Ibanez 2461 (Johnny Smith Lawsuit Guitar)

[gianluca]

Really nice playing, and especially beautiful tone! What’s your signal chain? Makes me wish I still had mine, but I don’t recall it ever sounding THAT nice!

thank you very much.
I was directly in a Fender Twin Tone Master attenuated at 12W, volume at 4, bright ON, eq almost flat and a touch of reverb.
Chromes .013, fender medium pick (round side), low action (1,5mm-2mm). volume all the way up, tone to 6;
zoom H2 recorder in front of the amp;
iReal backing track; iMovie merge.

the guitar is pretty bright in a pleaseant (to me) way. the brightness decreases when you reduce volume.
the twin is nicely bright as well.
I’ve been trying to emulate some Benson’s (the shadow of your smile) and Wes’s tone (Bags meets Wes) for decades with other (expensive) gear and now I’m so happy of this guitar/amp combination: my favorite tone is just there, no fight…

[yebdox]

I’ve been trying to emulate some Benson’s (the shadow of your smile) and Wes’s tone (Bags meets Wes) for decades with other (expensive) gear and now I’m so happy of this guitar/amp combination: my favorite tone is just there, no fight…

Reminds me very much of some of Wes' recorded tones...some of those are brighter than people generally believe!
Good work!