when you think P90 ...

[Oranjeaap]

Les Paul Junior / Special. Singlecut

 

[SWeAT hOg]

See my avatar.

 

[100LL]

Hmmm... narrowing down on the LP Jr. and the SG special it seems.

 

[sparky2]

Funny, but I spent hours in my music room this morning, playing my Yamaha Revstar 502T with P90's.

It kills on AC/DC's You Shook Me All Night Long.

Unbelievable harmonics.

 

[peobryant]

 

[brokentoeswalker]

 

[brokentoeswalker]

Thunders JR.

 

[VictorB]

 

[LocoTex]

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Is that Steve Miller!?

 

[VictorB]

Is that Steve Miller!?

Yes it is!

 

[Central Scrutinizer]

Gotta agree with Leslie West and his LP Jr.

 

[sparky2]

I saw Leslie West and Mountain in a small auditorium in Ozark, Alabama, in the mid-late 1970's.

I'm pretty sure that show was why I have tinnitus to this day.

 

[Stinky Kitty]

Another part of Leslie's tone


[He] ..used a Sunn Coliseum PA head, when it was shipped to him by accident. He claimed that this is the amp that gave him his signature sound in a Gibson interview with West.

The Sunn amplifiers that West used were of the late 1960s era and were not factory stock. The four-channel amplifier heads' preamps were wired as cascading preamps to channel one, out to the amp's power section. This is what produced the long compressed sustain and distorted overdrive of the great Mountain sound that he is well known for.

Edited to note that this version may be incorrect about the cascading pre-amps. Reliable sources report during that time it, was a bog stock PA. At 3:55 he mentions a tech doing something..

Leslie West - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[ArchEtech]

Les Paul custom black beauty.

 

[LocoTex]

Yes it is!

I recently read a long article about him. He was very business savvy for a musician at an early age. He always held his publishing and copyrights, and produced many of his albums from early on in his career. And he's a better player than most realize.

 

[jvin248]

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I think of a Les Paul Junior. +1 Phil X.

However, this is the tone and song I think of for P90s.

 

[drylandfish]

I think...

 

[Steven]

I don't visualize any one particular guitar, I just visualize the pick up itself. Since it can go on just about any guitar.

 

[smk506]

I recently read a long article about him. He was very business savvy for a musician at an early age. He always held his publishing and copyrights, and produced many of his albums from early on in his career. And he's a better player than most realize.

Well having a family friend like Les Paul for a god father probably helps some with all that.

 

[omm]

I believe Ian Anderson played guitar on this track, not sure of what he used.