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EC Collins' TRUE "BLUESBREAKER-PINSTRIPE"
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Another, maybe less obvious sonic influencer as well as a visual striking one - the unique grille cloth found on the originals. This heavy duty, multipurpose cloth (one of its uses was covering seats on London's now iconic double decker buses! Features rubberised stripes (orientated horizonally in the 1962) embedded in a fabric backing. In addition to its unique look, this, pinstriped cloth also has a tonal effect due to its density - rolling-off (read: hindering! Grill Cloth is irrefutably. All of us,.
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EC Collins' TRUE "BLUESBREAKER-PINSTRIPE"
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During the brief, but. 2-1/2 year period,. A singular type of grill cloth,. Which over time has come to be. Known by two names. Depending on its application and orientation:. Combo, it is called. Which is an homage to. Use of it during the recording of. Blues Breakers, John Mayall with Eric Clapton". There is a photo on the back of the Album, in which you can clearly see. In the studio with his. MARSHALL #1962, 2x12 Combo with "Bluesbreaker" Grill Cloth. That exists between a. PA speaker cabinet,. Produc...
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EC Collins' TRUE "BLUESBREAKER-PINSTRIPE"
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NATURALLY, I AM A HUGE. Invented "The Sound of Rock". I realize, however, that his. Company serves the Mainstream Market. And has to build a. In order to survive. Introduced their "Vintage Series". With # 1960 TV Cabinet. And "Bluesbreaker" #1962 2x12 Combo. These amplifiers delighted many people and were successful in keeping an "Approximate JTM tone". Alive and accessible to a new generation of players. Of course, the only downside was that these new "old". The use of new production 6L6s. Grill cloth s...
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EC Collins' TRUE "BLUESBREAKER-PINSTRIPE"
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In February 2006,. I was working hard to finish a pair of demanding, cost-no-object,. JTM 45 Replica Chassis. Day after day, I was wiring, playing and tone testing. Day after Day, I was thinking long and hard. Why, in this age of Cloned. Speakers, had no one ( MARSHALL. Included) really found a way to reproduce the Attitude,. To authentic JTM tone. Could the long extinct "Bluesbreaker-Pinstripe". Effect on tone), really be the MISSING LINK. Would it be possible to precisely. For nearly 40 YEARS. That fac...
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EC Collins' TRUE "BLUESBREAKER-PINSTRIPE"
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The World's Truly Legendary Grill Cloth. Over the past 20 years, seemingly every possible aspect of vintage guitar amplifiers has. Been subjected to the "tonal microscope." All the virtues of NOS tubes,. Hand-wound transformers, carbon-comp resistors. Studied, discussed and analyzed. It has. All been said; It has all been done! In this context, it's interesting that vintage. Grill cloth, which can be as powerful a tone shaper as any other single. Component, has too-often been completely overlooked. Had a...
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EC Collins' TRUE "BLUESBREAKER-PINSTRIPE"
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The highest compliment is Marshall's use of the Collins cloth on their Fiftieth Anniversary Bluesbreaker reissue from 2012. Istory of MARSHALL: The First Fifty Years. In addition to its unique look, this, pinstriped cloth also has a tonal effect due to its density - rolling-off (read: hindering! Certain high and low frequencies, resulting in a muscular sounding, musical midrange. Colors the amp's sound in a way that's unmistakeable to old Marshall amps. Blues Breakers with EC". Axis: Bold as Love". State...
