MTM105 Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Eat your heart out HFC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmatthes Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Nielsen uses those as his "dummy" heads live. They sit atop checkerboard Gibson Goldtone cabs in chex tolex that are pretty much all light housings except for one or two that are actually loaded for sound reference. He's got 3 racked Rivera-modded Deluxe heads offstage that actually get used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTM105 Posted December 14, 2017 Author Share Posted December 14, 2017 What is the benefit of a “dummy head?” Showboating? Eccentricity? I saw at Nashville’s GMAs he went to great lengths to cover up logo. As you can see, Andy provided me a newer logo. Looks OK IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Haynie Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Dummy heads look like there is an amp on stage. Looking cool counts a lot when playing a stadium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce919 Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Had this Valvetech VAC 25/50 for about 9-10 years now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubs_42 Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 All too cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunchee Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 2 hours ago, Steve Haynie said: Dummy heads look like there is an amp on stage. Looking cool counts a lot when playing a stadium. You could probably thank KISS for that, IIRC they're the ones that started using a backline of empty Marshall speaker cabs way back when. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTM105 Posted December 14, 2017 Author Share Posted December 14, 2017 I dont mind dummy amps as much as seeing Foreigner, Styx and others on stage it looks like a cheap Vegas show minus vintagelike Amps & Cabs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAMERMAN Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Anybody know how Tolex like this is actually made, it is black Tolex with white squares painted on, White Tolex with black squares painted on or done some other way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Haynie Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 4 minutes ago, HAMERMAN said: Anybody know how Tolex like this is actually made, it is black Tolex with white squares painted on, White Tolex with black squares painted on or done some other way? Go scratch MTM105's amp and find out. Has anyone here scratched a checkerboard tolex covered Hamer case? How is it made? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boomerang~Junkie Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 Dang, I forgot that I have well over 3/4 of a roll of that same Tolex leftover from a project somewhere around here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Haynie Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 So, how is it made? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTM105 Posted December 15, 2017 Author Share Posted December 15, 2017 It’s a printed Tolex. Amp builder sends out and returns. Had to do solid faceplate//grill and new logo. $300. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velorush Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 Working their (CT) concerts back in the day (mid 80's) I seem to recall a Music Man or maybe a Fender on a folding chair back stage with a mic thrown over the top. Would that be even remotely accurate? There were stacks on stage, but I have this memory of this lonely amp on a folding chair... There were a lot of recreational pharmaceuticals back in those days, so I could be "remembering" a figment of my imagination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTM105 Posted December 15, 2017 Author Share Posted December 15, 2017 SHOUT OUT to Mr. Know-It-All! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmatthes Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 I've had several backstage tours of the CT gear/backline over the last few decades, and that's remained consistent - 3 Deluxe heads. The miked amp may have been a full Deluxe, as even with the Marshall wall he had back in the 80s/90s (and Hiwatts before that), the Deluxe(s) were often the amp that was miked. Deep Purple and other bands were using walls of dummy stacks back in the early '70s at the same time, or maybe even before KISS did. The image of a wall of amps has alwas been an impressive sight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTM105 Posted December 16, 2017 Author Share Posted December 16, 2017 12 minutes ago, cmatthes said: I've had several backstage tours of the CT gear/backline over the last few decades, and that's remained consistent - 3 Deluxe heads. The miked amp may have been a full Deluxe, as even with the Marshall wall he had back in the 80s/90s (and Hiwatts before that), the Deluxe(s) were often the amp that was miked. Plaintiff refuses to concede, you honor, despite the face of evidence... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmatthes Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 Ha! He may have switched other racked heads in and out of the mix over the years, but in talking with two of his techs, they told me that the Rivera-modded Deluxes are "always on", but I'm just saying that's what's been consistent. He had a bunch of Rivera HT55 combos at one time, the Marshalls, a giant-sized Marshall prop head...I'd have to go through the stacks of my pictures to see all the stuff he's used over the years! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disturber Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 OP's pic not showing for me? :-( Just a blank square.... EDIT: Now it shows. Way cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomteriffic Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 On 12/14/2017 at 5:15 PM, Steve Haynie said: Go scratch MTM105's amp and find out. Has anyone here scratched a checkerboard tolex covered Hamer case? How is it made? I've got two, never had the nerve to go scratching on them. Each has a scuff or two, I may look more closely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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