Ed's 1978 touring rig.

hammered · Post by **hammered** » Thu Oct 25, 2012 1:58 pm

EJSLPlexi wrote:
hammered wrote:
EJSLPlexi wrote:I was there watching him live in the club back in 77 before the record came out were you? he was NOT playing a black strat with a rosewood neck and thats a fact but if you choose to go by a picture and tell me i was seeing things then be my guest

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Sorry about that I was thinking about something funny while reading your post and accidentally it the laugh smiley

beaulieu · Post by **beaulieu** » Sat Oct 27, 2012 5:16 pm

As far a pictures and proof If someone had a pic of Eds guitar the day before recording VH1 that still doesnt prove it was in there the next day. He changed things so much that the only real proof would be a picture of something meant it was in there during the picture.

dropdeadlegs · Post by **dropdeadlegs** » Fri Aug 09, 2013 9:59 pm

Hello,
Is it to late to get in on this fabulous blog? Looks like most of this is 4 years or so old.

Thanks for the info thus far.
Cheers,

dropdeadlegs · Post by **dropdeadlegs** » Tue Aug 13, 2013 2:05 am

Okay, here is one question that I can't stop thinking about ..... Rudy? Anyone?

As far as the 78 tour prior to any wireless system. How did Ed change guitars? I don't see an AB box for that unless box 1 or 2 had something to do with that? I really doubt he just ripped a cord out of Franky with a live rig and plugged into the destroyer!

At the end of eruption in 78 79 live video he sets Franky down and straps on the Destroyer ( while the univox is going ) and then hits one of his pedals 1 or 2 and rips into Girl you really got me. So how was this done? unless one of the boxes was used like an on off switch but still someone would have to unplug and plug in?

In the infamous live stadium photo's this also makes me wonder why the GE10 is plugged into Box 1 but the third cord ( assuming it really is the send ) is not plugged in and a long cord comes from stage left to GE10.

I really think I could wrap my head about the possible options or the set up Rudy described if I knew how he switched guitars.

Also, was the univox the only thing that came after the load????

Thanks

Tone Slinger · Post by **Tone Slinger** » Tue Aug 13, 2013 9:44 am

Leadguy, imo, really had some good insight on What Ed's live chain may have been.

There was no reamping, etc in 1978. Ed had 3 amp set ups:

1- was his MAIN set up (two full stacks, two tops, with his main 12xxx being there)
2- was for AFTER his solo, which again was two tops, two full stacks). He had the Franky still in set up #1 and was handed the Destroyer (or White Les Paul) plugged into a fresh set up (# 2)
3- was for backup in case of 1 & 2 malfunctioning.

I noticed one thing, and that is that Ed's Main(#1) set up, sounded better than his #2 set up, that is up to the Japanese gigs. Ed's 12xxx just sounded better than his back ups. Now after the Japanese gigs (where his 12xxx and other main tops were temporarily lost in air freight) Ed seemed to get a similar (both first set up and the second set up sounded good) sound out of his newly aquired Marshalls,though not as good as his main 12xxx imo.

rgorke · Post by **rgorke** » Tue Aug 13, 2013 1:27 pm

dropdeadlegs wrote:Okay, here is one question that I can't stop thinking about ..... Rudy? Anyone?

As far as the 78 tour prior to any wireless system. How did Ed change guitars? I don't see an AB box for that unless box 1 or 2 had something to do with that? I really doubt he just ripped a cord out of Franky with a live rig and plugged into the destroyer!

At the end of eruption in 78 79 live video he sets Franky down and straps on the Destroyer ( while the univox is going ) and then hits one of his pedals 1 or 2 and rips into Girl you really got me. So how was this done? unless one of the boxes was used like an on off switch but still someone would have to unplug and plug in?

In the infamous live stadium photo's this also makes me wonder why the GE10 is plugged into Box 1 but the third cord ( assuming it really is the send ) is not plugged in and a long cord comes from stage left to GE10.

I really think I could wrap my head about the possible options or the set up Rudy described if I knew how he switched guitars.

Also, was the univox the only thing that came after the load????

Thanks

If you read through this entire thread, you will see that "Robin" is not Rudy Leiren who worked with Ed.

You can probably get a number of answers to your specific question but in my mind the simplest and most logical is having the stratesque guitar plugged into #1 and the destroyer plugged into #2 and all he has to do its hit the switch and switch between the two. Nut as everything, the is always disagreement and the whole truth may never be known.

harddriver · Post by **harddriver** » Fri Feb 03, 2017 12:09 pm

I thought I would bump this up if newer members wanted to read this account of Ed's rig.

blfrd · Post by **blfrd** » Fri Feb 03, 2017 12:12 pm

It's definitely worth a read. Despite wether it is true. Sounds logical to me. But I havent been at this forum in years..so there's that.

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