Andy Timmons plays Marshall too Clip

[jamme61]

http://andytimmons.com/video.php?id=0006

 

[insearchoftone]

That's it...

Forget this Mesa crap! I'm buying Marshalls from now on!












































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Kidding!

His Mesa contract must not dictate what he uses to record.

Same thing for other artists. Example Steve Vai and Carvin...Check his studio out (vai.com) and you will see Marshall, Laney, Bogner and Carvin amps. But no Mesa amps.

 

[jamme61]

LOL! it's all good!

 

[Nick_cor]

this tone is very sterile and sounds like some of his tone knobs have been rolled off.. sounds like there is too much bass frequency covering his main tone.. or too much effects ( delay )

 

[Elpelotero]

i personally thought his tone was superb. you can't say enough about those old marshalls. and his playing was spot on! those looked like one-takes!

 

[jamme61]

I have and love my MKIV, but my first love is my Plexi. Lifes to short to not own a Plexi with your Mesa or what ever els. It's all good, mix and match.

 

[flieger67]

His Mesa contract must not dictate what he uses to record.

You may already have read this, but if not, check out this interview with Andy: http://www.musicplayers.com/features/guitars/2006/0506_Andy_Timmons.php

This question and answer was pretty illuminating, in that Mesa liked his Marshall tones on "Resoultion, that they asked him to chip in on the Stiletto:

MPc: You have a great tone on Resolution. Tell us about your guitar sounds on this record.

AT: Almost everything in the studio was vintage Marshall. But now with the Mesa/Boogie amps I’m playing, I’m able to recreate everything I did in the studio spot-on with the Stiletto and the Lone Star. The record was mainly a ‘68 Plexi on one side and a ‘79 JMP on the other. I was mainly using them as clean amps with a Tube Driver in front of them.

My Boogie stuff is great because the sound of those Marshalls in the studio, I can absolutely never get those sounds live. I’ve been friends with Steve Mueller at Mesa/Boogie for years. My favorite amp of theirs for years was the Maverick. It was the closest thing that would let me get my sound. I love the Rectifier and those types of amps but they really weren’t what I was going for. They came out with the Lone Star a few years ago and that’s when I really went, “Okay, now that’s something that’s me.”
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Steve Mueller from Mesa/Boogie came to hear the tracks we were working on for the new record and he was blown away with the tone, wanting to know what we were using, and I sheepishly told him that it was the vintage Marshall stuff. He was like, “Wow, that just really sounds amazing. We’re working on the Stiletto and we’d love to get your ears involved, because we’re trying to capture some of this and then some.” Obviously, they’re going to do their own thing, and when Steve came to me with a later version of the Stiletto I was absolutely blown away because Mesa/Boogie absolutely nailed that sound – especially my 1979 JMP sound.

Now, I can get that recorded sound live, which I’ve never been able to do before, plus with those vintage Marshalls, you really don’t want to take those things on the road. They’re so valuable now. And Boogie was like, “We want you to have an amp where you can get that sound live,” and they really, really nailed it. I’m so thrilled that between those two amps – I have a switching system going – they nailed every tone that I could need. It’s fantastic!

I have to admit that I just recently joined this forum because I'm very interested in trying out and maybe buying a Stiletto. And it was Andy's tone on "Resolution", especially the opening track, that got me checking out his equipment and reading his comments on the Stiletto.

As for the video perhaps not sounding the best, what do you expect? It was shot with a camcorder.