jharasym wrote:
Love to hear more of a Pete Townsend type sound.
Sure, we can try, but the problem with doing the "copycat" thing is that one person's "townshend" will be very different from another person's. One person may listen to a clip and think "dead on, perfect!" The same clip to another person might be "sounds nothing like the original", this amp sucks!
Case in point, when we dialed up the tone you hear in clip 11, it sounded AC/DC-ish in the room... so Rob played AC/DC... upon reflection, frankly the tone sounds nothing like the tone on that record, it's not even really that AC/DC-ish!! Of course this opens us up to criticism, and could lead someone to mistakenly think the Triwatt won't do "marshell-esque" (it does) and isn't capable of an AC/DC-type tone (it is). Rather unfortunate given we didn't even set out to cop that particular tone in the first place... if we had recorded something else with that tone, then it would have just been a cool tone...
FWIW, clip 15 was supposed to be reminiscent of "My Generation", or at the very least Townshend-ish! But the fact is we didn't reference the tune, or any Townshend disc, it just vaguely reminded us of the "spirit" of the song...
Anyway, I'm admittedly not a Who/Townshend aficionado, and frankly not even much of a classic rock fan - I appreciate the value and context of that music, but don't love listening to it. I prefer to look forward, than back. I love new music made with vintage tones. I never played in a cover band, and have devoted 100% of my time in music working on new, original music... I understand that for a lot of people, recreating the classics is enjoyable, and that's what you use these tools for, so I'll dig up my "Who Greatest Hits" and do my best to show you that the Triwatt can do that... however as a disclaimer, copying classics is neither my forte nor my interest...
At the end of the day, if you really want to know if it does Townshend, Gilmour, or anything else, there's no substitute (for those close to Toronto) for packing up your favourite Townshend axe, brushing up on your Pete chops, and hauling it over to Stephen's to try it for yourself...
And the very bottom line here - yeah, the Triwatt does all the Hiwatt stuff, but it's SO much more than a Hiwatt-clone... there's worlds more tone in there to discover that you won't find on any classic rock record you have in your collection...
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