Mick Taylor (Bluesbreakers) TONE!

[Cussion]

Everytime I hear these '60s recordings of Bluesbreakers with Taylor I always get blown away about the great tone he had. Especially the liverecordings (Primal Solos, Diary of a Band). Very creamy, midrangey sustaining tone. Actually, I don't like the sound Peter Green had on "A Hard Road".. Sounded very thin, weak and buzzy compared to Beano och Crusade. Peter must've played with his amp on very low levels, compared to Clapton and Taylor.

Anyway.. What did Mick play through with Mayall?

This looks like a small-box Marshall 50 watt to me, but the panel looks white, very strange.

 

[Ross]

I agree Clapton and Taylor's tone were more to my liking than Green's tone. green was too clean for my ears.

I'm pretty sure Taylor used a les paul, I don't recall his amp setup.

 

[JRW8214@AOL.COM]

as ive said before in a similiar thread regarding taylor w/mayall, i enjoy his tone and playing alot more than clapton and green's on the mayall albums. i think claptons tone was better with cream and green's tone was better with fleetwood mac. though i do like his tone on evil woman blues

 

[goldtop0]

I think Mick used a 1987 head(50w) and yes the tone was superb.He had the longest tenure with the Bluesbreakers in that 60s era and played a variety of styles very very well.

 

[soldano16]

In my mind he had the best combination of sweet licks and tone of any of the early LP players.

That doesn't mean he was the best guitar player then but if I could listen to anyone play blues licks on an LP, he would be my man.

 

[Cussion]

I want that sound!
Now I gotta get a Marshall 1987.. what should I look for? Germino? Ceriatone? Blockhead?

 

[Gold Tone]

Looks like a Sound City Head

 

[Cussion]

Looks like a Sound City Head

Really?
I've never seen a Sound City head with the inputs on the right side of the panel.

 

[Gold Tone]

I don't know much about them but the little bit in the pic made me think Sound City

 

[davess23]

I've just been listening to the Mayall 70th birthday concert...Mick Taylor's soloing on Oh, Pretty Woman off the Crusade album was one of the songs that made me want to learn electric blues in the first place, and he does it just as sweetly all these years later.

I don't know Marshall amps too well, but weren't some of the very early ones white paneled? I think there's a (very expensive) 62 JTM 45 reissue that has a white panel.

 

[goldtop0]

I've just been listening to the Mayall 70th birthday concert...Mick Taylor's soloing on Oh, Pretty Woman off the Crusade album was one of the songs that made me want to learn electric blues in the first place, and he does it just as sweetly all these years later.

I don't know Marshall amps too well, but weren't some of the very early ones white paneled? I think there's a (very expensive) 62 JTM 45 reissue that has a white panel.

There's a polished aluminium front JTM45 Offset that was produced a few years ago,some of them come up on ebay etc.The white front one was produced in late '64 into '65 for 2/3 months only and are very rare,had a silver/maroon block logo.

 

[Kap'n]

I don't know Marshall amps too well, but weren't some of the very early ones white paneled? I think there's a (very expensive) 62 JTM 45 reissue that has a white panel.

A friend had possession of a very early 100W Marshall that had white panels....and Partridge transformers.

 

[guitargary]

On the Sonny Boy cover that the BLUESBREAKERS recorded. Is that TAYLOR doing the Lead on HELP-ME? That is one of the BEST SOLO'S I HAVE EVER HEARD! Excellent Phrasing, Call+Response, Note/Chord selection. Great Les-Paul tone! I have it on a Compilation CD so it simply say's BLUESBREAKER'S. Was never able to comfirm the PLAYER. But it sure sounds like TAYLOR!