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I have had my Polytone since 1997. I had just started studying jazz and it seemed all the guys were playing their ES 175 guitars through Polytone amps. What did I know. Besides, at the time there were no other jazz amps ... So I traded in my Fender Twin that I had had since 1979.
I haven't played it for a long time though. I have been playing my Mambo 10 for years instead. So high time I removed the dust from it and plug in my 175 and see what happens. My Polytone is a Mini Brute IV, so the one with a 15" speaker.
Should be a classic combination, a 175 through a Polytone. Hope you dig.
I probably took a chorus too many, but the tune was over before I knew it ...
DB
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07-17-2020 02:35 PM
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That's really nice playing and my kind of sound. I don't have a high quality archtop. I have two laminates, one rather like a Regent with an Ibanez mini floater, the other, an es125 look a like with a P90 type. I have a Polytone MBIII which I mainly use for Double Bass but I'm trying to get a nice guitar tone.
Please could you let me know what speaker you have in your Polytone and is it original? Is it the series with just vol, treble, and bass?
TIA
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That's it. The perfect sound. Nice playing.
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Very nice DB! Like you I had a minibute IV with a 15 inch speaker. It was great and could do what it I needed it to do. I had to get the reverb spring fixed once and I eventually sold the amp.............stupid! It was a one trick pony for sound in most instances but wow it did the trick that I wanted.
That said today I would probably stay away from them just due to repair issues and if they go bad. If you have one and it works then remember......if it it is not broke don't fix it. However if looking for a new amp I there are many better choices today that are much more reliable.
BTW..........sounds great as always........I hope somewhere in the mess you can earn a few bucks on your playing it deserves it.
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you must love that shirt
sounds great!
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Tone does not get better than that. I have always loved the lows thru a Polytone.
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Great playing and tone. This combination is amazing: the flatwounds also helps.
To me nothing gets a better tone than good polytone. Why nobody did a good clone or emulation is such a mistery.
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So here we see WHY the Polytone and ES175 are one of the quintessential jazz guitar combinations. Wow. I felt I was hearing the history of the instrument in jazz there. Wonderful.
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DB, you nailed it. Tone and playing are great. You have inspired me. Thanks!
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Wonderful playing, D.B. And absolutely classic "jazz tone." Thank you!
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I'd rather play a 175 into a Twin anyday, but I'd much rather have a polytone to schlep to gigs
that was my combo for many years, and i don't have either anymore, sadly
sounds good, as expected
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Damn, that Mambo MUST sound like a dream if you stopped using the Polytone for it!
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Originally Posted by garybaldy
DB
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Originally Posted by deacon Mark
My Polytone once fell a a yard or more down a stage when the drummer fell over it. It was during a concert and there was this HUGE crash on the PA system (the reverb). However I picked it up and everything still worked and no cracks in the wood even. Sturdy amp!
At the time this was the only jazz amp available.
No gigs here. I had one just before Corona hit. But I never get to gig much anyway. There is no market for jazz here. Money wise jazz is a disaster and I never felt the urge to make it a job, also because I'm not a bar and restaurant kind of person. And I always liked my job at the university.
DB
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DB,
I could listen to you play all day long. The sound of a 175 and a Polytone really is the protypical sound of Jazz Guitar. We are very lucky to have you here. You are a great player and a good guy. I’m glad I’ve gotten to know you a little.
I like my Polytone when it’s far away from me when I am playing, in a big room. I think maybe because it is so quick, tight and responsive. All the sound comes at you in immediate bursts. I am going to pull mine out today because of you. I will probably put it away soon thereafter because I won’t be able to make it sound like you do!
Thanks for sharing your talent with us.
Joe D.
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Originally Posted by Max405
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Originally Posted by Max405
DB
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Originally Posted by lawson-stone
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Originally Posted by DB's Jazz Guitar BlogOriginally Posted by Stringswinger
SS, You, and DB and Doug have the style and talent that makes the Polytone shine exactly the way it was intended.
Still my favorite amp I ever had was the Princeton. But then again I never played out with it. I did play out with the Polytone. And it’s like a Laser on the bandstand.
Joe D
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Originally Posted by Max405
Thanks for putting me in the company of Doug and DB. I don't belong there, but I will keep working at it. I have a Princeton among my 6 amps. For jazz guitar, it is hard to beat a Princeton or Polytone or Henriksen. And my Mesa, AER and Acoustic Image Clarus do a hell of a job too. Truth be told, between the Princeton, Polytone, one of my L-5's and one of my 175's, I could be set for life. OK let's add one of my vintage DA's for that "acoustic archtop sound" and I am really set. All the rest is just part of my "art collection".
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Yes you absolutely do belong SS.
As I was reading your post, I got scared thinking you weren’t going to mention the D’Angelicos.
I had to wipe the sweat from my brow.
And then everything in the world became good again.
JD
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Originally Posted by Stringswinger
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Very nice playing. Just curious, if this thread is still alive, what are your settings on the polytone?
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