pinky Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 I was speaking to one of the big wigs of guitar center when we got to talking about Led Zeppelin and he told me Guitar Center had recently purchased John Paul Jone's amp and I said your not gonna sell that are ya when he told me that it was gonna be taken apart so that they can release a signature amp. I do not know of what amp it is but I will find out more about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cactus Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 I was speaking to one of the big wigs of guitar center when we got to talking about Led Zeppelin and he told me Guitar Center had recently purchased John Paul Jone's amp and I said your not gonna sell that are ya when he told me that it was gonna be taken apart so that they can release a signature amp. I do not know of what amp it is but I will find out more about it. Hmmm....this doesn't sound right to me. Maybe the information passed to you wasn't accurate, or you haven't reported it accurately, but it doesn't sound right for a number of reasons. #1 - you cannot just purchase someone's amp, pull it apart and release a 'signature version'. They would have had to purchase the right to use the name 'John Paul Jones' for example. #2 - Why would a guitar shop chain be creating a signature edition amp. Surely the manufacturer of the amp would be the one who would be doing it? JPJ's bass tone throughout Zeppelin, but especially on IV, was brilliant. He pioneered a certain bass tone which many tried to emulate through the 70s, and was certainly one of a handful of bass players who brought the bass forward in the mix, rather than the barely audible doodlings of the 50s/early 60s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinky Posted July 19, 2008 Author Share Posted July 19, 2008 Hmmm....this doesn't sound right to me. Maybe the information passed to you wasn't accurate, or you haven't reported it accurately, but it doesn't sound right for a number of reasons. #1 - you cannot just purchase someone's amp, pull it apart and release a 'signature version'. They would have had to purchase the right to use the name 'John Paul Jones' for example. #2 - Why would a guitar shop chain be creating a signature edition amp. Surely the manufacturer of the amp would be the one who would be doing it? I mean it's like what guitar center did with Jimmy Page's Les Paul, Lenny, Blackie that sortta thing thing and they bought it in some special way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pb Derigable Posted July 19, 2008 Share Posted July 19, 2008 Maybe it's a bass guitar? But the only custom bass jonsey ever used was an alembic. I doubt guitar center will release an alembic 12 string. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatbo Posted July 19, 2008 Share Posted July 19, 2008 I mean it's like what guitar center did with Jimmy Page's Les Paul, Lenny, Blackie that sortta thing thing and they bought it in some special way. gibson did that-not guitar center. perhaps that's what cactus was referring to. i have seen only one jpj endorsement all this time: the SWR engineering "bass system". so, this is not impossible.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cactus Posted July 19, 2008 Share Posted July 19, 2008 As I said, usually it's the manufacturer, not the store, which makes the signature edition guitars. For example Gibson's Jimmy Page #1 Les Paul Signature, the Double-Neck signature etc. Marshall does have a range of signature amps, for example the Marshall JCM Slash 2555 Jubilee Signature Amp. So I'm assuming this would be something similar but for JPJ obviously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinky Posted July 19, 2008 Author Share Posted July 19, 2008 The point of this thread is to let people know that a John Paul Jones signature bass amp is at least planned to be released. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatbo Posted July 19, 2008 Share Posted July 19, 2008 The point of this thread is to let people know that a John Paul Jones signature bass amp is at least planned to be released. okay, pinky. looks like you're done then.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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