For those concerned about power cables....

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It's all about the efficiency, and characteristics of the speaker drivers in the cabinets - did you know that current Marshall amps use "junk" chip power amps to do the work - just slightly more powerful than those used in those DIY Gainclone kits that are everywhere?

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7 hours ago, gmgraves said:

Thanks for the clarification. But if you don't mind answering, why would anybody want to listen to distortion? I don't get it.

 

I have a younger brother who is totally into the "Gotta play in a band!" mentality - I built his first, valve amp, from a kit, and build the speaker cabinet too when he was a youngster - his group was the only live gig in our small country town!

 

If you have never stood a couple of feet in front of a classic Marshall amp setup, and "felt" what the experience is like when a guitarist who has the skills gives it a bit of a burnout - then you will never "get it".

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Some early specimens ...

 

 

 

 

 

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There was a clip of Hendrix doing Jelly 292, from his Blues album, I was going to post - but the half-witted creature who put it on YouTube has totally destroyed the sound, by jamming it hard to volume 11. This is about as good as it gets, when listening to the pristine CD version - fabulous bounce and drive!

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Talking of cellos ...

 

 

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In the spirit of George's recent posts, another type of music ...