Scott Ian playing Angus' guitar and amp

[stefvorcide]

Killer sound !!

 

[MOAAH]

From his mouth to my ears.
He started working with them in the mid 80s.
The 1st amps he built for them were called ARD because they sounded "Ard!" (as in hard when said by an Aussie!)
You can see pics of those amps on the Wizard website.
Rick did TONS of R&D on transformers because the "aussie guys" would complain that their plexis started the night out sounding great and would finish up sound like mush at the end of the night. Rick explained that the trannies were so hot with heat saturation that it couldn't be helped so he started R&D on his amps and came up with a great combo including trannies that won't get hot even if left on for a week. In fact, that is one of my favorite things that I do when demoing the Wizards at the amp shows and that is to have people stick their hands through the cutout side handles and touch the transformers and feel how cold they are!

Thanks for the further details
Luv everything about his amps, he'll always be my hero with the tone and look his amps have. Inside and out, the best dang amps I've ever seen and played!!!

 

[Marshall Law]

awesome video

 

[jaybird]

Cool! Mewants to try out a Wizard!!!

 

[AmpliFIRE]

Too bad he didnt play "Lay it Down" or "Bark at the moon".......

now that would have been original....

I knew that would get a rise out of ya!!

Kind of like this does

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jR7y7g8h1y4

 

[Mailman1971]

Too bad he didnt play "Lay it Down" or "Bark at the moon".......

now that would have been original....

I knew that would get a rise out of ya!!

Kind of like this does

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jR7y7g8h1y4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inABlRqOnuw

 

[ke2]

Hehehehee!
Awesome tone!

Sounds like Angus if you close your eyes...

Ya... "tone's in the fingers"

Agreed, great sound. I didn`t think it sounded like Angus though?
It sounded like a Marshall-type amp played without mutes and with open chords.

I know that it wouldn`t sound like that if I played it And it would sound very different if Scott played like he did in the 80`s and 90`s. But that kind of sound doesn`t lend itself to muted power chords. (IMO)

 

[Lord Toneking]

Ian is my favorite guitarist and he made that rig sing. Love the tone.

Yeah! Those E A G and D chords were awesome

 

[tokyo tapes]

So, does anyone know what model this amps is?

 

[Rampage]

I kept expecting to hear something off Among the Living.

 

[glassjaw7]

Hehehehee!
Awesome tone!

Sounds like Angus if you close your eyes...

Ya... "tone's in the fingers"

My thoughts exactly.

 

[Mailman1971]

That was VERY DISTINCT Angus tone (well its his rig! )
But goes to show.....GEAR MAKES A DIFFERENCE!!!

 

[johnnyjellybean]

So, does anyone know what model this amps is?

Vintage Classic 50