A post in another thread got me to wondering about this again.
It's well known that in most cases, when you see the ubiquitous wall o' Marshalls, you're looking at empty cabs or just scrims,maybe with the power lights wired up.
But then, you've got the situations where somebody is obviously using two or more amps, maybe switching off between guitars but they're wired together. Somehow. Then I saw an AC/DC rig rundown where they were using DA's (distribution amps) to drive about a zillion stacks for Angus and Malcolm.
I had read many moons ago that running two amps and/or switching between them was a dangerous and potentially lethal proposition due to grounding issues and the wrong type of switching. So I never did it.
But now I'm thinking about running two small amps, each begging for its life or in a clean/dirty kind of setup.
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A post in another thread got me to wondering about this again.
It's well known that in most cases, when you see the ubiquitous wall o' Marshalls, you're looking at empty cabs or just scrims,maybe with the power lights wired up.
But then, you've got the situations where somebody is obviously using two or more amps, maybe switching off between guitars but they're wired together. Somehow. Then I saw an AC/DC rig rundown where they were using DA's (distribution amps) to drive about a zillion stacks for Angus and Malcolm.
I had read many moons ago that running two amps and/or switching between them was a dangerous and potentially lethal proposition due to grounding issues and the wrong type of switching. So I never did it.
But now I'm thinking about running two small amps, each begging for its life or in a clean/dirty kind of setup.
Somebody edjimicate me please?
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