Techdeth
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Is this ADA for the solos ? I love this lead tone .
Is this ADA for the solos ? I love this lead tone .
glpg80
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Mr Big was the era of the Laney GH100L for PG.
However live there’s no telling. It does sound thinner like a rack unit of some type. I do know he used an ADA MP1 and they were three tube modded.
However live there’s no telling. It does sound thinner like a rack unit of some type. I do know he used an ADA MP1 and they were three tube modded.
Techdeth
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I like the clarity of the lead tones alot .Did he use the Laney on bump ahead ?
thenine
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Great band, great songs.
I saw a pedalboard run down of PG one time and there is a splitter on his board to send a non distorted signal to the singers in ears. He doesn’t like to hear any crunch tones and needs to sing over clean only. Amazing.
I saw a pedalboard run down of PG one time and there is a splitter on his board to send a non distorted signal to the singers in ears. He doesn’t like to hear any crunch tones and needs to sing over clean only. Amazing.
glpg80
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He was known for all kinds of insane challenging guitar wiring trickery. He was such a badass back in the day, he wired his PAF Pro bridge pickups in parallel to get even more clarity on solos and still play insane. He’s dabbled in all kinds of bypass cap sizes and types to get that 80’s thin sound when rolled back and could still pick cleanly and play precisely.
The Laneys were all over the later Racer X. He had modded Marshall’s before the Laneys and in his Racer X youth - two 50W identical heads (either modded 1987s or 2204s, I can’t remember). He liked to run them both in stereo. Someone on YouTube posted videos of one of them.
You have to remember a large part of Paul Gilbert’s clean gain tone live is in his right hand and how he picks - I know that sounds stupid but it’s a huge part of his sound.
Techdeth
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Good info man
glpg80
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Techdeth
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Eddy rules
Exo-metal
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Not sure but the 3 tube MP-1 kills. Brandon Ellis uses one and his clips are legit af bro.
* velcro-fly *
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Here's a killer random..... PG playing a slow dirgey "Sacrifce" on a Dan Electro baritone w The Electric Fence....drummer is Jeff Martin (singer from Racer X) and that's good ol' Satchel (Russ Parrish) playing bass!
Techdeth
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Ya he’s great
Techdeth
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Wow . Wild
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Racerxrated
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When I saw Mr Big in 89 at the Cabooze in Mpls he had an ADA in the rack.
glpg80
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Sounds like you need a 3TM modded MP1 in your life.
I actually was able to get a 3TM kit from ADA Depot way back in the day. I performed the mod on my MP1 and then sold it on eBay for a mere $400.
If only I’d kept it
?
I actually was able to get a 3TM kit from ADA Depot way back in the day. I performed the mod on my MP1 and then sold it on eBay for a mere $400.
If only I’d kept it
?
glpg80
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Techdeth
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I been digging him lately for sure
Exo-metal
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Look in his rack and have a listen. Below him is another user. The 3TM MP-1 is far better than a stock model.
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Devin
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Addicted to That Rush was released in '89 and I could be wrong but I don't think the GH100L came out until 1994.
I'd also guess it was probably the ADA on that song but who knows
glpg80
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Oh do I have it backwards? I stand corrected then. He did use them religiously for a long period, apparently I forgot which discography he started on them.
SoooRad
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I know in the videos around that time Paul was using Metaltronix stuff, of course that doesn't mean much. He quickly jumped to the ADAs
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