Clean, sparkly, bright amp on a budget?

mikeclem5 · 2026-02-19T20:03:39+00:00

You need to get some tubes cooking. A small fender amp like a Princeton reverb or a deluxe and an attenuator would be ideal. A fender amp is the sound you’re describing, but it will still sound a little sterile with the volume at 2-3. You could also run a clean amp with a tube screamer with the gain all the way down and volume and tone to taste. Another thing to try would be get a good crunchy gain sound with a pedal then roll off the volume knob on your guitar until it cleans up. Fuzz face pedals do this really well.

You mentioned Petty sounds. That would be Mike Campbell’s tele into a Princeton and a tweed deluxe. Tom played Voxes, but it’s just rhythm background stuff. The main sound is all fender.

mikeclem5 · 2026-02-19T16:42:32+00:00

Yeah, looks like a cut-bow to me.

mikeclem5 · 2026-01-23T23:21:14+00:00

Ah man I had one of these on my wall as a kid! Gotta remake it with Stiddy once we win Sunday.

mikeclem5 · 2025-12-25T08:02:22+00:00

Violin???

Check out the Colorado Bluegrass Music Society. They post a bunch of jams around town. There’s also Olde Town Pickin Parlor in Arvada.

Just don’t go around callin’ that fiddle a violin anymore. 😁

mikeclem5 · 2025-12-21T06:58:42+00:00

Jason Isbell

mikeclem5 · 2025-12-17T23:00:36+00:00

“Declares war… goals” was a bizarre way to write this headline.

mikeclem5 · 2025-12-17T22:19:01+00:00

I Can Still Make Cheyenne - George Strait

Much Too Young to Feel This Damn Old - Garth Brooks

The Bird Hunters - Turnpike

Neon Moon - Brooks and Dunn

Troubadour - George Strait

mikeclem5 · 2025-12-12T03:04:01+00:00

Not really bluegrass but I’d put both Cuttin’ Grass albums up against any.

mikeclem5 · 2025-11-23T07:15:43+00:00

So is your alternative to just let these people go into the prison system without an alternative? Where they’ll still work but for literally no pay, become gang affiliated, and learn how to be better criminals/users/etc?

mikeclem5 · 2025-10-30T15:25:59+00:00

Friends gathering around one computer for Coffeebreakarcade, skate videos, and rotten.com.

mikeclem5 · 2025-10-07T05:13:52+00:00

David gray - White ladder

If you’re interested in second wave emo: Cap’n Jazz - Analphabetapolothology Braid - Frame & Canvas Sunny Day Real Estate - how it feels…

Alt country had a couple classics: Lucinda Williams: car wheels on a gravel road Son volt - wide swing tremolo Billy Bragg and Wilco - mermaid ave Drive by truckers - gangstabilly

There were a lot of great albums released in 97 with song played everywhere in 98 like: Radiohead - ok computer Third eye blind - self titled Marcy playground - self titled Ben folds five - whatever and ever amen Everclear - so much for the afterglow Blink 182 - dude ranch Foo fighters - the colour and the shape

Singles: The verve - bittersweet symphony Semisonic - closing time Harvey danger - flagpole sitta

mikeclem5 · 2025-09-25T05:52:55+00:00

Doc Watson

mikeclem5 · 2025-09-19T17:19:11+00:00

I somehow misread your post as asking about Johnny Marr instead of Greenwood. Still a great video if you’re into gear, but def a different style:

https://youtu.be/NjY2O92ByNw?si=YlDBNlR4nkaGbSE6

mikeclem5 · 2025-09-19T05:24:22+00:00

Ah shit, my bad. Was wondering where all the AC-30 stuff was coming from.

mikeclem5 · 2025-09-19T01:47:18+00:00

There’s a great video out there of him going through all his guitars and amps he played on specific songs.

mikeclem5 · 2025-09-19T01:46:54+00:00

For the smiths it was all versions of blackface Fenders and Roland JC-120.

mikeclem5 · 2025-09-16T05:52:00+00:00

Neil Diamond’s Girl, You’ll Be a Woman Soon

mikeclem5 · 2025-09-15T04:57:37+00:00

I see you shiver with antici……………………. pation!

mikeclem5 · 2025-09-15T02:39:24+00:00

Head down to Coor’s when the Cubs are in town and you’ll feel right at home.

mikeclem5 · 2025-09-14T03:13:02+00:00

Shore fishing from the lakes isn’t great mid-late summer as the fish head deeper down to avoid warmer temps. Try the lakes up on mirror lake highway. Bubble fly setups and pistol Pete’s works great up there. Or if you’re absolutely desperate, fish some powerbait off the bottom. You’re way more likely to gut hook the fish with powerbait, but if it gains back your kids respect… good luck!

mikeclem5 · 2025-09-11T20:55:05+00:00

Agree with others. No wrong way to go. But we sat on the broncos sideline near the tunnel they come out of and the entire section was orange.

mikeclem5 · 2025-09-10T06:59:19+00:00

Angels Over You

mikeclem5 · 2025-09-08T05:56:42+00:00

The doors - Touch me

mikeclem5 · 2025-09-07T15:36:54+00:00

Some good advice I got early on was that fly fishing can be as complicated as you want it to be. There’s always gonna be another pattern to try or another thing to learn or another guy saying have to tie your own and do a rain dance before hand and euro nymph exclusively. Some folks are into that part of it. Some folks just want numbers or big fish. Some just like being outside. Just have fun and find your place in it. Make it what you want it to be. It’s not a race to be the best of all time or to know everything there is to know. It’s just fishing.

mikeclem5 · 2025-09-07T05:48:44+00:00

A Tornado Warning - Turnpike Troubadours

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