sonar1

It is a Fender G.E. Smith signature Telecaster. He specs those fretboard position markers, based on an old Fender Lap Steel.

Otherwise it's a lot like a thin-skin finish '52 RI with a big Nocaster-like neck.

lucifer_sam

I am seriously salivating just looking at that Gretsch. It may not be a Falcon but I can still hear the honey tones oozing out of it. Low end tone is easy to replicate on a guitar, but amplifying those bright frequencies at suitable volumes requires more consideration in design and manufacturing. You better not be using that thing with anything less than tube amplification, especially if you're fond of distortion.

As soon as my bankroll hits $3600 a black or white Falcon will be the first thing I buy.

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sonar1

Couple of tweed Victorias (5112 & 20112), and was using Mesa/Boogie DC-3 and Mark-IV combos for big sounds, but sold those recently as they're just too heavy for my back.

jeb1212ster

will a bass amp with a horn be okay for electirc drums?

Garrett

It should work just fine until you can step up and get a drum amp. The Bass amp is made for lows and the horn should handle the cymbals nicely.....

Odyshape

I spent a long time being sad over not getting an 1960s ampeg tube amp I was trying to buy off a guy and ended up getting out bidded. Im not too sad though I ended up getting a nice bugera tube amp and discovered the wonderful mesmerizing sound of tube harmonics. I always thought tube amp people were snobs until I discovered this wonderful sound.

lucifer_sam

There are some seriously significant reasons for preferring tubes to solid state amps or tube-modeling amps. Longevity is just one of them; I plan on using my AC30 in decades to come. The circuit design for the Top Boost channel is itself over 50 years old.

I only just learned about the mathematics behind bias & tube amplification and it's WONDERFUL. I'd explicate it here but I'm almost positive not too many people on this forum are as interested or intrigued by the beauty in math. Or at least an analytical proof for why tubes will ALWAYS sound different/better than solid states.

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Dr_Rez

Go ahead mate. I know how it works but not the math behind it.

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Farfisa

One of the main problems with solid state amps is the fact that companies try so hard to make them sound like tube amps. There could be some great potential in solid state amps, but people are pretty damn obsessed with keeping that tube sound.

Odyshape

Thats a good point. Emulation isn't too bad sometimes but there doesn't seem to many solid state amps doing their own thing.