STRATDELUXER97
Stratoblaster Tone Meister
Re: What amp did B. Gibbons use for "Brown Sugar" record?
Old but cat like reflexes.....Lol
Old but cat like reflexes.....Lol
What amp did B. Gibbons use for "Brown Sugar" record?
- Thread starter Chuck_Norris
- Start date
dr.barlo
New member
Re: What amp did B. Gibbons use for "Brown Sugar" record?
I had a blonde deluxe! Bought it from Willies in St. Paul. But I was a fool, and sold it... I was moving and all...
:banghead:
One of the two most stupid sells of my life. The other was a 1987 made in 1974...
:banghead:
B
I had a blonde deluxe! Bought it from Willies in St. Paul. But I was a fool, and sold it... I was moving and all...
:banghead:
One of the two most stupid sells of my life. The other was a 1987 made in 1974...
:banghead:
B
STRATDELUXER97
Stratoblaster Tone Meister
Re: What amp did B. Gibbons use for "Brown Sugar" record?
I've done the same Doc...Luckily I still own my 1987 made in 1973 though...
I've done the same Doc...Luckily I still own my 1987 made in 1973 though...
Re: What amp did B. Gibbons use for "Brown Sugar" record?
Used to catch ZZ Top around here in SE Texas in '69 and '70 before they ever put out an album. It was Pearly and a 50 wt Marshall. The Rev had a little box his guitar went into, then on into the amp. I don't know what it was. THATS the sound I hear on the first album (the brown one with the dog on the front). Woody-tone for days and a sublime crunch. That sound on the video is a much later sound - more preamp OD and a phaser or chorus goin' on.
The Revs. early tone was some of the finest ever cut to vinyl.
Used to catch ZZ Top around here in SE Texas in '69 and '70 before they ever put out an album. It was Pearly and a 50 wt Marshall. The Rev had a little box his guitar went into, then on into the amp. I don't know what it was. THATS the sound I hear on the first album (the brown one with the dog on the front). Woody-tone for days and a sublime crunch. That sound on the video is a much later sound - more preamp OD and a phaser or chorus goin' on.
The Revs. early tone was some of the finest ever cut to vinyl.
Re: What amp did B. Gibbons use for "Brown Sugar" record?
OK With the miracle of the intertoobz I found an ancient recording of ZZ Top in the brown album era. The recording sux but you can get the gist of what was goin' down.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfVl3PnPR-o
Pearly onto a 50 wt Marshall.
Its amazing how many people haven't heard ZZ's first album. I still feel it's their best.
OK With the miracle of the intertoobz I found an ancient recording of ZZ Top in the brown album era. The recording sux but you can get the gist of what was goin' down.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfVl3PnPR-o
Pearly onto a 50 wt Marshall.
Its amazing how many people haven't heard ZZ's first album. I still feel it's their best.
Lazarus1140
New member
Re: What amp did B. Gibbons use for "Brown Sugar" record?
I heard them in San Marcus at SWTSU in 1970 when they were all skinny and the Rev had short hair. I knew nothing about tone or gear, but they were amazing!
I heard them in San Marcus at SWTSU in 1970 when they were all skinny and the Rev had short hair. I knew nothing about tone or gear, but they were amazing!
Lazarus1140
New member
Re: What amp did B. Gibbons use for "Brown Sugar" record?
I dunno. I always thought they kinda beefed up a bit when the money started flowin' in. I haven't seen them live since '78.
I dunno. I always thought they kinda beefed up a bit when the money started flowin' in. I haven't seen them live since '78.
Re: What amp did B. Gibbons use for "Brown Sugar" record?
Billy says that that tone was almost certainly his old Strat. OTOH, Billy has a proven track record of being able to make almost anything sound like Pearly Gates and he lies about everything but trutthfully... He just EQs his different guitars and then plugs em into his rig! whatever amps you see on stage, are just window dressing.
Billy says that that tone was almost certainly his old Strat. OTOH, Billy has a proven track record of being able to make almost anything sound like Pearly Gates and he lies about everything but trutthfully... He just EQs his different guitars and then plugs em into his rig! whatever amps you see on stage, are just window dressing.
Last edited:
the guy who invented fire
Fuzzy. Guitars
Re: What amp did B. Gibbons use for "Brown Sugar" record?
Sorry bro...we can debate amps all day but there is no way Brown Sugar was a Strat...
Sorry bro...we can debate amps all day but there is no way Brown Sugar was a Strat...
xxxplorer
Well-known member
Re: What amp did B. Gibbons use for "Brown Sugar" record?
It really doesn't matter... Billy plays and sounds amazing through anything.
Dude is pure style and sizzle and down right bad to the bone. I read an interview saying if he were starting out today he would get one of the cheapest planks from radio shack, a cheap broken lead and a smokey amp and jam on the porch.
Love that guy.
It really doesn't matter... Billy plays and sounds amazing through anything.
Dude is pure style and sizzle and down right bad to the bone. I read an interview saying if he were starting out today he would get one of the cheapest planks from radio shack, a cheap broken lead and a smokey amp and jam on the porch.
Love that guy.
the guy who invented fire
Fuzzy. Guitars
Luke Duke
PRSlustologist
Re: What amp did B. Gibbons use for "Brown Sugar" record?
I've played Christian's Ant. loaded Paul as well as half a dozen or so other guitars through that brown....and it's in there.
I've played Christian's Ant. loaded Paul as well as half a dozen or so other guitars through that brown....and it's in there.
Joel Grant Huggins
New member
Re: What amp did B. Gibbons use for "Brown Sugar" record?
Fender, for sure..Brownface deluxe, or tweed deluxe, will get it..Blackface won't get it with out overdrive pedals.Everyone talks about the early Marshall because they seen Billy live, using them. I live in Nashville and am a session player. Tom Lawnie, an engineer on a bigger project I was tracking, was assistant engineer on one of there earlier albums. He stated that there were tiny amps all over the studio, getting most of those huge tones..Fenders, Alamos, and such. I know he has used the Marshalls for sure in the studio. But Brown Sugar is just so tweed/brownface. I own a 62 Brownface..It nails that song..
Fender, for sure..Brownface deluxe, or tweed deluxe, will get it..Blackface won't get it with out overdrive pedals.Everyone talks about the early Marshall because they seen Billy live, using them. I live in Nashville and am a session player. Tom Lawnie, an engineer on a bigger project I was tracking, was assistant engineer on one of there earlier albums. He stated that there were tiny amps all over the studio, getting most of those huge tones..Fenders, Alamos, and such. I know he has used the Marshalls for sure in the studio. But Brown Sugar is just so tweed/brownface. I own a 62 Brownface..It nails that song..
MetalManiac
Li'l Junior Member
Re: What amp did B. Gibbons use for "Brown Sugar" record?
Can you get more of a Brown Deluxe sound out of a Teed Deluxe with one of those solid state rectifier thingamabobs?
Can you get more of a Brown Deluxe sound out of a Teed Deluxe with one of those solid state rectifier thingamabobs?
