Mr 9finger
Digitally Challenged
I really think I have to have one!
http://www.marshallamps.com/product.asp?productCode=1959RR&pageType=OVERVIEW
http://www.marshallamps.com/product.asp?productCode=1959RR&pageType=OVERVIEW
New Marshall Sig Randy Rhoads head.
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Mr 9finger
Digitally Challenged
Re: New Marshall Sig Randy Rhoads head.
I agree to a point. Randy's studio tone sucked, but his live tone was killer. As for the sig. thing. I think it's long overdue for Marshall to put something out like this. Out of all the crap players out there getting endorsements, Randy actually deserved this. I don't think it's in bad taste either. The people that Randy has inspired has been wanting something like this for a long time.
I agree to a point. Randy's studio tone sucked, but his live tone was killer. As for the sig. thing. I think it's long overdue for Marshall to put something out like this. Out of all the crap players out there getting endorsements, Randy actually deserved this. I don't think it's in bad taste either. The people that Randy has inspired has been wanting something like this for a long time.
the guy who invented fire
Fuzzy. Guitars
Re: New Marshall Sig Randy Rhoads head.
I makes perfect sense in a lot of ways...randys main amp was a mid 70's JMP 1959...NOT the much more popular JMP MV 2203 head...those 70's 1959's have a different look (big logo, metal front, lighted rocker switches, etc) that Marshall doesn't offer right now (until this amp). It's easy to offer it as an accurate amp since by that time (the mid 70's) Marshall had already swuitched to PCB) plus it's still at it's core something all Marshall players keep asking for...it's a hot rodded Plexi under it all!
All that said, randy had a funky tone for sure but that came not from his amps but from his choice and set up of effects...he always used a Distortion Plus and an MXR EQ witha massive push in the mids on all the time.
I wouldn' buy one but thats me...I bet it's a pretty good sounding amp and they'll sell a load of them if they keep the price with in reason...
I makes perfect sense in a lot of ways...randys main amp was a mid 70's JMP 1959...NOT the much more popular JMP MV 2203 head...those 70's 1959's have a different look (big logo, metal front, lighted rocker switches, etc) that Marshall doesn't offer right now (until this amp). It's easy to offer it as an accurate amp since by that time (the mid 70's) Marshall had already swuitched to PCB) plus it's still at it's core something all Marshall players keep asking for...it's a hot rodded Plexi under it all!
All that said, randy had a funky tone for sure but that came not from his amps but from his choice and set up of effects...he always used a Distortion Plus and an MXR EQ witha massive push in the mids on all the time.
I wouldn' buy one but thats me...I bet it's a pretty good sounding amp and they'll sell a load of them if they keep the price with in reason...
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Reload in 5
Just Ultimate Slacker
Re: New Marshall Sig Randy Rhoads head.
and we bust on dean for the dimebag stuff,
and we bust on dean for the dimebag stuff,
wixedmords
New member
Re: New Marshall Sig Randy Rhoads head.
9finger is right, Randy's live sound was so much better than his recorded sound. I think Oz was pretty poor at the time of the first 2 album's recordings. His live stuff was really a edgy 'lit' Marshall sound. Something where the harmonics leaped off the fingerboard. Randy's sound was one of those things that unfortunately, you had to be around at the time and have hear him to understand that the recordings just don't do him justice.
It's a pretty amp. Almost angelic. I bet Altec Lansing speakers won't be in the cabs though.
9finger is right, Randy's live sound was so much better than his recorded sound. I think Oz was pretty poor at the time of the first 2 album's recordings. His live stuff was really a edgy 'lit' Marshall sound. Something where the harmonics leaped off the fingerboard. Randy's sound was one of those things that unfortunately, you had to be around at the time and have hear him to understand that the recordings just don't do him justice.
It's a pretty amp. Almost angelic. I bet Altec Lansing speakers won't be in the cabs though.
Lucid_Lunatic
Rebelyellologist
Re: New Marshall Sig Randy Rhoads head.
That would look so good on top of my DSL Silver.
That would look so good on top of my DSL Silver.
wixedmords
New member
Re: New Marshall Sig Randy Rhoads head.
Yes, very fitting.
I like the big logo too. I think the logo might look a bit better in gold though.
My pocketbook can't support the thought of a white Marshall.
Yes, very fitting.
I like the big logo too. I think the logo might look a bit better in gold though.
My pocketbook can't support the thought of a white Marshall.
edsmith
New member
Re: New Marshall Sig Randy Rhoads head.
B.S.! Randy sounded great in every way. No one ever listened to Diary Of A Madman and said "This tone sucks." Rany had his own sound. For everything that guy accomplished before his premature death this Marshall head is long overdue.
If that dude can impress Ozzy Osbourne with a 5 min demo on a tiny little combo amp his tone could not have sucked that much.
B.S.! Randy sounded great in every way. No one ever listened to Diary Of A Madman and said "This tone sucks." Rany had his own sound. For everything that guy accomplished before his premature death this Marshall head is long overdue.
If that dude can impress Ozzy Osbourne with a 5 min demo on a tiny little combo amp his tone could not have sucked that much.
Re: New Marshall Sig Randy Rhoads head.
I did! Count me in for the 'why would anyone want to sound like that' camp.
i can appreciate what he brought to heavy guitar playing at the time, but his tone is what keeps me from listening to much of it anymore.
i still don't dig the 'signature series endorsements from non-living guitarists' though- that goes for Randy, Dime, and Jimi too.
I did! Count me in for the 'why would anyone want to sound like that' camp.
i can appreciate what he brought to heavy guitar playing at the time, but his tone is what keeps me from listening to much of it anymore.
i still don't dig the 'signature series endorsements from non-living guitarists' though- that goes for Randy, Dime, and Jimi too.
mediumpimpin
New member
Re: New Marshall Sig Randy Rhoads head.
I really like the looks of that amp, makes me wanna get a white LP custom and jam some crazy train, but alas, a 100w marshall would not only deafen me and piss off the neighbors, it would probly kill my poor cat.
edit: on one of the pdf pages from marshalls site it had a 999 price on it, which I assume is pounds, so that makes it about 2 grand.
I really like the looks of that amp, makes me wanna get a white LP custom and jam some crazy train, but alas, a 100w marshall would not only deafen me and piss off the neighbors, it would probly kill my poor cat.
edit: on one of the pdf pages from marshalls site it had a 999 price on it, which I assume is pounds, so that makes it about 2 grand.
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