Can anyone shed light on the elements of TONE used by Los Lobos. Their 'FAT STRAT" creamy crunch with distortion yet crip and clear at the same time.
I have tried to find interviews with the scoop, but nothing so far. :?
This sound is exactly what I want for my blues setup.
Thanks - 8)
A little searching on the net can help ...
http://www.soundstage.com/music/reviews/rev619.htm
For about half the tracks on Ashgrove Alvin plugs his Strat into the collection of old tube amps pictured on the back of the CD cover. Alvin's always had a great ear for guitar tone, but here he cranks the amps up high and lets the speakers strain a little, and it sounds glorious and cleansing.
http://www.vintageguitar.com/artists/details.asp?ID=208
Louie: Gibson was nice enough to give me a �60 reissue Les Paul goldtop. And I have an early-�60s SG Special. I also use a Squier Telecaster that I found for 100 bucks at Guitar Center, and it felt great, so Bill Asher gutted it and made a real one out of it. My amp is a Top Hat, which is kind of like a Twin.
David: I like those, too. Brian Gearhardt makes them, in Anaheim. He makes a single-12 that�s a 20-watt with 6V6s, but he has one now with 6L6s, a 40-watt. It�s a nice marriage of a Marshall and a Fender.
David: I usually use either a Strat or a Telecaster. I found a Custom Shop Telecaster, like the early-�60s, Cropper type � blond with rosewood fingerboard. And I�ve got a Japanese Standard Strat, and a Historic Series �58 Les Paul. That�s become my main guitar lately. Between those three, I take either a Strat or a Telecaster and a Les Paul. I just got a reissue Firebird, too. The amp that works is a �64 Deluxe and a South Tech single-12" cabinet with a JBL. I use that with a Hot Rod Deluxe, single 12".
My recommendation is to go to a vintage shop and try a 60's Strat or Tele into a blackface Fender tube amp - a Deluxe Reverb or a Champ. That's the sound you're looking for. Some of the 50's and 60's reissues are good too, but there's a lot of tone in the vintage gear that isn't in the reissues. There are a lot of luthiers and amp builders that are making exact copies that look and sound original.
1 watt of pure tube tone - the Living Room Amp!
http://www.naturdoctor.com/Chapters/Amps/LivingRoomAmp.html
Paper-in-oil caps rule!
Thanks PRNDL,
I happen to have a 67 Tele all original except the neck pick up which is a replacement.
The info you sent is great - I had seen some of this on line but not all.
I also have a MIJ Strat like Louies and a 70's strat too.
I will go further now to make the adjustments you found for me.
THANKS SO MUCH!!!!
