Bon Jovi- Daytona 500- Blacked-out Marshalls

Bow · Post by **Bow** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 9:58 am

I could give a rat's ass about the race, NASCAR ranks right up there with watch paint dry for excitment value... Turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left...

Did anyone catch Bon Jovi opening teh race?

I just watched Bon Jovi, since Sambora is my main starting point for playing guitar.

I noticed the amps, obviously Marshalls, but teh head and cab emblems were blacked out with tape... and thought it was very strange.

I am wondering how much of those heads were actually Marshall, besides the Chassis and the cabs. There was way too many knobs for them to be stock Marshall heads. I'll bet they were customs or heavily modified Marshalls.

What kind of guitar was he using!??!?!

I couldn't read the headstock...

bvmjethead · Post by **bvmjethead** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 10:14 am

It could be that Bon Jovi is not being given free Marshalls so they decided not to give Marshall free advertising.

NASCAR is VERY name brand visual advertising oriented. It very well could be that Marshall refused to compensate NASCAR for the exposure so they were taped over.

marshman · Post by **marshman** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 2:48 pm

I seem to recall some Joisee myuzik schtore or another auctioning off 6 empty blonde Bandmaster heads that were part of Samboras' backline (well, that's their story and they're stickin' to it!) Maybe they just had a bunch of head cabs???

I also knew a man that had worked for Kiss waaay back in the day. Live sound engineer. Told me that Kiss' wall of Ampeg stacks had absolutely no electronics in them EXCEPT for the jewel lights!

Not necessarily to the point, but that's the kinda schtuff that goes on in the Big leagues.

NY Chief · Post by **NY Chief** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 3:28 pm

Yeah, and Dimarzio's patent / copyright on double cream humbuckers. (Confirmed by a Dimarzio rep at NAMM).

Shredder · Post by **Shredder** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 4:00 pm

Judas Priest's rear lineup of stacks during the SFV and DOTF era were also empty shells for the stage show. Their actual running amps were down below the stage. It's also possible Sambora is endorsing another brand of amplifier than he actually uses in real life (what else would be new).

Flames1950 · Post by **Flames1950** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 6:05 pm

Bow wrote:I am wondering how much of those heads were actually Marshall, besides the Chassis and the cabs. There was way too many knobs for them to be stock Marshall heads. I'll bet they were customs or heavily modified Marshalls.

I dunno, there's a lotta knobs to twiddle on a TSL........

Bow · Post by **Bow** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 7:38 pm

Flames1950 wrote:
Bow wrote:I am wondering how much of those heads were actually Marshall, besides the Chassis and the cabs. There was way too many knobs for them to be stock Marshall heads. I'll bet they were customs or heavily modified Marshalls.
I dunno, there's a lotta knobs to twiddle on a TSL........

true Dat...

His tone was rather ballsy... like a Marshall...

He had 2 half stacks, probably one with 2 cabs for the guitar and the other head for the Talkbox.

But I don't know about blacking out the names for NASCAR reasons...

Tico Torres' drum set had "Pearl" on the bass head...

hipfan · Post by **hipfan** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 7:47 pm

NY Chief wrote:Yeah, and Dimarzio's patent / copyright on double cream humbuckers. (Confirmed by a Dimarzio rep at NAMM).

Registered trademark.

Bow · Post by **Bow** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 8:16 pm

Shredder wrote:It's also possible Sambora is endorsing another brand of amplifier than he actually uses in real life (what else would be new).

As far as I know, Sambora now only endorses Zoom...

After Fender dropped him for his Stratocater (dumbasses), he has been using everything on stage. I have seen live shots of him playing:

Amps:
H&K tri-amp
/13
Marshall
Fender Showmans

Guitars:
Floyd Rose
Telecasters
Gibson L-6
Gibson V's
Les Pauls
Stratocatsers

and some I can't ID... like the one he was playing at Daytona

Bad Kitty · Post by **Bad Kitty** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 12:16 am

I saw Sammy Hagar in concert in Salem, OR a long time ago. He had a wall of stuff behind him. It was outside and while the sun was going down behind the stage you could see that they were all empty. Didn't even have backs on them.

NY Chief · Post by **NY Chief** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 10:51 am

hipfan wrote:
NY Chief wrote:Yeah, and Dimarzio's patent / copyright on double cream humbuckers. (Confirmed by a Dimarzio rep at NAMM).
Registered trademark.

Knew it was one of those.

Just happened to be glancing thru a Carvin catalog last night and noticed that they offer double cream humbuckers (though they have a shitload of set screws in there and not be mistaken for a typical 6 pole bobbin). Wonder if Dimarzio knows (or cares) about it?

rockstah · Post by **rockstah** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 10:53 am

NY Chief wrote:
hipfan wrote:
NY Chief wrote:Yeah, and Dimarzio's patent / copyright on double cream humbuckers. (Confirmed by a Dimarzio rep at NAMM).
Registered trademark.
Knew it was one of those.

Just happened to be glancing thru a Carvin catalog last night and noticed that they offer double cream humbuckers (though they have a shitload of set screws in there and not be mistaken for a typical 6 pole bobbin). Wonder if Dimarzio knows (or cares) about it?

carvin have offered the double screw pickups for years now - almost got one when i was kid - the guitar that is with those pickups

Andy · Post by **Andy** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 12:53 pm

I would guess that NASCAR wanted money from Marshall.

-Andy

NY Chief · Post by **NY Chief** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 3:17 pm

Andy wrote:I would guess that NASCAR wanted money from Marshall.

-Andy

or maybe Bon Jovi did?