Members RockNote Posted September 30, 2012 Members Share Posted September 30, 2012 He's a devout combo man, isn't he? In the clip below, though, he uses an Orange half stack. But a full stack is unheard of, isn't it? [video=youtube;cia98Oirb18] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members onelife Posted September 30, 2012 Members Share Posted September 30, 2012 The first time I saw him he was playing his Les Paul through a rather large Sunn rig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RUExp? Posted September 30, 2012 Members Share Posted September 30, 2012 I think those Orange amp are there just for looks seeing as how they aren't miked and I don't see anything plugged into them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PrawnHeed Posted September 30, 2012 Members Share Posted September 30, 2012 I think those Orange amp are there just for looks seeing as how they aren't miked and I don't see anything plugged into them. And one is upside down. In general, what you see on the stage and what is in use are often quite different things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mesa/Kramer Posted September 30, 2012 Members Share Posted September 30, 2012 Nope, only "3" full stacks :poke: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jakey Posted September 30, 2012 Members Share Posted September 30, 2012 Yeah- I saw them c. 1990 and they had full Marshall Stacks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RockNote Posted September 30, 2012 Author Members Share Posted September 30, 2012 Okay, cool. I stand corrected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Doctor49 Posted September 30, 2012 Members Share Posted September 30, 2012 Billy is the ultimate gear misleader whatever it looks like, sounds like or he describes is almost certain not to be the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Minnie The Moocher Posted September 30, 2012 Members Share Posted September 30, 2012 Billy is the ultimate gear misleader whatever it looks like, sounds like or he describes is almost certain not to be the case. "ultimate gear misleader" - love that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Crunchtime Posted September 30, 2012 Members Share Posted September 30, 2012 I think I read a few years ago that he was using a JCM 900 stack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Burgess Posted September 30, 2012 Members Share Posted September 30, 2012 I've heard many stories of Billy micing a combo backstage going out over the Pa as his "real sound". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Flogger59 Posted September 30, 2012 Members Share Posted September 30, 2012 I've heard many stories of Billy micing a combo backstage going out over the Pa as his "real sound". I can only offer this. While being led backstage for a meet and greet with the band during the Afterburner tour I only saw one amp, it was a Peavey Special 130, or a Bandit 65, with a Sennheiser 421 in front of it, under the stage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bbreaker Posted September 30, 2012 Members Share Posted September 30, 2012 The amps on stage are props and endorsement stuff.Gibbons usually has his real amp mic'd behind the wall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cratz2 Posted September 30, 2012 Members Share Posted September 30, 2012 At various times at the Texas Vintage Guitar Show, I saw him with Peavey SS stuff and with a Tweed Fender of some sort... something bigger than a Tweed Deluxe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kap'n Posted September 30, 2012 Members Share Posted September 30, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wartoxin Posted September 30, 2012 Members Share Posted September 30, 2012 As has been implied, even if you see a full stack or a wall of cabs, it doesn't mean they are on or have speakers in them, so many groups were just using them as props, or only 1 4x12 was on, or whatever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fusion1 Posted September 30, 2012 Members Share Posted September 30, 2012 pretty sure Eddie Van Halen still has that title and is not relinquishing that title to anyone else as long as he is still alive. Billy is the ultimate gear misleaderwhatever it looks like, sounds like or he describes is almost certain not to be the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members framushead Posted September 30, 2012 Members Share Posted September 30, 2012 I think now days he uses a marshall jmp-1 thats direct fed to the board.. I seen something on youtube with his guitar tech. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sammyreynolds01 Posted September 30, 2012 Members Share Posted September 30, 2012 I wouldn't believe his tech either. Nobody knows what the Reverend plays but him and he's probably even told his tech to lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members OldGuitarPlayer Posted September 30, 2012 Members Share Posted September 30, 2012 [video=youtube;u6DrxfrbbF8] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wyatt Posted September 30, 2012 Members Share Posted September 30, 2012 It's a very well established fact that for decades now his house sound has been a rack setup (both preamp and power amps), and his amps on stage for mostly for his monitor. I'm sure Billy used s full stack for many things in the '70's, when venues and budgets didn't allow for a full PA system. But from the '80's and beyond, it's pretty much guaranteed that no one in the audience ever heard any on-stage amps direct. People still seem to have this real old-fashioned view of a stage rig. It's not only more economic to use a one or two mic'ed amps, or a rack setup, into a PA but it allows for much more consistent and reliable sound throughout a tour. To rely on 100-watt stacks for house sound, even for an auditorium, is asking for a sonic nightmare of soundchecks and mixing, and all sorts of phase and delay issues by the time the sound reaches the back of the theater. Billy Gibbons and AC/DC rely heavily on racks; U2 and the Stones rely heavily on mic'ed combos; a few others might use one stack and mic it, but isolate the speaker cab from the audience; etc. Mark Knopfler has three amps on stage with him -- one main amp (SLO or Komet or Reinhardt), one clean amp (Tone King), and one backup for the main amp...and word is not a single one is used for the house, but duplicates mic'ed backstage are feed into the PA instead; this is because the tech makes multiple settings changes, even within a song. Tours for major artists are big business and require consistent setups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Yer Blues Posted September 30, 2012 Members Share Posted September 30, 2012 Has anybody used full stacks since 1972 or thereabouts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members genesis3 Posted September 30, 2012 Members Share Posted September 30, 2012 alls you need is a JMP-1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mdintx Posted September 30, 2012 Members Share Posted September 30, 2012 Billy is the ultimate gear misleaderwhatever it looks like, sounds like or he describes is almost certain not to be the case. I recall reading him stating that he would daisy chain 6 Bixonic Expandoras. He said that you'd be surprised at the results.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ancient Mariner Posted September 30, 2012 Members Share Posted September 30, 2012 I recall reading him stating that he would daisy chain 6 Bixonic Expandoras. He said that you'd be surprised at the results.... There was a youtube vid floating around with him playing beside a stand with 6 expandoras mounted on it. No idea if it was in use though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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