or the mighty Marshall was cranked to 11 and knocking them out of the skyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ9r8LMU9bQ
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or the mighty Marshall was cranked to 11 and knocking them out of the skyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ9r8LMU9bQ
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Originally Posted by Dedman
Hahahaha.....Marshalls going to 11 is cool,......but *doing my best Nigel Tufnel impersonation*...my Marshall goes to 12 (via it's boosted crunch mode), you know what?, Rock the Casbah is actually a really cool song, cheers for posting the video clip mate.
I'm sure old school Clash fans thought it was The Clash selling out.Quote:
Originally Posted by DrNomis_44
Na, the Clash were ever evolving,I think that's why the fans stuck around. I loved them from London Calling till the stuff Joe Strummer did with the Mescelero's. The Sandanista 3 LP was an outstanding release, I still listen to it regularly , in fact I included Lose this Skin in my DJ set last Sunday.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJgCDs-Us7Q
The Clash's song "London Calling" was another one of those 80's Punk classics that I actually liked a lot too, I reckon Joe Strummer is a lyrical genius, he certainly knew how to put words together to convey what the mainstream public wanted to say.
Update:
Been thinking of adding a couple more pedals to my pedal board, a TS-808 Tube Screamer and a TS-9 Tube Screamer, one of my local music shops in Darwin, the Pro Shop, has both a TS-808 and a TS-9 in stock, I've also got a small Rowin 5-Band EQ pedal I could add into the mix as well, once I get my Gold Standard Strat back in action I'll see if I can get some Eric Johnson tones happening.
Update:
Okay, I've been putting it off for a bit too long now so I'm going to go ahead and see if I can record a quick and dirty demo of my recently-fixed Marshall amp for you guys, I'm going to use my Focusrite Scarlett CM25 Condenser Mic to record the amp straight into FL Studio and I will try not to use any plugins so you can hear what the amp sounds like on it's own, I may need to use my sleeping-bag to stop any outside noise being picked up by the mic, the guitar I will be using is my Gibson USA Les Paul Studio, plugged straight into the amp with no pedals, I will plug the footswitch into the amp so I can switch the amp channels remotely, and I might turn up the amp's reverb in parts of the demo recording too, stay tuned.
And finally, here's the new demo clip I recorded of my recently fixed Marshall, I think she's sounding pretty good so far, this demo will sound a bit rough-and-ready, the playing may be a bit dodgy in parts, this is just to give you an idea what the amp sounds like now, the sounds range from dry-clean, reverbed clean, crunch, and boosted-crunch....enjoy!!
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...C%20record.mp3
Love that crunchy sound.
Brings back fond memories from my youth.
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Originally Posted by wazkelly
I actually didn't have the Marshall turned up very loud at all when I made that demo recording, both the clean and overdrive channel master volumes were set to the 9 o clock position, but the amp was still loud enough to hear in the room while I had my monitor headphones on, I also had my sleeping bag draped over the front of the amp and I put a pillow on top of the mic too, the mic was placed on a small stand 20cm away, and facing the centre of the front of the amp when I made that recording.
Wow, I can only imagine how much better it would sound once opened up a bit more.
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Originally Posted by wazkelly
I might have a go at recording it turned up a bit louder tomorrow if I get the chance, it can get pretty loud, I have only tried turning it up to about the 11 o clock position on both channel master volumes, been feeling a bit scared to turn it up past the 12 o clock position, it's a 100 Watt Valve amp after all, and some 100 Watt Valve amps can get ear-piercingly loud, my mate's Peavey Triumph is only a 60 Watt Valve amp but it easily keeps up with my Marshall.
I reckon my Marshall really needs to be plugged into a 4 X 12 Speaker cab to sound it's best, trouble is, my mate reckons I should only get a 2 X 12 Speaker cab for it, since it'll be less awkward to carry up and down one flight of stairs.
