Great video. Big part of 40s sound was also strings they were used. From research the flatwounds were not so popular yet, but they didn’t for sure play plain G string as you have there, nor the pure nickel or nickel over steel strings. Something called Monel was used, some mixture of metals. They stoped making strings like that in 60s but in recent years couple companies bring them back. Should try them and make part II. Cheers.
Monel is an alloy of Nickel and Copper. Strings with Monel have a warm tone with subtle brilliance. I use vintage strings on a Super 400 with a Charlie Christian pickup, different tonal spectrum than a P90.
Very interesting. I appreciate your passion for musical discovery or perhaps rediscovery in this case. This is similar to when I play a telecaster through my old 1966 Valco Airline amp...mid-Sixties Garage Band Rock in all it's 6V6 glory.
It stood out in the age of the Marshall amp, for sure. And the Soldanos that followed a few years later, and the Mesa Boogies that followed that and the solid state amps of the late 80's and early 90's that were made to replicate a tube amp and finally through the Boutique amps of the late 90's and early 2000s. Technology finally caught up and can now reproduce the sound of these amps fairly faithfully but cannot replicate the way they start to overdrive past the 9 o'clock position. These types of amps are meant to be felt as much as heard, the particulars of each model I mentioned is fascinating to me. Thanks again for yoour interesting post. @@floydsvintageguitargear4721
Great video. Big part of 40s sound was also strings they were used. From research the flatwounds were not so popular yet, but they didn’t for sure play plain G string as you have there, nor the pure nickel or nickel over steel strings. Something called Monel was used, some mixture of metals. They stoped making strings like that in 60s but in recent years couple companies bring them back. Should try them and make part II. Cheers.
Thanks so much, I'll definitely check it out.
Monel is an alloy of Nickel and Copper. Strings with Monel have a warm tone with subtle brilliance. I use vintage strings on a Super 400 with a Charlie Christian pickup, different tonal spectrum than a P90.
Amazing! Like stepping into a time machine ✨
It really is 👍
Very interesting. I appreciate your passion for musical discovery or perhaps rediscovery in this case. This is similar to when I play a telecaster through my old 1966 Valco Airline amp...mid-Sixties Garage Band Rock in all it's 6V6 glory.
Thank you very much. Your rig sounds very interesting indeed.
It stood out in the age of the Marshall amp, for sure. And the Soldanos that followed a few years later, and the Mesa Boogies that followed that and the solid state amps of the late 80's and early 90's that were made to replicate a tube amp and finally through the Boutique amps of the late 90's and early 2000s. Technology finally caught up and can now reproduce the sound of these amps fairly faithfully but cannot replicate the way they start to overdrive past the 9 o'clock position. These types of amps are meant to be felt as much as heard, the particulars of each model I mentioned is fascinating to me. Thanks again for yoour interesting post. @@floydsvintageguitargear4721
Lovely guitar - right up my street.
Many thanks.
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