particular part needs headroom. You
might say, “I want it to sound small” so
maybe you reroute the amp to go into
a smaller cabinet. Who knows, it might
be the opposite? You kind of never know
until the track is built. But let’s say you’re
not even making a record, let’s just
talk about inspiration. I think very often
switching into an entirely different amp
that you don’t use, is like taking your
buddies car for a spin. It’s gonna give
you a different experience and change
your attitude a little bit, or improve your
vision about the world of amplification
rather than just sticking with what you
know. That’s really important.
Most of the time my vintage stuff stands
were used. In my case, Mike Manning (Joe’s
pedals in front of it, or what mics were used.
idle with the covers on. I try every six months to
tech) and I write everything down that we use
It’s kind of mind blowing when you think about
turn them all on and play them a little bit. It’s an
in the studio, so I’ve got these books that go
what we achieved with such a huge variety
important thing to stay in touch with them so
back to the first record, even before Mike was
of amps. You’d think sometimes that it was
you don’t forget why you fell in love with them in
working for me. I’ve got notes about what amp
just small handful, but in fact it’s quite a large
the first place and you remind yourself how they
I used for what part, how it was used, if we put
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