mountain man
Still got the Blues!
I should say, that unless you are playing out and need wattage? It is doubtful that you will need more than the Vintage 16. I have that one as well.
Electric Guitars which is better, a Les Paul or a Stratocater?
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mountain man
Still got the Blues!
That's a 13 watt all tube amp. If it's like my 15 watt Blues Jr it's a fairly clean amp. As I understand are most Fender amps? I like my Blues Jr when I have it going full tilt and over driven. If I can't play it at those high over driven volumes I use an attenuator. The Carvin Vintage series has a "soak" knob that adds as much the over driven sound that you need. What is it about the Fender Excelsior that do can't get right? Clean tones? OD tones?
HoosBlues
Blues Newbie
It was real scratchy so I put a match set of tubes in it and that fixed that but I still can't get it to mellow out no matter what what I try. It may be me but I can't play basic rhythm and make it sound good.
mountain man
Still got the Blues!
I don't know about your playing techniques. If you don't like the over driven sounds, the Carvin Vintage also has the very nice clean tones without using the soak knob. It's what you make it. But we are very far off of this threads topic. If you have anything more feel free to message me.
HoosBlues
Blues Newbie
You are correct and thanks
JPsuff
Blackstar Artist
And when that happens, women have Clairol and we have StewMac.
cowboy
Blues, Booze & BBQ
LOL...you got it...
...kinda like asking which flavor of ice cream is best...maybe that's why I have about two of everything......but still makes for an interesting conversation...he could have made an entire series out of this...add in the LP, strat, tele, 335/339, etc and the conversation still goes on...have two of everything and you have no issues......the 335 is still on my "hit" list...later.cowboy
Cowboy Bob
Horse Player/Guitar Wrangler
@paparaptor I heard that too, but that the self inflicted blonds take just a tad longer.
burlew
Blues Junior
LOL...you got it...
cowboy
Yep.
What you're really saying is let's get a case of beer and talk about it!
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TwoNotesSolo
Student Of The Blues
I still don;t have a guitar with P90s. I'm working on it (building a Blueshawk) butthat's rather slow...
Terry B
Humble student of the blues
TwiddleJockey
If she asks - I found it in a garage sale.....
It is a trick question - the answer to which is a 335 every time. My cherry '73 is still and will always be a redhead
mountain man
Still got the Blues!
You and Johnny Rivers.........
snarf
making guitars wish they were still trees
You need to fix that, amigo!! I've got 3 with P90s in them. One is a Washburn 335-clone that started off with really nasty, muddy pups in it. Swapped them out for some GFS Mean 90s, and that one came alive. Then I got a project guitar given to me a while back that I also stuck a set of Mean 90s in, and it's a whole lot of fun. Third one is a Dano 64 with a P90 in the neck and lipstick bucker in the bridge. That one can be a little harsh sometimes, but, once I get it tamed, it's got some really nice sounds in it. Something about that P90 growl that just gets me every time.
I've never really bonded with an LP, but I've told Mrs Snarf several times that, if I ever get another one, it's going to be a gold top with P90s in it.