CoreyT
PRS Addiction
Interesting video from Louis.
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US or UK TONE. Anything else out there?
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In the end, of course, the answer to the question he poses doesn't really matter.
Given how many amp makes that have been on the market for a long time, it's impossible to categorize this stuff accurately, so why bother?
We know an old Fender doesn't sound like an old Gibson amp, nor does it sound like an Ampeg. A Marshall doesn't sound like a Vox. These are but a few examples. In fact, the only connection these amps have to one another in terms of tone is the "country of origin" where they were originally conceived. So we stick them into these artificially contrived boxes.
Incidentally, he couldn't come up with a Japanese sound, but how about the Roland Jazz Chorus? Very unique, until you turn the chorus off, and then it sounds not unlike like any other solid state amp, right? But you have to give Roland some credit anyway.
I guess it makes for interesting conversation when one has nothing else to do.
Given how many amp makes that have been on the market for a long time, it's impossible to categorize this stuff accurately, so why bother?
We know an old Fender doesn't sound like an old Gibson amp, nor does it sound like an Ampeg. A Marshall doesn't sound like a Vox. These are but a few examples. In fact, the only connection these amps have to one another in terms of tone is the "country of origin" where they were originally conceived. So we stick them into these artificially contrived boxes.
Incidentally, he couldn't come up with a Japanese sound, but how about the Roland Jazz Chorus? Very unique, until you turn the chorus off, and then it sounds not unlike like any other solid state amp, right? But you have to give Roland some credit anyway.
I guess it makes for interesting conversation when one has nothing else to do.
gball
New Member
Yeah, this is a gross oversimplification of the amp market (American v. British) that has been going on for as long as I can remember, and unfortunately the industry itself can't seem to get their marketing people to leave this silly conceit alone. There are so many subtleties and differences, and as Les points out above different amps rarely retain some specific point of origin identity in their tone, unless that amp was built to mimic a particular other amp. I've been using Rivera amps for years specifically because they have their own sound and are not trying to be a Fender or Marshall (maybe the marketing hyperbole makes it sound like they are trying to pull off both, but they really just do their own thing).
yankeebulldog
I don't like to get that specific
Since most Fenders are made in Mexico now, what is US tone? 
Mikegarveyblues
Cream Crackered
Since most Fenders are made in Mexico now, what is US tone?
I've owned three Marshalls in my time.. I think they where all made in India or China...
I've never really bought into that US or UK sound thing... I just go for tones I like...
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