That Pedal Show | 3 months ago
Celebrating the guitar amps that birthed rock’n’roll
Welcome to the show. This one has been a loooong time coming and so we are delighted to welcome to Schwangri-La, Mr Jesse Hof of Lazy J amps and Ed Oleszko, all-round guitar guy and old chum.
Between them (and Mike at ATB) we’ve brought together a bevvy of incredible vintage Fender Tweed models in order to loosely knit together the story of these fundamentally important guitar amplifiers. Their genesis and evolution goes hand-in-hand with the story of rock’n’roll music as we know it, first defining the sounds of electric guitar through the 1950s then falling from wider popularity in later decades as stages got louder and tastes moved on. As the 21st century approaches its quarter point however, you could argue that these timeless gems are as relevant in today’s recording and live music than at any point in their history.
Let’s get into in – enjoy the show!
Check out Jesse's amps: https://www.lazyjprojects.com/
Interesting bits and go to sections…
0:00 Intro playing
0:44 Welcome Jesse & Ed!
1:45 Today’s amps
2:40 Tweed & the birth of rock’n’roll
4:30 Naming conventions
6:20 What happened in 1951?
13:10 The birth of the teenager
16:00 PLAYING ’51 Fender Deluxe - OMG!
18:30 PLAYING ’61 5E3 Fender Deluxe
23:10 They weren’t made for just guitars
27:00 Why has the Deluxe endured?
32:25 PLAYING ’58 Tremolux
38:00 No reverb?
39:40 Tweed sizes
42:22 The Tweed Bandmaster & Pete Townshend
43:00 PLAYING ’54 Fender Super
45:45 PLAYING ’1955/56 Fender Super
50:38 What about the Fender Bassman?
55:30 Birth of Marshall
58:30 High Powered Tweed Twin
1:02:00 No Tweed EL84 amps
1:03:00 Birth of the 6L6 valve
1:08:35 PLAYING ’56 Fender Bassman
1:13:00 PLAYING ’58 High Powered Fended Tweed Twin
1:20:00 Jesse’s amp history- the start of Lazy J
1:34:15 Why Lazy J?
1:37:00 PLAYING Dan’s Lazy J 20
1:39:00 PLAYING Lazy J 40 - it’s a 40!
Pedals & Stuff used in this show
TheGigRig Three2One
https://www.thegigrig.com/three2one
Sonic Research Turbo Tuner 200
Australia: https://bit.ly/3AIinS5
Amps used in today’s show
• 1951 5A3 Fender Deluxe
• 1961 5E3 Fender Deluxe
• 1954 5D4 Fender Super
• 1955/’56 5F4 Fender Super
• 1958 5E9-A Fender Tremolux
• 1956 5E6 Fender Bassman
• 1958 5F8-A Fender Twin
• Lazy J 20
• Lazy J 40 (sorry it says 80 on screen!)
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