Billy Gibbons Talks Magnatone Amps

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  • Опубликовано: 3 дек 2018
  • Magnatone amplifiers can be purchased here: www.sweetwater.com/store/manu...
    Nick Bowcott is joined by Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top) to talk Magnatone amps and why he likes them. After the video, click the link above to check out Magnatone amps at Sweetwater.
    #Sweetwater #Magnatone #BillyGibbons
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  • @davidrpriest
    @davidrpriest 3 года назад +13

    If Billy says an amp has a good tone, it have a good tone!!!!

  • @Wardell43
    @Wardell43 5 лет назад +6

    I saw ZZ Top at the Wilson Center in Wilmington NC with the Magnatone Amps. They sounded excellent.

  • @damon2a102
    @damon2a102 5 лет назад +2

    Best way to demo an amp well done sounds great in the 2 second clip.

  • @JRP3music
    @JRP3music 5 лет назад +2

    I played the Magnatone Super Fifteen and Stereo Twighlighter yesterday at Gearfest 2019! I played Billy's super light Les Paul, I think it is prototype. I was blown away. Wish I could get both! A/B Y box and those two amps would be perfect for me! Man that Fifteen watt amp was loud!

  • @joeymusic
    @joeymusic 5 лет назад +31

    Billy is a legend! 🔥

  • @stevelabranche6119
    @stevelabranche6119 2 года назад +1

    1971, Albuquerque NM, BB King, Blackoak Arkasas, ZZ TOP. I was 13.

  • @jasometer1416
    @jasometer1416 5 лет назад +6

    320 shows? omg, ZZ is the alpha setting the pace...still! much respect & love

  • @mrsandman3954
    @mrsandman3954 3 года назад

    Had an Esty by Magnatone amp when I started playing in '62 at 8 y/o. Couldnt have been more then 7-10 watts but had tremolo!! Wish I still had it.

  • @dinomra7771
    @dinomra7771 5 лет назад +13

    Bill the man!

  • @caratcranker5874
    @caratcranker5874 5 лет назад +9

    I've owned a few vintage Mtones, a 260, a 280, the smaller Estey's, and more i cannot think of right now. True pitch bending vibrato, separates these amps from every other amp ever made. The 260 is similar to a Vox AC30, with big mids, but with other characteristics. The 280 is stereo pitch bending vibrato. GREAT for studio rather than live, it doesn't have much headroom. Fenders Vibrato is nothing compared to these, and it is actually on - off tremolo, not vibrato.

  • @KOLDBLU3ST33L
    @KOLDBLU3ST33L 4 года назад +1

    Just saw them last eve, 9-19-19, in NY. Those MAGNATONES captured ZZ TOPS sonic 👊 punch fantastically! What a band, what amps! 😎🤘

  • @robertisrael338
    @robertisrael338 5 лет назад

    I have the magnatone single v and its amazing

  • @mattrodela2030
    @mattrodela2030 5 лет назад +1

    Ted Kornblum is the man behind the excellence of Ampeg during the SLM years. He cares about his product line and customer satisfaction.

  • @lauracardoso8580
    @lauracardoso8580 Год назад

    I love BillyGibbons

  • @jasonkennedy1670
    @jasonkennedy1670 2 года назад

    thanks 👍

  • @markporter1901
    @markporter1901 3 года назад

    Probably the most naturally cool man I know of.

  • @guitarocd9984
    @guitarocd9984 5 лет назад

    Billy Gibbons the tone King.

  • @Pure_KodiakWILD_Power
    @Pure_KodiakWILD_Power 5 лет назад +4

    by far the best character on the show _bones_ 😅 and he wasn't even a regular.

  • @DavidDantePhoenix
    @DavidDantePhoenix 5 лет назад +2

    I've got that same Dime shirt.

  • @billkuhn615
    @billkuhn615 2 года назад

    How does this compete with a Carr slant 6 V 2x12?

  • @travisguide4516
    @travisguide4516 4 года назад +1

    Cool dude I remember seeing him at the shilo hotel in Pomona always has that hat

    • @angusseletto1511
      @angusseletto1511 4 года назад +1

      Travis Guide yeah I wonder if he has dozens of them as they must wear out.Theres a story behind where he got this hat,it's spiritual or cultural,meaning he found them in some far away place I'm pretty sure,love to know I've often wondered

  • @edwardbennett4161
    @edwardbennett4161 4 года назад

    Billy the main man 👍

  • @mabromusic3061
    @mabromusic3061 4 года назад

    So cool. Time for us to check out Magnatone🤔
    Yeah we should🔥🔥🔥

  • @johntoland3520
    @johntoland3520 5 лет назад +4

    Rock the house

  • @Ppuffdiddleydangdoof
    @Ppuffdiddleydangdoof 10 месяцев назад +2

    Nick Bowcott called Billy's tone "Girthy". While true, it's kinda like saying "Salma Hayek is good looking". It's true, but only tells part of the story. Live recordings of ZZ Top at Rockpalast are the heaviest, fattest, awesomest recorded tones I've ever heard. Git you some Billy F. Gibbons!

    • @DirtySouthConnection803
      @DirtySouthConnection803 25 дней назад

      That Rockpalast show is legendary stuff. Probably my favorite performance by one of my all time favorite bands. Billy's tone is top notch.👍

  • @hungryman1811
    @hungryman1811 4 года назад

    Billy is the Boogie Meister

  • @nickjimenez6138
    @nickjimenez6138 5 лет назад

    Played on one a friend and I found in his mom and dad's attic. That was over 40 years ago. Of course I had no idea what it was or how to set it. Hell, I had no idea how to tune the guitar. But the new Panoramic Stereo Amp by May is my new holy Grail. The price is the only thing keeping me from having one now. Someday,someday, someday...

