Plexi Marshall. Tone 2 da Bone!
I mentioned my late 70s guitar in another thread and it occured to me that that instrument had two of the absolutely iconic upgrades of the 1970s.
1. The Leo Quan Badass bridge. A combined tune-o-matic and stop tail made for Les Paul Juniors and Specials. The first of its kind and the start of "hot rod" parts. They're cast from zinc alloy these days but then they were just carved out of a solid lump of brass.
http://www.leoquan.com/html/guitardetails.html
2. The DiMarzio Super Distortion humbucker. The pickup that started the whole replacement pickup industry.
Without the success of these items, we'd have no GFS, no boutique pickup industry, etc.
So, what are your nominations for the gear that revolutionised guitar playing?
Electric: Fat strat > Korg PB > TS7 > DS1 > DD-20 > Cube 60 (Fender model)
Acoustic: Guitar > microphone > audience
Plexi Marshall. Tone 2 da Bone!
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I would say first the Telecaster, then the strat.
Steve Thompson
Sun Valley, Idaho
Guitars: Fender 60th Anniversary Std. Strat, Squier CVC Tele Hagstrom Viking Semi-hollow, Joshua beach guitar, Martin SPD-16TR Dreadnought
Amphs: Peavey Classic 30, '61 Fender Concert
Effects and such: Boss: DS-1, CE-5, NS-2 and RC20XL looper, Digitech Bad Monkey, Korg AX1G Multi-effects, Berhinger: TU100 tuner, PB100 Clean Boost, Line 6 Toneport UX2, Electro Harmonix Little Big Muff Pi, DuhVoodooMan's Rabid Rodent Rat Clone, Zonkin Yellow Screamer Mk. II, MXR Carbon Copy Delay
love is the answer, at least for most of the questions in my heart. . .
- j. johnson
Who ever invented round wound Bass strings!
Maxi...................
Bootsy Collins:
I pledge allegiance to the funk, the whole funk, and nothing but the funk, so help me James, Sly and George, Amen!!
Guitars: 2010 American Special HSS Strat, 2010 CIC Squire CV ThinLine Tele, & 2006 MIM FSR Strat.
Basses: 1979 Peavey T-40, 2007 Ibanez SR 500, 2013 Ibanez SR375F, 2013 CIJ Fender Geddy Lee Jazz Bass, 2014 Sadowsky Will Lee VI, & 2014 Sadowsky Will Lee Metro V
Amps: Mesa Boogie BASS STRATEGY:Eight:88, Aguliar DB 4X12, Augilar DB 751, Genz Benz CTR500-210T/Focus 1X15 CAB, Fender Hot Rod Deville 410, VHT Deliverance 60/VHT 2X12 fat Bottom Cab, & VOX DA20
Effects: Boss ME-25, MXR Custom Baddass 78, MXR Custom Baddass modified O.D., Vox Joe Satriani Satchurator, MXR Phase 90, MXR Bass Chorus Deluxe/Octave Deluxe/Bass Compressor/Envelope Filter/, Way Huge Pork Loin
Jim Howe trading as RotosoundOriginally Posted by MAXIFUNK
Electric: Fat strat > Korg PB > TS7 > DS1 > DD-20 > Cube 60 (Fender model)
Acoustic: Guitar > microphone > audience
The Wah pedal
Guitars: Charvel/Jackson CSM-1G, DeArmond M-75, DeArmond Starfire Special, DeArmond S-73, Epiphone Collegiate UK, Squier 51, Michael Kelly Patriot Custom, Harmony Sovereign, Taylor 310, Takamine 12 string, SX thinline, Fender MIM Strat, Ibanez JTK30,
Amps: Earth Sound Research G-2000 Super Guitar head into Avatar G212H cab, Fender Sidekick 20 Chorus, Peavey Classic 20, Peavey Classic 30, Peavey Express 112, Fender Super Champ XD, Vibro Champ XD
Effects: Digitech EX-7, Digitech RP-250
The "Log" guitar.
Multitrack recording.
The "lespaulverizer".
Modern music would sound much different without these inventions. Thanks Les!
Guitars:
Fender 2006 MIM Fender Stratocaster HSS in 3TS
Ibanez RG 570 with a bridge Invader
ESP M II Deluxe with a Tune-o-Matic bridge
Eleanor, the magical, mystical Road Worn wonder Tele
Blackstar HT Club 40
The first electric 12 String guitar: the Rickenbacker 360-12
More specifically (or iconically) , the 2nd one of them actually produced that was put into George Harrison's hands gratis by Rick's owner, F.C. Hall, at the Plaza Hotel in NY City, Feb. 1964. (the first one went to a female guitar player from California...name escapes me).
Here's a version of the Harrison 360-12 story, a bit in need of updating, but still:
George Harrison & the 360-12
Once 'that sound' came alive, others (Fender, Gibson) came up with an electric 12 model. But the ballgame was already over.
