Any famous GUITARISTS use S/S amps?

HOOLIGAN · #1 11-01-2011, 02:27 PM

Tube vs Solid State is much debated among Bassists-
I'm just curious if any famous guitarists use S/S-
Greg Ginn from BLACK FLAG is the only one I can come up with-

randysmojo · #2 11-01-2011, 02:35 PM

B.B. King and Ty Tabor of King's X fame both used or still use Gibson Lab Series amps. Dimebag Darrell used solid state Randall amps. I'm sure there are more.

mp40smg · #3 11-01-2011, 02:39 PM

Everybody in the 80s that used Roland Jazz Chorus amps. And the Roland JC was absolutely one of the defining sounds of the 80s..

off the top of my head,
Andy Summers
Robert Fripp
Adrian Belew
The Cure

JMac4strngr · #4 11-01-2011, 02:43 PM

Alex Lifeson, used to use GK. I have no idea what He's using these days though.

kreider204 · #5 11-01-2011, 02:45 PM

Lots of jazzers.

randysmojo · #6 11-01-2011, 03:24 PM

What Alex is playing now.

John Wentzien · #7 11-01-2011, 03:32 PM

Johnny Winter uses Miusic-Man amps..a kind of "reverse hybid"...SS preamp and tube amplifier section.

s_mcsleazy · #8 11-01-2011, 03:33 PM

does it really matter?

if you like there sound should it matter?

John Wentzien · #9 11-01-2011, 03:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by s_mcsleazy

does it really matter?

if you like there sound should it matter?

exactly!

s_mcsleazy · #10 11-01-2011, 03:37 PM

i dont mean to rain on your parade. im more like the clouds that look like its gonna rain

randysmojo · #11 11-01-2011, 04:08 PM

Who said the OP was asking for any other reason than curiosity? People that don't care can simply ignore the thread. He must care or he wouldn't have asked.

infamusblkdeath · #12 11-01-2011, 09:36 PM

idk but i'm +1"ing" for the jazz chorus. i hear it's one of the best solid state guitar amps there are cause of the crystal clear cleans. that's definatly the first thing that came to my mind when thinking of SS.. i hope to pick one up some day as i'm a half a$$ed guitarist as well as a bass player.

oh and just to add a bit to the people that use the JC, i'm pretty sure james hetfeild used one around the master of puppets era. and also michael gira did after he went solo.

Jhengsman · #13 11-01-2011, 11:01 PM

Many people in the jazz, Wes Montgomery to George Benson and their heirs do

flyingfinbar · #14 11-01-2011, 11:16 PM

Pretty sure East Bay Ray did in the Dead Kennedys.

drewfunk · #15 11-01-2011, 11:18 PM

Didnt Dimebag use solid state Randalls or am i talking out of my ass?

spitfire70 · #16 11-01-2011, 11:26 PM

I think Dweezil Zappa, just uses a Fractal and Atomic wedges.

sonic assassin · #17 11-02-2011, 12:11 AM

wayne static play(s/ed) a stock marshall MG. yea. the cheap one. dime has already been stated. i know that ryan from story of the year uses a line 6 flextone 3 for his cleans.

LiamCohl · #18 11-02-2011, 12:23 AM

John Fogerty! used Kustom tuck and roll stacks with 2x15 cabs

T-Bird · #19 11-02-2011, 03:19 AM

Hi.

I'd say every one of them at some point in time.

If we are talking about older cats of course.

I'm a teen of the 80's, and tubes were pretty much on their way out at that time, at least over here. Mainly because the reliable supplies were drying out, factories closed (not that they could produce quality tubes anymore with the very well served but worn out machinery), and the general tone demand was the versatility of SS, and the weight of the tube rigs was more than they were willing to haul.

Then came the era of tube nostalgia, and there's no end in sight

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Save the few SWR's, I've been playing tube amps from the late 80's.

Regards
Sam

avvie · #20 11-02-2011, 05:56 PM

I understand that Johnny Greenwood of Radiohead uses the same Fender Eighty-Five amp that I now own.

Most amps that I've owned have been SS... can't afford tube amps; however, I have played through a few tube amps and there is a distinct difference between them and SS amps, primarily in the way they respond to your playing. A SS amp can sound good, but- depending upon your style- a tube amp can sound better.