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• jbogue1

  

  12 weeks ago.

  Just saw Chickenfoot last night in KC. Awesome show. Joe had 3 JVM half stacks as his backline (2 cabs mic'd w/diff.mics; 3rd for backup?). Didn't know he had switched until then. Marshall, Peavey, his pedalboard... who cares where the tone comes from. It's awesome!!!

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• wassupketsup

  

  16 weeks ago.

  This is very strange and fishy to say the least. Let me start by saying that I recently tried a JSX for the first time at GC and was blown away by it. Best damned amp I've ever played. I did not try the Marshall jvm 410. Listened to a couple of YouTubes of it and not impressed. As a matter of fact, it looks like Marshall is trying to match the JSX with the 410 in functionality. But for me Marshalls are very specific no matter how many colors of the sound. And I am a huge huge Hendrix fan.
  All that being said - it is obvious something has soured between JS & Peavey. Just think about it. The JSX is HIS line - his baby. And after recording the whole chickensh1t album with the jsx 50 he all of a sudden decides not only to tour with a Marshall but give them a glowing frickin endorsement?
  As they say something is rotten in Denmark.
  Speaking of which - what's the delay on the jsx 50? Should have been released by now. Could it be being held up by some sort of litigation between JS & Peavey?
  thanks for reading.

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• RaDjaSF

  

  17 weeks ago.

  justanamp, rofl, you decide to not become a fan because the guitarist switches amps? really? all i got to say is ROFL (what an idiot).
  Seriously, we don't even know if Joe is abandoning Peavey completely or if he's just going Marshall for Chickenfoot. Because I know that he tried to change his JSX settings when he started Chickenfoot. Probably after those tweaks, he is not satistified with what JSX could offer for a "Chickenfoot" sound that "HE" wants, hence the switch to Marshall.
  axeshredder, stop spreading gossips. they did not crop Joe's pics in that link you posted. plus,
  http://www.peavey.com/artists/featured/Chickenfoot/index.cfm
  JSX 50 is still there and still mentioned.
  http://www.peavey.com/products/JSX/
  JS page is still there and not removed.
  so, stfu
  I personally like the sound of JSX better and that's because I've liked Joe before Chickenfoot and to be very honest, I probably wouldn't pay attention to Chickenfoot if Joe was not in it. But, as a true fan, I like them no matter what they decide to do with their sounds. It's about the artist, not what "you think the artist should do."
  

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• veryEmusing

  

  18 weeks ago.

  Danmar and PDRshredder I completely agree. I've got Peavey's, Fender's, and Mesa's. I like them all. To speak to Peavey's ethics and standing along side something whatever happened to their "Studio Mix" designed in conjunction with Cakewalk (it even has Cakewalk printed on the thing)? Business is business. It's a rarity to find ethics playing a role in the business decisions these large companies make. See if you can find anything on the net about Brian Setzer's relationship with Gretsch before Fender bought them. I won't go into it here but I used to work for the "G" word company and there are countless stories about their treatment of endorsers.

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• justanamp

  

  19 weeks ago.

  I think Korg who distributes Marshall in the U.S. and owns Vox backed the brinks truck up to Joe's house and that's the reason for the change ! Let's face it, most touring guitarist use the huge pedal board and guitar for most of the tone anyway. I have heard the JXS, JSX50 and the JVM410 - they all sound really good. This is not about tone it's about business, and I for one think Joe has little to no ethics for changing amps and saying it's due to tone. He should at least be honest about this, but we know he never will. He developed the sounds of the Peavey amps, what changed ? Money ! Anyone who thinks otherwise is just being naive. Joe just lost a big fan.

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• Axeshredder

  

  19 weeks ago.

  after listening to a qua;ity recording of Joe on these marshalls...didnt like it...the Jsx has always been very Marshall like but a tad sparkier. I wont question Joes decision because the jsx is his creation...all ill say is sometimes i dont trust my own ears. The JSX still rules in my book. But on the peavey site they had removed Joe from an article about Chickenfoot using Peavey....and the cropped his photo out...check news at peaveydotcom...now thats over the line!!!
  http://www.peavey.com/news/article.cfm/action/view/id/414/cat/3/article.cfm

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• danmar

  

  19 weeks ago.

  Unless you're Joe Satriani or Hartley Peavey (or Edward Van Halen) or in a very intimate relationship with any of these people any comments written here are nothing but conjecture, impossible to confirm. The reasons anything happens in that world are rarely if ever known and, honestly, it's really none of our business. Our business it to enjoy the music and the equipment and not be concerned with the rest. Unless, of course, that's all you have to do all day long. I will never understand all this mindless gossiping. There are no moral lessons to be taken from anyone here.

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• PDRshredder

  

  19 weeks ago.

  It's just business. Endorsements are really "big deals" to up-and-comers, but these veteran guys can pick and choose. Personally, I like to see musicians with the power to do what they wish. He likes Marshall. He misses the tone. I don't think I could do a deal that exclusively committed me to one amp. I don't know if that was the deal, but that's often the case.
  I would bet Joe left on good terms with Peavey and is ready to get a new Marshall "Satch2010" amp out there for the Chickenfoot tour.
  On the flipside, Edward Van Halen wasn't happy with the way Peavey produced his guitar after a few years. He expressed this when he smashed one because it couldn't hold pitch. Peavey should never hand a guy as accomplished as EVH a f*$ked up axe. I have seen more than one JSX in the used section at GC. I played Peavey's when I was very young and got into Carvin shortly thereafter. I haven't played through the JSX though- couldn' tell you firsthand. I'm a Marshall man these days myself.
  

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• luckysingh1

  

  19 weeks ago.

  This isnt good!!! All the hard work that Peavey have put in working alongside Joe to produce the JSX amp, their relationship seemed far to involved for Joe to just consider a straight move. I think this maybe something that was either already in the pipeline or is simply to suit the oldschool sound that Chickenfoot requires, but then Joe did use the JSX 50watt for most, if not all of the Chickenfoot recordings so im a little confused?
  If your searching for the best tone then thats fine, but ethics does play a huge part when a company like Peavey is willing to stand alongside you to develope what you as an artist consider to be the best tone. What ever Joe's decision is im sure we can guarantee it will be the right one, if there is anyone who knows what thier talking about when delving into the realms of Guitars, Amps and Tone its Mr Satriani ;-)
  7ucky....

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