Lynyrd Skynyrd in a box? Mace preamp.

[tbonesullivan]

I never really have understood the preamp topology of the MACE, or why when tubes were still plentiful, Marshall, Peavey, MusicMan, and others decided to go into solid state preamps with tube power sections.

Is the "combine" feature of the MACE supposed to be like jumpering a four input Marshall? 

[mrjamiam]

36 minutes ago, tbonesullivan said:

I never really have understood the preamp topology of the MACE, or why when tubes were still plentiful, Marshall, Peavey, MusicMan, and others decided to go into solid state preamps with tube power sections.

Is the "combine" feature of the MACE supposed to be like jumpering a four input Marshall? 

I'm no authority, and I was a tyke back in the days of these amps, but I sort of generally sort preamp distortion as "fizzy" and power amp distortion as "creamy".  Maybe the idea was to deliver a less- (or un-) distorted preamp signal to the overdriven power section?

[Biz Prof]

Being rural NC born and raised, I always found the "Southern Rock" to be a bit misappropriated. Skynyrd (and its spin-offs), the Outlaws, Black Oak Arkansas, and to some degree, MTB all had some fundamental similarities.

Others labeled as "Souhern Rock" sound to me like other genres.  ABB was more blues rock and jazz/jam band rock.  .38 Special was a straight rock band. Molly and Blackfoot were redneck hard rock. ARS was bluesy jazz rock. 

As for the Mace sound, I think it fit Skynyrd's later sound quite well. Lots of power tube overtones.

Edited 59 minutes ago by Biz Prof