2014年10月24日 · Regardless of all the different 'speculated amps' that Billy G. is believed to have used - I wouldn't bother to look any further than a Les Paul into a cranked up old Marshall for any of that early ZZ Top stuff - especially his live tone. Billy probably used 100 watt Super Leads back then, but the 50 watters will pretty much do the same thing.

2015年8月2日 · I'm looking at buying a Mesa combo to use in my blues rock trio. We play a lot of early ZZ Top, Cream, Johnny Winter etc, Black Keys, Big Sugar, and some heavier stuff like Sabbath. My main amp is a Marshall Vintage Modern 2466 with a 1960BX 4x12 and I play a Gibson R9 LP with Bare Knuckle...

2009年5月6日 · A JTM45 being overdriven does sound quite different from a Super Lead but both sound like Marshalls. I guess what most guys mean by "Marshall overdrive" is a big, chunky/chuggy chord sound and howling vocal-like leads, like …

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2016年5月17日 · Regarding the question about the JHS Andy Timmons, my feeling is that pedal veers more toward the JCM800 end of the spectrum. I had an Angry Charlie, and although it is a totally outstanding sounding pedal, those really vintage type, lower gained Plexi tones are not really it's forte. My...

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2010年11月25日 · Looking to get an early ZZ Top(LaGrange)tone out of my Mesa DC 3 112 combo.I've been running it with a Peavey Scorpion for a while,but it's a very clear speaker.Switched back to the original 50watt Black Shadow which sorta get it there.I'm thinking I need a V30 type speaker to get it there.I...

2010年11月10日 · I had a Derby that Shad made custom for me as an amp voiced for early ZZ Top tones. Shad did some cool stuff, like add a post phase inverter master, a loop that was defeatable and a vox type cut to the chassis. I ran with a Greenback in it and it did the job quite well. I traded it off a couple...

2010年3月16日 · If ZZ hadn't changed their musical course when they did, they could have easily faded into oblivion - like so many other bands of that time did... That was a VERY smart business move by Gibbons/Ham (along with the image change to the bearded "Indiana Jones" thing - which maded them look 50...

2010年3月16日 · Yeah, that's all been fixed. There's a remastered box set that's been out for a few years on Rhino, and they even remastered a few of the early individual albums. Unfortunately, only a few of them have been remastered - tres hombres and fandango. They still haven't done a clean remaster of the...