Tomo Fujita Guitar Wisdom

I will throw in my two cents, can’t sleep :)

If I had to start fresh now, I would buy a good Music Master Bass amp.

Play guitar AND play bass!

I’ve looked at and tried the milkman’s half pint, they are super nice but look for a mint used one. I can’t afford a new one.
I spent the last of my money on my amps and guitars hahaha.

My dearests friends said “you’re crazy!” but now one suddenly found he has terminal cancer…he’s kind of on permanent chemo, his son is eighteen now, good boy, so bright, and he has a lovely wife…not-crazy…

But honestly, I believe no one can tell you what feels right, sounds right to you.

Because it’s the truth (truth, not-truth) man. :)

Good advice that no one can tell me what feels good to me.

Thank you for a great "Amp" Thread!

First, go slower so you can learn about "Tube amp"

1) At least "Fender Blues Jr." Not best but least.
2) Practice Amp "Fender Musicmaster Bass Amp
3) Vintage Fender Black Face Amps or Silverface without a master volume.

I think it's better to spend more good $$$ for a great amp if you can.

Tomo

There is not "Perfect Amp" But you can learn about "Better Amps" and go from there.... Vintage Fender Silver Face is good!

I own a 1979 Fender Princeton Reverb. Very nice!

Tomo

Welcome to the path, my friend.

I am the Sasquatch.
From the ancient forests of the left side of the North American continent, on Earth…I’m pretty sure this is earth maaan.
I love children. Especially my own. I don’t eat children though…maybe that is just an ancient Native American story to scare their kids into listening. But children don’t listen; I mean I didn’t listen either…so how to communicate then? It always comes back to the attempt. To reach out a finger…across the universe…like that one dude’s painting on the ceiling? You that one? The creation of Adam…the creation of atom…?…no man that’s nuclear fusion maaan. Fusion? Like rock and jazz…?

One way is a Kemper.
Another way is to buy one of each and try it out.
Another way is to spend same as guitar.
Another way is…man this is the ideal…this is what I wanted…one perfect tube amp, one perfect guitar, the perfect cable, pick, player. Then it’s just you and quantum physics man.

Hell yes!! ✊🏾

Thank you Markos! Princeton Reverb is a great choice. Don't worry about volume/loudness.
You can control:
1) Amp volume
2) Guitar volume
3) Picking volume

Tomo

Thank you professor 🙂🙏

Thank you Bjoerm. I can make a demo video using a Fender Blues Jr soon. Maybe next week? Thank you for sharing! For car, I love BMW to just ride. Feel good!

Tomo

I had a torino red 2001 Volkwagon GTI VR6.

2 door hatchback. Amma said "get a 4 door suni"...i said "no way Amma...i am cool now, i have a beautiful wife, a beautiful car, a beautiful life...I know more than you now amma...".

Only shilpa was skinny enough to get into the car, at San Bruno VW dealership. It was the only one of that color in Northern California.

Drove it fast. Then drove it slow, all over California, back to the beginning if our education.

When Kavya was born, almost fifteen years later, I really wished I had 4 doors.

While my friends were chasing unicorns and building their beautiful homes, they flocked to the city...it was cooler, the not-valley.
They chased the money man. They chased the fame man.

And I wanted to chase them...but my baby girl slept peacefully in the back of my 2-door race car on the hill among the dead in the shade of the ancient california great white oak under the sun.

And I watched them from across the bay, while the clouds passed in an infinity if shapes....

Where are they now?
They're all gone now.
That is the truth.

Four years later, just before the pandemic and shutdown...another beautiful baby girl is born to us. I catch her, we bring her home in my red race car.

It never moved on its own after that.
Thank you red race car.
We grew old enough to know Amma was right...she was telling us the truth.

Also, dearest volkswagon corporation...you expletive'ing expletive of expletive company...you told your engineers to use firmware that poisoned the biosphere, you poisoned us all...and then got a light kiss on the hand for it.
The Zuck had a gti for a while...I think he tossed it into Lake Tahoe and waterskied over it with his portable yatch and giant american flag. Whaddatool.

But you know what?

my beautiful wife still chooses to be with me and exist as my equal, and our connection across the universe is like a spark across a gap that will lift our beautiful girls into the future...because thats all the matters now...that and the guitar...because thats the truth...

Oooh!

You guys are talking about amps!

my two combos are like maybe a dark silver hydrogen fuel cell honda...

Thank you Tomo, this would be interesting. I’m also looking into Princeton reissues. I will try some amps at a store as soon as I can take a day off at work.

My pleasure! Please enjoy learning about these amps.

Tomo

These are very special unique amp!

Here... we need a little more simple tube amps.

I just got a Fender Blues Junior IV (30th Anniversary version)
This amp sounded really good! Nice crisp top end!

Tomo

Right on!!

I love simple tube amps that can be maintained indefinitely.

I gotta check out that Fender BJ6 Tomo, sounds great!

Ah, this should be the creamback version. I just ordered a standard version. It was about 600, so I have some budget to upgrade the speaker at some point.

Someone said, this is the best good enough amp. This stuck to me. I

That is awesome Bjoern, congrats!

This! https://www.fender.com/products/blues-junior-iv-30th-anniversary?variant=46229815591134

Tomo

I posted a long entry about buying used amps on reverb...somewhere.

I would post it here but I can't find it.

It's ok.

I would just say listen to Tomo,
and listen to your heart.

Buy the highest quality you can afford.
Buy something based on the oldest (most stable, refined over a century) technology. Buy something that you (that is, a good amp tech) can maintain indefinitely.

That will save you money and minimize environmental damage.

Just my 2x10^-2 atomic coin value thrown into...no where? not-no-where :)

Thank you Andy for sharing your side. That's a good idea to feel each amp as "Used amp"

Tomo

Thank you Andy for sharing this.

You can control:
1) Amp volume
2) Guitar Volume (Single note for Vol 7-8, Rhythm guitar for Vol 7)
3) Picking Volume

So if you hold your pick tight and play .... bothering your family.
If you pick softer, no one can hear it.

For smaller.... Vibro Champ Reverb. I am intested in this amp too.

Don't worry!

Tomo

Good job Bjorn!

Tomo

ah right! thats the reason for the volume and master! thank you, i really forgot!

over the last year, i've been just turning up my amps to noon, practice settings, then relied on pedals for distortion/reverb/chorus...any effect, but really didn't use effects much

bjoern, i am here to learn, learning so much from this thread...helped me reconsider my setup and change it all!

i broke up my stereo-combo-plus-looper+combo setup!

i think tomo said be fluid, go with the flow, something like that...

sound is profound, but what am i hearing? how to keep improving?
focus.

now i have:

*practice-amp (like bassman, i think): swart mod 84.

*mids-amp (in eating room, going to try making videos at the table today, easier):
supro delta king 12

*pure-joy-amp:
silktone.

thank you so much for this thread! grateful!

i am so happy you are loving your amp dude.

that's all that matters maaan.

my dudes, if you're going to learn to fly...gotta go with private jet ultimately.
ok to start with ultralight, purest form flight...? maybe a wing-suit? maybe too scary 🤪😅

I think ulitimate goal is just stay home!

Tomo

it's so nice here haha