I had a quad box 35 years ago and yes they do sound better but man what a pain to move around. Going up and downs stairs at gigs really needed 2 people to carry it but being young and stupid did it on my own most of the time. Thank god I never dropped it as I came close on many occasions.
Lucky you have a Master Volume model as you can crank the pre-amp section and drop back the power amp output to bring on the traditional overdriven Marshall signature sound. Funny thing is, if everything is wound right up I reckon with master at about 3 or 4, going any higher may not sound much louder just a hotter sound. Problem is on a 100w anything past 2 is extremely loud or at least that is what I experienced on my old Marshall amp.
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Originally Posted by wazkelly
Yep, those non-master volume Superlead Plexis tended to get very loud early on when you turned them up past about 2 on the master volumes, this made it hard to get that classic crunch-tone at lower volumes, I might do some experimenting with the overdrive and master volume settings on my Marshall tomorrow, I usually keep the master volume around the 9 o clock position and then play with the overdrive setting, i tend to keep the Crunch Balance control set full-on, all tone controls were set to the 12 o clock position in that new demo I posted, that's a good test for an amp, if you get a good tone with all the tone controls set to 12 o clock, you'll know it's a good amp.
I've had a great time re-familiarizing myself with my Marshall amp so far, been feeling really eager to get back into gigging mode again, my mate reckons there's going to be a gig coming up in September in Darwin at a place called The Railway Club, he wants to play the gig with me and some friends of his, so we have some rehearsing to do, he and I have been getting together a list of songs to play at the gig, in the meantime I have been doing some work on his amp rig and once the mods to his Triumph amp have been done he'll be ready for gigging too.
A decent quad box sounds brilliant but is back breaking work, Google Lenard GB150 for my old rig two quad boxes that were bigger than the Marshall box
What a beast. Would have need many roadies to cart that stuff around.
I was young and stupid, there must have been 100 steps into the Festival studios at Ultimo where we had free run most Sunday'sQuote:
Originally Posted by wazkelly
I just found a forum where a guy posted a pic of his Lenard GB 60 amp, looks like a cool bit of gear.Quote:
Originally Posted by dave.king1
http://www.guitargear.net.au/discuss...p?topic=6282.0
I remember seeing one young lady at the Happy Yess Club, playing something that looked like an ES335 (it could have been a bass version of the ES335, my memory's a bit hazy) through an old 60's Silvertone amp which was sitting on a Silvertone speaker cab, I wouldn't mind owning a nice 60's Silvertone amp one day.
I just found this webpage that has some pics of the Lenard Guitar amps, and thought I'd post a link to it here for anyone interested in checking it out:
http://www.ozvalveamps.org/lenard.htm
had a listen to the demo Doc, as Waz said love the crunch sound, sounds great
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Originally Posted by wokkaboy
Cheers mate, it certainly sounds like it's running a lot more healthier to my ears, I might do another demo recording, but with the amp turned up louder, still need to record a demo of the new Doctor Overdrive pedal going through the amp too.
A mate of mine borrowed my Marshall amp and my LP Studio so he could play on stage with a guitarist called Robbie Mills, at a Reggae Festival earlier and my Marshall didn't play up at all, it lasted the whole of the band's set-list intact without missing a beat and was still working perfectly before I powered it down and took it off stage, so I guess I'll call it a successful roadtest....awesome.
very cool Doc, glad it passed the acid test
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Originally Posted by stan
Cheers mate, I am soooooo relieved that the Marshall is gig-worthy again, by gig-worthy I mean that it's reliable enough to be used as a giging amp with the confidence that it's not going to let me down when I least want it to.
When I was using it before it got fixed, I was always thinking more about when it was going to break down, rather than what notes I was supposed to be playing, so it was like a war going on in my head, now, I can just concentrate on my playing, funny thing was, the first time I plugged into the Marshall after it had been fixed, I could swear that my playing had somehow magically improved, I'm sure you can relate to that, have you ever noticed how your playing seems to have improved after not playing guitar for some time?
