Any Mesa/Boogie jazz amps
Keith Aguilera
Are there any jazz players out there who use Mesa/Boogie amps? I'm
looking for a very warm tone from my Epiphone Joe Pass guitar. I like
the tone Pat Metheny had on the Joshua Redman album "Wish". Any advice
is appreciated. Thanks.
James Doherty
He teaches at Berkley school of Music as well. Bruce was using old
Charvel's but now uses a strat and a '335. He typically uses a MarkIII
into a TC 2290 and then the stereo return goes back to the fx return of
the mkIII as well as the input of a black face twin. He plays some Wes
Montgomery type stuff as well as more up beat funk jazz. The overall
tone is a little too "GRP" sounding for me. It's that modern chorusy
type of jazz sound but he's a terrific player and I guess it works for
him.
JD
Mauricio Gobbi
Keith Aguilera wrote:
>
> Are there any jazz players out there who use Mesa/Boogie amps? I'm
> looking for a very warm tone from my Epiphone Joe Pass guitar. I like
> the tone Pat Metheny had on the Joshua Redman album "Wish". Any advice
> is appreciated. Thanks.
Tons of Jazz players use (or have used) boogies.
Al Dimeola, John Scofield, Bill Friesel, Larry Carlton, Lee Ritenour,
Kevin Eubanks, etc. Just get a Mark I, II, or III and you have a great
clean jazz tone.
mg
Kevin Van Sant
Carrying it to your gigs will make your arms longer too. (be sure to
alternate left/right from week to week to insure symmetry)
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M. Diewald
>Keith Aguilera wrote:
>>
>> Are there any jazz players out there who use Mesa/Boogie amps? I'm
>> looking for a very warm tone from my Epiphone Joe Pass guitar. I like
>> the tone Pat Metheny had on the Joshua Redman album "Wish". Any advice
>> is appreciated. Thanks.
I dont know if any jazz players are using these, but they are regular
studio amps: Mesa Boogie Studio .22 I have one and you can get almost
any sound you want except that heavy metal stuff but you use a pedal for
this anyway. I get a nice approximation of Mike Sterns sound with my
tele and a little chorus... The Santana sound is also in there and if
tamed a little it is very nice for jazz. Ultraclean jazz playing
shouldnt be a problem, since this amp got lots of clean headroom for
a 22 W thingy... I cannot comment on its interaction with a hollowbody
since unfortunately I dont have one (yet). How is the Joe Pass guitar???
I prefer my Mesa 22 over the Subway combos -- these seemed too limited
soundwise and also very midrangey...
Martin
Boerge Soleng
>Are there any jazz players out there who use Mesa/Boogie amps? I'm
>looking for a very warm tone from my Epiphone Joe Pass guitar. I like
>the tone Pat Metheny had on the Joshua Redman album "Wish". Any advice
>is appreciated. Thanks.
I'm playing my ES-175 through a Mesa/Boogie Studio .22, and it's working OK.
I go for a clean, dark and fat Metheny/DougRaney/Pat Martino-kind of sound,
Metheny's "Rejoicing" or Doug Raney's "Quintet" will give you a hint! The
speakers have a fast and thight response, so I think the amp tend to sound a
bit "hard" at times, but it seems to vary from day to day. I also use a
Digitech GSP-21 Pro to give it a slight reverb and compression that helps to
create the sound I want.
My former amp was a Polytone that sounded great on jazz stuff, but had little
to offer when I now and then pulled out my strat-type to play some more
distorted stuff. It was also big and heavy, while the studio .22 is small,
light and easy to carry around.
Boerge Soleng, bor...@fiskforsk.norut.no
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"Nice touch!" (Miles Davis about Herbie Hancock)
GIULIO DAL BON
M. Diewald (btp...@newsserv.uni-bayreuth.de) wrote:
: >Keith Aguilera wrote:
: >>
: >> Are there any jazz players out there who use Mesa/Boogie amps? I'm
: >> looking for a very warm tone from my Epiphone Joe Pass guitar. I like
: >> the tone Pat Metheny had on the Joshua Redman album "Wish". Any advice
: >> is appreciated. Thanks.
