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But realistically, beyond that, who knows? Recording is crazy, I remember watching a demo of how putting an sm57 to the centre of the cone, touching the grill cloth compared to edge away from it can make an amp sound totally different!
Could you PM me the answer? I'm intrigued
"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
"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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It could be so many things it's a blind guess. It could be a jmp100 cranked all the way up through one blown speaker. It could be an AC4 with a duff power valve. It could be a £1.50 karaoke mic from a toy shop. It could be a regular sounding amp badly recorded. It could be the next pedal of the month. It could be a solo'd track from some famous song and it sounds great in a mix. There's just too many variables and possibilities. All I can say is that to my ears it DOESN'T sound like a typical vox/ marshall/ fender amp cranked to that level of breakup and miked well.
Did it sound like that in the room?
Bandcamp
Spotify, Apple et al
The 'typical' sounds we associate with Marshall. Vox, Fender etc are those we hear in the room rather than as a recorded capture, hence the mutual distrust between engineers and guitarists
The random guesses don't so much indicate how people hear the same thing differently but more how much the sound of an amp can be varied by the way it is recorded. An accurate guess (not based on luck) would be impossible without access to the whole recording line and recording experience of amps, rather than playing experience - which is in greater abundance around here. This is demonstrated by the variety of the guesses. The hard limiting, especially on an isolated guitar track is probably the reason for the overloading or digital suggestions.
There are as many different sounds to be found with one amp and twenty different mic positions and types as the are from twenty different amps and one mic in one position.
If someone guesses that a JCM800 sounds like an overloaded desk then it's more likely to be a bad recording than total misjudgement on their part. If you could take a Smokey amp and mic it to sound like a crack Dual Rectifier then you would be an engineering genius, so the reverse would apply.
For me the following are possibilities:
A small Black/Silverface style amp with the treble up high - or mic'd in way to emphasise the treble, possibly with a condensor.
Some kind of small tranny amp
As mentioned above, a battery powered desktop amp, although I think this is less likely than the first two.
If it's not digital, something else is going on, either overloading the desk, or just poor mic placement, or just a bad sounding amp. I don't mean that to offend, but it's very hard and harsh sounding. Perhaps a jack white kinda thing, in which case it could be anything, I've seen him gig a hot rod deluxe. Mic it wrong, like him, and it sounds like that.
"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