Jazz Guitar Amps - compilation

**Greentone** · 09-11-2017, 11:39 AM

You should note that for most of his career Bucky Pizzarelli used a tweed Fender Vibrolux amp before he switched. His son John used the same amp for most recording and some gigging, too, for many years. They both finally retired the amp to the house and play out with other amps now--but for 50 years or so it was a Vibrolux.

**Greentone** · 09-11-2017, 11:43 AM

It is also worth mentioning that Larry Carlton, Mr. "335," has recorded since the 60s with three tweed Fender Deluxe amps--a 5C3 (chiefly with Steely Dan) and two 5E3 amps. He tours with other amps because he is under contract, but his recording amps are tweed Deluxe amps.

**jzucker** · 09-11-2017, 11:46 AM

boss katana and mustang III

**mr. beaumont** · 09-11-2017, 11:59 AM

At one point in his career, Bobby Broom also used a (gasp!) Crate Power Block, not sure of the speaker cabinet.

**mad dog** · 09-11-2017, 12:29 PM

Two from the tweed side. Saw Oz Noy recently, playing a Fender tweed bassman. And years ago, say John Scofield at a jazz festival in CT. He brought his own amp - a Victoria tweed twin - and sounded great.
MD

**John A.** · 09-11-2017, 04:33 PM

Originally Posted by Greentone

It is also worth mentioning that Larry Carlton, Mr. "335," has recorded since the 60s with three tweed Fender Deluxe amps--a 5C3 (chiefly with Steely Dan) and two 5E3 amps. He tours with other amps because he is under contract, but his recording amps are tweed Deluxe amps.

He has recorded with a broader array of amps than that -- e.g., here (Larry Carlton explains how he sets up his amp - Page 2) he says he has two tweed Deluxes and two Princeton Reverbs. He has also recorded through Mesa-Boogies (by most accounts, the Crusaders records were a Mark 1) and Dumbles at various points (most of his 90s records, and I'd bet dollars to donuts "Third World Man"). In the 90s I saw him a whole bunch of times, through different Dumbles and larger tweed Fenders; I very much doubt he was under contract to play those. But, yes, he has used tweed Deluxes a lot.

John