What amps was Peter Green using for the Fleetwood recording sessions?

Aidanspaghetti

Been listening to the old FM stuff lately.... What a talent Peter Green was

What was he playing through?

SimpleSimon

Matamp early on, check out the excellent Matamp book by Martin Celmins, then Fender Deluxes and Bassmans. Remember most of his sound is in the fingers, riding the Vol and tone pots and down to sheer volume level......

Aidanspaghetti

He had a seriously good pair of ears in his day ......

jacksparrow

Early marshalls, jtm45' do a decent job with some kind of reverb unit.

Been listening to the boston tea party cd some great stuff on that.

CHRISB50

He used a JTM45 early on, then went to Orange and used (I can't remember the exact code) OT120 or OR120 (something like that), then used Fender heads and cabs. I've got his biography where it goes through what he used. I'll dig it out and post a bit more detail later.

CHRISB50

Allegedly his first amp was a Fenton Weill 15w bass amp. He started off on bass.

Then a Vox Foundation 50w bass amp.

Then when he joined the Bluesbreakers he used a JTM45 with a single cab. He used the Marshall on some early FM recordings too, like Drifting.

In 68 they got a deal with Orange. He started using a 100w GT120 head with 2 2x12 cabs, with a separate reverb tank.

He then changed to Fender and he used a Bandmaster with a Tremolux 2x10 and a 1x12 cab.

With the Splinter Group he used a Fender Blues De Ville 60w 4x10 combo.

Aidanspaghetti

Thanks @chrisb50! Great gen there..

Skipped

Some excerpts from Guitar Magazine (pre Guitar & Bass Magazine)  are here:

http://forum.metroamp.com/viewtopic.php?t=10844

Blacksheep

He also used a Fender Dual Showman at times

Drew_TNBD

I believe he used an original Pod 2.0 bean.

xSkarloey

After he ditched the Orange amps I believe he retained the Orange reverb unit. Reverb was always such a big part of his sound.

octatonic

He used Fender Prosonics towards the end of the Splinter Group.

victorludorum

According to Matamp, it was one of their Series 2000 amps on Albatross.

SunDevil

Drew_fx;842386" said:

I believe he used an original Pod 2.0 bean.

..indeed THE piece of kit for the touch player - every nuance is faithfully buried in a thick layer of 16bit wallpaper paste.

Do you know if he used the 'crunch' or the 'overdrive' setting? ..apparently the cruch is just like a Dumble?

samzadgan

Drew_fx said:

I believe he used an original Pod 2.0 bean.

as funny as that sounds...i actually think players like these guys would be using things like Kemper and AxFx...they were pioneers not only in music but in gear as well, and used the newest and most out there stuff...they were the early adopters...infact Kemper would probably have a Peter Green Sig Model

CHRISB50

@aidenspaghetti no worries mate.

I could imagine Peter Green using a POD to be honest. He really doesn't seem to be fussy about the gear he uses. There's a video of him going through a storage locker where he keeps some of his guitars. He has a lot of obscure stuff that you wouldn't expect. He definitely seems to be a bloke who sees his gear as tools.

Aidanspaghetti

Imagine what Hendrix would be banging out with Kempers, axe fx's etc.... Sigh....

SunDevil

I've gigged a POD2 bean - kinda worked with a phalanx of pedals, but you'd never call it touch sensitive

..but Greenie could have made it work for him for sure - Those who can, do. Those that can't (like me!) buy a lot of shit and still can't

As for Jimi, I think the Studio was becoming his main instrument before he returned to his home planet - would have been cool to see where he could have gone with Protools and an Axis Virus..

richardhomer

He may have used a Blackstar HT1R.... Forgive the mistakes - I should have learned the changes in the middle eight before trying to play through them....

DartmoorHedgehog

Nicely played @richardhomer

richardhomer

DartmoorHedgehog;908027" said:

Nicely played @richardhomer

Thank you. It genuinely was played through a Blackstar HT1R incidentally.