He was also very fond of Fender twins and bassman's. The guitar was a stock newer Les Paul with humbuckers. Volume at 8 and Tone at 5 (using the front panel’s 1-12 designations) works best. For the James Gang 'Live at Carnegie Hall' Joe used a 100 watt HiWatt stack that had been given to Joe by Peter Townsend. Thanks to the better sound and packaging, this one gets the nod over 15 Greatest Hits - unless you're looking for specific songs on that one that don't appear here, or unless you're a more devoted fan, in which case you might prefer the double-disc Repertoire compilation The Best of the James Gang.
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TONE TIP: The Pro Junior IV is bigger and louder than a blackface Champ, so don’t overdo the controls. Having compared the sounds of a tweed and blackface Champ when playing the song, I can attest that it’s definitely a blackface, as the tweed’s midrange is too prominent and the bass is too loose, while the blackface has the perfect treble sparkle and low-end spank. Walsh’s Tele tone on Funk #49 sounds particularly raunchy and percussive due to the guitar’s lowered action and Walsh’s use of a light-gauge nylon pick. Teles featured either a 'blend' circuit until 1952 or a neck bass/neck with tone control/bridge without tone control circuit from 1953 until 1967, so the Tele was most likely from 1959 or earlier as Walsh prefers Teles with maple necks - and he referred to it as “old.” James Gang was an American rock band formed in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1966. Perhaps it was actually a 1964-’67 Vibro Champ, which is identical to the Champ with the exception of its added tremolo circuit.ĭetails about the exact year of Walsh’s Tele are unknown, although in the 1972 interview he said it was “old” and he had modified the pickup wiring to provide “modern” bridge/both/neck settings.
Walsh’s Tele tone sounds particularly raunchy and percussive due to the guitar’s lowered action and Walsh’s use of a light-gauge nylon pickĤ0 years earlier, in a 1972 Guitar Player interview, Walsh said he used a 'Vibroplex', but this was probably an inside joke as Walsh is a ham radio enthusiast and a Vibroplex is actually a Morse code key.
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