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jnew · Post by **jnew** » Tue Dec 30, 2014 10:41 pm

I tried to doctor up the photo of the back of Ed's amps from the 1978 Japan tour. If you look at the speaker cable out of the 1st 100 watt large box amp under the two small box 50 watters (3rd one down on the right side stack) I'm pretty sure that cable drops down and then heads back up to the Variac on the right.

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mr.twistyneck · Post by **mr.twistyneck** » Wed Dec 31, 2014 1:00 am

Dang. I go away for a few days and now this.

Freakin' AWESOME!

Makes sense to me!

vh junkie · Post by **vh junkie** » Wed Dec 31, 2014 6:19 am

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mightymike · Post by **mightymike** » Wed Dec 31, 2014 9:19 am

One time I hooked up a hot plate incorrectly. (It may have been backwards

), and I got that Push Comes to Shove feedback thing Plexified was talking about. I noticed it quickly, and shut down the amp with no damage thankfully.I do not recommend doing this.

Strat78 · Post by **Strat78** » Wed Dec 31, 2014 1:24 pm

Looking at the pic it seems that those two variacs are hooked up to the 12301 and the wood amp. I suppose those heads were driving the cabs that were micd that night? Never the less, using the variac between the head and the cab is very intriguing. It adds a nice sizzle and squish to the tone. It wouldn't surprise me if Ed tried this at some point, though DF said Ed never did. It gives you that ITO and Atomic Punk vibe and feedback.

jnew · Post by **jnew** » Wed Dec 31, 2014 1:36 pm

Strat78 wrote:Looking at the pic it seems that those two variacs are hooked up to the 12301 and the wood amp. I suppose those heads were driving the cabs that were micd that night? Never the less, using the variac between the head and the cab is very intriguing. It adds a nice sizzle and squish to the tone. It wouldn't surprise me if Ed tried this at some point, though DF said Ed never did. It gives you that ITO and Atomic Punk vibe and feedback.

How are you able to make that out? I can barely follow one wire. And not even certain of that.

plexified · Post by **plexified** » Wed Dec 31, 2014 2:40 pm

Ok J , your on to something .

Again . I say that because your a bright guy , and plus you have cool kids that paint your nails . I absolutely love the kids painting and adding mojo to your guitars man . The coolest thing EVER that I have been privy to have you share with us . Ok so , this is a cool thread man . I have THE exact Marshall as Ed . And man o man this thing has been on some trips during its 40 plus years in service . I can say one thing absolute . No matter what mods or pedals it so unds the same . Awesome . Until I plugged in the variac in this way . Even powered down to no matter what , even the Ed magic 90 , it didn't matter . I did however, notice the instint Push Comes Shove tone . Man I was freakin shocked . It was very scary to do . Probably no scarier than turning the beast on 10 into a 3 thousand dollar cabinet . Man its always a risk . But this did become a game changer . I always used the variac or variable AC to do one thing . Power the amp and cab up properly . I ALWAYS turn the amp off with the standby on . Turn the stand by on . And Next time I power up I have the amp gradually raised from zero to 110 . While on stand by . Then I let her warm up . I then turn the power off slowly while on standby knowing its warm . Then I turn the standby on and power up from zero . Gradually I turn up to 110 . I then turn up the guitar volume and rip it up . Now with this set up , I do the same thing with the variac on 90 in between the speaker output and cabinet . Its a good time . A nailbiter for sure and my neighbors love me . It chases the bugs out of the house too . Old Marhsalls never die man , they just keep on getting better and better!

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