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Why Do People Play With SWRs
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Good job jim! Jason Newstead uses an SWR I think, so nothing else matters. By the way, how much would a workingman cost me?
which one? cause theres a bunch of different ones. and i think newstead uses ampeg, but i'm not sure
I wish Jason Newstead turned up a little bit so we wouldn't have to hear that awful singer! I thought he used ampeg too.
Last time I heard Newsted was using Portaflex in the studio...
BTW...No beavis, metallica sucks.
BTW...No beavis, metallica sucks.
Well, actually, there's an article on the bassplayer websight somewhere that lists off about 10 different amps and cabs he used (at the same time no less), including Ampeg (which he uses live) swr, marshall, ect...
But nobody really answered his ill-phrased question. What is it about SWR's that make you use them? I've never even SEEN on before, so I was kinda wondering.
But nobody really answered his ill-phrased question. What is it about SWR's that make you use them? I've never even SEEN on before, so I was kinda wondering.
I can't believe how long this topic has been running!! We SWR users use SWR because we like them, period. They fulfill our expectations of what an amp should or shouldn't do. I imagine this is the same reason everyone else picks what ever brand they use. To each his own.
Well, I realize that, but I was wondering what exactly those expectations are. Are they punchy? Do they have lots of low end, ect...
Now that's better. And, as it turns out, something I might be interested in. By clean I assume you mean un-distorted. I gennerally don't like it when my amp distorts at all, unless I tell it to. Are they at all usefull in a rock band?
SWRs are very versatile in tones, useful in just about any setting, except one where distortion is needed.
But of course you could always use effects for the distortion.
The only halfway affordable clean hifi amps that I like better than SWRs are Edens.
But of course you could always use effects for the distortion.
The only halfway affordable clean hifi amps that I like better than SWRs are Edens.
Does that mean it's very unlikely to 'distort' (like, not 'pure' distortion like out of a lead channel or a distortion pedal, but more of a forcing-the-speaker distortion) when you hit the strings with a reasonably large amount of force?
SWR's pretty much won't put out any kind of distortion without some type of effect pedel. I use a Digitech BP8. Concerning the question about if they're good for rock, I play rock, they work fine for me. Try going to their website http://www.swreng.com. and look up the artists that use SWR: Jeff Ament (Pearl Jam), Michael Bradford (Kid Rock), Tony Campos (Static X), Jason Newsted (Metalicca), Robbie Merrill (Godsmack). I think I can safely say they work great for rock.
[Edited by BDC on 12-16-2000 at 11:00 AM]
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