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Guitar wise he was quite shocked at my attempt to play stuff with big barre chords and got me playing thumb over style and smaller chords. These many years later I still play majors and minors and 7ths how he showed me and have pretty much lost the ability to do campfire style barre chords.
Oh, and he showed me the riff to Copperhead Road which is still a thing of brilliance. I shall play it next time I pick up a guitar.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
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My favourite amp I've ever had.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I'm with you on this one Richard (welcome back) and Moonflower is a brilliant album. Santana's phrasing and control of his guitar, not to mention his good use of a couple of effects, in particular his wah, showed us what he can REALLY do.
As to Boogies, I like them and gigged a Studio 22 for quite a while (loud) and a 5:50 Express 2x12. The latter was really good, but just too heavy for me. Now that we're in the age of small, light, loud, portable heads, the Transatlantic 15 and 30 hold some appeal and I've also tried a Triaxis/Boogie power amp set up and the Lonestar Special, and both were superb! Apart from their sound (if you like them), their reliability and build inspires confidence - no issues with my current H&K Tubemeister 36 head, but there's always a nagging doubt at the back of my mind. @Ragingben will know what I mean.
EDIT:I've always had good customer service from Westside (Oreste) and good, fast responses from USI've never been a fan, I remember liking a Subway I tried but subsequent experience has been that they for the most part sound a little hard and clinical. But I imagine they are the kind of amps you really need to tweak to get the best sound from.
I prefer one trick pony amps, that do one thing really well.
I'd like to give Mesas a go though, the Express 5:25 looks like the perfect versatile club amp, I should try one. The clips havn't made me seek one out however.
I have recently parted company with my Triaxis, 2:90 and 212 cab etc that I owned played and used for 15 years. I have replaced it with a Mark V Combo and a 5:25+ Combo (from StefB of this parish. Great to deal with.)
I have to admit I love both for the seriously differing sounds but also similarities. You can get them to sound almost identical but also get them to sound completely different. Very interesting.