That was my first amp as well, in 1989. Paired with a 3/4 size Kay Les Paul knockoff. You can imagine how awesome Nothin But a Good Time sounded on that. Bless my parents and their patience.
My First Rig: Genesis Series Stratocaster Copy (Japan) Cassette Player Speaker + Vintage Cassette-Karaoke Machine + Denio Distortion Pedal Well, Just Something to Plug my Guitar & Pedal, Not To Bring Up on Any Occasion, That Karaoke System is God Damn Heavy
I've heard that those old Gorilla amps were an in-house brand of Guitar Center that failed. Supposedly they were based on the Roland Jazz Chorus, minus the effects. It had that 80's D.I. clean sound, so much so that EMG actually used these amps in their factory to test their pickups! Also, the distortion was modeled after some type of Fuzz, which was definitely not in vogue in the 80's, whatnot with hot-rodded Marshalls and other high-gain amps (Soldano, Mesa Boogie, etc.) so their tagline "roars like a Gorilla" really fell flat with players. They rectified this with the later "Tube-Cruncher" series that replaced the fuzz with British distortion. Johan Segeborn has a video showing how great those versions can sound! A small bonus on some models is that they came with a real spring reverb! \m/ P.S. -It's funny how you profess to stay away from anything modeler or multi-effect, as those have almost completely taken over the Metal world that I am more familiar with! Keep on Rocking Everyone! \m/ (nice Krishna poster btw)
I dont know how well it plays but that prop telecaster sounds amazing! I read somewhere tho that Telecasters were like the original parts guitars, due to the way they were designed, if you find the right parts then even a cheap one can sound absolutely killerbcoz theres so little to go wrong on them, unlike a Strat which has all the balanceing act with the strings you need ed good quality components. Good video. Cheers!!!
I played my old rig the other day and you know what it sounded pretty damn good. A lot of it seems to be understanding how to eq properly. These old solid states sound PHENONENAL if you know what to do with them.
True thing! My first amp was a shitty BB 10 Watt Blaster paired with a HSS Squier Strat. I bust the BB Blaster, and the Squier still exists, and works.
Mine was a marshall valvestate and a zoom g1x four for effects. With a cheap trashed guitar I repaired. Everything Didn't cost much and still sounds awesome.
First rig: Squire Telecaster and an Orange mini amp. Current rig: Yamaha Pacifica 611HFM Line 6 Catalyst 200watts Boss blues drive Still want a pedalboard 😅
yo , i have that same fender champion 20, but i cant get a good tone out of it, would you mind replying to this comment with the settings you used for the video?
Got a gorilla amp very similar to yours 2nd hand, I believe I sold it for 5 bux to a pawn shop to fund a coke habit, I don't believe it got me very far. From Australia too, small world
Im a fan of your vids keep it up. Pls help me i got copyright claimed by TH-cam because i played "And i love her by Kurt Cobain" but i gave credit plus said it was a cover. Pls give advice
my first gear was a first act black and white strat i got for 50 bucks and some amp with no name on it for 10 lmfao the amp gave out and guitar broke eventually though
I agree that you should spend more money on a nicer amp, but you need to make sure the guitar is well set up or else it will be harder to play and then you’ll be more likely to quit
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4:10 believe it or not that’s the best distortion I’ve ever heard from Mikey
I was gonna say 0:10. 😂
That was my first amp as well, in 1989. Paired with a 3/4 size Kay Les Paul knockoff. You can imagine how awesome Nothin But a Good Time sounded on that. Bless my parents and their patience.
I started a band a few months ago and we started getting gigs and your videos have helped me with guitar tone so much. Thanks Mike!!
True guitar enlightenment is hearing potential in all those guitar tones and thinking about how to use them.
My First Rig:
Genesis Series Stratocaster Copy (Japan) Cassette Player Speaker + Vintage Cassette-Karaoke Machine + Denio Distortion Pedal
Well, Just Something to Plug my Guitar & Pedal, Not To Bring Up on Any Occasion, That Karaoke System is God Damn Heavy
I still have my first guitar rig and i havent had a first kiss. I started guitar like 9 months ago.
lol - this brings back memories!
That Gorilla was my first amp as well, around 30 years ago.
I hated it. I haven’t seen one in a long long time.
