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[Jay Barracato]

You mean the Jim Marshall that took Leo Fenders Bassman schematic, changed the value of two capacitors in the tone circuit and called it his amp? Never heard of him.

The Marshall 1972 was the best sounding amp of the Marshall series and also the one you never saw.

[Jonathan Johnson]

Be afraid. Be very afraid.

When I was in the single-digit age bracket, we had a braided rug like the one in your picture laying on our living room floor. Oh, the memories.

[Bob Leonard]

The Marshall 1972 was the best sounding amp of the Marshall series and also the one you never saw.

I've owned a good number of Marshalls in my time and very few amps can come close to the sound of a 50 or 100 watt half stack being pushed by a Les Paul. My first Marshall was a JTM-45 half stack which I bought in 1969 but didn't use until 1975. I put 6550's in the amp and the sound was enormous, but like many or most Marshalls it suffered from failure at the worst possible times. I evetually sold the amp for $400 and have seen them sell on Ebay for up to $12K. Oh well, life goes on.
 
Regradless of what I've owned including Mesa, Ampeg, Gibson, SG Systems, Marshall, etc., there has always been a Fender or two waiting in the basement to take it's place.

[Lee Brenkman]

You mean the Jim Marshall that took Leo Fenders Bassman schematic, changed the value of two capacitors in the tone circuit and called it his amp? Never heard of him.

For Pete's sake, he WAS a drummer after all!   

Real Fenders were prohibitively expensive in the UK at that time.  And most of the other available British made guitar amps were pretty lame.   The now revered Vox AC-30 was pricey AND prone to onstage meltdowns.

[Bob Leonard]

For Pete's sake, he WAS a drummer after all!   

Real Fenders were prohibitively expensive in the UK at that time.  And most of the other available British made guitar amps were pretty lame.   The now revered Vox AC-30 was pricey AND prone to onstage meltdowns.

100% correct.

[peter dakin]

How about this little beauty from Ryan Adam's?


Came complete with working red-light. Your can just make out the 4 delux's.. Can't remember where the actual mic went, think it was on another amp behind this "monitoring" stack!
His stage crew ('09) setup the neatest stage I have ever seen. All cables ran as tramlines, all ruler straight, with right angles. Not a single coil or excess cable anywhere to be seen. Obviously all custom, but man.. it was a thing of beauty.
Duno who had the OCD in this production, whether it was the crew or came for the man himself!

[Tim McCulloch]

How about this little beauty from Ryan Adam's?


Came complete with working red-light. Your can just make out the 4 delux's.. Can't remember where the actual mic went, think it was on another amp behind this "monitoring" stack!
His stage crew ('09) setup the neatest stage I have ever seen. All cables ran as tramlines, all ruler straight, with right angles. Not a single coil or excess cable anywhere to be seen. Obviously all custom, but man.. it was a thing of beauty.
Duno who had the OCD in this production, whether it was the crew or came for the man himself!

Have you ever endured a gig with Adams, especially as monitor mixerperson?

[peter dakin]

Have you ever endured a gig with Adams, especially as monitor mixerperson?

FOH system tech on a show... Seemed like an alright bunch, and a nice show. Can't remember any thing "notable".

[Ned Ward]

You'd think if they went to the trouble to make a giant Princeton Reverb that they'd put the right Fender logo on the grillcloth... pretty funny though.

Credit goes to Neil Young who's been doing this for years with giant Fender and Magnatone "amps" on stage.

[Tim McCulloch]

FOH system tech on a show... Seemed like an alright bunch, and a nice show. Can't remember any thing "notable".

It sounds like things have improved considerably.  That's nice!