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Dartagnan wrote:

Keep tellin' yer....u should've got a Blue Tone. All that vintage Marshall tone in a 30W single combo set up....no need to blow the windows out to get that tone....and not a valve in sight!

Look out for one on ebay or whatever. You wont be disappointed.

It always amazes me that so many players want to own a 50w or a 100w Marshall when, in all honesty, they will never get to play in a place where such power is required. So what do they do? They stick a load of digital or solid state effects in the sound chain. Result? Well, it wont be the pure sound of a Marshall you'll hear, that's for sure!

We used to sell Blue Tones to guys who found that even a 3w valve amp was too bloody loud at home. Trouble is, as you say, to make a Marshall sound great on its own, you need to crank it up....that's why we made the Blue Tone!

Ah, well, maybe one day, the penny will drop, eh?

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Dartagnan wrote:

1) Nope, I don't use any effects at all, just an ESP and a Blue Tone. Roll the volume right up for solos, roll it back down for anything else. Simple, and the way most players used to do it many moons ago (Blackmore included). It sounds like a Strat through a vintage Marshall. That's it.

2) Powerbreakers do make a difference. It must do.

What our amp designer did (and as he also designs the best live consoles in the world he knows what he's doing), is put that vintage sound in a small combo. So, if I want to play in a pub with me little Blue Tone, I can. And, if I play in a large arena, which I did when I played at Telford Arena a few years ago now, the amp was miked up throught the P.A., and the sound was gorgeous.

Here's the review from Guitar Player. I really wouldn't like to disagree with a single word!!

http://guitarplayer.com/article/blue-tone-pro/Aug-05/12038

3) Whether or not anyone chooses to believe the hype is of no concern to me, as we no longer manufacture the amp.

4) But when the Guitar Player reviewer claims that the Blue Tone sounds more authentic than some replica tube powered Marshalls, he's telling it as it is.

5) I repeat, what is the point in a wheeling in a 50w half stack into a pub? I can carry my Blue Tone and my guitar at the same time, without damaging my back.

Nice!
 

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Dartagnan wrote:

What places do you play?

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Dartagnan wrote:

Keep tellin' yer....u should've got a Blue Tone. All that vintage Marshall tone in a 30W single combo set up....no need to blow the windows out to get that tone....and not a valve in sight!

Look out for one on ebay or whatever. You wont be disappointed.

It always amazes me that so many players want to own a 50w or a 100w Marshall when, in all honesty, they will never get to play in a place where such power is required. So what do they do? They stick a load of digital or solid state effects in the sound chain. Result? Well, it wont be the pure sound of a Marshall you'll hear, that's for sure!

We used to sell Blue Tones to guys who found that even a 3w valve amp was too bloody loud at home. Trouble is, as you say, to make a Marshall sound great on its own, you need to crank it up....that's why we made the Blue Tone!

Ah, well, maybe one day, the penny will drop, eh?

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