Good tone

[joe2758]

Nah that’s not our Reg

[matt.guitarteacher]

Nah that’s not our Reg

Yeah. "Ours" is a (San Francisco) bay area player.

[Greco]

I have come late to this thread, but I thought it might interest some to know that I produced an album a couple of years ago with Reg Schwager, Pete Magadini (drums) and Ken Lister (bass). Reg used my ZT Lunchbox for the entire recording, which he placed on top of a Fender Twin if I recall correctly!

Here is a track from the album which is called "Outside in the Present", the track is an interpretation of Mike Westbrook's "Waltz For Joanna" from his Marching Song album released in 1968.

Luis Porretta

Wonderful! This is the tone I'd like to be able to achieve.
Is there more than talent (i.e., fingers) and a ZT Lunchbox involved in getting this tone?
Any hints beyond "time on the instrument"?

Thanks

Dave

[JaxJaxon]

The tone was ok not great. Now in my opion if you have to conect pedals and effects to the amp to get a good tone then you need a better amp

[mr. beaumont]

Sounds pretty darn good to me. 371's are ice pick bright in the first place, so this seems to have tempered that a bit.

I know some folks don't like the lunchbox...I'm guessing they haven't had to play a gig crammed into a corner 6 inches away from a guy eating spaghetti.

With a decent preamp, maybe some reverb, I can get a good tone, good volume, anywhere, and carry it all in a shoulder bag. That's why I like it.

[Hep To The Jive]

ZT is the best solid state amp I've ever heard or play for electric guitar, hands down. But I wish they would offer the head separate too, as an option. That little speaker inside the lunchbox is not very long lasting. I mean after 6 years of gigging it's giving up on me, and I can't just buy a new one and replace it. That's the only thing I don't like about ZT- very hard for any repair.

I can easily have 12'' cab weighing 8lbs, and if I could have ZT head with it I'd be a happy man.

[Greco]

I'm guessing they haven't had to play a gig crammed into a corner 6 inches away from a guy eating spaghetti.

This paints such a vivid picture.

Thanks for my laugh for the day.

[rpjazzguitar]

Reg is a great player. That he would record with the LB says something very positive about it.

But, I have one (an early one) and I can't get a sound out of it that I like. To get any bass response, it has to be on the floor. And, even then, I don't care for the tone. Also, some of the sound is lost to the carpet and people's legs - reducing the effective volume. If I raise it off the floor, it sounds screechy. And, if I turn it up loud, the sound deteriorates further.

I can get more usable volume from my 12 watt Crate practice amp, if I raise it to head height. And, it sounds much better.

I bought the LB because of the weight and the hype (some good players were using it). I guess they figured out how to get a tone they liked. I could not.

If I had to do a quintet gig in a phone booth up a long flight of stairs, I'd still take the Crate, not the LB.

[D.G.]

I keep a Lunchbox in the back of my car as an emergency backup amp. It ain't the most tonefull of beasts, but it sure punches hard for it's size.

[ugarte]

Sounds pretty darn good to me. 371's are ice pick bright in the first place, so this seems to have tempered that a bit.

"ice pick bright"?

. . .maybe "toppy" but really, not even in the neighborhood of classic Telecasters (bridge pup of course).

sorry for the digression