SpiderWeb said:
I appreciate the guidance...can I get the Neil Young tone (or any of these tones) at low volume? (condominium level volume...) without pedals (idea of what settings?) Or, if pedals required, what pedals? (telecaster, combo, custom shop hot no-caster single coil bridge pickup, custom shop twisted tele single coil neck pickup...)
Man, you are really over-thinking this stuff. No two guitars and no two amps will ever sound exactly alike, and no two people will hear something the exact same way. Half the joy of playing electric guitar (especially for those of us who use Boogies) is tone hunting. You just need to try the different guitars you have, mess around with the different modes on your amp, and see what you get. Another thing is that the Mark V is seriously versatile, and your "Neil Young tone" is probably available in every channel.
Minor rant time: I hate it when people limit a famous guitar player to one "tone." I'm a Clapton fan, and I love his "woman tone," but that doesn't mean every one of his songs has that tone. To think that your favorite guitarist played the same pickup on the same guitar through the same amp for every song is not very realistic. Most of what we hear as a player's tone comes from his unique style of playing his instrument. Okay, rant over.