What tube config will get this sound?

Pckid212 · 28th January 2010, 03:36 AM

Listen to the Album version of the song "Lights" By Journey. How are they getting such a tubey sound?

aardvarkash10 · 28th January 2010, 06:22 AM

tubas?

aardvarkash10 · 28th January 2010, 06:23 AM

could be potato induced. Tubers.

aardvarkash10 · 28th January 2010, 06:24 AM

...or recorded in a London Underground station. The ultimate tube sound "Miiiiiind the gap..."

kevinkr · 28th January 2010, 04:42 PM

Try to find out online whose guitar amplifiers and other effects hardware (stomp boxes, etc.) they were using in those days.

I haven't listened to a song by Journey if I can avoid it for about 25yrs..

spud amp - tuberiferous..

Poindexter · 28th January 2010, 07:40 PM

Journey's actually a very good band, Kevin. I never liked Perry much either, though.

Whut Kevin sez, bro. Given the vintage of that album, I would pretty much guarantee you that the only tubes in the song are in the guitar amp. I never saw any stomp boxes with tubes, but Barbour (MetaSonix) makes them, I think. Look through their videos of that time (as long as you can tolerate Perry's simpering) and see if you can pick up the brand of the picker's amp.

Aloha,

Poinz
AudioTropic

llwhtt · 28th January 2010, 08:11 PM

Sometimes it's hard to avoid but I'm with ya, avoid at all costs. Pre-Perry maybe.

Craig

rdf · 28th January 2010, 08:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kevinkr

I haven't listened to a song by Journey if I can avoid it for about 25yrs..

Try working in radio. Had anyone told me it would be 30 non-stop Journey years I might have stayed on the assembly line.

wrenchone · 29th January 2010, 01:50 AM

Try college radio - 30 years Journey-free!!!!

kevinkr · 29th January 2010, 04:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wrenchone

Try college radio - 30 years Journey-free!!!!

Yeah!

28th January 2010, 03:36 AM	#1
Pckid212 diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: McDonald, PA	What tube config will get this sound? Listen to the Album version of the song "Lights" By Journey. How are they getting such a tubey sound?

28th January 2010, 06:22 AM	#2
aardvarkash10 diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Auckland, NZ	tubas? __________________ Yes, conservatism thrives on low intelligence and poor information. But the liberals in politics... continue to back off, yielding to the supremacy of the stupid. It's turkeys all the way down. - George Monbiot, guardian.co.uk, 6 Feb 2012

28th January 2010, 06:23 AM	#3
aardvarkash10 diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Auckland, NZ	could be potato induced. Tubers. __________________ Yes, conservatism thrives on low intelligence and poor information. But the liberals in politics... continue to back off, yielding to the supremacy of the stupid. It's turkeys all the way down. - George Monbiot, guardian.co.uk, 6 Feb 2012

28th January 2010, 06:24 AM	#4
aardvarkash10 diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Auckland, NZ	...or recorded in a London Underground station. The ultimate tube sound "Miiiiiind the gap..." __________________ Yes, conservatism thrives on low intelligence and poor information. But the liberals in politics... continue to back off, yielding to the supremacy of the stupid. It's turkeys all the way down. - George Monbiot, guardian.co.uk, 6 Feb 2012

28th January 2010, 04:42 PM	#5
kevinkr diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Boston, Massachusetts Blog Entries: 6	Try to find out online whose guitar amplifiers and other effects hardware (stomp boxes, etc.) they were using in those days. I haven't listened to a song by Journey if I can avoid it for about 25yrs.. spud amp - tuberiferous.. __________________ www.kta-hifi.net

28th January 2010, 07:40 PM	#6
Poindexter diyAudio Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Maui, Hawai'i, USA	Journey's actually a very good band, Kevin. I never liked Perry much either, though. Whut Kevin sez, bro. Given the vintage of that album, I would pretty much guarantee you that the only tubes in the song are in the guitar amp. I never saw any stomp boxes with tubes, but Barbour (MetaSonix) makes them, I think. Look through their videos of that time (as long as you can tolerate Perry's simpering) and see if you can pick up the brand of the picker's amp. Aloha, Poinz AudioTropic

28th January 2010, 08:11 PM	#7
llwhtt diyAudio Member Join Date: Jun 2008	Sometimes it's hard to avoid but I'm with ya, avoid at all costs. Pre-Perry maybe. Craig

29th January 2010, 01:50 AM	#9
wrenchone diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Silicon Valley	Try college radio - 30 years Journey-free!!!!

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