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29th Jul 2020, 12:50 pm | #41 |
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I have an old 100W Marshall JMP, well old-ish I suppose. It's a 1969/1970, the first year of the metal face plates after the plexi glass face plates.
I bought this amp back in the 90's for £70. LOUD!!! I also met Jim twice too, when he used to have the Marshall road show that toured around the country in the late 80's to demonstrate the new products. Thats one of my true 'claim to fame' stories. |
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Hi David, I have read somewhere in the past that many harp/harmonica players liked the sound they got when using a valve amp with a very un-balanced phase inverter valve installed that created a more a-symmetrical wave form that resulted in a more distorted type of sound. Something like that I think. Would that be about right David ? |
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It would be possible to make a variable unbalancer... particularly for amplifiers with cathode-coupled (long tailed pair) phase splitters.
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A local(ish) lad from Leicester, I believe, formally of Deep Purple and before that the Flower Pot Men, which morphed from the Ivy League, a member of which died in poverty in a Lincoln flat close to where I used to work. As regards to guitar players, I recently discovered this young lady on 'youtube', not just talented, but gifted in her style of playing in my opinion. After seeing her play she'll just make you want to give up and never play again - what's the point after seeing this - could you ever be this good:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEr2JZOa27c |
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29th Jul 2020, 7:47 pm | #46 |
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Nice one Techman, brilliant. & don't forget about Tina S either playing some Beethoven. Well, lets face it, if wasn't for Marshall amplifiers, the sound of the electric guitar would be as far back as the Generals ! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6rBK0BqL2w Last edited by tritone; 29th Jul 2020 at 7:56 pm. |
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So, if you built a long-tailed pair phase-splitter with adjustable anode resistor(s), you might achieve a (maybe limited) unbalance. You could get even cleverer by having the two anode resistors as a dual pot, with one increasing as the other decreased its resistance. I would imagine that the amount of unbalance and difference between the anode resistors would have to be limited, but perhaps someone with more knowledge of valve circuitry might have some better ideas? Colin. |
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Why hasn't she been recorded? Or maybe she has, but in these days of downloading music, I just haven't noticed. Other impressive players in the "shred" zone include Joe Satriani, Steve Vai and Eddie Van Halen. If you want to be truly dumbfounded to the extent of giving up playing, just take a look at what Jeff Beck can do (I have a go at some of his stuff, too. He is getting on a bit but can still pull it out). Colin. |
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30th Jul 2020, 4:35 pm | #49 |
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Thanks for the link Techman, there seems to be no end of talent available on Youtube from kids of all ages, it just blows me away!
These talents represent one of the more positive aspects of Youtube. Many artists would surely remain hidden otherwise.
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I watched the video, gotta say....zzzzzzzzz.
Each to their own. I'm old enough to remember Sister Rosetta Tharpe on telly near Manchester, go babe go: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9a49oFalZE Lawrence. |
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I occasionally open a second session to listen to YouTube in the background. There are indeed many excellent covers of prominent musicians. No one holds the rights to be the best, just to be amongst them. They're not all using Marshall amps though.
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That's brilliant! I love watching musicians for their remarkably different techniques. There're some excellent Alan Lomax videos on YouTube too.
I got a Little Esther 78 a little while ago from a seller who said he'd seen her in New York. A little bit of history with every record. I've got a Marshall JCM600 from Freecycle that's awaiting cautious testing. Apparently it has a reputation for blowing up. |