Interesting! I honestly can't say I can define what the Hofner sound really is. I never was into the Beatles (heresy I know), and the looks of those basses never appealed to me enough to play one as far as I remember.
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Thunderbird Club
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Happy St Patricks !! & Thunder Thursday
^^^from my old residence, before i got my 3rd peavey century & peavey 115 cab
^^^from my old residence, before i got my 3rd peavey century & peavey 115 cab
I love those old British amps and nice cabs you have there. I bought my second Marshall Major head last year, I don't have a good picture of it but it's in pretty nice shape, 1970. These pictures are from the seller. I had it checked out, it's in nice shape and sounds good, can't wait to be able to use it, I'll be using Ampeg cabs, either 810's or 410's. I did see an original Major 4 x 15 cab on Reverb last year but it was missing two speakers (really hard to get) and was expensive. They look just like large 4 x 12 Marshall cabs.
Just remember the heavier it is the better it sounds.
Just remember the heavier it is the better it sounds.
Sorry, answered the wrong post.
That was meant for you but I see you got it anyway.
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I bounce around between ~9 forums.That was meant for you but I see you go it anyway.
Looks great. What are the watts on those, about 110 or so?
It's Thunderbird Thursday. Old pic from before custom PG:
Off to writhe that down.....Just remember the heavier it is the better it sounds.
Often true for heads.
You actually had room there to shake your groove thang.
Off to writhe that down.....
Often true for heads.
Only us old timers still believe it.
Wish I could pick up one of those! Miss my JTM 45/100 sometimes, one day I'll get another Marshall head. What I really want to find is a Marshall 200 'Pig', the precursor to the Major. I have a pedal on my board I use for distortion that's pretty much a Pig in a box, and it sounds fantastic.
What's the difference between a Major and a 200 Pig?
The Major uses the conventional front end like other Marshall amps, i.e. bass, treble, mids, presence, volume. The Pig featured Partridge transformers, was ultralinear if I recall correctly, and featured Volume, Bass, and Treble knobs, with two inputs. The Bass and Treble knobs act as gains for the specific frequency range, as the pre has parallel hi and low pass filters. It's a bit of a strange set-up, and more akin to say, a later Sound City or Sunn Coliseum, in that you're not really controlling the frequencies but rather their level in the mix.
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I'm sure any of you guys know about Staff Benda Bilili, but they're a band from Central Africa who all suffered from Poilio.
Their instruments are locally made and not from a high standard, take for example the lead guitarist pulling his leads from a tin can, strung up with a wire and amplified using a transducer pickup.
It's all VERY ramschackle, none of it is perfectly in tune, (I doubt their guitars are capable of being properly intonated) But it has so much spirit.
Their instruments are locally made and not from a high standard, take for example the lead guitarist pulling his leads from a tin can, strung up with a wire and amplified using a transducer pickup.
It's all VERY ramschackle, none of it is perfectly in tune, (I doubt their guitars are capable of being properly intonated) But it has so much spirit.
