Warren DeMartini experts in here. . .

[Badronald]

Sorry I meant I have never seen him switch channels for leads... he does go to clean for the intro to Back for More. Once and a while he will just roll his guitar volume back. The only other thing I will mention is if he is using a 900 he will occasionally add a TS9 or an MXR GT OD to juice it a bit. It normally stays on all night. One summer he just had me take a 900, set it on a 4X12 road case, gaff tape a tuner, Boss DD5 delay and a TS9 to the top of a head behind our wall of 4X12 boxes.

Ah. DD-5 and Keeley Baked TS-9 is my lead tone.
I always go back to the DD-5. Love that thing.

Thanks for the info man. I assume you're his tech?

 

[reverymike]

I'm not sure why the curiosity.

To play rock n roll all a good player needs is a great guitar, great amp and maybe a delay if he wants one. Tuner.

And that's really the crux of it all right there. There are a near infinite number of ways to get to "great tone"...obsessing over the minutia is such a gross waste of time. When Warren plays through a Marshall, Soldano, or Diezel it all still sounds immediately recognizable as Warren. If players put half as much time into working on technique as they do replicating a signal chain we'd have many more players worth listening to (from both a musical and opinion perspective).

I agree, and I do. I was just curious as to how he was using the amp. Does he switch back and forth between channels or stay on the Overdrive channel. That's it. I've played professionally for over 15 years, pretty much with a simple rig that hasn't changed too much. I'm not obsessed with the minutia of signal chain, or settings - I just wanted to know how he was using the amp. I've done gigs with a solid state Peavey amp when my amp bit the dust - no biggie.

I do agree that a lot of players are too concerned with settings and details that won't make one bit of difference for them in the real world of playing live and recording. Then again, this IS a gear forum, so if there is a question to be asked about stuff like this, this is the place to do it.

 

[Badronald]

I'm not sure why the curiosity.

To play rock n roll all a good player needs is a great guitar, great amp and maybe a delay if he wants one. Tuner.

And that's really the crux of it all right there. There are a near infinite number of ways to get to "great tone"...obsessing over the minutia is such a gross waste of time. When Warren plays through a Marshall, Soldano, or Diezel it all still sounds immediately recognizable as Warren. If players put half as much time into working on technique as they do replicating a signal chain we'd have many more players worth listening to (from both a musical and opinion perspective).

My singer laughs at me all the time. Laughed at me last night at rehearsal.
Says I go through all this gear and I sound the same no matter what I use. He's right. I just have fun trying out different pieces.
When it comes down to it for me it's a good Strat a Marshall and a couple pedals. The simpler the better.

 

[Badronald]

I'm not sure why the curiosity.

To play rock n roll all a good player needs is a great guitar, great amp and maybe a delay if he wants one. Tuner.

And that's really the crux of it all right there. There are a near infinite number of ways to get to "great tone"...obsessing over the minutia is such a gross waste of time. When Warren plays through a Marshall, Soldano, or Diezel it all still sounds immediately recognizable as Warren. If players put half as much time into working on technique as they do replicating a signal chain we'd have many more players worth listening to (from both a musical and opinion perspective).

I agree, and I do. I was just curious as to how he was using the amp. Does he switch back and forth between channels or stay on the Overdrive channel. That's it. I've played professionally for over 15 years, pretty much with a simple rig that hasn't changed too much. I'm not obsessed with the minutia of signal chain, or settings - I just wanted to know how he was using the amp. I've done gigs with a solid state Peavey amp when my amp bit the dust - no biggie.

I do agree that a lot of players are too concerned with settings and details that won't make one bit of difference for them in the real world of playing live and recording. Then again, this IS a gear forum, so if there is a question to be asked about stuff like this, this is the place to do it.

Absolutely!

 

[rupe]

I'm not sure why the curiosity.

To play rock n roll all a good player needs is a great guitar, great amp and maybe a delay if he wants one. Tuner.

And that's really the crux of it all right there. There are a near infinite number of ways to get to "great tone"...obsessing over the minutia is such a gross waste of time. When Warren plays through a Marshall, Soldano, or Diezel it all still sounds immediately recognizable as Warren. If players put half as much time into working on technique as they do replicating a signal chain we'd have many more players worth listening to (from both a musical and opinion perspective).

I agree, and I do. I was just curious as to how he was using the amp. Does he switch back and forth between channels or stay on the Overdrive channel. That's it. I've played professionally for over 15 years, pretty much with a simple rig that hasn't changed too much. I'm not obsessed with the minutia of signal chain, or settings - I just wanted to know how he was using the amp. I've done gigs with a solid state Peavey amp when my amp bit the dust - no biggie.

I do agree that a lot of players are too concerned with settings and details that won't make one bit of difference for them in the real world of playing live and recording. Then again, this IS a gear forum, so if there is a question to be asked about stuff like this, this is the place to do it.

I completely understand...and my comments weren't directed specifically at you. I was simply expressing a general (and growing) frustration with gear obsession over (and in lieu of) chops.

 

[reverymike]

I agree - there are way too many people who believe the gear is #1. It's not. The music is #1, skill & chops #2, and gear #3.

Learn to play -- really, really well, and you won't have many concerns regarding amp settings, tube choice, cables, or types of overdrives.

Plug in and play, and make whatever you're plugged into work for you.

AND. . .while we're at it. . .expensive gear doe not make you a better player.

 

[rupe]

I agree - there are way too many people who believe the gear is #1. It's not. The music is #1, skill & chops #2, and gear #3.

Learn to play -- really, really well, and you won't have many concerns regarding amp settings, tube choice, cables, or types of overdrives.

Plug in and play, and make whatever you're plugged into work for you.

AND. . .while we're at it. . .expensive gear doe not make you a better player.

 

[Kapo_Polenton]

Look how good Aldrich sounds on a shitty practice amp... chops should be number #1 instead of nit picking.

Still interested on whether or not Demartini ever used a boost and if he did , what was it? I have heard SD-1 in the past.Not sure how accurate this was though.

 

[reverymike]

Look how good Aldrich sounds on a shitty practice amp... chops should be number #1 instead of nit picking.

Still interested on whether or not Demartini ever used a boost and if he did , what was it? I have heard SD-1 in the past.Not sure how accurate this was though.

Did you not read my posts?

 

[Kapo_Polenton]

I did, don't get your knickers in a knot guvna'.. just agreeing with you and providing an example. Now go play some RATT.