Metropoulos Forum

Posted: **Sat Jan 19, 2008 3:21 pm**

qouted from http://www.thegearpage.net/board/showth ... 010&page=2

here's a quote from Mr Zimmerman who if i remember right based alot of his amp design on neil young's sound.

"Actually, Lord Valve, himself, told me a while ago, the secret behind Neil Young's amp. Take a tweed deluxe, change the power tubes to 6L6s (apparently Chineses), change the cathode resistor 200 or 220 ohms. I would add that the rectifier should be changed to a 5U4. Top it off with a Jensen C12N speaker, and you will probably get about 20 watts.
Of course, neither Lord Valve nor I can tell you how he convey so much passion and emotion in a single note.
I've been using the new Jensen C12N reissue in the Zeeta 50, and I have to say I've been pretty damn happy with them"
David Zimmerman - Maven Peal Instruments, Inc

Posted: **Wed Jan 30, 2008 1:53 pm**

IMO- He plays lead guitar like he's got a pogo stick in one hand in a juice harp in the other..
What a burn out

Posted: **Wed Jan 30, 2008 3:37 pm**

dino rico wrote:IMO- He plays lead guitar like he's got a pogo stick in one hand in a juice harp in the other..
What a burn out

But, you know it's him the minute you hear him though, dontcha? (for netter or worse

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Posted: **Wed Jan 30, 2008 4:12 pm**

Because most guitarists egos would get in the way.

Posted: **Wed Jan 30, 2008 5:56 pm**

Besides his fingers and brain, you'd need to have his pedalboard. Have you ever had a look at that thing??

Posted: **Wed Jan 30, 2008 8:17 pm**

What about his famous motorized amp knob turner?
Come to think of it, wasn't that a '70's Canadian rock band, Amp Knob Turner Overdrive??

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