Howdy folks,
I joined the Fractal family last Wednesday, 07/14/2021. A red-letter day for sure!
I love King's X. I was working at a CD store when Dogman came out and I was stunned by the huge changes from their previous albums. It was so stripped down and brutal, it probably spent the longest time in my car over anything else and is still my go-to album when I just want to get my a** kicked.
Living in NC, and trying to make a start as a musicians in the Raleigh area, my friends and I were super excited by Ty landing an endorsement with the late Ken Hoover's Zion guitars (based out of nearby Greensboro, NC). It was neat. Just about everyone I know has their own Zion stories. I've got a pretty darn good one myself that I could share in the Guitars forum (the guitar in my av is a very special Zion that landed in my Dad's collection and, thirty-odd years later, in mine. Don't worry, Dad's ok and enjoying my MIM Tele with Lindy Fralins in it; so he's happy.)
One of my buddies' friends worked at Zion, and my friend asked them a ton of questions surrounding this gear pairing (the Ty Tabor Zion and the Dual Rec.) and one small tidbit we learned was just how frustrated Ty was trying to get the Recto and the Joe Barden pickups in that Zion to play well together. The gist of what we heard seemed to be there was just a very tiny sweet-spot in the pickup heights that "worked" for Ty with this amp.
I've never read about Marshalls being mixed into Dogman. Given the incredibly raw nature of the mix I would expect one to stand out, but if it's there I couldn't say. What we do know is the next album, Ear Candy, was mostly Marshall (30th Anniversary?) Seems like Ty couldn't wait to switch.
To be totally honest, Ear Candy is about where King's X and I lose touch. Tape Head had some great tunes but I think the guitars sound terrible. The ART and the PODs of that era do nothing for me. After that it... doesn't seem get a lot better (to my ears).
And a little lol - Just realized that's Leon posting about my favorite band (I'm very new here, making my first post). Totally makes sense because I watched and re-watched a bunch of Leon's vids as I was psyching myself up to buy an FM3 and was curious about him playing Drop-D tuning so often. Thanks, Leon, for helping me dive into my FM3 on day one.)
Sorry, not trying to derail the thread! Just really glad to finally be here.
E: typos