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Jefferson Airplane, December 7, 1968. It's YouTubed here. I was amazed first time I saw it (on the Fly Jefferson Airplane documentary - awesome viewing!) how much The Beatles aped Jean Luc-Goddard's film on Let It Be. It's almost a carbon copy.

That's it right there. Reading reviews and listening to others' opinions can help steer you in the right direction, but ulimately your ears should be the judge. Buy what sounds best to you. I think the Blues Jr. offers more versatility given a choice between the two.

Which group was the first to play in a major city on the rooftop of a tall building during a busy workday, only to have have their efforts quickly thwarted by the police? Also name that month and year this took place.

Yeah, I like the added bass and headroom of the 50 watt Classic 50 and I wouldn't mind a trade up from my 30 watt version, but there are some sacrifices involved in such a trade, including having to play at a louder volume to get power tube overdrive. If you play a tube amp, you have to almost accept that playing in your bedroom will have to involve an overdrive pedal, headphones or an amp with an overdrive channel that allows you to overdrive the preamp and keep the volume at a reasonable level. Tube amps simply aren't a great option for someone who just plays at home, IMO. If you have an amp

Ya'll are part of the way right. Tune your guitar to DGDGBE (drop E and A strings down to D and G). I don't want to get into tabbing it all out right now, plus I don't have it all figured out just yet, but I figure that this should get you started. E |--------------------------------------- B |--------------------------------------- G |-10-8--4--2--------7--7--7--5--5--7--7- D |-8--8--0--0--7--5--0-----0--5--5--0---- G |-8--8--0--0--5--5--0-----0--5--5--0---- D |--------------------------------------- You give the D note (g string, 7th fret) a bit of a bend and a shake on that last

Others might have different suggestions, but I think the best overdrive pedal option for a tube amp is a pedal from the vast family of TS-808 style derivatives. Many of these can be found here. The newer Ibanez Tube Screamers have different circuitry, but you can buy them already modded like I did with my TS9-DX Turbo Tube Screamer. The Keely mod is supposedly killer (has a true bypass), but I've never heard one. Other models based on the TS-808 circuitry include the Voodoo Lab Sparkle Drive, which I also hear good things about. A band mate of mine uses one and he loves its ability to blend an

You're the one that came on here asking for advice, pal. That sort of language is not very becoming for a child your age.

Of course. Love that version! It also appears on Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus.

The bagpipes.

Yup. Okay, here's one. The Young family from Australia produced brothers Angus and Malcom of AC/DC. What is the first hit song to come from that family?

I think we're wasting our time trying to tell a 14-year-old anything. You know, they already know everything at that age.

Hell yeah they'll get hot! That's how you want them! I always let my amp warm up for 30 minutes to an hour before a gig. You'll notice that as the tubes get hotter, the sound will become warmer and you'll hear harmonic overtones that weren't there before. It's almost like your amp starts talking back to you. One of the many beautiful things about tube amps!

I'd say that Warner Brothers bought a lot of those guitars for them. A sometimes band-mate of mine played in a group that was signed to Elektra in the mid-90s. They were still toting around their pawnshop specials and cheap transistor amps when they went to L.A. to record their first record. The producer complained about the guitarist's sound and told him that they could include the cost of new guitars and amps in with the bill the studio sent to the label. The band broke for lunch and their guitarist returned with $8,000 worth of new gear. It's funny that after buying the new gear and tryi

I think you'd be pleasantly surprised just how loud a 5-watt tube amp can be, especially if your frame of reference is based on solid state amps.

Maybe this is too easy, but what jazz great played sax on the Stones "Waiting For A Friend?"

I've really come to appreciate the musicality of a good single coil pickup. I put a Seymour Duncan Phat Cat (which is a P-90 designed to fit in a standard humbucker space) in my Les Paul, and I'm completely in love with the tone! Nothing wimpy at all about this pickup; it can get as nasty as any humbucker pickup, but it has much more versatility. I love the dynamic range of a single coil; it makes the guitar's volume knob a very useful tool in coaxing a wide range of tones. Humbuckers are much more compressed. So yeah, if I was getting an SG I'd definitely go for one with P-90s. Or you can

I've never used anything that would work in an effects loop (well, at least it wouldn't sound very good). Overdrives for sure don't sound good in an effects loop. The loop effectively places the effects in the signal chain between the preamp and the power amp, as opposed to before the preamp. The result is less noise - this works for stuff like delays, choruses, etc. - time based effects. But bear in mind that though the result is less noise, you may not like the sound as well as if the effect was placed between the guitar and amp. Just play around with your effects and you'll see what I mean

Good call. Personally, I avoid anything that claims to have "tube sound with solid state reliability." Nothing sounds like a tube amp except for tube amp. Solid states fall short with their inability to respond to touch - a tube amp will become increasingly dirtier as you pick harder. I've heard lots of solid states make claims of being "touch sensitive," but they aren't the same. And for all of that line 6 pod business, well, that's your call, but all of that modeling business sounds second-rate to me. Insted of trying to buy some silly little box that claims to duplicate the sound of vario

Don't know about the Pro Jr., but I've heard lots of good things from folks who have Blues Jr.'s. Also, in that price range you should be able to find a used Fender Hot Rod Deluxe (1x12, 40 watts) or Deville (4x10, 60 watts). I have a Peavey Classic 30 that I paid about $250 for used. It's 30 watts, 1 x 12 and I use it for club gigs, touring, recording, you name it. I put up a review on Harmony Central recently; mine is the first one listed (http://www.harmony-central.com/Guitar/Data/Peavey/Classic_30-1.html). There is also the Classic 50, which is the 50 watt, 2 x 12 version of my am

I was at the show, too, and arrived too late to catch the fabulous opening act, local rockers The Tenderhooks. I dare any city in the country to produce a music scene as rich and talented as Knoxville's (on a per capita basis, that is). Of course I'm biased because I've been a part of that scene for over 20 years, but still... Mic Harrison and the High Score, Tim Lee, Todd Steed, Stewart Pack and the Royal Treatment, The Westside Daredevils, The Rockwells and The Whisky Scars just to name a few. It was good to see K-Town being represented so well at Bonnaroo this year. Like the MetroPulse arti

Okay, I was thinking about the cheaper AC-30 that's going for about a grand. I played one live (cheaper AC-30, that is) about a month ago (club provided the backline) and I wasn't too impressed. I had mentioned the Peavey Classic 30 earlier in this thread. Well, I played through a Classic 50 during a gig Sunday night and it's convinced me that I need to upgrade. The thing was just screaming, you know. It was just one of those gigs were everything seems to go right because the tone is so good. The other guitarists in the band were using a Fender Twin and a Mesa Boogie combo and neither one s

Any time.

Seems like every jam band guitarist these days is using one of those awful Mutron envelope filters. The guy in that band moe. was using one at Bonnaroo yesterday. Why would you want to use something that is obviously going to make you sound like Jerry Garcia? I love the Dead, but I never even liked the sound when Garcia used it. Looks to me like these cats would want to try to seperate themselves from the pack. You know, forge your own identity, create your own sound. But I suppose that sounding like the Dead is what sells tickets for those guys.

Has anyone heard the new Orange combos? I wasn't even aware that they still made amps, but I saw a 30 and a 50 watt combo at a music store the other day. They were very pricey; can't remember exactly how much, but it was certainly more than a new AC-30 is going for. I'm in love with my Les Paul's new Seymour Duncan Phat Cat pickup. It makes the perfect mate for the Seymour '59 in the neck position.

You can also let the high "e" string ring open with both of those chords, if you like. Works either way.