Yah, that one can stand all by itself - no doubt... looking all kinds of kick ass.
Stay tuned a little later this evening and you might see the unveiling of a sutiable cousin, however...
When it's not this one (sorry - didn't polish it up nicely before the pic):
Probably this for now because I just got it not too long ago - loaded with WCR Cherrybursts:
Yah Matamps are pretty farging bassass. David B played through one on some songs we recorded together at Mitch Easter's studio - his guitar never sounded better...
The second worst sounding amp I ever owned was a Peavey Reknown - not as bad as the Fender Stage Lead but damn close...I am not sure if it's possible to get a more shitty sounding distortion channel...
For me it was an early 80's Fender Stage Lead Combo. At the time I was playing hard rock/metal and I acquired the amp through a buddy of mine in a package sale - the amp and a Kramer Striker. I was young and wanted to rock rock rock...lol Unfortunately the amp didn't rock to well - it had decent cleans but yuck was the distortion terrible! I used to run a Rat ProCo through the clean side and that was barely tolerable...
About the Star Spangled Banner thingy - Yah Malmsteen was better in a sense (his playing generally always goes to far in a certain direction for me to completely enjoy) - I think Slash could have done better than he did - not sure why he played it like that.
Even though I am not at all into Slash, I always chuckle when I see the title of this thread pop up... I cant imagine anyone seriously thinking he doesn't have much talent...lol
Here is fine,thank you!
Dave, here are a few pics. I probably should have mentioned that I only have performance shots and nothing of just the guitar. I hope this helps though.