Vox vs Fender Blackface - helpful ways to describe the sounds

[INRI]

Hi guys. Would it be helpful to describe the sounds the following way: Fender Blackface is like a blank sheet/canvas upon which you can build your sound using pedals - in that the sound is very refined and tidy. Whereas Vox is like a crude piece of precius mineral that already has a sound of its own, but that you can further shape your own sound out of using pedals?

What do you think? Too intuitive? Its hardly an accurate description I know

 

[Cerb]

 

[JB74]

 

[Stevem]

Don't take this the wrong way as it's just my observation, but maybe you have missed your calling and you should be a writer in the advertising dept of a wine company and not a guitar player .
Your wasting potential practice time conjuring up stuff like this !

 

[AxemanVR]

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Life is like a Photograph... although a Photograph can be photoshopped to make it far more realistic than Life.

BUT!

While Life can't be photoshopped, it can be served with a fine bottle of Chardonnay.

Too vague?

Life = Blackface Fender
Photograph = Vox

Now THAT'S intuitive!!!




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[Mike Manhost67]

Hi guys. Would it be helpful to describe the sounds the following way: Fender Blackface is like a blank sheet/canvas upon which you can build your sound using pedals - in that the sound is very refined and tidy. Whereas Vox is like a crude piece of precius mineral that already has a sound of its own, but that you can further shape your own sound out of using pedals?

What do you think? Too intuitive? Its hardly an accurate description I know

Now do Fender Vs. Gibson

 

[Hanaywhat]

Our Prime minister here in Canada prefers blackface.

 

[Intune]

Isn’t this the same guy that started the tone fingers thread? Like mentioned, not to be a ass but I’d definitely get out and play more to help you on the tone quest. Get that down first and the gear will fall into place. Also loose the pedals at first. Get a amp nice and clean, that will help your technique.

 

[Miotch]

Depends on which Fender blackface and which Vox.

But I don't need pedals to make a good Fender sing and I love adding a couple of pedals to an AC30, too.

 

[FrieAsABird]

A Fender Amp will amplify the signal from your guitar, while a Vox Amp will amplify the signal from your guitar. Hope this helps!

 

[Mike Manhost67]

A Fender Amp will amplify the signal from your guitar, while a Vox Amp will amplify the signal from your guitar. Hope this helps!

 

[StratUp]

A Fender Blackface amp will sound more like a Fender amp of the Blackface era whereas a VOX amp inevitably sound much more like a VOX amp.

 

[JB74]

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Life is like a Photograph... although a Photograph can be photoshopped to make it far more realistic than Life.

BUT!

While Life can't be photoshopped, it can be served with a fine bottle of Chardonnay.

Too vague?

Life = Blackface Fender
Photograph = Vox

Now THAT'S intuitive!!!




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[Ebidis]

Marshall.

 

[JB74]

...more specifically 1959SLP with 2 1960A cabs.

 

[mad axe man]

Our Prime minister here in Canada prefers blackface.

i think that was only news in canadu ...we need pics...lol...

 

[RL21980]

Isn’t this the same guy that started the tone fingers thread? Like mentioned, not to be a ass but I’d definitely get out and play more to help you on the tone quest. Get that down first and the gear will fall into place. Also loose the pedals at first. Get a amp nice and clean, that will help your technique.

This.

Get a Princeton Reverb and play it dry for awhile. Most unforgiving amp ever. It's a humbling experience. You'll definitely know what to work on.

 

[AxemanVR]

This.

Get a Princeton Reverb and play it dry for awhile. Most unforgiving amp ever. It's a humbling experience. You'll definitely know what to work on.

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I'd say all amps are unforgiving if a person sucks...


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[Intune]

This.

Get a Princeton Reverb and play it dry for awhile. Most unforgiving amp ever. It's a humbling experience. You'll definitely know what to work on.

My jam buddy is a awesome player. Not a heavy pedal guitar guy and mostly plays acoustic, 90’s cover tunes. Got into electric guitar. Picked up 59 bassman reissue. He had to learn to play all over again. He couldn’t believe how much he sucked, as he put it. He didn’t it’s just it is such a clean amp that you really gotta work that strumming hand.

 

[RL21980]

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I'd say all amps are unforgiving if a person sucks...


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Well sure. But all of us sucked when we started. Thats why you PRACTICE. However, it's easier to hide some sloppy passages through a distorted JMC 800 than a clean Fender blackface amp.