Amp suggestions? :)

nothing_man_92
nothing_man_92 Canberra, Australia Posts: 347
edited April 2011 in Musicians and Gearheads
hey guys! i have recently brought a Fender Strat American standard and at the moment i am playing it through a Marshall combo which sounds ok but i'm really looking to upgrade! I'm thinking i want to get an orange cab but im not sure what head i want to use. The type of tone im looking for is anything pearl jam preferably in their later years! Any help will be appreciated :)
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  • nothing_man_92
    nothing_man_92 Canberra, Australia Posts: 347
    Also some pedal suggestions aswell!!
  • keeponrockin
    keeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    What's your budget?
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  • RedMosquito22
    RedMosquito22 Posts: 8,158
    Mike and Stone both have Savage amps, which will most likely save you money over an Orange setup. Stone also has a Marshall head into a Marshall cabinet, I'm just not sure which head. Stone now has one of these also:

    http://guitars.musiciansfriend.com/product/Vox-HandWired-AC30HW2X-30W-2x12-Tube-Guitar-Combo-Amp?sku=H68246

    Mike also plays I believe a Fender bassman head into a Marshall Cabinet.

    Pedal wise you can go with a Keeley modded TS-9 and Boss Blues Driver for their distortion tone. I can almost guarantee that all of their amps aren't stock either but these suggestions should get you close.

    Here is Mike's most recent pedal setup.

    http://www.effectsbay.com/2011/02/pearl-jam-mike-mccready-pedal-board/

    Here is a picture of their latest stage setup:

    http://www.pbs.org/engage/sites/all/files/blog_images/pearljam.jpg
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  • keeponrockin
    keeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    I'm guessing Stone's running the Vox for clean and the Marshall for dirt.
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  • RedMosquito22
    RedMosquito22 Posts: 8,158
    keeponrockin wrote:
    I'm guessing Stone's running the Vox for clean and the Marshall for dirt.

    He also has a Savage Tube Combo Amp that didn't make it into the picture. There may even be a 4th, I'm not 100% sure. I'm sure someone can get a stone 2010 tour picture with everything behind him.
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  • nothing_man_92
    nothing_man_92 Canberra, Australia Posts: 347
    thanks heaps for your help man!! ill have to head down to the ol' music shop and have a bit of a look around :)! hopefully i can afford it im looking to spend around $8000 - $10000
  • keeponrockin
    keeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    Jesus, I've never looked at anything close to that price range so I can't help ya...

    Though I had unlimited funds, a Fender Twin for cleans then something like a Fuchs for OD.
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  • All Those Yesterdays
    All Those Yesterdays Posts: 2,723
    keeponrockin wrote:
    Jesus, I've never looked at anything close to that price range so I can't help ya...

    Though I had unlimited funds, a Fender Twin for cleans then something like a Fuchs for OD.

    Hopefully that's $800 to $1000, and not 8 to 10 g's.
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  • ScrapeMySky
    ScrapeMySky Posts: 426
    nothing_man_92 wrote:
    thanks heaps for your help man!! ill have to head down to the ol' music shop and have a bit of a look around :)! hopefully i can afford it im looking to spend around $8000 - $10000

    Assuming that is not a typo, that sounds like a day of exceptionally great fun at the shop! I'm truly happy for you but still a little envious of you. I guess most amps in that pricerange sound very good from a technical standpoint if that makes sense. In this case it might be more of a matter of personal taste. Just try out as much stuff as you can and take what suits you best.
  • DewieCox
    DewieCox Posts: 11,432
    All Those Yesterdays wrote:
    keeponrockin wrote:
    Jesus, I've never looked at anything close to that price range so I can't help ya...

    Though I had unlimited funds, a Fender Twin for cleans then something like a Fuchs for OD.

    Hopefully that's $800 to $1000, and not 8 to 10 g's.

    No way!!! I'd like to see that gear haul.
  • keeponrockin
    keeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    All Those Yesterdays wrote:
    keeponrockin wrote:
    Jesus, I've never looked at anything close to that price range so I can't help ya...

    Though I had unlimited funds, a Fender Twin for cleans then something like a Fuchs for OD.

