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andrewsrea wrote: ↑Mon May 20, 2024 10:59 am I saw an interview with the guitarist from Warrant (80's hair band) and then followed up with and interview with Poison's (another hairband) CC. DeVille and sure enough, he is perceived to be a Marshall user, but primarily uses solid state Crate amplifiers.

Having spent a decade or two being a STL Music repair guy, I never knew this.

dabbler wrote: ↑Mon May 20, 2024 11:36 am
1. Your closing statement helps me better understand your mad electronics skillz.

2. To what do you attribute, then, the Marshal user perception?

andrewsrea wrote: ↑Tue May 21, 2024 10:37 am

dabbler wrote: ↑Mon May 20, 2024 11:36 am
1. Your closing statement helps me better understand your mad electronics skillz.

2. To what do you attribute, then, the Marshal user perception?

1.) Thank you for the compliment. Pretty much from 1985 to 2000, I was program management & finance aerospace guy by day, repairman / session player by night (I only slept about 5 hours a night) and giging musician on the weekends. Any skills I have are by making a lot of mistakes and vowing not to repeat them, by discovering the right way.

2.) Interesting question. 1970's Marshalls were loud, tight and bright (chainsaw-ish). It wasn't until the JCM800's did the distortion start getting a little compressed. CC's tone wasn't too far off from Warren DiMartini, the Scorpions and others who employed the very forward 70's Marshalls. Like @Rollin Hand said, Poison's studio recordings likely employed many amp brands and Crate came along when they garnered some fame. I personally know a few musicians who had endorsements, who only played their 'brand' as contractually necessary and would return to their preferred gear after that.

toomanycats wrote: ↑Mon May 20, 2024 11:14 am I have a vivid recollection of being at a general admission show at the Utica Memorial Auditorium around 1987 on a stop of Poison’s "Look What the Cat Dragged In Tour." They may have been opening for David Lee Roth on the Eat Em'and Smile Tour. I was right at the very front, pressed against the barricade with hundreds of sweaty bodies pushing behind me. C.C. had those stacks of cabinets with the band member's faces on them, just like on the album cover. He was loud, his tone was rude, and he was as animated as a cartoon character. I mean all of that in the most complimentary way. Those guys were hungry and climbing the hill, giving it everything they had. It was an awesome rock and roll spectacle I'll never forget.


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andrewsrea wrote: ↑Tue May 21, 2024 10:37 am

dabbler wrote: ↑Mon May 20, 2024 11:36 am
1. Your closing statement helps me better understand your mad electronics skillz.

2. To what do you attribute, then, the Marshal user perception?

1.) Thank you for the compliment. Pretty much from 1985 to 2000, I was program management & finance aerospace guy by day, repairman / session player by night (I only slept about 5 hours a night) and giging musician on the weekends. Any skills I have are by making a lot of mistakes and vowing not to repeat them, by discovering the right way.

2.) Interesting question. 1970's Marshalls were loud, tight and bright (chainsaw-ish). It wasn't until the JCM800's did the distortion start getting a little compressed. CC's tone wasn't too far off from Warren DiMartini, the Scorpions and others who employed the very forward 70's Marshalls. Like @Rollin Hand said, Poison's studio recordings likely employed many amp brands and Crate came along when they garnered some fame. I personally know a few musicians who had endorsements, who only played their 'brand' as contractually necessary and would return to their preferred gear after that.