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Is the Laney 12r cub a good amp?
The cleans are nice and warm , reminiscent of the old Ampeg Jet amps and great for jazz or blues. The overdrive is very ,very good. Nice low end and not flabby like a Fender . The 1 watt input is surprisingly loud and the reverb works well though a little on the weak side.
How do you get comfortably numb tone?
General settings for both tube and solid states should be: bass 50%, treble 50-60%, mids 40% and the master at about 1/3 of the channel output. If the inputs are combined set the normal input volume a hair higher than the bright input volume.
What size pick does Eric Clapton use?
Who plays what?
| Brian May | An old British sixpence coin |
|---|---|
| Eric Clapton | Ernie Ball Picks Heavy (0.94 mm) |
| John Mayer | Dunlop Tortex 0.88 mm, Dunlop Tortex 1.14 mm |
| James Hetfield | Dunlop Tortex 0.88, Dunlop James Hetfield Black Fang 1.14 |
| Angus Young | Fender Extra Heavy |
What tuning is Comfortably Numb in?
All acoustic parts were played with an Ovation 1619-4 steel string with a so-called Nashville tuning or high-strung tuning, – the A, D and G string being the high strings from a 12 string set.
What amp did David Gilmour?
Hiwatt Custom 100 heads
2. THE AMPLIFIER. Gilmour has used many amps during his time in the studio, but on stage, he has mainly used Hiwatt Custom 100 heads and WEM cabs. He has however gravitated towards Fender amps like the Fender Super Champ as well as the Fender Twin Reverb head and Fender ’65 Twin Reverb on occasion.
Did Pink Floyd use a mellotron?
Mellotrons used: Pink Floyd aren’t normally thought of as being Mellotron users, but in the late ’60s they owned one of the indeterminate-but-small number of black MkIIs (another was the machine once owned by Princess Margaret!).
What bass did Pink Floyd use?
Fender Precision
Like many famous bass players Roger Waters has owned and used many bass guitars over the years. In the early days of Pink Floyd he could be seen wielding a Fireglo Rickenbacker 4001S but since then his obvious preference has been for the trusty Fender Precision, of which he’s used several.
How do I make my guitar sound like Pink Floyd?
Pedals
- Compressor & Fuzz. You can go as simple or as fancy as you’d like to get ‘that’ Gilmour compression before your amp. The simple MXR Dyna Comp will do the trick.
- Modulation. Modulation forms a massive part of Gilmour’s guitar tone.
- Reverb & Delay. A simple spring reverb will do the trick.
What size pick did Eddie Van Halen use?
60mm gauge
The Long Story. The graphic artwork on these picks is sourced from arguably the most widely recognized guitar in the world, Eddie Van Halen’s “Frankenstein.” This is the exact pick that Eddie used, a Dunlop Max-Grip . 60mm gauge pick.