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Bernard Sumner Tone

So im looking to emulate the tones he had on unkown pleasures, ive seen people have trouble getting it right so im asking hear first, i feel like this a tone jim likes just a feeling, but i know sg was his go to but im not sure amp wise or pedals if he even used them it almost sounds to me like he's running straight into amp and all the tone is his hands, eq on the amop and controls on the guitar.

its because he used a very rare vox amp, look it up. The Beatles and Jimmy Page also used them soemtimes. They're a hybrid design not unlike music man amps in conception with a solid state preamp with ltos of bells and whistles stapled to a very pwoerful, and fairly hifi tube power amp. Although the Vox UL amps sound WAY different than the music man HD amps.

GEAR:
  • Roland Juno-6
  • Gibson SG Standard
  • Vox AC30 Guitar Combo Amp