Recent content by Dave L

Yeah, I get some real whiplash from late 90s stuff being over 25 years old now. To me the mid 90s feels like a long time ago and the late 90s much less so.

I don´t think I ever heard any albums after Theater of salvation, I lost interest in most straight-up power stuff somewhere around the late 90s, but they had both some catchy songs and some cool songs on those first two, three albums.

I mostly use greenbacks and barely use the EQ on my III+, just a little tweak, so I can vouch that greenies have a nice sound together with the base sound of the Marks. This is more for rock stuff, though, can't vouch for the chugs.

That solo has all of Eddie's tricks, but one thing that actually is different is that it is comped from several takes when he was just winging it. So it's part Eddie, part Quincy.

Yeah, Lari is cool and has a signature sound, for sure. Maybe not for me, personally, but I appreciate what she does and how she gets players like Lee, Vinnie and Nathan East for her records. I remember when she was part of some big youtube shred fest years ago and just smoked everyone by...

Lehle does very nice stuff, I´ve used the P-split for various things for many years, both for transparent splitting and/or isolation of stuff where I can´t lift the shield. Seems a bit funny that a simple pedalboard like that would need one, though, it´s more often multi amp rigs and...

Always thought of the crunch channel as more plexi-ish myself, but maybe JMP 2203 is the right answer. Anyhoo, like I said I think it´s best to think of it as a classic Marshall but voiced to take an overdrive without thinning out too much. Sounds fat with strats too, as a bonus, as Clapton and...

The crunch channel on the SLO is a bit too fat to nail the typical Marshall vibe, but it really is heaven when hit with a Tubescreamer and I have to imagine it was designed with that in mind back in the mid 80s.

A José has some of that boosted sound naturally sometimes, though. Very little bass passed from the input stage, and tons of pokey mids.

If EQ in the loop didn´t cut it you´re probably out of headroom somewhere from the loop return and down the line, and therefore out of luck unless you start working backwards like greatgreen said.

Isn´t that story that he was totally hungover, mistakenly thinking he wouldn´t record that day, and that Robert Palmer of all people was there watching. A very vivid image.

I think my PC1 is the only guitar I´ve ever had without any inlays or fretboard markers, but it is a very sleek look. Sorry for the crappy pic, low light in the music room and an old phone...

No, on these it actually is pre and post EQ. That's real special José master sauce, but I couldn't begin to tell you why he wanted the volume pre EQ when the diodes are in. My Zé that Ossie Ahsen built from his real José has the same deal, and he has several videos explaining and exploring that...

Absolutely. Once he left and Janick came in they were left with two guys that (in comparison) are a collection of speedy licks strung together, and they lost a big part of the sound without that balance, even if I appreciate the Blackmore-ish stylings of Janick a lot more now than I did back then.

Not really a surprise, I guess, seems like they've mostly just used the current flagship Marshall for decades. JCM2000s and the JMP1 prior to these. Too bad he isn't bringing out the fancier Lado he used on Maiden England or one of his vintage Jacksons, I'm a sucker for the late 80s era.