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Originally Posted by Wally
I would kindly dispute that all of the so nics that are available with a Tweed Deluxe are distorted past any certain point on that 'dial'...no matter how it is numbered. A hard hitting picker will find it a challenge to get a clean sound at any appreciable volume no matter where the volume is set....I can get that amp distorted at 3 with vintage output pickups if I want. Conversely, I can get cleans that are just as loud as the distorted sonics at any other piont of the volume setting. It is all in the pick attack and/or guitar volume control. The amp's compression keeps a 'lid' on the max volume. You can play clean rhythm and go to a distorted lead with just a change of pick attack or volume control at the instrument.
IF that '12' really bothers someone, take a clue form Rickenbacker. I have a Ric champ-like amp that only goes to '7'. Nigel Tufnel would never deign to play on such a thing, now would he? LOL
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Wally, I didn't really take into account the point about a players touch. And while it is a valid one, I not sold on it. Up til this point the guitar in a band setting was an acoustic, and mainly rhythm instrument. Through my listening experience, I am inclined to think that guitar players played hard so that they could be heard, otherwise a horn section, which is already overpowering it, would completely make the instrument non existent. Maybe some of this has to do with the archaic recording practices and this is just what I am hearing, but I am inclined to think otherwise--I would think that the folks in the back of the room would be hearing something similar to the live recordings that I am listening to.
Also, Leo did heed the opinions and thoughts of players, since he himself wasn't one. So again, insert question.
Maybe it is as simple as this: it's a primitive circuit, although pot's were manufactured with predetermined ranges and this was outside of Leo's control. And maybe he just like the number 12, better than ten. And the amp was never meant to be turned past 3--especially if your comping.
However, I'd like to think there is something else out there than that.