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Two Kinds Of Light

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  • Music
    • New Album Coming, Spring, 2021: The Big Sky, Two Kinds Of Light, Volume 3.
    • The Tape Recordings (aka, The Demo Recordings)
    • Ferguson Hodges - The Single
    • The Red Ramblers - The Single
    • The Old Family Home - The Single
    • Blue Eyes - The Single
    • The Last Song - The Single
    • Coming Home - The Single
    • The Big Sky - Home recording from the YouTube video. Look for the new album "The Big Sky", in 2021.
    • Music from the album I Can Shine (Instrumental)
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Gear Gallery

 From the dive-bar, to the studio.

“Life is trying things to see if they work.”

— Ray Bradbury

Gear Gallery

Guitar & Amplifier Gear Reviews

First, a gear story...

Gear Geeks #4. "The Red Ramblers". Tone. Timing. Attitude. & How The Master-Volume Amplifier Almost Killed Rock 'n Roll.

...Utilizing all these things, I learned to play.  Well, all these things, except the internet in the early days.  I utilized a teacher until I developed a sense of pitch, learning to play by ear, and at that point my record collection became my teacher.  Anyways, eventually I played good enough to join a band.  It seemed like a dream come true.  I felt I'd arrived.  Little did I know that the real education was yet to begin.  And the teachers would always be around, when I was ready...

here's the rest of the story

The JTM45 Reissue

JTM45 Reissue model 2245

Marshall JTM45 Reissue Mk II

1995 Marshall JTM45 model 2245

This amp has seen action with all the Ventura Bands I've been in, since I got it.  It has the 5881 (stock reissue) power tubes, and a real UK Mullard in V1.  My preference over the years has been to play it on 10, or with a Tubescreamer at lower volumes.  This is "The British Bassman".  Legend has it that the first Marshalls (of which this is a copy) were designed by copying, or reverse engineering, a Fender Bassman.  But building them with the British parts which were available to them at the time in the UK.  This amp is a tone machine.  The reissue's construction includes UK made Drake transformers. The sound sample is JTM45 & 2045 CABINET, NO MASTER VOLUME AND NO PEDALS.

Sample a song recorded with the jtm45 and 2045 cabinet

Marshall 2045 "Suitcase" Cabinet

1975 Marshall Model 2045 2x12 Speaker Cabinet

Marshall 2x12 Cabinet

1975 marshall model 2045 2x12 g12M-25 speakers

This Marshall Model 2045 2x12 from the JMP era is in stock trim and pretty good condition.  Marshall sold these as a "Lead, Bass, Organ' cabinet. Guys nicknamed these the "suitcase" cabinet due to it's shallow 9" depth.  The first JCM 800 model 1936 cabs were just this suitcase style cabinet re-badged.  Then in the early 80's the JCM's went to the more common, deep 1936 cab.  This cabinet has G12M-25 T1221 black-back speakers.  These are date stamped Nov '75.  They also have a '3' stamped onto the back side of the cone which could possibly identify them as Pulsonic cones. More likely though, they are some sort of 'transitional' Mueller cones.  This cabinet, combined with the JTM45 (or a 1959SLP with a PB100 Power Brake) is replacing my Princeton Reverb as the 'go-to' amp cab in the studio.  

Marshall 2045 Cabinet

Marshall 2045 Cabinet

Two "suitcase" cabs- a 2045 & early 1936.

Two "suitcase" cabs- a 2045 & early 1936.

Ply  Throughout

Ply Throughout

T1221 Black Back

T1221 Black Back

T1221

T1221

G12M25

G12M25

Mueller or Pulsonic?

Mueller or Pulsonic?

"3" stamped back of cone.

"3" stamped back of cone.

Check Grill

Check Grill

1975 Hardware

1975 Hardware

Great Sounding Cabinet!

Great Sounding Cabinet!

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Marshall Big M Cabinet

1995 JTM45 Reissue with a 1975 'Big M' Cabinet. Punk rock approved. Click on the photo to hear this rig live, in a dive-bar.

Gibson R8 Plaintop

Gibson R8 Plaintop

Gibson R8 Plaintop

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