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Post by pack2113 on Dec 26, 2008 23:39:57 GMT -5
Hello! Been looking at the Splawn Competition and was wondering if it would nail Lincoln Brewster's tone from his newest "Today Is The Day" album? For reference he is playing a POD X3 Live using the Plexi Variac model which is a '68 Super Lead 100 variaced UP to 140v.
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Post by jesusdriven on Dec 27, 2008 2:30:34 GMT -5
Hello! Been looking at the Splawn Competition and was wondering if it would nail Lincoln Brewster's tone from his newest "Today Is The Day" album? For reference he is playing a POD X3 Live using the Plexi Variac model which is a '68 Super Lead 100 variaced UP to 140v. I think it will nail his tone. We play a lot of Lincoln Brewster at church. We actually played "Today is the Day" the last time I played with the Worship Team. That song has a great solo, as do most of Lincoln's songs. I am a huge Lincoln Brewster fan and so is our Worship Leader. I spoke with Scott Splawn on the phone and he told me that he is a big Lincoln Brewster fan also. |
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Post by pack2113 on Dec 27, 2008 11:06:11 GMT -5
Hello! Been looking at the Splawn Competition and was wondering if it would nail Lincoln Brewster's tone from his newest "Today Is The Day" album? For reference he is playing a POD X3 Live using the Plexi Variac model which is a '68 Super Lead 100 variaced UP to 140v. I think it will nail his tone. We play a lot of Lincoln Brewster at church. We actually played "Today is the Day" the last time I played with the Worship Team. That song has a great solo, as do most of Lincoln's songs. I am a huge Lincoln Brewster fan and so is our Worship Leader. I spoke with Scott Splawn on the phone and he told me that he is a big Lincoln Brewster fan also. Thanks for the reply! Right now I'm using his exact POD patches from his web site which to me is the "holy grail" of tone. But, after playing a friends handwired AC30 I have to say there is still nothing like the feel and sound of a good tube amp. Linc's tone is what I want from an amp so if anybody else may have some words of wisdom on my tone journey you are more than welcome to chime in. |
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Post by Jammermatt on Dec 27, 2008 11:43:10 GMT -5
Welcome Pack.
I don't know who Lincoln Brewster so I can't comment on that. But, previous to the Splawn I played through a Line 6 Flextone (still have it), and I've played through the TonePort as well. I'm guessing that a POD X3 Live will have a similar feel, though. I will say though, that my experience is that the Competition has a much different "feel" than the Line 6 products. To sum it up best, you play a Splawn (and probably any tube amp), while you play "through" a Line 6. It took awhile for me to "get it". The Line 6 products don't pay any mind to dynamics or to accuracy necessarily. They are quite forgiving. It is true when people here say the Splawn forces you to play better. When I go back to the L6 it is very loose and easy to play like syrup. The TonePort very much so. The Comp is super tight, so I just wanted to get you used to that idea. The upside of course being that it is super dynamic, super punchy, with fantastic articulation, won't fart out a volume, and the "cool" factor just cannot be topped by any other amp. On the L6 you cannot roll the volume off to clean up, whereas the Compy you can. Also, the Splawn is built by a believer, which has to go a long way with the Lord I'm thinking.
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Post by jesusdriven on Dec 27, 2008 14:53:59 GMT -5
I think it will nail his tone. We play a lot of Lincoln Brewster at church. We actually played "Today is the Day" the last time I played with the Worship Team. That song has a great solo, as do most of Lincoln's songs. I am a huge Lincoln Brewster fan and so is our Worship Leader. I spoke with Scott Splawn on the phone and he told me that he is a big Lincoln Brewster fan also. Thanks for the reply! Right now I'm using his exact POD patches from his web site which to me is the "holy grail" of tone. But, after playing a friends handwired AC30 I have to say there is still nothing like the feel and sound of a good tube amp. Linc's tone is what I want from an amp so if anybody else may have some words of wisdom on my tone journey you are more than welcome to chime in. Lincoln is masterful at dialing in great tones with his Line 6. I met him about a month ago and he said that the hardest part about using his rig is getting his mind to come to grips with the fact that there is not really a Plexi on stage behind him. His ears can't tell the difference. Lincoln's playing has elements of Van Halen, Steve Vai, Stevie Ray, Jeff Beck and a bunch of blues and funk masters. His "Today is the Day" CD also has a lot of John Mayer type tones only better IMHO. The song "In the arms of my Savior" has about the best 6/8 slow blues tone that you will ever hear, and I am pretty sure he used his line 6. I have a Splawn Quick Rod that I run on the 50 Watt setting with a 2 x 12 cabinet. I play things like Lincoln's "Everlasting God" solo, and "Today is the Day" solo and they just scream through my rig. Most of his rock type patches are copying old Marshall's and my Splawn will out Marshall ANY Marshall that I have yet come across. My Quick Rod also has a clean channel which can come in handy for some songs at church. I have been playing for 30 years and I have not played any amp that can come close to a Splawn. There is certainly NOTHING in it's price range that can compete with it. If you are looking for a great tube amp Splawn is the ticket. Splawn's customer service also can not be beat. |
