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“Man, I think that sounds better to me. So I used it on the gig, and it was punchier, clearer, tighter”

Joe Bonamassa, at 0:11 of “Joe Bonamassa Says the LAST THING Tube Amp Manufacturers Want to Hear” on John Nathan Cordy’s channel.

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  • “Man, I think that sounds better to me. So I used it on the gig, and it was punchier, clearer, tighter, and what I didn't realize until having something to compare it to was the fact that over the course of the evening, the amp doesn't get super hot and start sagging even more.” — Joe Bonamassa

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  1. 0:00 Mike, and I put the Tone Master, and we mic'd it up, and I can hear it through the wedge, I can hear it through the PA, and my production manager, guitar tech, and this front house guys all said, and
  2. 0:11 myself, all said, "Man, I think that sounds better to me." So I used it on the gig, and it was punchier, clearer, tighter, and what I didn't realize until having something to compare it to was the
  3. 0:22 fact that over the course of the evening, the amp doesn't get super hot and start sagging even more.
  4. 0:28 So it stays pretty stout all the way through. We're in anti-Joe B land, all the way, digital, solid-state, and it's got the Neo speakers, the Selection Neos, all of which I never used before, but

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