Techdeth
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Me and a friend knew a GP local that played thru two MM stacks way back when.
Folks around here still talk about it.
Don't know if i would do a $15K transaction with da zoo but thats me.
Folks around here still talk about it.
Don't know if i would do a $15K transaction with da zoo but thats me.
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Racerxrated
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For that price, they need to open all of them up to show the circuit, and close ups of each of the speakers to make sure they're legit. Certainly looks museum quality though.
Thing about those Majors is, they are very clean sounding like a brighter Fender since the transformers are designed that way. You can't boost them, or you risk overheating the circuit...so they have to be modded to get any kind of gain out of them. Pretty sure Blackmore had his tech mod his Majors.
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Panhead5
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The loudest amps I ever heard in my life!
Brandonrz
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How much are the heads alone worth?
midnightlaundry
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MGL AmpWorks
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Gold faced logos on the head and both speaker cabs are reissues, not original. The bottom of the “R” on original logos is open. But closed on reissues. Not a good start to me. They have a number of vintage Marshall pieces right now. Maybe consigned by local collector.
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I didn't know that about the Majors. Thanks!
Great info on the AIWA TP-1011 reel-to-reel tape deck Ritchie used for delay and boost as well as specs for some of the mods made to his Majors:
https://www.treblebooster.net/products/custom-made/rpa-special-booster
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Ive been told for years you can never use a boost in front of a Major w/o causing serious damage to the amp.
Not sure the dynamics behind that.
I know the keyboard player for Deep Purple ran a Hammond B-3 into a Major stack. Was a force of nature.
John4021
Unkle John
The indicator light is askew.
$8000 tops...LOL
Mark from MGL knows his vintage shit. Thanks for the heads up.
rsm
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IIRC, Blackmore also had a modified circuit in his strats starting sometime in the '70s?
master tone circuit:
MGL AmpWorks
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Blackmore’s amps were modded at Marshall. His amps were the first amps with a master volume that was later used in the 2203-2204. So his amps did have a preamp control and master. He then got another stage of gain by plugging his guitar into a reel to reel tape deck and then into his Marshall.
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Yep. John "Dawk" Stillwell was Ritchie's tech. He scalloped Ritchie's guitar neck (after he saw Ritchie trying to scallop the fretboard by hacking it with a knife), he set up the Strat's tremolo so it would stay in tune and he designed a special tone circuit for his Strats.
Here's info on the basic wiring mods with and without Dawk's MTC (Master Tone Circuit). The wiring diagram and instructions for the Fender Blackmore Strats is shown first, then... keep scrolling down to get the info on wiring a Strat up with Dawk's MTC.
https://www.premierguitar.com/diy/mod-garage/ritchie-blackmore-strat
However, Dawk passed away and I don't think anyone is making it to his specs.
Here's an interesting thread on MTC "workalike" type circuits including a LOT of discussion on Q-Filter tone circuits by none other than Bill Lawrence. https://www.freestompboxes.org/viewtopic.php?t=14179
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Extra preamp tube, too. See the article linked in post #9.
midnightlaundry
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Those are wired in Ultra Linear.. It's super clean and meant not to distort.
I once put an UL Output Transformer on an Amp with a DPDT Switch so I could go from normal to UL, and the normal easily sounded better for Guitar.
Cool historic Amp, but there's a reason nobody uses UL in Guitar Amps anymore..
I once put an UL Output Transformer on an Amp with a DPDT Switch so I could go from normal to UL, and the normal easily sounded better for Guitar.
Cool historic Amp, but there's a reason nobody uses UL in Guitar Amps anymore..
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More Blackmore gear info. See post #4 in this link: https://www.strat-talk.com/threads/anyone-know-how-r-blackmore-got-his-sound.30127/
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Racerxrated
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I wonder if those logos are the 'Music Ground' repros? Makes me think all of it could be re tolexed; which would completely destroy the price/value they listed it all for.
Greazygeo
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Terrible sounding amps…loud proud and awful.
Tonelover
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Would this be OK at bedroom levels in my apartment?
