THREE Acoustic 371s?

[Jeff Scott]

I've seen at least one picture of Greg Ridley (Humble Pie) with two on each side of the stage

When I saw Humble Pie (see my previous post) Greg had his Acoustics set up similarly. Two on either side of Jerry Shirley, while Steve and Peter each had three full Marshall stacks on either side of that. What a fantasy backline for a 14 year old!

 

[edwinhurwitz]

IIRC Albert Collins used to gig with one in the mid 80s too. With a Tele it was icepick de la icepick territory.

Yikes! He was so good! I remember seeing him in a small club in Cambridge MA in the 80s and it was one of the best shows I've seen. Johnny B Gayden is a hell of a bass player.

 

[rodak]

I would not lie about such a thing and I promise I wasn't drinking or high, but I saw Cactus open for the Who at Dallas Memorial in 1970 and Timmy had EIGHT Acoustic 360 stacks. Don't know if they were all "on line", but they were on stage.

I think we have our winnah! Sure would like to see a pic of that - or any of the "4xAcoustic 360/370" sightings.

I'm pretty sure that while some bands had walls of amps, usually Marshalls, most were just for show (and possibly empty of speakers). I saw Guns & Roses back in the early 80s, and the drums in the PA were just totally overpowering. At one point, the power to the PA went out, and all you could hear was what was on-stage. At first I thought "great, now I get to hear the guitars and bass!", but sadly, instead of that big wall of Marshalls, I think I was actually hearing a single 4x12, maybe two, per guitarist.