If I went back to 1979 what low cost gear could I buy to emulate a les Paul into a Marshall?

Philly_Q

I've still got the Hamer and the Sessionette, although neither is in working order! 

NelsonP

maltingsaudio said:

My recollections of buying gear in the 70’s was something like going into the music store and asking the bloke behind the counter how so and so got that sound. He would plug a guitar into a pedal then an amp, play it perfectly then sell me the pedal for all of my pocket money.

It's no different now. Except bloke behind the counter = YouTube and you have to wait for the DPD man to bring your pedal to you.

Wazmeister

Most copies were poor in 1979 imho...

The real issue would have been to vote Thatcher out, before she rent the whole country asunder with her ways.

Funkfingers

1979? Ibanez Artist into a Park 50w 2x12 MV. 

p90fool

Well at the end of 1981 I was gigging with a '63 Strat (£170), a Marshall 50w Superlead with matching 8x10 cabinet (£150) and an Ibanez TS-808 (£16.50). Into 1982 I added Marshall Superlead and Superbass 100w half stacks for around the same money again as people were ditching them in favour of Korg Poly 6s and floppy fringes. So I'm slightly between your dates and your budgets, but it gives you an idea.

Basically it was top class gear which sounded fantastic, while my contemporaries were playing brand new Westones or Hondos through Alligator tranny amps for about the same money. 

hollywoodrox

Philly_Q said:

I've still got the Hamer and the Sessionette, although neither is in working order! 

That’s a shame  

hollywoodrox

Wazmeister said:

Most copies were poor in 1979 imho...

The real issue would have been to vote Thatcher out, before she rent the whole country asunder with her ways.

For sure on that 

prowla

A Les Paul and a Marshall. 

prowla

Wazmeister said:

Most copies were poor in 1979 imho...

The real issue would have been to vote Thatcher out, before she rent the whole country asunder with her ways.

Ah, the rose-tinted glasses. 

Never mind the Winter of Discontent, the 3-day week, the miners bringing down the democratically elected government, the pound in your pocket, the expectation of leaving school to go on the Dole. 

hollywoodrox

prowla said:

A Les Paul and a Marshall. 

In 85 that could be feasible  but I was only 12 in 79  even odd jobs I did ,like shifting a few hundred  pan tiles only payed £1 each to me and my pal , 

ICBM

prowla said:

Ah, the rose-tinted glasses. 

Never mind the Winter of Discontent, the 3-day week, the miners bringing down the democratically elected government, the pound in your pocket, the expectation of leaving school to go on the Dole. 

Who introduced the three-day week and allowed the miners to bring the government down? Heath, not Callaghan.

Sorry if this belongs in the politics section, but historical untruths like this need to be called out or they tend to stick by repetition. The Winter of Discontent I'll give you as Callaghan's fault - he should have called the election for the autumn of '78, with hindsight - and the other two can be blamed on both.

Cirrus

prowla said:

Wazmeister said:

Most copies were poor in 1979 imho...

The real issue would have been to vote Thatcher out, before she rent the whole country asunder with her ways.

Ah, the rose-tinted glasses. 

Never mind the Winter of Discontent, the 3-day week, the miners bringing down the democratically elected government, the pound in your pocket, the expectation of leaving school to go on the Dole. 

Can't have roses without a load of shit I suppose? 

Philly_Q

Oooh, Mrs Thatch, little bit of politics....

Don't derail the thread too much please guys, it was interesting!

Stratavarious

Hondo 2 Les Paul shaped thing and a sessionette.

hollywoodrox

Stratavarious said:

Hondo 2 Les Paul shaped thing and a sessionette.

Sounds like a great pairing 

boogieman

79 you say. I had a Columbus LP copy and I think I had an HH solid state combo around then. The HH was dead reliable but it never sounded like I wanted it to... it just never got dirty enough and sounded really fizzy with a drive pedal in front. The Columbus looked the part but was crap: weedy sounding pickups, really soft fret wire, cheap mazak tuners. 

prowla

hollywoodrox said:

prowla said:

A Les Paul and a Marshall. 

In 85 that could be feasible  but I was only 12 in 79  even odd jobs I did ,like shifting a few hundred  pan tiles only payed £1 each to me and my pal , 

I had a Ric bass, a pair of Marshall 4x12 cabs and a Burman amp in the 70s. 

prowla

ICBM said:

prowla said:

Ah, the rose-tinted glasses. 

Never mind the Winter of Discontent, the 3-day week, the miners bringing down the democratically elected government, the pound in your pocket, the expectation of leaving school to go on the Dole. 

Who introduced the three-day week and allowed the miners to bring the government down? Heath, not Callaghan.

Sorry if this belongs in the politics section, but historical untruths like this need to be called out or they tend to stick by repetition. The Winter of Discontent I'll give you as Callaghan's fault - he should have called the election for the autumn of '78, with hindsight - and the other two can be blamed on both.

Ah, the sick man of Europe. 

One persons “untruth” is another’s “opinion” ...

ICBM

prowla said:

Ah, the sick man of Europe. 

One persons “untruth” is another’s “opinion” ...

No, the three-day week and the miners effectively bringing down the government are historical facts - both Heath's doing.

There seems to be a popular belief that everything that was wrong with Britain in the 1970s was the fault of the "Labour governments" - in fact there was only one, from 1974 to 1979. Much of the damage was done by Heath before leaving `Labour to try to fix the mess.

You may think what you like about Thatcher and whether what she did was necessary - personally I think she did some good and a larger amount of harm, which could have been avoided - but don't base it on falsehoods about what came before.

prowla

You are welcome to your opinions and interpretation of the history. 

Not my problem.