Anybody knows where i can find some detailed information about it?? I just know some equipment that he used live but not in the studio, but both live and studio would help, thanks.
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Greg Lake rig on Emerson Lake & Palmer??
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What year are we talking about? Initially, it was a Jazz bass, roundwounds(Rotosound, I would think), and Hiwatt stacks, all a hold over from his King Crimson days...
...then landing on Rickenbacker before moving to Alembic and custom builds...
His amp rig evolved into a full range mini PA(that Fender Showman was for guitar, a cherry red Les Paul when I saw them).
Bro thanks, i think he used the hiwatts till like 1973? right? i wanted to know what he used after that, thanks
I never understand his setup after the hiwatts, talking about the amps and cabinets, it's kinda confusing.
Don’t know if this will help, but it covers some of the PA style rig that he went to...
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In the studio, anyone’s guess. In the 90’s he went to Trace Elliot stacks, adding extra tweeters. Here’s a clip of Lake recording with The Who...
At some point, he also used a Gibson Ripper too.
Complete discussions in an earlier thread:
Greg Lake's bass sound
Complete discussions in an earlier thread:
Greg Lake's bass sound
man thank you you even give more infromation that i ask, i was actually just asking about the merson lake and palmer period but i don't wan't to be boring asking a lot of questions, sorry if i am but what i really wanted to know it's what kind of cabinets is this behind him?
From what i read in other threads his rig in elp after the hiwatts (After 1973) was as amp a crown dc300A and for cabinets is
JBL 4520s cabinet with jbl horns, i just wanted to know if i am right, and if the jbl cabinets is the same as the image above.
Oh yeah, the scoop cabs...man thank you you even give more infromation that i ask, i was actually just asking about the merson lake and palmer period but i don't wan't to be boring asking a lot of questions, sorry if i am but what i really wanted to know it's what kind of cabinets is this behind him?
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From what i read in other threads his rig in elp after the hiwatts (After 1973) was as amp a crown dc300A and for cabinets is
JBL 4520s cabinet with jbl horns, i just wanted to know if i am right, and if the jbl cabinets is the same as the image above.
https://jblpro.com/en/site_elements/4508-4520-4530-4550a-4560a-en3-en5-en8-information
....seen here:
Pretty advanced for the time, I have have no idea what the preamp might have been, Ashley SC-40 or Furman? There wasn’t much else available. Entwistle was using a German brand, Stramp, as the control center of his huge pile of Sunn gear around that time. By the second half of the 70’s it was becoming more of a thing to have crossovers, power amps and multiple cabinets, Stanley Clarke, Sting, etc. I saw ELP in ‘72, but I just can’t remember what his rig was, maybe the Hiwatts, still? It was the last tour before they started getting stupid with the circus act stuff, the spinning piano and all that, but Emerson had a forerunner of the keytar that he’d run around on stage with, shooting out sparks, very phallic.
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His Black and Trot Fender Jazz.
He didn't start using his Gibson Ripper until 1/3 of the way through the Get Me a Ladder Tour which can be heard on the Triple Live Album 'Welcome Back' which was obviously released after BSS
Gibson approached him as he was no longer using his beloved J-200 Acoustic Guitar and was no longer using any other Gibson (Les Paul) and having Zemaitis make custom guitars for him of both electric and acoustic varieties.
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Also a Jazz Bass here, but his sunburst. This also doesn't include his fuzz bass playing along with Fripp's guitar playing.
Hi, I own one of Gregs Amps.
A Mesa Boogie M Pulse 600 bass amp with foot switch mounted within a rolling rack case alongside a Behringer rack tuner and Furman PL-8 Series II power conditioner.
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When I saw him in 1974, he was using a Gibson Ripper and a Black Les Paul custom