  • @Blairntcentral
    @Blairntcentral 5 лет назад +1

    I saw magnatone amps on stage when I saw him but I also saw rackmount Marshall's as well so I wonder what is going on?

    • @damon2a102
      @damon2a102 5 лет назад

      It's a lie everything is to be questioned !

    • @pearlcityguitarlessons158
      @pearlcityguitarlessons158 4 года назад

      If you notice none of the magnatone have anything plugged into their inputs and none are micd

    • @noizewriter3324
      @noizewriter3324 4 года назад

      I'm pretty sure he blends the magnatone with the marshall pre's

  • @stringlocker
    @stringlocker Год назад

    If you happen to see or talk to mr. Magnatone please ask him to make a super 5 amplifier.

  • @JackOperaMan
    @JackOperaMan 3 года назад +1

    I want a Magnatone amp. I just can’t decide which one.

  • @concert2review
    @concert2review 5 лет назад

    Does Magnatone amps = Bigtone amps?

  • @floobuscanoobus
    @floobuscanoobus 5 лет назад +3

    He doesn't use them live...he uses a rackmount Marshall and one Magnatone cab on stage for a monitor....

  • @shawnglass108
    @shawnglass108 5 лет назад +2

    It’s always cracked me up seeing the Reverend endorse guitars and amps. Sure he sounds great through everything but live he has been using a rack mounted Marshall JMP Power amp and has an equalizer that’s used to sample Pearly Gates and make every guitar he plays EQ to match Pearly. He’s used that setup for like 25 years.

  • @sammytheman8994
    @sammytheman8994 4 года назад

    I want to try one of these amps so bad!! Billy guitar tech was saying they’re like a really suped up Marshall? Can anyone capitalize on this?

  • @abelincoln5698
    @abelincoln5698 4 года назад +2

    I've got a Magnatone that once belonged to Lonnie Mack , it's older than I am

    • @songwriterscove4515
      @songwriterscove4515 4 года назад

      What good is an amp review without hearing it played thru?

    • @abelincoln5698
      @abelincoln5698 4 года назад

      @@songwriterscove4515 To hear my Magnatone listen to Lonnie Mack live at CoCos , if it's not the same one I have its at least the same exact model. No way to know if it's the same amp though. I got the amp from Lonnie's brother in law in 2009 but never got a chance to ask Lonnie about it. But I'm sure it was one he played live with

    • @songwriterscove4515
      @songwriterscove4515 4 года назад

      @@abelincoln5698 Thank you my friend.

  • @TheDogPa
    @TheDogPa 5 лет назад

    Wow, if someone had just made one in the 50's...DOH! I traded my original magnatone twin for a bassman...no comparison.
    "Picked it up"? This is 'Generation Nothing Original'. Jefferson Airplane quote time: "This generation got no destination to hold..." We need a few more Jaws, Rocky and Star Trek movies too...

    • @ronj9448
      @ronj9448 5 лет назад

      Perfect posting and spot on. (And saw Hot Tuna yesterday!)

    • @TheDogPa
      @TheDogPa 5 лет назад

      I would love to see Jorma again some day...if we both live long enough, maybe! Otherwise, I can always flashback...and hear it as if it was yesterday...LOL!

  • @pierre-andremermod8332
    @pierre-andremermod8332 3 года назад +1

    earl hooker a utiliser se super amplis un super amplis la classe

  • @cardbored_
    @cardbored_ 3 года назад

    Those cabs do look kinda sexy

  • @canadablake
    @canadablake Год назад

    If they’re good enough for The Reverend Willy G… they’re good enough!

  • @hiimawasteoftime8678
    @hiimawasteoftime8678 2 года назад

    Frank Beard the man in the band with no beard.
    I miss Dusty

  • @ganderstein3426
    @ganderstein3426 3 года назад +1

    Stud.

  • @jensk4140
    @jensk4140 3 года назад

    Expensive amps but worth it i guess :)

  • @kaiscorp83
    @kaiscorp83 4 года назад

    le bonnet et superbe lol

  • @jamessankey01
    @jamessankey01 5 лет назад +7

    Let's find the one down thumb and have a discussion with said weiner .

  • @rcknicholson
    @rcknicholson 5 лет назад

    look at those fingers

  • @bernynhel
    @bernynhel 5 лет назад

    "Withstands the rigors of the road" BIG DEAL - probably tours with like 50 spares!

    • @clarkmcqueen1019
      @clarkmcqueen1019 5 месяцев назад

      You're always welcome to buy junk that breaks down. All good with the rest of us.

  • @feloniousmonk321
    @feloniousmonk321 7 месяцев назад

    Welcome to an amp company that you can't afford.

  • @bishlap
    @bishlap 5 лет назад

    ZZ TOP felt forum, NYC 1975, played 45 minutes, thankfully. Their show sucked - no energy, no emotion. I loved Tres Hombres, told all my pals, u gotta see this 3 man set up, boy was I embarrassed, what a letdown. 15 minutes of "blow your top" UGH. A week later, I believe, we saw Humble Pie at the Academy of Music and it felt like Rock music had been saved after that horrendous ZZ TOP show.

    • @MusicHeartofMine2012
      @MusicHeartofMine2012 5 лет назад +2

      Everyone has an off day.

    • @clarkmcqueen1019
      @clarkmcqueen1019 5 месяцев назад

      Virtually nobody cares what your experience was because they've had their own and it was great. ZZ and Billy rule.