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08-05-2010, 12:30 PM
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I actually knew this, but I always suspected they were just emptied, non-working cabs. Looks like portability and ease for techies have trumped that notion. 
At least a wall of amps will be cheaper to buy now. 
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08-05-2010, 12:35 PM
| | | | I'm used to seeing the empty or unused cabs trick, but this takes it to a Hollywood prop level! |
08-05-2010, 12:41 PM
|  | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: S/E Michigan | | | That sucks... I didn't suspect it. |
08-05-2010, 12:42 PM
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08-05-2010, 12:42 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Boston, MA | | | It's shopped, I can tell by the pi.....never mind.
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08-05-2010, 12:43 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Central Illinois, USA | | | Decades ago, when Guitar Player Magazine interviewed KISS for the first time, Paul and Gene both talked about how when they were playing bars, the had a wall of amps- all cardboard painted to look like Marshalls and Ampegs. Paul played through a single Fender Twin Reverb mic'd, but they'd build a wall of amps as big as the stage was.
Funny how this thread is right under the one about being image conscious...
John
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08-05-2010, 12:44 PM
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08-05-2010, 12:45 PM
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08-05-2010, 12:45 PM
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08-05-2010, 12:48 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2009 Location: Detroit | | | What is funny is that all those cabsheads probably say Marshall on the front, but then you see the Engl.
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08-05-2010, 12:48 PM
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08-05-2010, 12:54 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2009 Location: Detroit | | Here is another shot of that band where they appear to be real amps. 
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08-05-2010, 12:56 PM
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08-05-2010, 12:57 PM
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Welcome to reality, folks. Rock & roll = smoke & mirrors.
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08-05-2010, 12:57 PM
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its all about "THE POCKET" | | | | | i figured they were fake.....i knew all thoes cabs were unnessesary if thier amps are ran through the main anyway lol |
08-05-2010, 01:01 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: glasgow (on the 16 bus) | | | i think it looks really cheesy the whole wall of amps
and the only bands that actually do it are just doing it to show off
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08-05-2010, 01:05 PM
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The guys behind Metalocalypse are genius. I keep seeing their references to everything metal just about every time I see something new.
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08-05-2010, 01:07 PM
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Originally Posted by s_mcsleazy i think it looks really cheesy the whole wall of amps
and the only bands that actually do it are just doing it to show off | Showing off is a pretty integral part of rock n' roll showmanship.
Rock n' roll + a (perceived) wall of amps & cabs = fun.
It's math!
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08-05-2010, 01:10 PM
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Originally Posted by sarcastro83 Showing off is a pretty integral part of rock n' roll showmanship.
Rock n' roll + a (perceived) wall of amps & cabs = fun.
It's math! | tbh id rather have a real wall of amps and ALL of them running..... but thats only if i was to ever play 100000+ gigs
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08-05-2010, 01:11 PM
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Originally Posted by s_mcsleazy tbh id rather have a real wall of amps and ALL of them running..... but thats only if i was to ever play 100000+ gigs | 100000+ at the same time? A wall is A LOT!!! 
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