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Re: The old 70's vintage Marshall Mark II

5/27/2000 10:53 AM

Ray Ivers

Re: The old 70's vintage Marshall Mark II Shon,     I saw Yngwie early last year, and went backstage and talked briefly with his tech. He was using two large-box metal-panel 50 watt Marshalls (I would say that 1973 is as good a guess as any for the year), apparently running NOS Mullard EL34's. He was also using a TS-9 Tube Screamer, and of course those scalloped Strats with the DiMarzio HS-3's. His tech was up to his ears in the tear-down, but he told me the amps were completely stock. All amp controls were on 10 except the bass control, which was set at 0. Incredible show!     I'm not a big recommender of pedals, but there are two Menatone pedals that I like, and may get you the sound you're looking for. The latest model 'King of the Britains' (which I got to try out at the N.A.M.M. show with Brian Mena sitting next to me) is a high-gain Marshall preamp/tone stack, implemented with FET's - I thought it sounded great; gainy and crunchy with no fuzz. Also, the 'Red Snapper' is the only 'gain enhancement' (i.e. mostly clean gain boost with tonal change and some distortion when cranked) pedal I've tried and really liked - if your amp is almost there in terms of gain and overdrive, this pedal may well complete the package.       Ray Ivers     face time

 

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