: I dont know if any jazz players are using these, but they are regular
: studio amps: Mesa Boogie Studio .22 I have one and you can get almost
: any sound you want except that heavy metal stuff but you use a pedal for
: this anyway. I get a nice approximation of Mike Sterns sound with my
: tele and a little chorus... The Santana sound is also in there and if
: tamed a little it is very nice for jazz. Ultraclean jazz playing
: shouldnt be a problem, since this amp got lots of clean headroom for
: a 22 W thingy... I cannot comment on its interaction with a hollowbody
: since unfortunately I dont have one (yet). How is the Joe Pass guitar???
: I prefer my Mesa 22 over the Subway combos -- these seemed too limited
: soundwise and also very midrangey...
: Martin
I use A Dual Rectifier Solo Head for jazz tones! That Hea has incredible
clean tones and its equalizer is among the best.
Mike Bradley
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>: Martin
i use a mesa boogie Quad preamp witha boogie 50/50 power amp.
the ch. 1 clean on the quad is supposed to sound more
fendery/shimmering/ like a mkIIC+, but i found it MUCH too harsh
and sterile for soft or dark jazz.
on ch.2 clean, which is much darker and actually a "rhythm crunch"
channel, i can get what i consider a nice dark jazz tone by
turning the volume and master both just below five, and using
some compression. but the settings required for this ruin
the tone for my ch. 2 lead.
i also find the clean tones on the boogie tri-axis to bit on the
thin or sterile side. i do think the boogie v-twin has
an OK clean tone, and the maverick and the
blue angel, i think could be very nice, versatil jazz-fusin amps imho.
i got a seperate rack amp -- a pearce G1 -- for clean tones
and an ernie ball pan pedal to go back and forth between
the boogie lead and the pearce rhythm, and i'm pretty
satisfied.
mike
Mike Bradley
UT News Center
University of Tennessee
boywonder
>Are there any jazz players out there who use Mesa/Boogie amps? I'm
>looking for a very warm tone from my Epiphone Joe Pass guitar. I like
>the tone Pat Metheny had on the Joshua Redman album "Wish". Any advice
>is appreciated. Thanks.
Might I suggest a Rivera instead...
I have owned a number if Boogies (as well as others) and I have been
playing through a Rivera Rake head and 2x12 for a few months now, I like
it better than any Boogie, the clean sound is real nice and full and has
a great clarity to it. And the overdrive is beautiful.
Charles Coker
Austin, TX
Richard Lunn
agui...@duke.usask.ca (Keith Aguilera) wrote:
>Are there any jazz players out there who use Mesa/Boogie amps? I'm
>looking for a very warm tone from my Epiphone Joe Pass guitar. I like
>the tone Pat Metheny had on the Joshua Redman album "Wish". Any advice
>is appreciated. Thanks.
I use a Studio Caliber 5 - separate top and cabinet so that I don't
have numb fingers for the entire gig after carrying it in.
I use a Ibanez Joe Pass guitar and the sound is fantastic. For the
occasional blues gig the same amp is wonderful with my strat 57
reissue.
Go for it!
William G. Sacks
: agui...@duke.usask.ca (Keith Aguilera) wrote:
: >Are there any jazz players out there who use Mesa/Boogie amps? I'm
: >looking for a very warm tone from my Epiphone Joe Pass guitar. I like
: >the tone Pat Metheny had on the Joshua Redman album "Wish". Any advice
: >is appreciated. Thanks.
I've used a Trem-O-Verb for jazz with a 335 to good effect, and
have heard jazz players get big archtop tones from the MkIIc+, Mk III, .50
Caliber (no longer made- the updated version is known as the DC-5), and
the old plain-jane Boogie satellite amp. Pretty much any amp capable of
producing a "flat" midrange response (as Pat likes to call it- it sounds
like a midrange "hump" to those whose ears are acclimated to Fenders and
Marshalls) and decent reverb will give you a basic approximation of his
sound in mono.
Kenneth Liberti
a modified Mark IV.