I decided to check out the Manchester Guitar Center today to mess around for a little bit. I finally got to play a Taylor T-5 and I found I really loved a p90 and bigsby equipped Gibson ES-135 (used nonetheless... I loved it). I think I'm just all around a sucker for p90 guitars and a hollowbody w/ p90s might not be too shabby of a guitar to look into in the future
The Taylor I liked, but surprisingly didn't love it. The neck was too thin for my taste. The electric pickups were pretty decent, but not near as good as the stuff I have in my electrics and the piezo tone was just good, not as amazing as I was planning it to be.
I plugged these guitars into a few amps. I plugged into a sweet '65 Blackface Super Reverb (great clean tone!), a Mesa F50 and the new Vox AC-30 CC.
Surprisingly, I liked the new Vox AC-30 CC the best! The tone through the top boost channel was so nice and chimey and bright. The chords came out perfectly jangly and it resonated so beautifully. It was also extremely quiet. This thing is going to be a hit, it nails the vintage JMI-era stuff that many pros talk about. I can't believe how fraggin' good it is, it's scary. It's the best standard production amp I've played so far (and that really says a lot). Only problem was that I wasn't able to crank the amp in GC, but with a standard base tone that rich, I can only imagine what it sounds like with a tube screamer through it! If I wasn't completely dedicated to my Fargen (which does the Vox thing and more), I think I would look into one myself.
The Mesa was a nice all around performer. The overdrive I felt was much better than the recto series, but it still covered up the nuances of different guitars. If you want a smooth and singing overdrive, this could do it! The price was very fair for the quality too.
The Super Reverb is just that, holy grail Fender blackface tone. It looks so weird having a vintage piece like this laying amongst Line 6, B-52 and Crate amps, but it was definitely taken care of. I can see why so many people use these amps for clean and throw various pedals through it to cover other tonal spectrums. Absolutely phenomenal tone, but I've come to the conclusion I just prefer Vox chime to blackface (although I think they're both fantastic).
The Taylor I liked, but surprisingly didn't love it. The neck was too thin for my taste. The electric pickups were pretty decent, but not near as good as the stuff I have in my electrics and the piezo tone was just good, not as amazing as I was planning it to be.
I plugged these guitars into a few amps. I plugged into a sweet '65 Blackface Super Reverb (great clean tone!), a Mesa F50 and the new Vox AC-30 CC.
Surprisingly, I liked the new Vox AC-30 CC the best! The tone through the top boost channel was so nice and chimey and bright. The chords came out perfectly jangly and it resonated so beautifully. It was also extremely quiet. This thing is going to be a hit, it nails the vintage JMI-era stuff that many pros talk about. I can't believe how fraggin' good it is, it's scary. It's the best standard production amp I've played so far (and that really says a lot). Only problem was that I wasn't able to crank the amp in GC, but with a standard base tone that rich, I can only imagine what it sounds like with a tube screamer through it! If I wasn't completely dedicated to my Fargen (which does the Vox thing and more), I think I would look into one myself.
The Mesa was a nice all around performer. The overdrive I felt was much better than the recto series, but it still covered up the nuances of different guitars. If you want a smooth and singing overdrive, this could do it! The price was very fair for the quality too.
The Super Reverb is just that, holy grail Fender blackface tone. It looks so weird having a vintage piece like this laying amongst Line 6, B-52 and Crate amps, but it was definitely taken care of. I can see why so many people use these amps for clean and throw various pedals through it to cover other tonal spectrums. Absolutely phenomenal tone, but I've come to the conclusion I just prefer Vox chime to blackface (although I think they're both fantastic).
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