I think you improved because you are not second guessing your amp and are now free to just play
As for playing better after a rest, perhaps there are no expectations and no mental hang ups
Either way it's good to feel improved
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Originally Posted by stan
Absolutely, I'm always trying to improve in any way I can, whether it's my playing, or my guitar-building skills, etc.
aren't we all mate, it's important to enjoy the journey too
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Originally Posted by stan
That's true, and our lives are a journey too.
While I was at my mate's place last Saturday, I got up the courage to turn my Marshall amp past half-way on the Overdrive Channel's Master Volume with it's boost-switch engaged, I'm glad I did cause the amp just kept sounding better as I turned it up, honestly it roars just like a Marshall amp should, Power Chords easily faded into musical feedback, I stood there with a big grin on my face, and the amp kept working too.
I had the Overdrive Master Volume turned up 3/4 of the way and it was very loud.
good stuff Doc, next time try and record a video
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Originally Posted by wokkaboy
Will do mate, maybe sometime this week, I might unleash the beast so to speak.
I think my Digital Camera can shoot movies, but I'll have to read the destruction manual to learn how to do it cause it's a bit different to my old Canon A480 Camera, but yeah I'll see if I can shoot a video of the Marshall turned up nice and loud.
Update:
My Marshall amp is a bit of a heavy beast, figuratively and literally, and carrying it up a flight of stairs can be a bit of a pain, actually, carrying it for a short distance can be a pain too, so yesterday I visited my local Big Green Shed to buy some materials for a couple of guitar projects I'm working on, while there, I decided to buy a set of Castors for the Marshall, I have just finished installing them on the amp and what a difference it's making already, don't know why I didn't do it sooner, maybe it's cause I'm a Masochist and actually enjoy having a very painful back, I dunno, just so glad I've finally gone and put Castors on the amp, took me enough time didn't it?...hahahaha.
might sound different too up off the floor
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Originally Posted by Dedman
I did notice before that there wasn't a whole lot of Bass in the sound of the Marshall, maybe there might be more Bass now cause the floor isn't absorbing it, might give it a test run later to confirm my theory.
Just did the test-run and yep, to my ears the Bass does seem a bit more thumpier and focused now that those Castors are on and the amp is a bit higher off the floor.
I noticed that the amp goes into musical-feedback easier at lower volumes now too.
Be careful when playing aggressively at volume as once on castors they can tend to wander around a bit, at least that is what I found out on my 4 x 12 slant front cab. Ended up giving the castors to our drummer for his 'Coffin Case' to hold all his cymbal stands, etc. and put a couple of strips of pine the size used in housing timber frames underneath running from front to back. Worked great as you could just slide the thing around a stage or in the back of the truck without the fear of it always wanting to move all over the place on it's own as if possessed by an evil spirit.
Our guitarist at the time had a Fender Twin with those side strips of metal that allowed you to tilt the amp back and use them as supporting legs. Great idea as it helped to project some of the stage sound to head height so he could hear his own amp.
Being off the ground a little bit now will help you hear things a bit better rather than have more bottom end as anything with an open back tends to lose a bit of low end grunt out the back too.
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Originally Posted by wazkelly
That's a good point, I actually thought about that prior to buying the new casters, and I made sure I bought a set of four that had an integral braking system so that the amp will not move once the brakes are engaged, each of the new casters has a small lever that is pushed down to engage the brake-system, works really well.
Mine didn't have brakes and if ever there was a slight tilt on the stage surface there was more rolling than rocking going on if you get my drift.
Another reason why I got rid of the wheels is that I had a sturdy chunky roadcase for the 100w Marshall Head which was about 8" to 10" high from memory and plonked the cab up on top of that to get a bit more of the sound nearer to head height.
Here's a link to the Bunnings website page so you can see what the Casters I installed on my Marshall look like:
https://www.bunnings.com.au/ambassad...astor_p3940241