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Post by gnizak on Apr 12, 2007 19:24:18 GMT -7
I need a BRIGHT amp! Lots of treble and twang! Is this the Z that I'm looking for?
I play blues mostly, classic and folk rock too. Ric 330, LP and a strat.
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Post by benttop (Steve) on Apr 12, 2007 19:33:36 GMT -7
I need a BRIGHT amp! Lots of treble and twang! Is this the Z that I'm looking for? I play blues mostly, classic and folk rock too. Ric 330, LP and a strat. Stang Ray with Alnico Blues is about as bright as it gets. Actually my SRZ-65 is pretty bright too, but the Stang Ray really has the top end and top midrange thing down. Very cool sounding edge. Check the sound clips here for a bazillion examples. Hard to imagine playing blues with a Ric - how's that working out for you?
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Post by gnizak on Apr 12, 2007 19:38:42 GMT -7
It's nuts. I just have a thing for hollowbodies, I was going to get a Casino but I wanted a longer neck and a US guitar. I play it through a blues junior now and it gets a nice tone, a little raunchy with the volume up or my OCD on.
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Post by benttop (Steve) on Apr 12, 2007 20:10:19 GMT -7
I can only imagine what that guitar sounds like through the Stang Ray, but my Tele and my Strat both sound amazing through it. Very cool top end - much cooler than anything I've ever owned, and I've owned a ton of great amps. Of course everyone listens for something different, but I bet that Ric sounds pretty friggin cool through the Stang Ray. You should try to find a dealer with one in stock and try it!
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Post by bluzman on Apr 13, 2007 21:43:04 GMT -7
OHHHHHH YEAHHHH a Ric with flatwounds on the SR!!!
AWESOME!! It sang!!
Now I need to hear a 12 string Ric with flatwounds on the SR!!
I was never into Rics but when my buddy came over to try out my amp with his.... I think it may be my next ax!!
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Post by nitehawk55 on Apr 17, 2007 15:42:03 GMT -7
I wonder what guitar George Harrison used for that first note in " Hard Days Night " ?
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Post by benttop (Steve) on Apr 17, 2007 16:52:07 GMT -7
I wonder what guitar George Harrison used for that first note in " Hard Days Night " ? There are whole white papers written about that intro chord. And there were no less than four players making it happen, including a grand piano!
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Post by Jan on Apr 17, 2007 20:28:25 GMT -7
That cord started a music revolution. Long live the revolution.
I miss George. I really, really miss George.
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Post by dachshund on Aug 27, 2007 13:02:42 GMT -7
Yes - it's a bright amp, and very loud. ;D
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Post by Hohn on Aug 28, 2007 14:55:37 GMT -7
It's worth mentioning that even thought eh SR can be bright, it's still musical and smooth even when it's twanging ten. Some amps can be painfully ice-pick bright. The SR doesn't seem to have that problem.
I've never owned a "bright" amp. I went from a pv Stereo Chorus 212 to a Classic 30 combo to a Classic 100 head w/ EV speaker. None of the tube amps I've had is very bright at all.
So you'd think I'd be really sensitized to an overly bright amp. But the SR just isn't like that. My idea of overly bright is some AC30s I've played, and perhaps a couple SF Fenders that had the knobs twisted to the extreme.
Instead, the high end of the SR is more of a revelation. It's like having earplugs removed after a lengthy period-- as if rediscovering your sense of hearing again.
I suspect that speaker choice had a lot to do with it. With Blues, the SR can be very bright, but they will break up a bit and round out the sound before things get bad.
The brightness of the SR is part of the reason it's incredibly touch-sensitive, imo, and it really gives the controls on the guitar a purpose.
With my darker amps, the knobs on the guitar were always wide open, because the Tone was muddy at anything lower, and the Volume did the same trick.
Now with the SR, I can dial in the "most" setting I want at the amp (and do it in about 3 seconds), and get everything from zero to hero right at the guitar.
It's quite the revelation to actually be able to use the knobs on the guitar, and to have 5 distinct Strat sounds that are each very useful.
I'm completely delighted with my Stang Ray, and while this amp can't "do it all" per se, I'm convinced that almost every player could find a way to use it for their music.
JMO
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Post by Danny on Aug 29, 2007 3:04:58 GMT -7
I miss George. I really, really miss George. Me too, my friend. I frequently say those exact words, "I really miss George." Just last night I watched a special program about the first 5 years of Saturday Night Live, and one short clip showed George and Paul Simon dueting on "Here Comes the Sun." I said, "I miss you, George." I also love to watch the Concert for George DVD because it's the warmest, most uplifting tribute to a musician and friend that I've ever seen. Everyone loved him and was positively influenced by him. A great legacy.
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Post by seaking on Aug 29, 2007 4:07:20 GMT -7
I miss George. I really, really miss George. Me too, my friend. I frequently say those exact words, "I really miss George." Nother' here, I really miss George also. Love watching the concert for George as well as the concert for Bangladesh. Both great DVDs that help to reconnect to the man, his amazing spirit and most of all his signature melodic playing. I also miss John Lennon a lot. With him its different though. When watching George theses days, i get a good feeling inside mostly (along with others like...anger because of his insistence on smoking with a substantial family history of cancer...just for one. But when i watch John i often feel sad and really pissed off...To have his life snuffed out all too early like that, with so much unfinished business that needed tending to. He was robbed... his family was robbed...we were robbed! I bet both of them would have loved the Stangray. BTW, I believe the opening chord on hard days night was played on George's 12 string Rickenbacker (with some other things thrown on top).
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Post by billyguitar on Aug 29, 2007 7:47:15 GMT -7
George was a great slide player. He really found his musical voice after the Beatles. His very last album is almost as good as Cloud Nine. His son and Jeff Lynne finished it posthumously. The Concert For George was absoluletly one of the greatest concerts ever. It's so good it seems almost more like a well done movie. Almost every day I think about George, Jimi and John. Those guys will never be topped!
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