I've heard that those old Gorilla amps were an in-house brand of Guitar Center that failed. Supposedly they were based on the Roland Jazz Chorus, minus the effects. It had that 80's D.I. clean sound, so much so that EMG actually used these amps in their factory to test their pickups! Also, the distortion was modeled after some type of Fuzz, which was definitely not in vogue in the 80's, whatnot with hot-rodded Marshalls and other high-gain amps (Soldano, Mesa Boogie, etc.) so their tagline "roars like a Gorilla" really fell flat with players. They rectified this with the later "Tube-Cruncher" series that replaced the fuzz with British distortion. Johan Segeborn has a video showing how great those versions can sound! A small bonus on some models is that they came with a real spring reverb! \m/
P.S. -It's funny how you profess to stay away from anything modeler or multi-effect, as those have almost completely taken over the Metal world that I am more familiar with! Keep on Rocking Everyone! \m/ (nice Krishna poster btw)
I dont know how well it plays but that prop telecaster sounds amazing!
I read somewhere tho that Telecasters were like the original parts guitars, due to the way they were designed, if you find the right parts then even a cheap one can sound absolutely killerbcoz theres so little to go wrong on them, unlike a Strat which has all the balanceing act with the strings you need ed good quality components.
Good video.
Cheers!!!
Squier Strat with Frontman 10G. I still have them and still use them and I gotta say, they aged well
There's precedent for vertical sure m57 for tonal purposes, like a natural band eq depending on the microphones direction
I played my old rig the other day and you know what it sounded pretty damn good. A lot of it seems to be understanding how to eq properly. These old solid states sound PHENONENAL if you know what to do with them.
True thing!
My first amp was a shitty BB 10 Watt Blaster paired with a HSS Squier Strat.
I bust the BB Blaster, and the Squier still exists, and works.
glad you have your first electric guitar / amp :)
Mine was a marshall valvestate and a zoom g1x four for effects. With a cheap trashed guitar I repaired.
Everything Didn't cost much and still sounds awesome.
I love valvestate
My brother had a Gorilla and a Peavey T-15.. When he wasnt around I snuck in and played his guitar.
First rig: Squire Telecaster and an Orange mini amp.
Current rig:
Yamaha Pacifica 611HFM
Line 6 Catalyst 200watts
Boss blues drive
Still want a pedalboard 😅
I also say Star Track! So does nearly everyone I know. It’s the NY/NJ thing to do, lol. 😂😂😂
I’ve been playing for 10 months so I still have my first electric and acoustic I have a tekecaster
Great vid
I WAS BEGGING FOR THIS TOO HAPPEN!
“Yoda’s sick”
6:43 got me dying 🤣🤣🤣🤣 where’d the note go??
0:01 black classical guitar
I like the sound of fresh strings as well but for some reason jazz players love dead strings
At least you had an electric guitar and amp when you were young to learn on
I still have mine. It’s a fender Squier bullet Strat and a crate. I think it’s called a G 10 amplifier still have both.
yo , i have that same fender champion 20, but i cant get a good tone out of it, would you mind replying to this comment with the settings you used for the video?
My first rig was a red Dixon Strat and a 60 watt gorilla amp, back in 1986.
Got a gorilla amp very similar to yours 2nd hand, I believe I sold it for 5 bux to a pawn shop to fund a coke habit, I don't believe it got me very far. From Australia too, small world
My first guitar was a supper old Denver acoustic guitar
Show us your part’s caster
oh my good god my bands other guitarist uses that same exact Nux multi fx
I thought the champion 20 was your 1st amp
I have one of these gorilla amps !!! I found it in a junk store for 10 dollars its so auuguuhhgh
I’m still using my first guitar rig
Still remember?
Still have it
my first pedal was a rocktron heart attack
Im a fan of your vids keep it up. Pls help me i got copyright claimed by TH-cam because i played "And i love her by Kurt Cobain" but i gave credit plus said it was a cover. Pls give advice
Im still a starter ( started on September 27 '24)
my first gear was a first act black and white strat i got for 50 bucks and some amp with no name on it for 10 lmfao the amp gave out and guitar broke eventually though
Sup boys?
2:39 song?
Manic Depression - Hendrix
@randall9000 awesome thank you
I agree that you should spend more money on a nicer amp, but you need to make sure the guitar is well set up or else it will be harder to play and then you’ll be more likely to quit
Hello brother
who is watching in 2024
Nah I'm in 2056
Damn, time traveler in the chat.
We all are dumbass
@@childishbeast2806 its 2025 here in somalia
@@childishbeast2806here in North Korea its year 113
Squire strat pack.
Lmao I’m playing on a gorilla bass amp with my guitar and my laptop for tones 😭
Yes, nothing screams like a gorilla
second
First. Pls pin 🎸 🔥
who else is watching in 2050?
Is that a Hindu poster???????
Hey there I am from India and I am the only person who saw that poster of hindu GODS and GODESS 🤨?
It's from Jimmy Hendrix
Vote trump 2024
so you only know how to play pentatonic scales and blues, but not jazz.
I’m using my first🫨
Whos watching in 2025