High Gain Amp Shootout, Saturday June 20th, Hollywood, CA.

[James Lugo]

Hey man, I'm in the area and I can bring my VH4.

I see you already have one on the list, though. Lemme know!

I think we have Friedman's already but it be great to have you come by.

 

[Dexter Jackson]

I'd love to stop by and check out all the stuff.

Let me know if Friedman doesn't bring his.

 

[Jim Wagner Pickups]

Now you got me thinking about putting some H75 speakers in my Bogner cab

You are using the H75 or H75-LHDC ?

Keep on rocking

I think they are just the regular H75's. Those speakers are intense man.

The Cold Sweats drive my amps perfectly for hard rock/metal.

Those H75's are the kind. They are all I bother plugging into anymore. I have a solid oak Marshall Stack (all 3/4" oak) loaded with some 65 watt Celestians that took me 6 months to get back in the very early "80s, and those cabs are no more than just furniture anymore.
I just have a 2 X 12 cab with 2 H75''s in it. I use that whenever I play with Tucker, Hicks, Bice, etc. and they seem to be louder than everyone else, but they are not. They just somehow seem to cut through everything just by shear tone quality. They stand right out there. You'll never go back......

 

[James Lugo]

I'd love to stop by and check out all the stuff.

Let me know if Friedman doesn't bring his.

Cool.

I just added a Wallace Abaddon to the list. There are some more amps coming but I've lost track between emails, calls and PMs. This gonna be crazy kids!

 

[James Lugo]

Now you got me thinking about putting some H75 speakers in my Bogner cab

You are using the H75 or H75-LHDC ?

Keep on rocking

I think they are just the regular H75's. Those speakers are intense man.

The Cold Sweats drive my amps perfectly for hard rock/metal.

Those H75's are the kind. They are all I bother plugging into anymore. I have a solid oak Marshall Stack (all 3/4" oak) loaded with some 65 watt Celestians that took me 6 months to get back in the very early "80s, and those cabs are no more than just furniture anymore.
I just have a 2 X 12 cab with 2 H75''s in it. I use that whenever I play with Tucker, Hicks, Bice, etc. and they seem to be louder than everyone else, but they are not. They just somehow seem to cut through everything just by shear tone quality. They stand right out there. You'll never go back......

We played that cab all night at the studio, it's blowing us away cuz' we were so use to the sound we were getting and now this cab is a whole other level. You rock Jim!!! Tomorrow's the day I'm working on that stuff for you.

Les Paul/WCR Godwood>Friedman Marshall>Straight Cab H75's =

 

[dstroud]

dang man, I always got a gig when you have these things - and I was really looking forward to this !

It starts early.

Hey man, gig schedule changed and now my show on the 20th is a late show, so I'll be able to come and hang for a while, I'm stoked!

 

[James Lugo]

dang man, I always got a gig when you have these things - and I was really looking forward to this !

It starts early.

Hey man, gig schedule changed and now my show on the 20th is a late show, so I'll be able to come and hang for a while, I'm stoked!

That's what I'm talkin' 'bout!

I have been up since 7am returning emails. Holy smokes, this is gonna be crazy, so many amps. We may even have a couple of rockstars on hand! We'll see.

Been giving a lot of thought as to the best way to do this and I think I got it figured out, in my mind anyway. lol The first 3 minutes or so will be a somewhat structured shootout with my engineer Dan McMains and I playing; some solo guitar (guitar only) and some with guitar mixed in tracks. Using the same group of guitars for each section (single coil and humbucker). Then at the end of the final track let people throw down some riffs, it can be the guy who brought the amp or anyone at the shootout, they can use my guitars or their own, doesn't matter. This is so everyone can play and have a good time, while the beginning of each file (first 3 minutes of so) will be more structured to give the listener a good reference to how these amps compare and stack up against one antoher.

I brought a guitar home to practice and get my chops up a little. Please bare with me, I've played guitar the past 20 years mostly as a songwriter/producer so I'm not hip to a lot of the newer shred stuff. I pretty much stopped practicing in 1988 and have used guitar more for artistry and less for slick chop playing. I just got the first 4 VH records and have been having a great time listening to them. When I was a kid I studied with Paul Gilbert privately and was into Ygnwie, Lynch, VH etc... I actually played for a while in Dokken after Goerge left (circa 90-91) but without practice my hands just don't move like that anymore, also I've kind of lost the memory of a lot of my licks and songs so my childhood riffs are what come out now, very strange anomaly. So I grew up playing blues and country in bars in Florida and my heros were; Billy Gibbons, David Gilmore, Ace Frehley and Neal Schon. So there you go, I wish I could bring a bigger pallet but that's it. Though I will play with impeccable feel and attack so the amps will be shown in a good light regardless.

