Hendrix and mullards

[sgtoverdrive]

phil thats unnst nortons invention or reinvention of an older carlsbro tr 60 watt combo twin twelve.the chassis,iron and hardware are about the only thing left of the amp.it is now powered by 4 ecc83s with 2 kt66 and the moniker says marshall morder ,,germanic for killer.heres the gutz typical sloppy wiring by hier unnst. lol

[BearsGoneFission]

GP several years back had a piece where they talked to one of the guys servicing Jimi's touring gear way back when. The Marshalls were set up for 6550's, as were a couple of the Showman heads, though most of those seemed to stay with 6L6's. Makes me dubious of the mystical attributes of Mullards to a degree, though I don't doubt that they are the best of their breed for EL-34's.

Bear

[billv]

Holy Cow. Look at those u-shaped expansion bends. Super great stuff.

[wiggle]

My theory is that we chase the tone of people like Hendrix, Clapton, Townsend, SRV, and these people probably could have used Framus guitars and Sunn amps and then we would be paying $10,000 for a 64 refin Framus. Marshall would have went under in the 1970s and people would be posting "if you can find an old plexi Marshall amp for under $250 this makes an excellent platform to transform into a Sunn tone machine.

Most of these guys thought that "tone" was a knob on an amp. They were going for huge stage volume. Loud was a competition to them.

The tube brands, xformers, resistors, speakers that we try to replicate and seek out, just happened to be the secret mojo ingredients of their time.

We fell in love with electric guitar and tone by listening to albums and FM radio in our younger years.

I love the tone, dont get me wrong, but maybe we are all brainwashed by our guitar heros seeking out loud reliable stage amps.

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[crossroader]

Right on wiggle! My guess would be that none of those guys really cared what tubes were in thier rigs, as long as they turned on and were able to play the gig. Tubes were all a dime a dozen back them anyway.

[doctornorbert]

The fingers are the most important tone controls. Not that I'd sneeze at a set of NOS mullards.

[zaphod_phil]

I think "Hendrix and the Mullards" would be a pretty cool name for a band!