TO:VDICSON,rohythe,kit,Very Vince,TRUMAN COYOTE,Bob Young,Darklander,Whitesides,Mike Choder,Bluzilla,PULLTHE PLUG,Matt,and all:WARNING:Never go into a DI,a direct box.You are finished.I use a wide varity of amps that give me versatility.As a session guitarist,producer,arranger,I can never anticipate what I am going to record for X Artist,unless I am their producer/arranger.If you play in one genre all is cool,but if you play or record in multiple genres,you won't know what amp to bring,or have your cartage service deliver it for you unless the arranger/producer tells you the night before.Bob the twin reverbs were the amps that Randall Smith of mesaboogie started altering way back in 1976 in his garage in 'LA QUENITAS,CA?(Not sure of the spelling) I got my first endorsement from Randall,and recieved the Mark 11,and wow it sounded great on sessions for everything.But it outweighed the twin reverb.I still have it,and a mesaboogie heartbreaker in red leather.It is a great amp,both musically,but it has weight,and spectacular sound.You need a cartage service,roadies,or friends to help,but the amp kills'for solos,backup,and is sweet enough for acoustic,or jazz guitar.It has 6 El34's,6GL6's ,and 12 ax7's.It's in mint condition with two 12 inch celestian greenbacks.If anyone would like to buy it from me ,email me.Rocktron makes great amps as well.They are a part of GHS Strings,and I am an endorsee.No tubes ,for the Repliatone amp,but it sounds like my mark11,and has 24 bit digital effects,that sound real,not like other amps,and work via a midi pedal.The Repliatone has built in hush tone.The Hush tone works like a volume pedal.PLay,and you have sound.Stop playing,the amp is silent.No 60 cycle hum,nothing.It sounds as if the amp is turned off.I have other amps from Roctron,and I will save that for another time.They have tubes.I am also an endorsee for all KORG products.Korg manufactures Quality merchandise,as well as Marshall amps.All studios in NYC,have a Marshall amp waiting there for you.KORG/MARSHALL are great people.Tech21nyc is a great amp.The standard 60 is wonderful,and xlr's,(The whole amp) into the board,as well as gets miked.It is light as a feather.The first time I used the amp,the recording engineer ran out of the control room just to see what he was hearing.He was blown away by this amp.Tech21 makes the Bronzwood just for acoustic guitars,mandolins,violins etc.Again xlr's into the mixing board-the whole amp.Light again.The tech ten,has replaced my pod,and other devices for sitting in the control room,and recording solos.It's ultra light.Look, my melody,and solo on "ANGEL","TWILIGHT""DOES IT EVER RAIN IN "HEAVEN"were recorded with my mesaboogie heartbreaker,delivered to the studio by my cartage service in an anvil case,with digital modules from Roctron.Nothing beats tubes.The rest of my cd used the Repliatone,Tech Standard 60,and Bronzwood for smooth jazz,but the funky sections were mesaboogie heartbreaker.I was lucky to get them because of my Grammy's.Mesaboogie now is very corporate,and makes amps that look like refrigerators.My son Joe D'Amico,part of "40 below summer",signed to Warner, uses an endorsed Paul Rivera head,and Marshall stacks with hush,and my son LOVES Marshall Amps,as well as I do.(Marshall amps,by their very nature were meant for the British sound with overdrive or distortion,not clean sound)But he has roadies,and is ultra loud for Alternative Rock,and studies(while on the road) with me "on line".Again,if you are looking to be a sucess in the music world,and looking for great sound,you need a tube amp,otherwise you get mush.Please post back your feelings.I am open to all syles,not just one,and I hope this helped. ,Sincerly,Carmine D'Amico http://www.carminedamico.com choose Gallery,Music,and billboard.



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