The Grateful Dead & The Wall of Sound

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[mooghammondb3]

Owsley Stanley is a genuis.

[1Anonymouse]

i'm pretty sure that's to support the quadraphonic system they ran with his bass. it allowed each string to play on it's own separate channel.

[SusanNoonan]

Cow Palace, Daly City, aka San Francisco, 1976. Did I mention it was New Year's Eve?

Fun Times~ gdreferencesite com/cowpalace html

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[skierpage]

It's spelled "made", the company name is "McIntosh", and there are other fine amplifiers, such as VTL tube amps made in Chino CA.

[zambiland]

The electronics also provided a state variable filter for each pickup where you can blend the filtered sound with the direct sound. The Alembic Superfilter provides essentially the same function. Probably the best bass tone control invented.

Apparently this bass is sitting in a closet somewhere in Chicago, stripped of most of the electronics and lots of holes routed and drilled in it for bridge and other experiments that were done in the late 70s. Bummer.

[deathtosmurfs]

The Hell's Angels have always been vicious assholes. This is just further proof. On a happier subject, I would like to say that I don't understand why people are always putting down the wall of sound. They all say it sounds muddy. That might have been true for a few concerts, but every one I was at the sound was perfect. Even in such horrible venues as the Indianapolis Coliseum, or that place in Kansas City (can't remember the name) where they hold livestock shows. All props to Macintosh amps.

[muddack]

this video is in my left speaker only?? why is that. it doesn't really support an awesome thing like "the wall of sound"

[JonXVX]

Roy Orbison is tuning the piano-- very cool

[getgoodusa]

I bet Phil's bass weighed a ton....

[getgoodusa]

Rest in peace Owsley Stanley, thanks for everything

[sirlonghair]

Macintosh amps Maid in Binghamton N.Y.absolutely the best quality amps maid in the world