TheFretboard "Cool Wall'

richardhomer · December 2014

Loobs;461921" said:
Seriously, seriously cool.

Haters gonna hate.

It's getting late. You've probably had enough now....

littlegreenman · December 2014

My 2p.

Cool is a moveable goalpost.

/thread

Loobs · December 2014

I wish

meltedbuzzbox · December 2014

ICBM said:

It's not about the quality of the amps, it's about the bad taste in the mouth you get with the new ones.

cheap labour in china/mexico/indonesia/other countries exploited by the big companies?

There is always dirt if you dig deep enough. This applies to everything.

Deijavoo · December 2014

Loobs said:

Cool

Not cool:

WISDOM!!!!

nickb_boy · December 2014

ThePrettyDamned;461453" said:
[quote="bigfuzz;461426"]so when will this cool wall turn into amp territory?

Problem is, most amps are really uncool.

Old Marshall, fender, orange = cool.

Most new amps less so.

Most boutique "flavour of the month name brand that tgp arbitrarily likes more than others" brands are fairly uncool.

Marshall mgdfx is in the fire. [/quote]

I reckon my newest amp could almost be considered cool although it's not an old or well known brand.

The black tweed finish, silver piping and brushed metal faceplate give it a different edge. It's also only got a volume and tone control so it must be cool!!

My other amps aren't that bad either in my opinion when it comes to cool. Although I bet the Falcon will get some stick as always

ThePrettyDamned · January 2015

I think the Dual Rec and the 5150 are cool amps.

They're modern, yeah, but both are absolutely staple and genre defining, just liked ye olde fender tweed.

But like, HEAVY AS BALLS.

samzadgan · January 2015

ICBM;461883" said:
ThePrettyDamned said:I know, but scour any guitar forum and not many people are saying 'I want Hiwatt tone', they're asking for black face, tweed, Marshall or Vox usually.

I think it's because there is a widespread fallacy that "no-one needs more than 15W" or whatever the current fashionable low-power Nazism is, and Hiwatts start at 50W (and are conservative even at that) and go up to 400W. (And are still conservative even at that .)

The fact that a Hiwatt 200 sounds better at whisper volume than just about any amp I've ever heard seems to fall on deaf ears. (Irony intentional .)

@ICBM this is one thing (among many other things) that you and i completely agree on...low watt amps are cute but nothing beats a big amp at any volume!

stickyfiddle · January 2015

bigfuzz;461643" said:
might upset some but stickers on guitars.. not cool?

Depends on the guitar.

Here, cool:

http://www.chud.com/articles/content_images/55/jonnygreenwoodguitar.jpg

Here, not so cool:

http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk259/Pete23_3/StrummercasterFinal_ND34480SS.jpg

impmann · January 2015

+1 for HiWatts. Amazing amps and yes, I agree with @ICBM that they sound wonderful at low volume as well as wound up. They are one of the few...

I'd also chuck into this the Vox AC30 for being achingly cool. Not the modern reissues (sorry) and nothing made after the Dartford Road factory fire. Those early amps (esp the non-top boost ones IMHO) are magical - truly inspirational amps and I really miss mine... I don't miss loading three of the fuckers into the van at the end of a gig, though... Over the top? Three? Yes - ridiculous, but hey that was Britpop in the 90s...

shaunm · January 2015

I think this is my favourite thread I've seen for ages. There's some great stuff.

Just on a side note as we can be classed as guitar geeks in real world "cool" is anything we find cool in fact uncool? That was the school geek system that occurred at my school.

Neil · January 2015

@nickb_boy

Love the look of the Satellite and the Falcon is IMO one of the best looking amps ever.

Neil · January 2015

Loobs said:

Overneat everything-boutique pedalboards!

Agree with that,

Too pernickety by far ..............the antithesis of cool.

Gassage · January 2015

Loobs said:

I played a (heaven forbid) Music Ground repro head and combo back in the day and thought they sounded just as good as my real one.

Audio Bros (90s US reissues) are also supposed to be good.

There was a guy up in Doncaster ex Hiwatt that built a lot of the early MG ones, and yeah, they're pretty good. He left, after a row with the Harrison's ( quelle surprise) and not sure what happened after thT. The UK built MG are good amps; the Chinese T series are OK too! but the max watt are awful. I get pissed off when they try and sell the repros as original though. Anyway HNY all.

Gassage · January 2015

Loobs said:

Ok, uncool, quite a short list.

Telemasters (sorry)

Acoustics painted black (or any other colour)

Amps with more than ten knobs.

Suhr/Anderson headstocks

Putting a Bigsby on every fucking guitar that can accept one.

Floyd Roses

8/9 string guitars

Overneat everything-boutique pedalboards!

Modelling amps

Jackson guitars

Blackstar amps

PRS

What's cool:

Teles, Jazzmasters, jazz guitars, vintage Japanese guitars, SGs, LPs, Travis Bean, Hiwatt, vintage Marshall, fuzzes, analog choruses, tape echos, EGC, G&L, Supro amps, Fender amps, modular synths, vintage synths, anything made by Moog, music man basses

Theremin- Ice Cold.

ICBM · January 2015

Black acoustics uncool?

Couldn't possibly be more wrong.

Johnny Cash played a black acoustic, which proves the point...

meltedbuzzbox · January 2015

Not seen many Rickenbackers in this thread.

I would say they were cool. I personally dont like the way they play or sound but that doesnt stop them being cool

marantz1300 · January 2015

meltedbuzzbox · January 2015

@marantz1300 can I come round your house and play all your stuff?

You have loads of awesome stuff

ICBM · January 2015

meltedbuzzbox said:

Not seen many Rickenbackers in this thread.

I would say they were cool. I personally dont like the way they play or sound but that doesnt stop them being cool

You're right.

http://www.theangelconversations.com/pics/381.jpg

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