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In Reply to: Re: We all have preferences...We all make CHOICES.. posted by Bob Lee (QSC) on July 14, 2004 at 09:48:45:
Try a 1959 Fender Bassman amp. Its crappy knock-off of a Western Electric power amp couldn't deliver less than 10% THD on its best day, and talk about a shit speaker section: four tens in an open back cabinet. As little as Fender and White knew about amps it was a whole lot more than they knew about speakers, especially those for electric bass. Plug in a Precision and you couldn't get it loud enough to hear past the second row in a three row honky-tonk without distortion so bad that you wanted to toss the thing into the nearest dumpster.Ah, but plug in a Les Paul with those newfangled PAF pickups, crank it up all the way and give the strings a 'whack' and you were in heaven, or at least on the stairway to it.
And then there's that Jim Marshall guy. A few years later he copied the Bassman circuits but cut a few corners doing it and ended up with an even dirtier tone. Not hi-fi by any stretch. But take one part Marshal, one part Stratocaster and put them both in the hands of a certain Mr. Hendrix and the world would never be the same again.
Pristine clean has its place, but so does a little dirt every now and then.
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Follow Ups
- Distortion? I'll tell ya about distortion. - Bill Fitzmaurice 10:32:06 07/14/04 (2)
- Re: Distortion? I'll tell ya about distortion. - Bob Lee (QSC) 11:57:30 07/16/04 (1)
- Re: Distortion? I'll tell ya about distortion. - Bill Fitzmaurice 12:53:39 07/16/04 (0)
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