50 Watt Hall of Fame
Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 10:14 am
OK, so I know that rock gods from Duane Allman to Def Leppard used 50W plexis. Who else used them, and who do you think really helped define the 50W sound?
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Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 12:32 pm
Old Jeff Beck......
Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 1:33 pm
Michael Schenker, The Scorpion's, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden.
Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 1:36 pm
Not to mention Yngwie... 
Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 1:50 pm
Angus Young
Larry
Larry
Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 2:50 pm
Wow ! , can't believe I forgot Malmsteen. He has definatly sold many a Marshall.
Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 6:21 am
Yes Yngwie bought tons of plexis in Sweden,when the master volume Marshalls came out,everybody dumped their plexi's and metalfronts,so he bought them cheap!
I have a short video clip of Yngwie playing in Sweden,with at least three Marshall stacks,and the infamous Duck Strat,which has had the headstock broken,no less than 6 times!Yngwie says,"When I throw my guitar in the air,if a stage light blinds me,I let the guitar drop,rather than breaking my hand!"Too bad he wasn't as careful driving his V-12 Jaguar!
Yngwie is responsible for championing the big box 50 watt heads,which nobody really used before.
Yngwie308
I have a short video clip of Yngwie playing in Sweden,with at least three Marshall stacks,and the infamous Duck Strat,which has had the headstock broken,no less than 6 times!Yngwie says,"When I throw my guitar in the air,if a stage light blinds me,I let the guitar drop,rather than breaking my hand!"Too bad he wasn't as careful driving his V-12 Jaguar!
Yngwie is responsible for championing the big box 50 watt heads,which nobody really used before.
Yngwie308
Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 12:15 am
Also lets not forget Humple Pie's great Live Performance:Rockin' The Fillmore,the inner sleeve on the LP,shows many half stack Marshalls,and I seem to remember that in England when I lived there at the time,that the were using JMP 50 watt heads.What a great sound,Walk On Gilded Splinters,for example.Many seventies acts,especially on the continent,favored the 50 watt heads as the whole tonal response works much greater with the single 4X12 cabs,and a smoother overdrive sound could be obtained,with multiple setups!
yngwie308
yngwie308
Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 12:16 am
Me! I play a 50W!!!
Oh, you were looking for those fancy celebrity types. Sorry.
Oh, you were looking for those fancy celebrity types. Sorry.
Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 12:27 am
Don't worry JD,if you look halfway like your avatar,then you will draw more attention on stage than these 'stars'!
yngwie308
yngwie308
Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 9:13 am
Sorry, that is not a self-portrait. 
Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 5:57 pm
it's lemmy's self portrait !
Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 10:49 pm
John Sykes plays 50's... 1987's..... but they are not... "stock"
Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 4:20 pm
Scorpions Lovedrive. Needn't say more...