Re: OT: Johnson JStation VS. Line6 Pod-what Belew uses

[Jim Coker <jimc@jguru.com>]

The Johnson amp's Belew has been seen using are basically
Digitech 2120's (internal tube and solid-state preamp) built
into a solid-state amp.  The JStation is all digitally modelled -
a completely different animal.  There are interesting reviews
of both the Pod and JStation at Sound on Sound (www.sospubs.co.uk).
I suspect Belew will sound like himself no matter what he plugs
into.

My personal choice is a Pod + external FX -- let each
box do what it does best.  I had a Digitech 2101 for quite
a while, and though it has some great tones, I think the
Pod has the edge in that match-up.

Jim

space module wrote:

> Hi Tim & all,
>
> I'm not questioning what your friend saw, but I saw KC in Chicago at the
> Park West on Halloween and he did indeed have 2 Johnson amps.  KC also 
>had a
> ton of looping gear, but except perhaps for Fripp's soundscapes I didn't
> hear any loops. When I saw KC back in (I think) 96' the string players 
>were
> all using Bag End Monitors except for Tony Levin.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Nick
>
> At 03:04 PM 12/13/00 -0800, Mark wrote:
>  >I also know that Adrian Belew swears by Johnson amps.
>
> I thought so too, and there even a thread a while back about how Belew 
>was
> even using the Millennium's onboard circuitry for looping, but a friend 
>of
> mine caught a Crimson show a couple of weeks ago (Berklee Performance 
>Ctr,
> Boston) and swears Belew was using the old JC-120s again.
>
> Tim
>
> 
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