Remember when Hendrix just plugged into a Marshall amp ... ?

[fas42]

And you thought it was audiophiles who got anal about all the bits that made the sound ... 😁

 

 

[ShawnC]

I spend about half my time on the web viewing audiophile stuff and the other half guitar related stuff.  A guitarist chasing his tone is as bad as an audiophile searching for theirs.  YouTube is indispensable for this addiction.

 

I do find it funny how audiophiles scuff at the notion of hearing a YouTube video of a music system at a trade show, a dealers show room or a home system.  Where as guitarists just know (without having to retell everyone watching the video) that the video their watching is compressed.  Your getting the idea of the sound which is close, not an exact replica. Good guitar reviewers will do multiple mic settings like DI out, live room mic and speaker mic to give you a sense of what the product sounds like.  Obviously nothing is absolute.

[DeathFugue]

Hendrix was plugged into 3 Marshall stacks when I saw him in 1970, and those were mic'd into a huge PA with 9 (as I recall) Altec A-7 speakers on each side of the stage. Lord knows how many thousands of watts were driving them. My ears are still ringing...😀This was taken at the show, but not by me.

 

[firedog]

I think this picture is from his June 4 "67 appearance at the Saville Theatre in London. Not exactly a giant stack:

 

 

[sphinxsix]

You're missing the point, guys. Hendrix was born plugged in.. 

Which amp and how many of them doesn't matter that much.

I think I don't have to add that he was definitely a subjectivist.

The guy couldn't even read notes..

[fas42]

A bit a' fun ...