass and presence knobs....i play with the gain around 5,but i just can't seem to work out a good chemistry with the rest. I'm looking for an underground Keith Ritchards sound. I could go on using the tone i got now,but i'd be grateful if someone told me how to set it up properly.

Brammy · Newbie Alert Joined: 19 Apr 2003 Posts: 4

what amp is this?... what guitar?

jenny · Guest

a les paul standard,played thru a marshall JCM800...thanx.

TimC · Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2003 6:20 pm Post subject:

jenny, wiggle one of the big power tubes out. What is the # on it? I think they were sold in the U.S. mostly with 6550's. In the U.K. and Europe they had EL-34's. I never could get a good sound out of mine till I switched to EL-34's. ( The socket has to be re-wired so don't just stick em in there) Ka-Boom Shocked

paganicon · Posted: Mon May 12, 2003 11:02 am Post subject:

trade in that les paul for a '70s telecaster. preferably a custom.
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Todd Hepler · Guest

Hi Jen -

Early 70's KR tone to me is best represented by a low power tweed fender circuit and a telecatser tuned to open G with no fat E string. Something like a 5F1 champ maxed out and mked up close.

Kinda hard to do with a JCM800 and a Les Paul ....

-Todd

TimC · Posted: Wed May 21, 2003 7:02 am Post subject:

Jenny, if your guitar is a Gibson Les Paul Standard, maybe you should keep it and look around for a Telly to add to your collection. I've made some trades in the past I regret, and wish I still had the guitars.

jenny · Guest

thank you all, getting a telecaster seems to be a good idea.

ggk · Goldfish Joined: 28 Apr 2003 Posts: 58

I own 5 guit and one is a telecaster custom, but...Fender, sorry for fender lovers, makes one good guitar over an hundred...if you want "single coil" type sound but you want to be sure that your guitar will play anyway, keep your gibson LP and substitute your humbuckers with two "P-90" soapbars.

sorry...I don't like fender..

TimC · Posted: Thu May 22, 2003 8:10 am Post subject:

With normal size hands, I've always prefered a shorter scaled instrument. I find the longer scale guitars a little less comfortable to play. My favorite noodling guitar is a highly customized Fender 3/4 Musicmaster.

ggk · Goldfish Joined: 28 Apr 2003 Posts: 58

I use a Surfcaster (Charvel) customized completely, with Humbuckers in place of the lipstick...I have never played a short scale guitar.

TimC · Posted: Thu May 22, 2003 8:29 am Post subject:

gg, my point was that that since Gibson uses a slightly shorter scale than Fender, Jenny might find the Tele a little harder to play. What is the scale length on your Charvel?

ggk · Goldfish Joined: 28 Apr 2003 Posts: 58

tim...22frets, 25,5" scale...

jenny · Guest

i found a nice ibanez (pre lawsuit), performer series (les paul), '79 model with super 70 pickups. it sounds good, i must admit. worth considering. 24.75" scale, 22 frets.