Rob MacKenzie at NAMM Tone Tubby Booth

[superplankx]

Sounds damn sweet!

[TheFlyers09]

Awesome! Its time for a new 12" speaker in my '65 ampeg gemini 1 that was just recapped and re-tubed. This video just about settles the speaker debate for me. Tone Tubby it is...

[gunjabeans]

Its official. I'm getting the tone tubby alnico's. They really do sing!

[RobMackenzie]

Thanks to anyone who left a nice comment.

About gear: I'm a gearhead who's spent decades experimenting & inventing in my studio & workshop. None of that guitars electronics are anything or any model that's ever been on the market before, but those saying P90 are closest to the ball park (yet still a fair way off).

I was at a different booth when William suggested I meet the Tone Tubby guys & try their gear, so walked over with just my guitar, shook hands & (will continue)

[RobMackenzie]

...continued ..had been plugged into their gear for 30 seconds when William said "play a tune from start to finish & whipped out his cam-corder. I played sleepwalk which is slow enough to dial in the sound while playing, but by the end still hadn't figured how to reduce the distortion & feedback on his line 6 echo because it didn't have normally labeled controls for feedback, mix, delay time etc.. Anyway, for what it's worth, I thought his amps & the Tone Tubby speakers were great. Cheers, rob

[cliffworks4321]

you are fucking great Rob!

[willeng84]

@BluesWilliam They sound amazing, so they are not just standard p-90's. Thats what a guitar should sound like!!!!!!!

[nickfromdtown1992]

youre an amp builder? do you have a site? because this thing sounds great

[BluesWilliam]

@nickfromdtown1992 take a look at myspace dot com/theampguy

[willeng84]

Does this guitar have P90's I haven't seen a response yet and am dying to know, this is the best sounding les paul iv'e ever heard and considering its through just the camera im sure it sounded even better. also were these the alnico or ceramics?

[BluesWilliam]

@godbyone , Great choice! One of the sisters to that amp will be listed on ebay in a week. My name is Ampoholic on ebay. The one in this clip is a tweed Super as is the one being sold. WIlliam Odell

[SEmc029]

smoke that amp! jajaj

[tatsandteles]

This is so wet it is making me seasick. That is just such a sweet tone. Lovely

[wethepeople469]

was he dippin' into some richy valens right there?lol

[Rambo29]

would a ceramic tone tubby be a good match with a greenback in a 2x12 cab?

[BluesWilliam]

I would say yes, but you should call the boys at Tone-Tubby. I am an amp builder who likes their speakers, and have displayed my amps in their NAMM booth for demo.

[Laroosco]

I had a 2x12 Bluesbreaker years ago with a greenback and a Ceramic Tone Tubby. It sounded GREAT!!

[Burhangnom]

oh i would have loved to be there!

[jp6l6]

Great ! he makes me think of Brian Setzer.

Lovely !

[malerror]

that was fun

[delnemorio]

so the speakers are the shit cool

[engelbe]

That harmonic move at 1:52 was tight!

[truetone77]

sounds great! so besides the obvious reverb and delay , what other effects is he using? thanks!

[BluesWilliam]

Reverb, Delay,and an Odell Amplifier. Are you Truetone Music in Santa Monica?

[3waver]

I have a Tone Tubby in my Mesa F-30, love it. Great tone.

[sparkyness]

Great to hear Rob play again after many years...I played bass at that gig in Lake Bolac (amongst a few others with Rob). Fantastic player and a great guy too. Something of a musical mentor to yours truly as well.

[ramonesacidpillsh]

I'm going to steal all this man's licks.

[BluesWilliam]

Good luck!

[IK1963]

I saw Rob play a few one off gigs in a small pub in one horse town called Lake Bolac Victoria, Australia, where some relatives of his live. Awesome player. I will never forget how he played Peter Gun on that bigsby Les Paul!

[Papilindo9]

what pickups r in that guitar?

[BluesWilliam]

I don't know.

[ozplasmic]

Wow! Rob Mackenzie!!!!!!!!!

I still play my old "Mackenzie Theory" albums.

Cleis Pearce on electric violin, out there stuff!

Wish there was a clip of them?

Way ahead of their time.

[BluesWilliam]

Oz, I was just visiting Rob today. He was playing this same Les Paul into a cool Valco amp at home. In this clip he is playing an amp that I built.I would love to have a copy of the "Theory" stuff. That was long before I knew him.

[ozplasmic]

Hey Bill!

Thanks for the reply!

Cool sounding amps, you know your stuff man!

Great sounds!

Has Rob got a copy of his "Theory" days albums?

If so, get him to play "Out of the Blue" from the "Out of the Blue" album, from his theory days for you!

So much music packed into that tune!

Every kind in fact!

Cheers mate.

[intheblues]

I have the same speaker in my Valve 30 watt crate combo. Awesome speaker. 

This guys got a great sound that suits this style.

[hchrons]

best speaker ever made!

[motokev]

very good ROB

[wilo65]

DUDE..... THIS IS BEAUTIFUL !!!

[hucku94539]

starting 2:34 it sounds like... wow.

[jmackenz51au]

FYI, more Rob Mackenzie tracks have been uploaded on my channel.

[jmackenz51au]

I've uploaded more Rob Mackenzie guitar solo tracks on my channel ... FYI, Rob recorded 2 guitar albums and was the first rock musician to receive an Australian Gov't music grant prior to leaving Melbourne with his guitar in 1974 aged 25. He then lived and played in London, France, and then US, where he has lived in L.A. for the past 20 years.

[ozplasmic]

Rob was brilliant in the Mackenzie Theory.

Still great stuff 30 something years later.

[Wolfmother93]

excellent

[Dallacast]

WTF! Looks like a Deluxe to me.

[nohomatt]

Fantastic, what the story with the Les Paul? Are those hunbuckers or p90's?

[lilelvis1]

amazing taste

[dmitrislastname]

hey, do you remember which delay did your friend use?

[BluesWilliam]

He normally uses a mix of reverb and digital delay, but I think he was using my rig that day.

[dmitrislastname]

nice

[acdc126]

hooooooo Doooonna hoooooo Doooo ooonna

[Borny]

fantastic