about all those marshall stacks on the stage..



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about all those marshall stacks on the stage..

Postby Connor » Mon May 24, 2010 10:39 pm

so in a bunch of pictures and videos of big bands playing live, theres always a shitload of marshall cabs in the back of the stage..

so im wondering if those are all just for show?
i mean if i had four marshall cabs directly behind me and i played an hour set on them, id be deaf..

so what gives? :poke:
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Re: about all those marshall stacks on the stage..

Postby Ghost Hip » Mon May 24, 2010 11:15 pm

I know a few Nirvana speaker cabinets weren't plugged in. Kind of creates a visual/psychological thing. If you tell people it's going to be loud, they'll believe it.

But yeah they probably mic one-three amps and the rest are for visual. But I wouldn't be surprised if some bands do have them all plugged in. :lol:
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Re: about all those marshall stacks on the stage..

Postby Mudfuzz » Mon May 24, 2010 11:16 pm

I want see someone, some day, do the whole wall of amps thing, with pignoses :rock:
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Re: about all those marshall stacks on the stage..

Postby devnulljp » Mon May 24, 2010 11:21 pm

Fake, no speakers, not plugged in, etc.
Or made of cardboard?

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I read somewhere that Angus young has a single 4x12 and a plexi in an isolation box usually under the stage that's miced up to the PA. The rest is for show.

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Re: about all those marshall stacks on the stage..

Postby devnulljp » Mon May 24, 2010 11:23 pm

Mudfuzz wrote:I want see someone, some day, do the whole wall of amps thing, with pignoses :rock:
This is close no?
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Re: about all those marshall stacks on the stage..

Postby bigchiefbc » Mon May 24, 2010 11:28 pm

Yeah, a lot of them are fake (empty Marshall shells), and some of them are real, but not plugged in.

Tom Sholz (Boston) was well-known to play through at least 5-10 Marshall Super Lead stacks back in the days. My mother tells me to this day that Boston were the loudest band she's ever heard live (which included Sabbath, Alice Cooper, Pink Floyd, etc.)
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Re: about all those marshall stacks on the stage..

Postby foomanfat » Mon May 24, 2010 11:30 pm

I've never seen the cardboard setup, but I've seen plenty of bands that use ghost cabinets for show.
Just cabinets with no speakers in them. The Chariot beat the crap out of their ghost cabs (and their real cabs(and everything else)).
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Re: about all those marshall stacks on the stage..

Postby smile_man » Mon May 24, 2010 11:36 pm

foomanfat wrote:I've never seen the cardboard setup, but I've seen plenty of bands that use ghost cabinets for show.
Just cabinets with no speakers in them. The Chariot beat the crap out of their ghost cabs (and their real cabs(and everything else)).


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Re: about all those marshall stacks on the stage..

Postby htsamurai » Mon May 24, 2010 11:40 pm

devnulljp wrote:
Mudfuzz wrote:I want see someone, some day, do the whole wall of amps thing, with pignoses :rock:
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Re: about all those marshall stacks on the stage..

Postby tuffteef » Tue May 25, 2010 12:11 am

most bands ive seen while working backstage either had like one micd and maybe a few on just to tell everyone there on stage lol or they had like them all going like 3 full stacks
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Re: about all those marshall stacks on the stage..

Postby deadbeatriot » Tue May 25, 2010 12:46 am

brad paisley is an incredible guitarist.


those are probs fake dr. z's
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Re: about all those marshall stacks on the stage..

Postby Nychthemeron » Tue May 25, 2010 12:49 am

Wait, wouldn't there be a lot of interference with multiple amplifiers? I'd imagine there would be a shitton of cross-cancellation of asynchronous soundwaves because of amp spacing.
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Re: about all those marshall stacks on the stage..

Postby McSpunckle » Tue May 25, 2010 1:27 am

Isn't the whole "wall of amps" thing sorta played out? Half the time the stage lights shine through the speaker holes and you can tell they're fake.

Know what would be WAY better? A fucking wall of strippers farting smoke.

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Re: about all those marshall stacks on the stage..

Postby htsamurai » Tue May 25, 2010 1:29 am

well played sir, well played
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Re: about all those marshall stacks on the stage..

Postby magiclawnchair » Tue May 25, 2010 7:51 am

Mudfuzz wrote:I want see someone, some day, do the whole wall of amps thing, with pignoses :rock:


:idea: i like pignoses... :cool:

McSpunckle wrote:Isn't the whole "wall of amps" thing sorta played out? Half the time the stage lights shine through the speaker holes and you can tell they're fake.

Know what would be WAY better? A fucking wall of strippers farting smoke.

Stripper smoke farts FTW!


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