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Aug 16, 2023 · Steve Hunter performs with Peter Gabriel in New York, March 1977. (Image credit: Michael Putland/Getty Images) But while that might sound as if Hunter has given his trusty tube amps the boot, it's not the case. "I still use an amp," he quips. "I have a Vox AC15, and I have three good mics.
Sep 11, 2023 · Hunter and Wagner lead Reed onto the stage with the pomp and circumstance of a marching band, weaving their arcing phrases around one another into a glorious, spellbinding tapestry. “I still remember writing the intro to Sweet Jane while sitting on a couch in my living room,” Hunter recalled to Guitar World in an August 2023 interview.
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Photo: Sam Scott Hunter. In 1971, John “Polar Bear” Sauter called Steve Hunter, asking him to join Mitch Ryder’s band, Detroit. Soon, the 22-year-old guitarist was loading his little blue Datsun fastback and leaving his hometown of Decatur, Illinois, headed north and east to the Motor City. Hunter, along with his friend and guitar partner ...
Jul 2, 2024 · Steve Hunter “I never got very far and kept putting it on the back burner. I almost threw it away a couple times,” he says. He built it to a point where he could use it during a short tenure touring with the Chambers Brothers, but even then Hunter says, “it was still going through changes.
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One of the biggest issues in tube amp ubiquity is not really related to advanced technology or gigging convenience at all. The simple truth is that there are very few people making vacuum tubes left in the world. While I am no expert, there are reports about only two large-scale factories left in the world making the tubes needed for amplifiers. An...
I am guilty of subscribing to this belief myself, as I've generally recorded most of my guitar and pedal demos using amp and cab sims this year. But a lot of people need smaller, lighter, more convenient rigs nowadays. Gone are the days where rock and roll can pay all your bills with ease. Bands are constantly touring to make their money, instead o...
Here is one thing I did not even think about until a friend brought it up in casual conversation. The music industry has seriously pivoted to emphasize the importance of protecting your hearing. Many of our favorite rock stars are close to deaf or suffering from constant tinnitus after decades of standing in front of PA systems and walls of Marshal...
I realistically see the future of tube amps looking more and more boutique and niche than they ever have been. It will be more a luxury item, instead of the basis that every guitar rig is built around. Just like most people might own a suite of guitars but only 1-2 custom shop instruments (if any), tube amps may follow. Vintage amp prices will only...
I was the old school guy who would just plug the guitar into the amp and then turn the amp up. That was the tone, that’s what you get. What I ended up learning over the years is something that I think all guitar players learn eventually, and that is that the tone is basically in your fingers. All the amplifier does it make that louder.
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Apr 5, 2014 · Steve currently reviews audio products for CNET and works as a freelance writer for Stereophile. ... but a well preserved 30 year old tube amp can still fetch a high price on the used market.
