![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He also had a Twin and a Bassman - I’m guessing it was a blonde, early ’60s - and he used the Gretsch guitar with the Twin and the Bassman on ‘ Won’t Get Fooled Again. One is the Gretsch, and the other is Pete’s SG. You can hear two distinct guitar sounds on Who’s Next. Alan Rogan: “We still have the same setup that Pete used on Who’s Next: the orange Gretsch 6120 that Joe gave to Pete, a tweed Bandmaster with three 10s, and the powered Goldrich volume pedal - Goldrich being Manny Goldrich, from Manny’s in New York. It’s invariably listed among the greatest albums of the entire rock era, and it electrifies new generations of listeners to this day. Like being given an orange Gretsch Country Gentleman and an Edwards pedal by Joe Walsh, and being told exactly how to set up the amp to produce that amazing Neil Young noise, and using that sound on “ Won’t Get Fooled Again” and “ Bargain.” Excerpt from The Soul of Tone: Celebrating 60 Years of Fender Amps interview with Alan RoganĪ mighty roar of exhilarating music, the epic Who’s Next was released in the summer of 1971. I think the significant moments have actually had a lot to do with guitars, actual guitars. In those days Birmingham was an industrial city with a highly transient workforce which of course. Excerpt from Guitar Player, October 1989 Do you have a favorite period in your career, where you feel you broke down what you regarded as guitaristic barriers? BM Williams & Birmingham Citadel Band touring Holland in 1967. 2002, ’59 Bandmaster, with Hiwatt DR103W visible in the background. It’s the same chain, even the same guitar cable - an old Whirlwind. I’ve still got the amp and I often use it. CG: You recorded some incredible music with that Gretsch. It’s got to be just that combination of stuff. If I try to fuck with it and say, “Wouldn’t it be interesting if I took the Gretsch and put it through a Zoom pedal,” it doesn’t work. When I get those three things out and put them in a chain, it’s a sound from paradise. Carbon comp resistors and Sozo vintage blue signal caps. JD Newell cabinet in rough blonde with oxblood grill cloth. The whole point was to recreate the 1964 AA763 non-reverb Vibrolux the blackface circuitry version of the brown Vibrolux. And I bought you a Fender Bandmaster amplifier with three 10s so the ohmage is crazy, and an Edwards pedal steel volume pedal.” I linked it all up, went “Ya-a-ang” and it was there. This is a 1967 Bandmaster chassis restored as a one 12 combo amp. I know you don’t really get into them, but you should try this. I don’t know what to get you in return so I bought you a Gretsch Country Gentleman, like Neil Young uses. I remember when I gave Joe Walsh an ARP 2600. There are lots of other chains that produce great sounds. You plug it into the right old Fender amp and you get the sound. Excerpt from September 1993 Guitar Player Selected quotesĪll quotes and references are copyright their original owners and are included for reference only. So if I go 1x12, which speaker should I get It would need to be a higher wattage variety. I already have a 2x12, which sounds great, but is a load to haul around. the Vibrolux sports a 50W alnico Blue Dog.Generic 1959 Fender Bandmaster. I have been considering running it through a single speaker cab or in a combo cab. My creation and a for real 1962 brown Vibrolux. Now this is a combination made in heaven. Fender quit making 40W one 12 combos in '64 (I think) probably because the power was real tough on speakers of the day. It is basically their version of the 20/25 W Celestion speakers of the 60's. I really like the Weber Blue Dog speakers in most anything. Filter capacitors under the doghouse are 20 uF Spragues. Their transformers do very well at classic Fender tones and feel. I chose Mercury Magnetics iron for this build. The amp does have a very good blackface era vibe. Their version of the vintage blue molded and yellow astrons of late 50's and 60's Fender amps. JD Newell cabinet in rough blonde with oxblood grill cloth.Ĭarbon comp resistors and Sozo vintage blue signal caps. This is a 1967 Bandmaster chassis restored as a one 12 combo amp. ![]()
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