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Post by pack2113 on Dec 27, 2008 15:25:34 GMT -5
Thanks for the reply! Right now I'm using his exact POD patches from his web site which to me is the "holy grail" of tone. But, after playing a friends handwired AC30 I have to say there is still nothing like the feel and sound of a good tube amp. Linc's tone is what I want from an amp so if anybody else may have some words of wisdom on my tone journey you are more than welcome to chime in. Lincoln is masterful at dialing in great tones with his Line 6. I met him about a month ago and he said that the hardest part about using his rig is getting his mind to come to grips with the fact that there is not really a Plexi on stage behind him. His ears can't tell the difference. Lincoln's playing has elements of Van Halen, Steve Vai, Stevie Ray, Jeff Beck and a bunch of blues and funk masters. His "Today is the Day" CD also has a lot of John Mayer type tones only better IMHO. The song "In the arms of my Savior" has about the best 6/8 slow blues tone that you will ever hear, and I am pretty sure he used his line 6. I have a Splawn Quick Rod that I run on the 50 Watt setting with a 2 x 12 cabinet. I play things like Lincoln's "Everlasting God" solo, and "Today is the Day" solo and they just scream through my rig. Most of his rock type patches are copying old Marshall's and my Splawn will out Marshall ANY Marshall that I have yet come across. My Quick Rod also has a clean channel which can come in handy for some songs at church. I have been playing for 30 years and I have not played any amp that can come close to a Splawn. There is certainly NOTHING in it's price range that can compete with it. If you are looking for a great tube amp Splawn is the ticket. Splawn's customer service also can not be beat. It's good to hear from someone that is playing a "high wattage" amp in church. Especially somebody with 30 years experience playing. Kind of eases my mind a bit about going back to an amp. What do you do for stage noise? I have met Lincoln a couple of times and he is a really genuine guy. Loves music and is on a tone quest like everybody else. I like his Mayer like tones as well from his latest album which was all recorded on a POD. After listening a bit more to his stuff I find his best tone IMO is from the "All To You" Live cd. That tone inspires me for some reason. Keep the info coming guys. It's helping me out a lot! Thanks. |
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Post by jesusdriven on Dec 27, 2008 17:43:34 GMT -5
Lincoln is masterful at dialing in great tones with his Line 6. I met him about a month ago and he said that the hardest part about using his rig is getting his mind to come to grips with the fact that there is not really a Plexi on stage behind him. His ears can't tell the difference. Lincoln's playing has elements of Van Halen, Steve Vai, Stevie Ray, Jeff Beck and a bunch of blues and funk masters. His "Today is the Day" CD also has a lot of John Mayer type tones only better IMHO. The song "In the arms of my Savior" has about the best 6/8 slow blues tone that you will ever hear, and I am pretty sure he used his line 6. I have a Splawn Quick Rod that I run on the 50 Watt setting with a 2 x 12 cabinet. I play things like Lincoln's "Everlasting God" solo, and "Today is the Day" solo and they just scream through my rig. Most of his rock type patches are copying old Marshall's and my Splawn will out Marshall ANY Marshall that I have yet come across. My Quick Rod also has a clean channel which can come in handy for some songs at church. I have been playing for 30 years and I have not played any amp that can come close to a Splawn. There is certainly NOTHING in it's price range that can compete with it. If you are looking for a great tube amp Splawn is the ticket. Splawn's customer service also can not be beat. It's good to hear from someone that is playing a "high wattage" amp in church. Especially somebody with 30 years experience playing. Kind of eases my mind a bit about going back to an amp. What do you do for stage noise? I have met Lincoln a couple of times and he is a really genuine guy. Loves music and is on a tone quest like everybody else. I like his Mayer like tones as well from his latest album which was all recorded on a POD. After listening a bit more to his stuff I find his best tone IMO is from the "All To You" Live cd. That tone inspires me for some reason. Keep the info coming guys. It's helping me out a lot! Thanks. If by stage noise you are referring to high gain amp hiss then you will love a Splawn. The only time you get any hiss is in 3rd gear with the gain knob set pretty high. I was playing in 2nd gear OD 2, with the gain set at 3:00 if the knob were a clock face. The amp was dead silent when I stopped playing. This setting is a serious screaming lead tone. I have my cabinet miked and I am going through the PA also and the last thing I want is to have amp hiss going through the house when someone is talking or praying between songs. My old Marshall sounded like it was frying bacon. I always had to keep the gain lower than I wanted it because of that. Volume wise the Splawn is extremely loud so I run a volume pedal in the loop which acts as an overall master volume control. You will need to set the lead channels volume to at least the 9:00 position for the amp to really open up and sound the way it should, but 9:00 on a Splawn is very loud so some sort of volume attenuation will most likely be needed. Splawns are not designed to be practice amps. You can still use them to practice with at lower volumes with a volume pedal in the loop. |
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Post by jesusdriven on Jan 2, 2009 16:16:24 GMT -5
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