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Hi forum i have never shown ny of youu guys this picture because i was embarassed that you guys would take the piss outt of a 14 year old being 1 of you tone perfectionists.
For those new members who don't know me my name is John I am 14 and the youngest person registered on this forum.
George and Jon knew my age before all of u guys and they pushed me on to tell you and they were amazed that there are young teenage rockerz out there who weren't all in to shitty modeler amps, amps that have digital effects which I CAN'T STAND!! I will admit i use an analougue tech 21 double drive because i use clean sounding vintage transistor amps fae the 1970's which I love to bits. I have a marshall super bass as you lucky guys will see again i don't use that often because it is 2 loud 4 ma hoose and i don't have a 4x12 4 it yet. As a teenager I am often skint I can't afford 1 of these shit hot plexi kits yet but when i do ( in the next couple of years) I am gonna buy 1!!!!!!!
1ce i have built it and i am playin if all the sexy chicks ask me where i got the amp i will say I AM PART OF THE PLEXI ARMY!! and hold my head high and proud.

Back to the topic this pic was taken of me and the FATHER OF LOUD on the 23rd of June 2004 at his road show in Thurso near where I live. My dad does a lot of camcorder work so he videod it and got us in 4 free. Jim Marshall gave me and my dad his address how fuckin cool is that. If any1 has any messages they would like to send to him please tell me over msn messenger or yahoo msnger

Hey John, we don't care that you're young. But we are insanely jealous of your pic with the Guv'nor.

I'm glad to see young guys carrying on the cranked Marshall tradition. Just out of curiosity, how did you get hip to vintage gear?

George

Nice picture! I wish I could say that I was that hip to what cool gear was (or even who Jim Marshall was) when I was 14, but I'm afraid I was just a clarinet and harmonica player then!

Eamon

Hey John,
You young guys are the future. INFLUENCE YOUR FRIENDS ON THE MUSIC THEY LISTEN TO AND THE GEAR THEY USE. BTW You probably know more about vintage gear at 14 than I did at 24. Good on you.

Jeff

Damn John I'm jealous that you got to meet the Man himself.

That is swag d00d.

Cool dude,

Guys like you gives me hope for the future thank God!

how did i get into vintage gear you say
I was at the 42 anniversary marshall road show listening to all the modern amps but what really caught me at the time were the vintage reissue and tv cab.

I always wanted a new amplifier but my folks wouldn't let me so i went on the hunt 4 an amplfier in my house under a table i found a H/H 2 channle head and in the cupboard behind my freezer i found my marshall jmp super bass which my dad was keeping for me and the rest is history. I have gear similar to what my dad owned.used and dreamed of when he was young

A couple of months ago i found a pair of 2x12 pa cabs under the stairs. smuggled them up when he was in the bath and when he was still asleep

Had a crazy idea used them to hold up a shelf with all my gear on it which u guys saw before and i opened the speaker cabs recently to find that they were Rola Celestion G12Ms how amazing is that.

if ny 1 has more qs jst ask

Like I said, we are all insanely jealous. Please tell us more.
This one of the best things I've heard in a while.

George

Man, I'de like to live in a magical appearing gear house. John, killer story. So what did your old man say after you lugged those cabinets up into your room and woke him up by cranking your amp through them?

I didn't wake him up to the sound of an amplfier. I was shiting my self
incase he cought me but he didn't. He just liked the shelf with the gear and "how it kept my bedroom tidy"

You know where i got the idea to get a gibson sg pro. My dad told me about a guitar his brother James had in the 70's with a bigsby and 2 P90s. I wanted a lespaul custom but that was about £2000 about $4000 so i found ebay.com accidentaly found the guitar i wanted for $560 $680 with shipping to the United Kingdom and it was here in a week un damaged. If i were to buy the same sg pro made in 1970 here in Scotland it would set me back £1000 $2000 dollars because they are so rare..


ANY Q'S ask me

That is quite a story. I love your "magical gear appearing flat"!

shane i love the title "magic gear appearing flat" have any of u guys heard of a british company called WEM ( watkins electric music) my dad told me about a thing called a wem copicat which you could nail the sound of the shadows with he had 1 but the motor was buggered he told me his 1 was worth £300 or $600 i got 1 outta the scotads for £50 and my dad was absolutely amazed i got 1 tht cheap ( the black case on the shelf if u look @ my beastly rig page)

I got it pluged my saxon les paul copy in to it ( before i got the gibson) and i nailed the shadows and lynyryd Skinyrd sound.

Any Qs just ask

You're getting a good start. Keep at it! Someone needs to remind people what a real guitar tone is!

I think my wife would go crazy if we lived in a "magic gear appearing flat" (although I wouldn't be surprised if she thought we already did!).

Keep rocking!

johniss0001 wrote:shane i love the title "magic gear appearing flat" have any of u guys heard of a british company called WEM ( watkins electric music) my dad told me about a thing called a wem copicat which you could nail the sound of the shadows with he had 1 but the motor was buggered he told me his 1 was worth £300 or $600 i got 1 outta the scotads for £50 and my dad was absolutely amazed i got 1 tht cheap ( the black case on the shelf if u look @ my beastly rig page)

I got it pluged my saxon les paul copy in to it ( before i got the gibson) and i nailed the shadows and lynyryd Skinyrd sound.

Any Qs just ask

Yes i've heard of WEM. Real vintage stuff there. I've seen them in old Led Zeppelin/Hendrix footage.