Vox AC15C1 V Mesa Boogie

asimmd

Hi Guys

I am still pondering which amp to get so apologies for the questions.

I watched a youtube vid of a guy playing Sleepwalk on a Boogie,and it

sounded just like Hanks modern tone.

So is it possible to compare the sound of a Vox with a Boogie?

Voxman

Very different amps!

ThePrettyDamned

Voxman said:

Very different amps!

True, but it kinda highlights something.

Two quite different sounding clean amps both give a convincing tone of one player - the note choice and the way those notes are played with the gear you have is very important.  

I could never sound like Hank, even if he gave me all his kit...I just don't play like him. 

fretmeister

Which model Boogie? There are loads of them!

asimmd

Thanks Guys

I was looking at the new Mark 5/25,or the Express plus 5/25,or if you would suggest something that would be fine.

Why i ask is i was told Mesa Boogie for Hank sound is not on,but i saw a guy on youtube playing Sleepwalk

and the tone of the guitar was amazing,in fact just what i am looking for.

I have all the plugins but that smooth top end is not happening but i think i could find it on the Mesa.

ICBM

Hank did in fact use a Boogie - an earlier Mark series I think - for some time around the 80s, not sure if he does now. And apparently he still sounded like Hank...

A Mesa of any description does not sound like a Vox, but with the right settings and player you can get closer than you might expect. They're very flexible usually too, especially the ones with the graphic EQ. By comparison a Vox generally does one thing (two if you count clean and overdriven) well.

Bucket was enthusiastic about the direct out sound of his Mark 5/25 with the built-in cab emulator.

asimmd

Hi ICBM

Thanks for the info,Hank did use a Mark IIC Mesa Boogie and as you say,still sounded like Hank.

That only makes me think even more that his sound is due to some outboard gear,there is a clip on youtube where he is being

interviewed by an american guitarist,and he asks Hank to play Sleepwalk to demonstrate the use of the trem.

I have to say Hank sounded nothing like Hank in that clip,hell i can sound like that.

I like the thought of a Boogie for the smooth not tinny highs it produces,i know the only way is to try one

but as usual there is no shop close to me.

Alan

Cacofonix

There's a Shads appreciation society in just about every town.  You can plug into their supplied amp and they have (usually) all the fx to duplicate the right sounds.

At Whitwell, for example, they played one set through a Lonestar.  Sounded fine and clean with the local strats and strat-alikes.

It also sounded pretty mean with a PRS, until they figured out that they could turn down the gain midway to the amp