https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/blues-gear/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:26:04 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/blues-gear/paged/2/#post-365433 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 21:14:42 +0000 I've been a blues man over 40 years and the best advice I can give anyone is learn to play clean first. Later if you want to add effects do it ONLY after you have created your own style and have learned to play efficiently. The equipment doesn't make you better, only shedding wood will make you better.
I've played with some cats that can blow anyone out of the water with crap equipment. Play with what you can afford and when you can afford it up grade. Like I said, I don't play with stock equipment but I sure didn't start with the best, it took me years of play to get here. My first gig was the Alonzo's Blues bar in San Antonio Texas in 1963 and when I retired in 1996 I was playing 26 shows a month.
Blues is not all about the sound, it's about the feeling and the language you put in your licks.

Even though I'm retired, I still practice four hours a day!]]> Guitar Players Discussion barbque-bob https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/blues-gear/paged/2/#post-365433 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/blues-gear/paged/2/#post-365246 Mon, 04 Apr 2011 15:13:50 +0000
If I need a bluesy tone from my LP, I'll drop it to the bridge position and send the tone up to about 8-10. Sometimes mid position with both tones up there. but adjust volumes up and down for taste. All depends on what I feel like hearing when I play a song. Mood-dependant, so to speak.]]> Guitar Players Discussion rparker https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/blues-gear/paged/2/#post-365246 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/blues-gear/#post-365023 Sun, 27 Mar 2011 06:34:00 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion SGinCYQX https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/blues-gear/#post-365023 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/blues-gear/#post-364929 Wed, 23 Mar 2011 00:30:11 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion Ness K https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/blues-gear/#post-364929 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/blues-gear/#post-364895 Mon, 21 Mar 2011 15:47:09 +0000 "Crunch
This Amp Model is based on* a ‘68 Marshall® Plexi 100 watt with a few added extras; The combination of a Variac and the jumped input channels creates that infamous brown sound."

It's the one most likely to get you in the general area. . .]]> Guitar Players Discussion Moonrider https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/blues-gear/#post-364895 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/blues-gear/#post-364892 Mon, 21 Mar 2011 14:45:09 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion Ness K https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/blues-gear/#post-364892 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/blues-gear/#post-364880 Mon, 21 Mar 2011 00:26:08 +0000
To emulate that type of sound on your Line 6, dump the Zoom pedal, use the Plexi model for your amp. Turn the master volume wide open to start (this lets you emulate an amp with no master volume like the Tweed Fenders), and bring the gain up to about 1/3 of the way. IF the amp models are decent, somewhere between 1/3 and 2/3 you should hit that magic spot with just the right amount of dirt/clean balance. On my '59 Bassman that sweet spot is exactly halfway up. This should get you fairly close.

It might be kinda loud. :mrgreen:]]> Guitar Players Discussion Moonrider https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/blues-gear/#post-364880 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/blues-gear/#post-364879 Sun, 20 Mar 2011 23:01:42 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion Ness K https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/blues-gear/#post-364879 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/blues-gear/#post-364816 Fri, 18 Mar 2011 20:05:04 +0000
The only other high-end multi-effect i used was a Vox ToneLab SE (the older one). The zoom had more options for sure, but tonelab was easy to figure out without instructions. I had to read the zoom instructions for about 20 minutes before I was comfortable messing with it.

I now have a zoom g2. I honestly haven't messed with the overdrive much. I was just using it as a easy to carry around pedal to put into the effects loops w/ modulations and delays. It's a cool feature that it includes a drum machine with it.

I'm not really much of a multi-effects person though because it's easier for me to mess with pedals on the fly rather than make new presets. Zoom makes great stuff in my opinion]]> Guitar Players Discussion ph0nage https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/blues-gear/#post-364816 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/blues-gear/#post-364813 Fri, 18 Mar 2011 19:02:50 +0000
And to keep vaguely on topic, I've got a TO800 (it's a tubescreamer copy) which can push me in a sort of Gary Moore direction through a solid state amp, presumably the zoom can get somewhere near that. A bit of light overdrive into the clean channel and some reverb? Like others have said, if you can suggest a track or two that gives an idea of what you're looking for then someone will know how to do it.]]> Guitar Players Discussion imalone https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/blues-gear/#post-364813