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Bon Jovi- Daytona 500- Blacked-out Marshalls
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2006 9:58 am
by Bow
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...
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2006 10:14 am
by bvmjethead
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.
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2006 2:48 pm
by marshman
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.
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2006 3:28 pm
by NY Chief
Yeah, and Dimarzio's patent / copyright on double cream humbuckers. (Confirmed by a Dimarzio rep at NAMM).
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2006 4:00 pm
by Shredder
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).
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2006 6:05 pm
by Flames1950
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........
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2006 7:38 pm
by Bow
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...
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2006 7:47 pm
by hipfan
NY Chief wrote:Yeah, and Dimarzio's patent / copyright on double cream humbuckers. (Confirmed by a Dimarzio rep at NAMM).
Registered trademark.
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2006 8:16 pm
by Bow
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
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 12:16 am
by Bad Kitty
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.
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 10:51 am
by NY Chief
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?
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 10:53 am
by rockstah
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
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 12:53 pm
by Andy
I would guess that NASCAR wanted money from Marshall.
-Andy
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 3:17 pm
by NY Chief
Andy wrote:I would guess that NASCAR wanted money from Marshall.
-Andy
or maybe Bon Jovi did?