 

[James Lugo]

Just got off the phone with Bruce Bouillet (Racer X), he's gonna come up and play at the amp shootout.

 

[Death by Uberschall]

Just got off the phone with Bruce Bouillet (Racer X), he's gonna come up and play at the amp shootout.

 

[James Lugo]

Just got off the phone with Bruce Bouillet (Racer X), he's gonna come up and play at the amp shootout.

Yeah I'm excited, I actually took some lessons from him many years ago and I'm starting back this Saturday.

 

[dstroud]

Just got off the phone with Bruce Bouillet (Racer X), he's gonna come up and play at the amp shootout.

yeah, that's neat and everything... but who's bringing the coke and hookers!!!!!


j/k - you're making this an awesome event!!!!

 

[Jim Wagner Pickups]

Now you got me thinking about putting some H75 speakers in my Bogner cab

You are using the H75 or H75-LHDC ?

Keep on rocking

I think they are just the regular H75's. Those speakers are intense man.

The Cold Sweats drive my amps perfectly for hard rock/metal.

Those H75's are the kind. They are all I bother plugging into anymore. I have a solid oak Marshall Stack (all 3/4" oak) loaded with some 65 watt Celestians that took me 6 months to get back in the very early "80s, and those cabs are no more than just furniture anymore.
I just have a 2 X 12 cab with 2 H75''s in it. I use that whenever I play with Tucker, Hicks, Bice, etc. and they seem to be louder than everyone else, but they are not. They just somehow seem to cut through everything just by shear tone quality. They stand right out there. You'll never go back......

We played that cab all night at the studio, it's blowing us away cuz' we were so use to the sound we were getting and now this cab is a whole other level. You rock Jim!!! Tomorrow's the day I'm working on that stuff for you.

Les Paul/WCR Godwood>Friedman Marshall>Straight Cab H75's =

Got the goodies you sent me this morning James, VERY much appreciated, and I will get on that project ASAP. Our in-house 17 year old rocker Dillon says he "really wants to meet THAT guy !!!" See, ya just impress the hell outta everybody Bro ;-)
Good luck on the amp shootout, can't wait to see/hear the results. Too bad I live so far North at times like this.
ROCK !!!

 

[James Lugo]

Now you got me thinking about putting some H75 speakers in my Bogner cab

You are using the H75 or H75-LHDC ?

Keep on rocking

I think they are just the regular H75's. Those speakers are intense man.

The Cold Sweats drive my amps perfectly for hard rock/metal.

Those H75's are the kind. They are all I bother plugging into anymore. I have a solid oak Marshall Stack (all 3/4" oak) loaded with some 65 watt Celestians that took me 6 months to get back in the very early "80s, and those cabs are no more than just furniture anymore.
I just have a 2 X 12 cab with 2 H75''s in it. I use that whenever I play with Tucker, Hicks, Bice, etc. and they seem to be louder than everyone else, but they are not. They just somehow seem to cut through everything just by shear tone quality. They stand right out there. You'll never go back......

We played that cab all night at the studio, it's blowing us away cuz' we were so use to the sound we were getting and now this cab is a whole other level. You rock Jim!!! Tomorrow's the day I'm working on that stuff for you.

Les Paul/WCR Godwood>Friedman Marshall>Straight Cab H75's =

Got the goodies you sent me this morning James, VERY much appreciated, and I will get on that project ASAP. Our in-house 17 year old rocker Dillon says he "really wants to meet THAT guy !!!" See, ya just impress the hell outta everybody Bro ;-)
Good luck on the amp shootout, can't wait to see/hear the results. Too bad I live so far North at times like this.
ROCK !!!

Sweet.

Talked to John at Mesa Boogie Hollywood today, he's gonna bring a Mark V.

 

[James Lugo]

Jim at Bogner just came by and said they are bringing a ton of Bogner amps, I'm waiting for the list.

 

[jmgman69]

James,your a fucking ANIMAL BRO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Jim Wagner Pickups]

Now you got me thinking about putting some H75 speakers in my Bogner cab

You are using the H75 or H75-LHDC ?