^^
AXES: Fender '81 The STRAT, '12 Standard Tele, '78 Musicmaster Bass, '13 CN-240SCE Thinline; Rickenbacker '82 360-12BWB; Epiphone '05 Casino, '08 John Lennon EJ-160E; Guild '70 D-40NT; Ovation '99 Celebrity CS-257; Yamaha '96 FG411CE-12; Washburn '05 M6SW Mando, '08 Oscar Schmidt OU250Bell Uke; Johnson '96 JR-200-SB Squareneck Reso; Hofner '07 Icon B-Bass; Ibanez '12 AR-325. AMPS: Tech 21 Trademark 10; Peavey ValveKing Royal 8; Fender Acoustonic 90, Passport Mini, Mini Tonemaster; Marshall MS-2 Micro Stack; Behringer BX-108 Thunderbird; Tom Scholz Rockman. PEDALS/FX: Boss ME-50; Yamaha EMP100; Stage DE-1; Samson C-Com 16 L.R. Baggs ParaAcoustic D.I; MXR EQ-10.
A brilliant man with a funny name: Floyd Rose. He didn't invent the whammy bar, but he may very well have perfected it. Every double-locking system out there begs, borrows, and/or steals from him in one way or another.
Axen: Jackson DK2M, Fender Deluxe Nashville Telecaster, Reverend Warhawk 390, Taylor 914ce, ESP LTD Surveyor-414
Amphen: Jet City JCA22H and JCA12S cab, Carvin X-60 combo, Acoustic B20
Effecten: "Thesis 96" Overdrive/Boost (aka DVM OD2), Hardwire DL-8 Digital Delay/Looper, DigiTech Polara Reverb, DigiTech EX-7 Expression Factory and CF-7 Chorus Factory, Danelectro CF-1 Cool Cat Fuzz
"I wish Imagine Dragons would be stuck in an Arcade Fire for an entire Vampire Weekend."--Brian Posehn
I LOVE a tele, but I think the yin-yang of guitar is the Strat-Les Paul. I also am entirely unable to make up my mind between the two.
However, as this is also the most generic comment I can make towards this topic, in a small effort to be original I offer up:
The Uni-Vibe.
As an effect junky, I appreciate the evolution of modulation effects. Whenever I feel like I want to sound "vintage," the uni-vibe is my go to sound.
(Shameless plug: I'm selling a Dunlop Uni-vibe right now, as my M13 does a decent job recreating the effect...)
Jam a piece of hose over a speaker driver, stick the other end in your mouth, power up, and mic it.
Voila!
The talk box.
Guitars
Wilburn Versatare, '52 FrankenTele(Fender licensed parts), Fender USA Roadhouse Strat, Fender USA Standard B-bender Telecaster, Agile AL 3000 w/ WCR pickups, Ibanez MIJ V300 Acoustic, Squier Precision Bass,
Amps
Ceriatone Overtone Special, Musicman 212 Sixty-Five, Fender Blues Jr., Peavey Classic 30, Fender Super Reverb, Traynor YCV-40 WR Anniversary w/ matching 1x12 ext. cab, Epiphone SoCal 50w head w/ matching 4x12 cab (Lady Luck speakers), Avatar 2x12 semi-open back cab w/ Celestion speakers
Pedals
Digitech Bad Monkey, Digitech Jamman, DVM's ZYS, Goodrich volume pedal
The Fender Precision Bass...the 'P-Bass'. The FIRST electric bass guitar.
Imagine how popular music -- specifically, Rock N' Roll and all its progeny-- would have developed be without its invention.
In 1969, Randall Smith, as a joke, modified Barry Melton's Fender Princeton amplifier. He removed the standard 10 inch speaker and modified the chassis to fit the larger transformers that were needed by the 4-10 tweed Fender Bassman, the circuit that he had added into the tiny 12 watt Princeton. Finally, Mounting a 12 inch JBL D-120, a popular speaker of the time, Smith had created what would be the first Boogie.
Randall Smith, needing to test his creation, took the "hot-rodded" Princeton into the front store, where Carlos Santana was present. Santana "wailed through that little amp until people were blocking the sidewalk". Impressed, Santana exclaimed to Smith, "Man, that little thing really boogies!" It was this statement that brought the Boogie name to fruition.
Born is the highly customized, high gain amp, soon the be followed by what would later be labeled as, the boutique amp. The rest is history!
