These sound clips were done by me (Glen) and/or my sons in my back workshop. I have never found that just sticking a Shure SM57 in front of a speaker ever really gave me a good representation of what the amp was like. What I wanted to capture was the 'sound' and character/feel that was heard by my ears and felt in the room while I was playing. These clips I believe are a very good representation of what was heard in the shop with me playing. Obviously everyone's speakers are different, but the comments I have had back tell me they work for most. I also wanted to show the 'versatility' of my amps and how much they let the guitar and the speaker show themselves off and your 'hands' of course. They were done on a Yamaha MD8 recorder with a bit of reverb added on some tracks only for a bit of ambience. More will be added as time permits. I have tried to cover a fair amount of styles on these - so please don't stop at one on a certain amplifier - the next one could be a totally different style. Enjoy.
Glen C. Morris
If the Play buttons aren't working for you or if the soundclips sound distorted, you may need to get the latest version of Flash.
ALMOST ALL CLIPS WERE DONE WITH THE MASTER VOLUME UNDER 1
Rockgrinder • XSII • XSIII
'55 Tweed • The Burner • Workhorse • Perplex'd
Mini Muscle 14 • Mini Muscle 20 • Morris Muscle 30
Master Volume demo • Morr-Tone Pedal
Rockgrinder
- "California"
Basswood strat , med. output humbucker, floyd rose, G12H30, hi-gain channel cranked up a bit, 57 mic.
- "Old Brits Never Die"
Change of pace - ash strat with maple fretboard, quarter lb neck pu, Fat Cat P90 bridge, and G12-65's, using guitar volume off of hi-gain channel.
- "California Volume Control"
Basswood body strat, floyd rose, med.output humbucker, G12H30, stage volume, '57 mic. hi-gain channel.
- "Familiar?"
Fender Strat, basswood body, stock humbucker, G12H30, amp hi-gain channel cranked a bit, Shure 57
- "Reason the amp got its name."
Ash Tele - JB Humbucker - G12H30 / Vintage 30 2X12 Cab #2
- "Grind/Crunch strut"
Basswood Strat - humbucker - Vintage 30
- "Clean to Mean"
Older Fender "the Strat" (floyd rose)(ash body) - stock bridge humbucker(right side) - Seymour Little '59 neck (left mix) G12H30 cab #2. Starts with guitar volume on 1 and progresses up to 10.
- "Modern / Heavy"
Tele (ash body) JB Humbucker in bridge. Weber Blue Bell ceramic (left-lead) Weber Silver Bell ceramic (right-rhythm) - cab #1 closed back. Joseph (my son - drums)
- "Les Paul and Tele"
Les Paul guitar first then same riff with a Tele without changing settings. G12H30.
- "Funky Rock Riffs"
Les Paul Jr. - Vintage 30.
- "Bright/Crisp Strat"
Strat (Alder body) single coils - G12H30 and Vintage 30 - Cab #1 - Drum machine - some compression on mixdown to keep the drummer under control.
- "Fusion-Rock"
Gibson SG - Fred Humbucker - G12H30/Vintage 30 2X12 Cab #2
(Nathanael - my son)
- "Crisp Neck Clips"
Fender Custom Shop Strat, Weber C12N clone, Dist. Channel. Thanks to Bryan in Texas for the clip!