Marshall Bluesbreaker Reissue - Clapton Beano Tone - Steppin' Out Jam

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A quick blast through Steppin' Out with my Les Paul w/OX4s and my Bluesbreaker RI w/Scumback SC75s.
Gear used on this clip:
'06 Les Paul Standard w/OX4 Low Winds.
Marshall Bluesbreaker Reissue w/Scumback SC75 Alnicos.
Fryette Power Station.
Captured with an iPhone in the room.
#Bluesbreaker #LesPaul #OX4

[@charleslivingston803]

Great playing and tone, thanks for posting

[@bluesful]

Thanks for the kind words mate,

[@frankdiscussion2069]

sounds awesome!

[@bluesful]

Thanks for the kind words.

[@KelsterVonShredster]

Awesome!

[@bluesful]

Thanks!

[@kevinallen6955]

Great interperation and great tone, well done.

[@bluesful]

Thanks mate, that's kind of you to say.

[@mrsickandtired]

The tone is spot on. Very nice.

[@bluesful]

Thanks mate.

[@missionrd100]

Beautiful tone, almost violin or cello like at times.

[@bluesful]

Thanks mate. I do love when I can conjure up some of that violin/cello tone.

[@Bigsbeee]

Love to see you review - demo your Fryette

[@bluesful]

Basically any clip I have on my channel that's taken with my iPhone in the room is using the Power Station (there is one clip where I'm running the Bluesbreaker without it though). I actually made a clip to test the different reactive load settings on my Power Station here - ua-cam.com/video/hP32hZGkF6E/v-deo.html

[@alext.1459]

Awesome tone...loove this tone...claptone!!! So creamy,!!! Got.great tube..harmonics...love The mids...very Unique...

[@bluesful]

Thanks for the kind words.

[@alext.1459]

@@bluesful You welcome...regards from Chile southamerica from another guitar player

[@bluesful]

@@alext.1459 rock on my friend.

[@rogerwilliams2629]

Nice playing!!!!!

[@bluesful]

Thanks for the kind words.

[@rogerwilliams2629]

@@bluesful you bet, you are versatile and have gear I cant have...LOL. what's not to like. I'm about to get serious with my own channel soon..

[@bluesful]

@@rogerwilliams2629 that's very kind of you to say. Keep rockin'.

[@haraldamsterdam1988]

Thats sounds so good! Even with iPhone audio.
Did you have tone and volume all open?
I believe this is the basic sound Eric Johnson uses, and then with some OD to push it up. Maybe you can try one day?
One of your other videos (sun fuzz and ac30) is really close to the sound.
The bluesbreaker is a rare amp i believe. Lucky enough to own one, or did you lend it? :-)

[@bluesful]

From memory I did have the volume pushed all the way. This amp isn't a rare one at all. It's a reissue amp that I bought new in 2007, it's not an original. Although one day I'd love the opportunity to try an original.

[@ttswan]

@@bluesful Great tone, well played!Is this Bluesbreaker running KT66's?

[@bluesful]

@@ttswan thanks mate. Yes, it has KT66s in it.

[@zzubuzz]

I think if it was miked similarly to the way Beano was recorded it would totally nail EC's tone. If you had the PVC's with 25 wattage ratting, what kind of difference would it make?

[@bluesful]

Thanks mate. I actually have a PVC version in another cab. The PVC version has more top-end and less low-mid focus that the SC75 has.

[@ttswan]

@@bluesful You want the Celestion Heritage 20W speakers, have that sting in their sound. The nearest mike to Eric's amp in the Bluesbreaker sessions was 2' away between 2 gobos that were forming a "V" shape together, with the mike at the spine of the "V". Here's what those Celestion Heritage 20W's sound like in a 4x12 - recognize that sting in the tone? ua-cam.com/video/taZ74fXaqlY/v-deo.html

[@bluesful]

@@ttswan how do you know that info on how Beano was mic'd?

[@ttswan]

@@bluesful Description by Mike Vernon, the Producer of the Bluesbreaker sessions, iirc and the engineer at Decca studios. Eric wanted to reproduce his live sound as much as possible, that was the compromise. Of course there a was a battle of wills between the 3 of them before it was settled. Eric's Aries Mindset was likely " this is the only way I'm playing (loud!), deal with it", or something close to that. He attacked the sessions like he did the notes he played on his Les Paul - there's the magic!

[@bluesful]

@@ttswan I hadn't heard that before.

[@jonnybeck6723]

That wuz great mate...
Does your BB have KT-66 power tubes?
Rockith on-ith and
take no prisoners

[@bluesful]

Thanks mate. Yes, I had some KT66s put in the Bluesbreaker a few years ago. I also swapped out the stock Greenbacks for a pair of Scumback SC75s.

[@bmcash3411]

@@bluesful how did you add the kt66? I,thought cabinet was too small?

[@bmcash3411]

@@bluesful any other mods?

[@bluesful]

@@bmcash3411 I think you may be referring to the Bluesbreaker reissue from the 90s. I believe those particular amps had a smaller cab. Mine is a reissue from 2007 and it has the larger cab so it can fit the KT66s.

[@bluesful]

@@bmcash3411 There's 3 differences between my Bluesbreaker and the stock one:
1. It is running KT66s.
2. I removed the bright cap from Channel I.
3. I swapped out the stock Greenbacks for a pair of Scumback SC75s.

[@TheJasperfarstreet]

do you jump the inputs?

[@bluesful]

I use a Y cable.

[@nunoharris]

Hi. Whats the year of your amp ? Thanks

[@bluesful]

I think it's either a 2006 or 2007.

[@aaronbrooks3913]

What are your settings?

[@bluesful]

That clip is a couple of years old, but from memory it would have been my typical settings, which are something like this:
Y cable into the high input of both channels.
Volume I - 10
Volume II - 8
Presence - 7 or 8
Treble - 10
Middle - 10
Bass - 2

[@TheReillyDiefenbach]

Pretty good, but it doesn't quite have that moaning overtone.

[@bluesful]

What's the moaning overtone?

[@larryreynolds631]

Don't talk listen

[@bluesful]

@@larryreynolds631 ok.

[@pmac2740]

nice tone, playing needs more work

[@bluesful]

No worries. I'll keep on working at it.