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I see bands with mulitple heads marshalls ampegs linked how does that work?

Arnie

Arnie

May 14, 2005
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#1
Ok for example Kiss and a few other bands will have multiple Marshall heads seemingly "bi amped" together. Whether this is true or just "staged" how does this get accomplished? Line out to line in on amps? Some sort of DI system?

I have always wondered this..
 
#3
...not sure what Kiss does, but I have seen this a few times in the racks behind stage:
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There is also one from Lehle that does a good job.

The previous poster is right, though. To a large extent, this is done just for show (ZZ Top e.g. ).
 
#5
Or perhaps they're not real amps at all . . .

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#6
Arnie said:
Ok for example Kiss and a few other bands will have multiple Marshall heads seemingly "bi amped" together. Whether this is true or just "staged" how does this get accomplished? Line out to line in on amps? Some sort of DI system?

I have always wondered this..
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i mean if they have 10 cabs and 10 amps it makes sense. lots of bands will use multiple of everything.

and some of them are like immortal and use fake wooden boxes to look cool. it all depends, but you can run a bunch of amps with no problem.
 
#8
Google Rig Rundown, and prepare to spend hours of watching vids of behind the seens of guitar techs showing off your guitar hero's touring rig. Start with Joe Perrys rig:

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Enjoy
 
#9
It's not ALL staged for appearance. AC/DC's stuff is all plugged in and working.

Anyway, either they use the amps' line outs to connect them all together, or they'll use an ABY switch to switch between them if they use one amp for clean, one for dirty. Or they have elaborate switching systems custom made for their stuff.

Or it's all show ;)
 
#10
you mean like this...Link Removed

I know these dudes and there is nothing fake or "for show" about this. Every one of those amps is on 10!

On most of the old amps, fender, marshal, ampeg, has two inputs for each channel. You plug in to input one, then with the second input, you run a cable from that to the first input on the second amp, and continue this way as many times as you want. The 2 inputs are just a straight pass thru.
 
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xroads said:
...not sure what Kiss does, but I have seen this a few times in the racks behind stage:
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There is also one from Lehle that does a good job.

The previous poster is right, though. To a large extent, this is done just for show (ZZ Top e.g. ).
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I don't run a "wall" of amps, but often gig and record with two running in parallel using a Lehle splitter, if I had more amps and more roadies, and more desire for volume beyond the deafening level we use now I could always add more.

I use them for balancing an effect tone with a "clean" tone to maintain lows while adding more mids and highs.
 
#18
I'm experimenting at the moment with running two amps/rigs at the same time. I'm trying to run a clean signal through one and an effects through the other.

In order to do it I've got quite a simple signal splitter, an EHX Switchblade Plus. You can either choose signal A, or signal B or run both at the same time.

You can get more complicated splitters that also allow you to determine the output to each signal.
 
#19
hennessybass said:
the one I posted?

Called Amplified Heat. Out of Austin Texas. Three brother. Loud, blues, rock.
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Cool, I actually have a track of them doing a ZZ Top cover (Neighbor Neighbor) on a compilation. Going to listen again when I get home.

On a tangent, my drummer complains often that he can't hear his kick, and we're not THAT loud in the studio. We've been running his kick through the PA, but I'm not sure how that's gonna jive with vocals when we gig.
 

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