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To: Drew68
> And volume. I have a Marshall Plexi half stack and every now and then I'll get a wild hair up my ass and dime it out. It shakes the walls. Standing in the right place though, I can hold a note forever.

Yep, infinite sustain... My old Twin Reverb will make my Les Paul sing like that when I crank it, though I'll be the first to admit its 2x12 cab doesn't have the wall-shaking balls of a Marshall stack. Long ago I played for a while through a Marshall 100-watt head with a pair of 4x12s, and there simply is nothing in the world quite like that experience. Except maybe having a stage backline with 3 such stacks. I saw Blue Cheer at the old Electric Factory in Philly around 1968 -- that was the first time I experienced the power of multiple stacks. It was kinda like seeing God, you're never the same again.

31 posted on 01/23/2015 8:24:25 PM PST by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is...sounding pretty good about now.)
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To: dayglored

I wanted a Twin Reverb and went shopping for one. I found a Super Twin that was in decent shape (electronically great but with the customary cosmetic wear n tear).

I started using it and was almost immediately disappointed - it was too loud! I had gone from a 65 watt single twelve Ampeg and a 60 watt single twelve Dean Markley and was used to achieving a certain amount of output concurrent with the saturation of tubes which gives that golden tone. What I wound was that most of the halls where I played couldn’t handle the Super at full volume. And anything less robbed me of the tone I sought.

Most of the Twins and Super Twins ran at 65 to 85 watts. There was a number of years where the Twin spec’d at 100 watts. I did some research and found that my monster was running at 135 watts. No wonder!

I never sold it but I did replace it. I wonder what the durn thing is worth now?


35 posted on 01/23/2015 9:33:53 PM PST by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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