Guitar: Gibson SG Standard Natural Burst, Squier CV 50's Tele, Hell Guitars No. 2, Squier CV 50's Strat, Reverend Club King 290, Taylor 522e 12-Fret mahogany,
Squier Vintage Modified Jaguar Bass Short Scale
Amp: Fender Super Champ X2 Head, Egnater Tweaker 15, Fender Mustang I, Acoustic B20 1x12 bass amp
Pedal: Budda Budwah wah, Wampler Ego Compressor, Electro-Harmonix Soul Food, Voodoo Lab Sparkle Drive, Wampler Velvet Fuzz, Seven Sisters Eve Tremolo, TC Electronics Gravy Tri Chorus & Vibrato, Catalinbread Echorec, TC Electronic Alter Ego 2 Delay, Hardwire Supernatural Ambient Verb, MXR Carbon Copy, Catalinbread RAH, Big Muff Pi with Tone Wicker, BYOC Mouse 2.0 Distortion, BYOC Boost/OD-2
I would add the Ibanez Tube Screamer 808, the standard by which other overdrive pedals are measured. I believe that the TS is the most emulated OD pedal out there.
Also, Seth Lover's mighty fine invention sure did change the sound of the burgeoning electric guitar. I am, of course, talking about the humbucking pickup. Imagine a world without humbuckers...
-Sean
Guitars: Lots.
Amphs: More than last year.
Pedals: Many, although I go straight from guitar to amp more often lately.
I thought of that one myself as well. Just the cottage industry of tubescreamer knock offs, not counting the various commercial versions and mods available, is huge.Originally Posted by FrankenFretter
Steve Thompson
Sun Valley, Idaho
Guitars: Fender 60th Anniversary Std. Strat, Squier CVC Tele Hagstrom Viking Semi-hollow, Joshua beach guitar, Martin SPD-16TR Dreadnought
Amphs: Peavey Classic 30, '61 Fender Concert
Effects and such: Boss: DS-1, CE-5, NS-2 and RC20XL looper, Digitech Bad Monkey, Korg AX1G Multi-effects, Berhinger: TU100 tuner, PB100 Clean Boost, Line 6 Toneport UX2, Electro Harmonix Little Big Muff Pi, DuhVoodooMan's Rabid Rodent Rat Clone, Zonkin Yellow Screamer Mk. II, MXR Carbon Copy Delay
love is the answer, at least for most of the questions in my heart. . .
- j. johnson
Ampeg Bass amps
Mutron Bass Pedal
Maxi...................
Bootsy Collins:
I pledge allegiance to the funk, the whole funk, and nothing but the funk, so help me James, Sly and George, Amen!!
Guitars: 2010 American Special HSS Strat, 2010 CIC Squire CV ThinLine Tele, & 2006 MIM FSR Strat.
Basses: 1979 Peavey T-40, 2007 Ibanez SR 500, 2013 Ibanez SR375F, 2013 CIJ Fender Geddy Lee Jazz Bass, 2014 Sadowsky Will Lee VI, & 2014 Sadowsky Will Lee Metro V
Amps: Mesa Boogie BASS STRATEGY:Eight:88, Aguliar DB 4X12, Augilar DB 751, Genz Benz CTR500-210T/Focus 1X15 CAB, Fender Hot Rod Deville 410, VHT Deliverance 60/VHT 2X12 fat Bottom Cab, & VOX DA20
Effects: Boss ME-25, MXR Custom Baddass 78, MXR Custom Baddass modified O.D., Vox Joe Satriani Satchurator, MXR Phase 90, MXR Bass Chorus Deluxe/Octave Deluxe/Bass Compressor/Envelope Filter/, Way Huge Pork Loin
The Portaflex was a work of genius (the genius being a guy called Jess Oliver).Originally Posted by MAXIFUNK
Electric: Fat strat > Korg PB > TS7 > DS1 > DD-20 > Cube 60 (Fender model)
Acoustic: Guitar > microphone > audience
'Iconically speaking', that would be the original Vox Crybaby, as employed by Clapton with Cream and then by Hendrix after befriending EC while managed in England by Chas Chandler, former Animals bassist.Originally Posted by guitarhack
Before that mid-60's invention, the first stompbox effect pedal I can recall was the Gibson Maestro FuzzBox, hitting the market so players could try for, at the tap of a toe, the mesmerizing effect of the Stones' Keith Richard's intro riff to (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction or the Kinks' Dave Davies' raunchy opening power chord riffs to You Really Got Me and All Day And All Of The Night.
The legend of how those 2 guys got 'that sound' - I think it was Keef trying to ape or outdo DD-- was that they, intentionally or not, poked a hole in their amp's speaker with a screwdriver. It was a well-accepted theory; a couple of my friends doing the teen garage band thing actually wrecked their little Silvertone's or Fender Deluxe's and Princeton's speakers -- the Maestro couldn't quite 'get it' for them.
So it would follow, logically, that a screwdriver-ripped speaker ranks as 'iconic'...as the first distortion device....
Or a blown tube in Grady Martin's desk on White Rose. Or the amp that fell off the roof of the car used on Rocket 88. The stories are endless.Originally Posted by wingsdad
But here's an ad from simpler times. All the effects you can possibly need! Gosh!
Electric: Fat strat > Korg PB > TS7 > DS1 > DD-20 > Cube 60 (Fender model)
Acoustic: Guitar > microphone > audience