Never understood that especially when you can get a good 70s cab with Green/Cream/Black backs for less.
I trust you on those ranges and agree and look at the bargain between a ‘74-‘80 cab vs some of the newer cabs. A ‘74 Creamback cab can sound killer. A ‘78 Blackback cab can sound way better...
Those are just the typical Piher carbon film in Marshalls even tho they are a similar color.
IMO $2500 is “yesterday’s” inflated price. Things aren’t moving much and the digital alternatives are making big amps less popular.
Did you check his mic placement and did you use your own mic? Sometimes sound men just grab the next mic and it’s a fubar mic.
Just trying to help avoid it. It does suck.
Fret a note lightly at the third fret. Now look at the gap between string and first fret. It should have a tiny, tiny gap. The third and sixth strings vibrate wider so they need a little more gap than say the first string.
Can you cop the early Chris Squire (Yes) tone with it? IIRC he just plugged into a Marshall for some/all of the very early stuff. Something like Roundabout but they all had incredible (to me) bass tone.
Beautiful guitar. The Gibson open-book headstock is just a clunky dreadnaught acoustic type of headstock. It’s not a great looking or optimally functional headstock. It’s just what people are accustomed to. To me the Heritage headstock is superior.
I had a 12-pound H150 that was gorgeous and...
The amps appear to be switched on. But nothing is lit on the amps or the rack.
I was just pointing out that what you're hearing is not the rig. Probably a capture of his rig tho.