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skipstone
Alright there 71Tele. It's amazing you are offended by being called "dude". And I see you can't handle friendly online exasperation.
"4. If you have some evidence to support the claim that it was a Champ please enlighten us."
Evidence - KEITH RICHARDS from MANY guitar magazine interviews. He has talked highly of the Fender Champ more so than any other amp in the history of the Stones' recording sessions. He's made it clear he's used a Champ A LOT. Fact? FFuck if I know. But it's logical that it was a Champ. Your, er, language to suggest that it wasn't or couldn't be is just ridiculous. You sound as if you know for a fact that recording live in a studio means no headphones and that volume is more important or however it is you are thinking of it.
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NickB
I'd love a Champ.... which champ I don't know....not the modern ones. Probably a 50's tweed. I'd also like a black face Princeton. The kind Jim Campilongo plays. Perhaps I should just stick with my 65 Deluxe reverb reissue and be happy with that.
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NickB
I'd love a Champ.... which champ I don't know....not the modern ones. Probably a 50's tweed. I'd also like a black face Princeton. The kind Jim Campilongo plays. Perhaps I should just stick with my 65 Deluxe reverb reissue and be happy with that.
What sounds as good or better than a Champ is one of those old Gibson 1950s lap steel amps, like a BR-9. Turn the gain up to about 80% and it's the nastiest tube distortion you have ever heard. I use it all the time. These could be had fairly cheap until recently, as Gibson amps did not have the collector mystique of the Fenders of the same period. But they sound just as good.
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skipstone
Alright there 71Tele. It's amazing you are offended by being called "dude". And I see you can't handle friendly online exasperation.
"4. If you have some evidence to support the claim that it was a Champ please enlighten us."
Evidence - KEITH RICHARDS from MANY guitar magazine interviews. He has talked highly of the Fender Champ more so than any other amp in the history of the Stones' recording sessions. He's made it clear he's used a Champ A LOT. Fact? FFuck if I know. But it's logical that it was a Champ. Your, er, language to suggest that it wasn't or couldn't be is just ridiculous. You sound as if you know for a fact that recording live in a studio means no headphones and that volume is more important or however it is you are thinking of it.
No, no. I DO NOT know for sure. I know he liked Champs. I have had Champs myself. My theory is soley based on the band playing live in the studio, and my belief that a Champ in that particular situation would be unlikely. I also think there's some other processing on it. BUT: I repeat: I do NOT know for sure...You just seemed rather condescending that's all. No need.
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liddas
Here's the story of the Ampeg guitars
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Loudei
CYHMK could be very well be a Gibson guitar through a Dallas Fuzz Face with plenty of boost.
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Loudei
CYHMK could be very well be a Gibson guitar through a Dallas Fuzz Face with plenty of boost.
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NickB
I reckon it's an Ampeg combo cranked all the way with a humbucker
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terraplane
Lennon got that incredible overdriven guitar sound on Revolution by running his guitar straight into the desk apparently. Anything is possible I guess.
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LieB
The guy in the video gets a nice tone overall, but it's too generic to be a good example of the actual CYHMK tone Keith gets. On the other hand, I don't think Keith's setup on that song was really special.
Several years ago, I recorded an approximation of Keith's guitar part using a '72 Telecaster Custom reissue with the neck humbucker selected, through a cranked Ampeg VT-40.
This amp is 60 watts and very loud, but it gets very distorted on high volumes (mine is modified to use EL34 tubes so it gets a little more Marshall sounding). My guess is that Keith just cranked an Ampeg or Fender amp in the studio on that song.
Here is my recordig for anyone to hear:
It's a little boxy sounding but IMHO not too far away from the original.