MSG "Live" 50 watt in action

Dave Simpson · Post by **Dave Simpson** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 10:19 am

I found this video and thought it had a pretty cool Schenker solo in it. Check it out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgY_w6M6Fnc

Devon8822 · Post by **Devon8822** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 9:41 pm

Brilliant clip, MVs at that time too...

rockstah · Post by **rockstah** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 11:47 pm

what about this one? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6H-uxXw ... ed&search=

50watt?

Dave Simpson · Post by **Dave Simpson** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 5:23 am

Schenker's rig is bare bones. Guitar, cord and Marshalls. Not even in a t-shirt in the signal chain!

Here's Schenker's equivalent of a Bradshaw Rack System. The most effects I've ever seen him use.

zaphod777 · Post by **zaphod777** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 2:14 pm

Whenever I think ufo, I think of this song.
Likely because it was the first ufo song I heard.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0W5gDxo ... ed&search=

This was the second or third solo I learned after picking up the guitar, It took forever.

yngwie308 · Post by **yngwie308** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 6:09 pm

Recently some of you here have hipped me to the brilliance of early UFO,I owned the MSG album Built to Destroy and quite liked it !
I of course heard of UFO and particularly the later band with Neil Carter,knowing him with Gary Moore's band and I met in Philly Ron,the American guitarist,who was briefly in UFO.
Schenker is a monster player and his rhythm work is exceptional and his leads are very thematic and well constructed,with first rate dynamics!
Let's dig up more UFO boys!!
I remember being in England and every band equipment description always listed MS as being 'strictly 50 watt Marshall' as Yngwie would say!!

yngwie308

miguel · Post by **miguel** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 6:34 pm

yngwie308 wrote: I remember being in England and every band equipment description always listed MS as being 'strictly 50 watt Marshall' as Yngwie would say!!

Although, he did say he used some 100 watt heads in addition to the 50 watters in the studio for Perfect Timing. Some of his best studio tones, IMO.

Tone Slinger · Post by **Tone Slinger** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 3:48 pm

Those older metal faced "small logo" 50 watters he used up till the '78 tour had a little more headroom than the jmp glider switch 4 holers. The older ones had more voltage on plates of the output tubes. Schenker's best "Rock Bottom" solo,to me, is on "Strangers In The Night". Overall, Schenker is probably one of the best.

Tone Slinger · Post by **Tone Slinger** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 5:03 pm

Anyone notice on the 75' Rock Bottom vid, that Schenker was playing a cherry 71' medallion Flying V. The prices on those are ridiculous these day's.