RAH Great Flood tone - How does Joe do it?

You can find all sorts of descriptions of Joe's rig on the forum.  He uses a multi-amp set up where two amps are on at a time (not sure which two he has on during TGF), he splits reverb to one amp head and delay to another and he sets his LP in toggle between the lead and rhythm pick-ups.  DON'T remember all of this for sure but there are other on here that have his set up memorized :-)  I also read in the Guitar Player issue where he talks about making the BJH where he used a lot of Fender amps for the recording.  I will probably get blasted for this but I really enjoy Joe's tone from Rockpalast.  It's not better or worse than RAH, just more appealing to my ears; I miss the Fenders - sorry Joe.  Sorry to ramble, it's still early here!

The solo sound from a album version sounds like Van Weelden... Version from Rah is a # 52 signature LP with standard pickups , Marshall Silver Jubilee and... I am not sure if it was CA JB 100 or Van Weelden... CA has a reverb + slap back and VW has only reverb so if there is delay it is longer and comes from Marshall. Now I can't tell which amp it was.

If I had to take an educated guess it would be the Jubilee + Carol Ann.  Joe puts some reverb, chorus, and slapback on the Carol Ann which adds a lot of depth and width to the tone.  Also, in a more recent interview Joe mentions that he uses the Carol Ann for "cleaner stuff" and The Great Flood is all about working that volume knob to get the different tones.  So all you need is a Jubilee, Carol Ann JB100, TC Chorus, Boss REV-5, Boss DD3, and a 4x12 loaded with EV12L speakers.  NO PROB RIGHT!? 

Lovely.  Now, my wife is really gonna kill me.  "Guess what, honey.  The guys say I need to replace all my gear, so I'm selling everything and buying all new stuff."   Listen for my screams.  You should hear them.   

Seriously though, all the guitarists that I've ever heard with tone like that, including Joe, were in concert, so the amps were turned up.  Also, the other guys predated CA amps, so I thought that it might be Joe's C5 and his Jubilee.

Anyone know of any specific songs where Joe definitely uses the C5 that might help prove that theory?

Again, thanks for any insight.

I gotta agree.  Rockpalast has some tasty tone as far as I'm concerned.  Love that Chandler!  Not sure why Joe doesn't play The River anymore, it's such a rockin' tune.  It made me go out and buy a Chandler - dang it, Joe.

BTW I think the biggest trick to getting that huge, vowel like Les Paul tone is manipulating the volume and tone controls.  When everything is on "10" you get more treble and buzziness to the distorted tone.  With the old style wiring like in Custom Shop/Vintage Les Pauls the sound becomes much warmer when you dial the knobs back.  Joe often claims running his volume anywere from 5-7 and the tone knob rolled back to 5 or 6.  Also the nylon saddles on his signature Les Paul help round the tone further and make the E, B, and D strings sound even fatter.  Good luck chasing your perfect Les Paul tone!

Thanks, guys.  Gotta agree on the vol/tone work.  Joe is a master at that.  Everything dimed doesn't sound too good to me anyway.  I was wondering about the nylon saddles.  Might be something interesting to experiment with.

SPG - thanks for the C5 examples.  I think you're right.  I was watching a Musician's Friend interview with Joe talking about his rig.  I heard some similarities btw. the CA and the RAH clip, more so than the VW.