jfrusciante17
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Fellas,
I'm in need of some serious counseling as far as mesa tone goes. Now, I, as I'm sure many if not all of you, am an Andy Timmons fan, and when I first heard the tune "Resolution" I was FLOORED. I had no idea that a mesa could do that! Now granted, I'm afraid I've become a bit of a traditionalist over the past years to the point that I've looked over anything that didn't have the name Fender, Marshall, or Vox on it; so when I first heard Andy Timmons and looked into his rig I started to get interested in Mesa. To be fair I've always known about mesa as I'm also a big Mark Tremonti fan, as well as a fan of Incubus circa 2002 and before, so I knew all about rectifiers and tremoverbs, but seeing as some of my most influential guitar players all used Marshall, Fender, and Vox, and the fact that I don't normally play metal or hard rock,( though I still enjoy playing along with my Alterbridge albums and playing an old Incubus cover here and there) I never thought I'd really care for a mesa boogie. Man I'm rambling on! Ok, here's the point; I heard "resolution," became enamored with the sound, went to a GC played a lonestar, was seriously impressed. NOW, here's the other thing; some used music store around my apartment just got an old early 90's tremoverb in, and upon seeing it I had to play it. Anyway, I don't know if it was the nostalgia of playing the same amp as one of my highschool heroes Mike Einziger played, but I loved it! and here's the thing! I'm not talking about the awesome gain that it can produce, though it can, my favorite sound was turning down the gain on the vintage hi-gain channel with a strat and just becoming flaberghasted with the sound! It was hendrix, it was the chili peppers, there was a bit of Andy Timmons in there, I loved it! Plus, and this may just be a testament to my immaturity, but I thought the reverb wasn't half bad either. So, Finally, after wasting all of your time reading this digression, the question is; what do I do? I'm a college student who's been saving FOREVER, so I have a little money, but not to get both amps, so what I want to know is, for playing the hendrix-ish, John Frusciante-like, Radiohead-ness, with flecks of Bill Frisell and Sonny Sharrock, and finally a healthy dose of sonic youth-ish style that I play, which amp do you think will meet most of my needs? Oh and as far as cabs go i've got an old Marshall 1936 2x12 with celestions, and I may be getting a new-ish orange 2x12 depending on whether or not a friend of mine ends up going the combo amp route. Anyway, those of you who are left that read this whole **** thing, thanks for your patience and please help!
I'm in need of some serious counseling as far as mesa tone goes. Now, I, as I'm sure many if not all of you, am an Andy Timmons fan, and when I first heard the tune "Resolution" I was FLOORED. I had no idea that a mesa could do that! Now granted, I'm afraid I've become a bit of a traditionalist over the past years to the point that I've looked over anything that didn't have the name Fender, Marshall, or Vox on it; so when I first heard Andy Timmons and looked into his rig I started to get interested in Mesa. To be fair I've always known about mesa as I'm also a big Mark Tremonti fan, as well as a fan of Incubus circa 2002 and before, so I knew all about rectifiers and tremoverbs, but seeing as some of my most influential guitar players all used Marshall, Fender, and Vox, and the fact that I don't normally play metal or hard rock,( though I still enjoy playing along with my Alterbridge albums and playing an old Incubus cover here and there) I never thought I'd really care for a mesa boogie. Man I'm rambling on! Ok, here's the point; I heard "resolution," became enamored with the sound, went to a GC played a lonestar, was seriously impressed. NOW, here's the other thing; some used music store around my apartment just got an old early 90's tremoverb in, and upon seeing it I had to play it. Anyway, I don't know if it was the nostalgia of playing the same amp as one of my highschool heroes Mike Einziger played, but I loved it! and here's the thing! I'm not talking about the awesome gain that it can produce, though it can, my favorite sound was turning down the gain on the vintage hi-gain channel with a strat and just becoming flaberghasted with the sound! It was hendrix, it was the chili peppers, there was a bit of Andy Timmons in there, I loved it! Plus, and this may just be a testament to my immaturity, but I thought the reverb wasn't half bad either. So, Finally, after wasting all of your time reading this digression, the question is; what do I do? I'm a college student who's been saving FOREVER, so I have a little money, but not to get both amps, so what I want to know is, for playing the hendrix-ish, John Frusciante-like, Radiohead-ness, with flecks of Bill Frisell and Sonny Sharrock, and finally a healthy dose of sonic youth-ish style that I play, which amp do you think will meet most of my needs? Oh and as far as cabs go i've got an old Marshall 1936 2x12 with celestions, and I may be getting a new-ish orange 2x12 depending on whether or not a friend of mine ends up going the combo amp route. Anyway, those of you who are left that read this whole **** thing, thanks for your patience and please help!