    Hopefully that's $800 to $1000, and not 8 to 10 g's.
    Maybe I've been hanging around the gear page too long... Seeing guys with that kind of budget isn't uncommon...
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  • DewieCox
    DewieCox Posts: 11,432
    keeponrockin wrote:
    Maybe I've been hanging around the gear page too long... Seeing guys with that kind of budget isn't uncommon...

    No kidding....Some people have it all. I love finding the classified where guys like that are unloading stuff, just to buy more all over again.
  • All Those Yesterdays
    All Those Yesterdays Posts: 2,723
    DewieCox wrote:
    keeponrockin wrote:
    Maybe I've been hanging around the gear page too long... Seeing guys with that kind of budget isn't uncommon...

    No kidding....Some people have it all. I love finding the classified where guys like that are unloading stuff, just to buy more all over again.

    That would be the description for one of my good friends. But now he is at the point where he is building his own amps. Than sells them to pay for the next one he wants to try. etc...

    Of course he does sell and buy effects left and right as soon as he gets bored of them.
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  • keeponrockin
    keeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    DewieCox wrote:
    keeponrockin wrote:
    Maybe I've been hanging around the gear page too long... Seeing guys with that kind of budget isn't uncommon...

    No kidding....Some people have it all. I love finding the classified where guys like that are unloading stuff, just to buy more all over again.
    Maybe it's just me being a poor student, I just don't see why someone would need 10 Les Pauls... I could see two or three, but I'd much rather spend that extra money on other guitars, or keyboards, or fuck, at that price, a (ford) Mustang.
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  • exhausted
    exhausted Posts: 6,638
    what context is this thing being played in? home, studio, opening for frickin' U2? need context here. we're in two rock territory. wattage requirements etc. etc.

    the law of dimishing returns, much like acoustic guitars, says after a certain point, it's all unicorns and sparkles. (says the guy who collects guitars and builds amps :roll: )

    honestly, in this budget range, 99% of us haven't even played these things let alone owned them. get thee to the gear page!!
  • keeponrockin
    keeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    exhausted wrote:
    what context is this thing being played in? home, studio, opening for frickin' U2? need context here. we're in two rock territory. wattage requirements etc. etc.

    the law of dimishing returns, much like acoustic guitars, says after a certain point, it's all unicorns and sparkles. (says the guy who collects guitars and builds amps :roll: )

    honestly, in this budget range, 99% of us haven't even played these things let alone owned them. get thee to the gear page!!
    Having never played any of that stuff, is it REALLY worth that price?
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  • exhausted
    exhausted Posts: 6,638
    toyota echo vs lexus IS..... both cars.... but one is much more so....

    perhaps not an entirely accurate parallel but still....

    i know i wouldn't be able to hear the differences between a 3K amp and a 7K amp (assuming they're the same circuit topology but with different capacitors and one was built by a hobbit or something) but some people can. i also don't have the skill to wring out those differences.

    i totally believe the (actual talented) guys that play two rocks do so because they can hear those incremental differences.... hell, neil young can hear voltage differences.
  • OffHeGoes29
    OffHeGoes29 Posts: 1,240
    I've always been a big believer that 90% of the tone comes from the player, and 10% from the setup.
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  • keeponrockin
    keeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    exhausted wrote:
    toyota echo vs lexus IS..... both cars.... but one is much more so....

    perhaps not an entirely accurate parallel but still....

    i know i wouldn't be able to hear the differences between a 3K amp and a 7K amp (assuming they're the same circuit topology but with different capacitors and one was built by a hobbit or something) but some people can. i also don't have the skill to wring out those differences.

    i totally believe the (actual talented) guys that play two rocks do so because they can hear those incremental differences.... hell, neil young can hear voltage differences.
    Fair enough, like I said, I've never played one so I really don't know!

    Hopefully some day!
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  • exhausted
    exhausted Posts: 6,638
    OffHeGoes29 wrote:
    I've always been a big believer that 90% of the tone comes from the player, and 10% from the setup.

    it absolutely does.

    so once one has the skill to wring good tone from a string nailed to a board plugged into a gorilla amp, that 10% becomes a valid discussion. those incremental differences then become a reasonable discussion.

    i would also argue that for 90% of people worrying about the capacitors in their guitar's tone control, it's a moot point because they wouldn't be able to hear the difference anyway.

    but in reality, everyone should just be writing songs and woodshedding instead... :lol:

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