6L6GC
CONTENTS: Rock bands, instrument building and the tools thereof.
AUTHOR: Jon Taylor is in Mercy Rule and builds guitars.
May 12th, 2010 @ 8:37 am
Heidi week continues.
Heidi / Stebbs / Cedar Falls / 1990s
May 11th, 2010 @ 7:22 am
I married Heidi 24 years ago today.
May 5th, 2010 @ 10:35 pm
“The Collected Works Of Fender” was the title of the 1976 edition of their catalog. Although new products like the Starcaster and the 180 watt Super Twin amp were noteworthy, the fairy tale-themed art is really what stands out.
Stories such as Alice in Wonderland, Little Red Riding Hood, Goldilocks and more are featured in eloborately detailed art—but with Fender products prominently displayed in the hands of the fabled characters.
Better yet are the split pages that let you use the “Mate Your Fenders” guide on the back to see how the guitars and amps look together.
Apr 30th, 2010 @ 9:06 pm
We reassembled Mr. Thornton’s Ebay-sourced Roadmaster after a trip to the amp doctor for a checkup. This early to mid-80’s head is a two channel, all tube 160 watt behemoth that features a top-mount fan to cool its six 6L6GC power tubes and six preamp tubes. It also has three handles on top because it is kind of heavy.
Along with the CS power amps, it is the best thing Peavey ever made.
I’ve had my Roadmaster since the early-90s and would describe the sound pressure levels it attains as “nauseatingly glorious”. Obviously, since it is a rare occurrence to have two plugged in at the same time, we chained them together and tried to analyze what we were doing to our ears.
What?
Apr 28th, 2010 @ 2:15 pm
I think Mercy Rule spent more time designing and screening t-shirts than we did working on songs. Prior to tours, the whole house would be covered in shirts waiting for ink to dry. We usually did two-color fronts with one-color backs, so 100 shirts took forever.
One of our best ideas was to screen a t-shirt/merch “menu board” so we didn’t have to use half a roll of duct tape every show to display all the goods.
The next best idea (finally) was to have other people screen shirts for us.
Apr 21st, 2010 @ 12:31 pm
Fender was on the right track in 1972. A one-pickup guitar and all-tube amp combo. I made my own version of the Bronco out of a Musicmaster back in the 80s.