Keep on rocking

I think they are just the regular H75's. Those speakers are intense man.

The Cold Sweats drive my amps perfectly for hard rock/metal.

Those H75's are the kind. They are all I bother plugging into anymore. I have a solid oak Marshall Stack (all 3/4" oak) loaded with some 65 watt Celestians that took me 6 months to get back in the very early "80s, and those cabs are no more than just furniture anymore.
I just have a 2 X 12 cab with 2 H75''s in it. I use that whenever I play with Tucker, Hicks, Bice, etc. and they seem to be louder than everyone else, but they are not. They just somehow seem to cut through everything just by shear tone quality. They stand right out there. You'll never go back......

We played that cab all night at the studio, it's blowing us away cuz' we were so use to the sound we were getting and now this cab is a whole other level. You rock Jim!!! Tomorrow's the day I'm working on that stuff for you.

Les Paul/WCR Godwood>Friedman Marshall>Straight Cab H75's =

Got the goodies you sent me this morning James, VERY much appreciated, and I will get on that project ASAP. Our in-house 17 year old rocker Dillon says he "really wants to meet THAT guy !!!" See, ya just impress the hell outta everybody Bro ;-)
Good luck on the amp shootout, can't wait to see/hear the results. Too bad I live so far North at times like this.
ROCK !!!

Sweet.

Talked to John at Mesa Boogie Hollywood today, he's gonna bring a Mark V.

OK, that does it, I should just fly down there......

 

[Jim Wagner Pickups]

Now you got me thinking about putting some H75 speakers in my Bogner cab

You are using the H75 or H75-LHDC ?

Keep on rocking

I think they are just the regular H75's. Those speakers are intense man.

The Cold Sweats drive my amps perfectly for hard rock/metal.

Those H75's are the kind. They are all I bother plugging into anymore. I have a solid oak Marshall Stack (all 3/4" oak) loaded with some 65 watt Celestians that took me 6 months to get back in the very early "80s, and those cabs are no more than just furniture anymore.
I just have a 2 X 12 cab with 2 H75''s in it. I use that whenever I play with Tucker, Hicks, Bice, etc. and they seem to be louder than everyone else, but they are not. They just somehow seem to cut through everything just by shear tone quality. They stand right out there. You'll never go back......

We played that cab all night at the studio, it's blowing us away cuz' we were so use to the sound we were getting and now this cab is a whole other level. You rock Jim!!! Tomorrow's the day I'm working on that stuff for you.

Les Paul/WCR Godwood>Friedman Marshall>Straight Cab H75's =

Got the goodies you sent me this morning James, VERY much appreciated, and I will get on that project ASAP. Our in-house 17 year old rocker Dillon says he "really wants to meet THAT guy !!!" See, ya just impress the hell outta everybody Bro ;-)
Good luck on the amp shootout, can't wait to see/hear the results. Too bad I live so far North at times like this.
ROCK !!!

Sweet.

Talked to John at Mesa Boogie Hollywood today, he's gonna bring a Mark V.

OK, that does it, I should just fly down there......

 

[James Lugo]

The OCD is killin' me, I can't sleep but I thought through everything and I have it all together in my mind. Guitars that will be used:

2006 Gibson Les Paul Standard with the WCR American Steele (Crossroads neck, Godwood bridge)
2009 Fender Telecaster with the Lolar Special T's
2009 Gibson Les Paul Traditional with the BK Cold Sweat (bridge), WCR Fillmore (neck)
2005 Gibson Les Paul Special with the BK Rebel Yell (bridge), Gibson 490 (neck)

 

[Death by Uberschall]

The OCD is killin' me, I can't sleep but I thought through everything and I have it all together in my mind. Guitars that will be used:

2006 Gibson Les Paul Standard with the WCR American Steele (Crossroads neck, Godwood bridge)
1970 Fender Stratocaster with the Fralin Woodstocks
2009 Gibson Les Paul Traditional with the BK Cold Sweat (bridge), WCR Fillmore (neck)
2005 Gibson Les Paul Special with the BK Rebel Yell (bridge), Gibson 490 (neck)

Any chance of having a Gibson Les Paul loaded with the EMG 81/85 combo???

 

[Jack71]

Wow - I wish someone on the east coast would do something like this.

Ditto. Giles, you listening? You already got the studio and half the amps we need.