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Here in Montgomery tonight, Joe was using what appeared to be a pair of tweed twins as well as a pair of bassmans. Just curious if anyone else has saw him use these before. By the way his tone was great nonetheless.

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levijgilbert wrote:

Here in Montgomery tonight, Joe was using what appeared to be a pair of tweed twins as well as a pair of bassmans. Just curious if anyone else has saw him use these before. By the way his tone was great nonetheless.

Yes, I saw Joe a few weeks ago and he was using his vintage fender amps. He's been using this set up since the Muddy Wolf concert at Red Rocks if I'm not mistaken.

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Thanks for the info guys.

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Would love to hear a live album with this setup so we can compare properly with the old setup...!!

(I know there are YouTube clips, but I mean professional recordings!!)

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Adrian J wrote:

Would love to hear a live album with this setup so we can compare properly with the old setup...!!

(I know there are YouTube clips, but I mean professional recordings!!)

+1

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details here- http://jbonamassa.com/features/2014/bon … 20IT%20NOW

Cheers for posting the article.

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levijgilbert wrote:

Here in Montgomery tonight, Joe was using what appeared to be a pair of tweed twins as well as a pair of bassmans. Just curious if anyone else has saw him use these before. By the way his tone was great nonetheless.

Yeah he used it at Red Rocks. I was lucky to be invited to rehearsal at Colorado U and Joe showed Austin and I his new tweed rig and he played through it. Awesome tone seemed more clear then his old rig. He had only two pedels a Wah and a boost pedel tweaked  by George Tripps to do something to the frequency around 500Hz. As always Joe can make anything sound amazing.
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Bassman + Twin
=
Marshall + Dumble


... is it not?

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NPB_EST.1979 wrote:

Bassman + Twin
=
Marshall + Dumble


... is it not?


sort of, yes. But only the first Marshall was a tweaked bassman then evolved. I think, but could be wrong, Dumble evolved from very specific Fender amps. Not all Marshalls are bassman based and not all Dumbles are Twin based. Dumbles are probably closer to a blackface fender of some sort, not tweed.

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Totally different sound, tone was good, but lacked the depth the old Marshall system had. I'm cool with the Fender combo thing, but its not for me. I prefer the old system.

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Is Joe still running a mix of clean and driven amps?

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Adrian J wrote:

Is Joe still running a mix of clean and driven amps?

I know just about enough to make me dangerous so consider the source I'm not really a gear geek. I understand that he is as close to plugged straight in as he will ever get. A wah and a clean boost in to a Twin. A slight tremelo into a Bassman. Pretty much all you hear is the Twin and the Bursts singing.

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I am actually just using one amp for the house. The Under Siege Twin.  I call it that because I bought it from my fellow gear nerd Steven Segall. I am all about simple these days.

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I am actually just using one amp for the house. The Under Siege Twin.  I call it that because I bought it from my fellow gear nerd Steven Segall. I am all about simple these days.

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Your tone was awesome at Red Rocks Joe. You squeezed marvelous soulful tone from the tweeds.
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Don't under estimate the importance of a good Les Paul in this amp configuration.  This is something that became very obvious to me since my recent purchase of a Gibson Custom Shop Les Paul.  The huge, natural singing sustain of a good Les Paul can definitely alleviate the need for extra drive pedals.  And although I don't own one, a good Gibson 335 must have the same effect.

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Joe Bonamassa wrote:

I am actually just using one amp for the house. The Under Siege Twin.  I call it that because I bought it from my fellow gear nerd Steven Segall. I am all about simple these days.

Joe B

Hi Joe

When you say "for the house" you mean that's mic'd and put out through the PA right? The other 3 amps, are they just for on stage sound, or backups then?

I'm certainly liking the fact that you've gone for simplicity..!!

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Adrian J wrote:
Joe Bonamassa wrote:

I am actually just using one amp for the house. The Under Siege Twin.  I call it that because I bought it from my fellow gear nerd Steven Segall. I am all about simple these days.

Joe B

Hi Joe

When you say "for the house" you mean that's mic'd and put out through the PA right? The other 3 amps, are they just for on stage sound, or backups then?

I'm certainly liking the fact that you've gone for simplicity..!!

I can tell you that at the Springfield Mass show a few weeks ago, only one of the four fender amps was mic'd, so I think its safe to assume that one was put through the PA and the others were for backup.

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