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marine1896
27 posts
Mar 28, 2015
10:59 AM
What is the amp you see in a lot of Gary Smiths Youtube vids? its sort of brown and cream tolex and the same shape as a Watkins Dominator (I'm sure it ain't one of those)or is a custom made body with with a sort Bassman guts stuck in it? It's just very,very cool looking but not looking for tons of amp advice I've had the chance since the 80's to play through a lot of amps and apart from the Harpking the only harp amps anyone would need are 59 Bassman or Fender Pro Junior (tweaked/modded) but that's just me!

Last Edited by marine1896 on Mar 28, 2015 11:38 AM
Harpaholic
673 posts
Mar 28, 2015
11:21 AM
Hey Marine, can give us a link?
marine1896
29 posts
Mar 28, 2015
11:31 AM
You can see it here pretty clear beside Aki

Last Edited by marine1896 on Mar 28, 2015 11:32 AM
Bass410man
36 posts
Mar 28, 2015
11:44 AM
It's a 90's (a 1990 I believe), Bassman RI in a custom cab. If you go on David Barrett's website. He talks about it in detail on the Bassman Chronicle's, under equipment.
marine1896
30 posts
Mar 28, 2015
11:49 AM
I'm not a member at Davids site but thanks for the info.
Harpaholic
674 posts
Mar 28, 2015
12:55 PM
Just talked to Mark O. It is one of Mark's modded RI Baseman's in a Weber cab.
Gary has another that's similar that they call a ProLux which is basically a 5F4 Pro/Deluxe Reverb circuit with
a Vintage Concert Output Transformer with 2-10's, 2-8's.
Its a custom for sure!
marine1896
31 posts
Mar 28, 2015
1:03 PM
@Harpaholic; That's interesting and the way the grill is angled out is that for projection I take it or just asthetics?

Thank you bro very cool indeed.

Last Edited by marine1896 on Mar 28, 2015 1:03 PM
Harpaholic
675 posts
Mar 28, 2015
1:21 PM
There based on the old V front Fender's from the 50's.
Gibson did something similar on their bigger amps.
Not sure what Fender had in mind, even though it does change the angle of projection and looks cool.

Last Edited by Harpaholic on Mar 28, 2015 1:25 PM
marine1896
33 posts
Mar 28, 2015
2:04 PM
@Harpaholic; well that's that cleared up for me. Thanks again bro.
Joe_L
2590 posts
Mar 30, 2015
2:26 PM
Don't place too much stock in Gary's choice of equipment. That his equipment on that day. The guys uses different gear all the time. There was a period of time when he had a different amp every time that I saw him. He always sounds similar.


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marine1896
39 posts
Mar 31, 2015
3:52 AM
@Joe L; yeah I know the old 'he got his own tone through anything he plugs into'(although I have heard some top notch players play through different set up's and there was a bit of a difference) I was just curious about the amp and had always thought that the amp grill V shape would be different and cool I like the aesthetics of some amplifiers not a quest for amp tone/tone.
Lonesome Harpman
182 posts
Apr 01, 2015
10:03 AM
@Joe L

You got that right, Gary is a gear fanatic, he always has something new. He has beautiful tone on anything he's playing.


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