Pine Apple Slim
Armchair Expert
As a 2nd guitar player for the 50s-60s band. I'm stoked to get to play some guitar. They actually have gigs lined up. I went to see them play last weekend and I'm confident I can do the job, which is basically to take some pressure off the other guitarist as he also sings most of the male lead. It's a cool bunch of older 50-60 yr olds like me. 2 female singers, the guitarist, bass, & drums.
At first I was enamoured with my new HH Strat build and Mustang combo, but after hearing them last week and cycling thru my collection again I've decided to use my Gretsch 5120. The other guitarist plays very clean with a Strat, delay, and a Frontman combo. The 5120 will be a slightly different sound that I think will compliment their music nicely. Plus I think I could used the Bigsby some with this music. Otherwise I'd prb just take my best tele.
As for amp,I've narrowed it down to 2 options. Not gonna take the Mustsang 1. It sounds great at home but ive used it at jams a couple of times and was not happy with it. Could never get it dialed in to the room. My home settings just did not work with a full band at volume.
The buckers in my HH Strat are just to hot for good cleans with my other amps.
So, it's either
1.My VC2110R straight in. Only drawback is the small verb tank is a little week. I got the problem fixed with it, it just had a loose tube. This has been my main amp for 20yrs, and it's sounding great with a fresh tubes.
But IMO, it's a straight to amp, it's never sounded that great to me with pedals driving the front end.
2. Micro Terror-1-12 cab. The 5120 is awesome thru this thing, but I'll need pedals, at least reverb. I cobbled together a stripped down board, comp. OD, delay, and reverb. It's an awesome setup but Im nervous about bringing all those pieces to my debut. worried something will malfunction, I'll be too distracted with pedals and so forth.
The Micro & pedals is my fav the 5120 plays so well with em.
But the ol standby sounds good too and is simple, plug in and play.
I can't make up my mind, but I'm leaning toward the VC, and maybe break out the MT and pedals after I settle in (if they keep me).
At first I was enamoured with my new HH Strat build and Mustang combo, but after hearing them last week and cycling thru my collection again I've decided to use my Gretsch 5120. The other guitarist plays very clean with a Strat, delay, and a Frontman combo. The 5120 will be a slightly different sound that I think will compliment their music nicely. Plus I think I could used the Bigsby some with this music. Otherwise I'd prb just take my best tele.
As for amp,I've narrowed it down to 2 options. Not gonna take the Mustsang 1. It sounds great at home but ive used it at jams a couple of times and was not happy with it. Could never get it dialed in to the room. My home settings just did not work with a full band at volume.
The buckers in my HH Strat are just to hot for good cleans with my other amps.
So, it's either
1.My VC2110R straight in. Only drawback is the small verb tank is a little week. I got the problem fixed with it, it just had a loose tube. This has been my main amp for 20yrs, and it's sounding great with a fresh tubes.
But IMO, it's a straight to amp, it's never sounded that great to me with pedals driving the front end.
2. Micro Terror-1-12 cab. The 5120 is awesome thru this thing, but I'll need pedals, at least reverb. I cobbled together a stripped down board, comp. OD, delay, and reverb. It's an awesome setup but Im nervous about bringing all those pieces to my debut. worried something will malfunction, I'll be too distracted with pedals and so forth.
The Micro & pedals is my fav the 5120 plays so well with em.
But the ol standby sounds good too and is simple, plug in and play.
I can't make up my mind, but I'm leaning toward the VC, and maybe break out the MT and pedals after I settle in (if they keep me).