Wildman in Rock Mode

9/23/12: The day after the gig at Cafe Mezzanotte with Wildman. My usual workhorse amp for gigs, the Fender Blues Hot Rod DeVille, has not been acting right lately. I think I’m losing the preamp circuit... as if it keeps cutting in and out. And when it does, it has a high pitched whine that is totally not needed!
So while I’m clearing out some room in my schedule long enough to take the amp into Viking Amplifier’s Eric Summers for repair, I decided to use the Marshall for this gig. Now, this is a lounge so it looks kind of funny going in there with a Marshall. But I use a 2x12 speaker cabinet, not a 4/12 like people are used to seeing. I did hold the volume down a lot (this head is 100 watts) but I was very pleasantly surprised at how good it sounded! I may use it a lot more! I was worried it would be too “rock” sounding but I was wrong. It cleaned up very nicely. Maybe it was the Celesion Vintage 30s Eamon Loftus helped me put in, I donno. I have a Full Mesh gig coming up in October - I’m going to use it for that gig and see if I like it for the radio rock kind of stuff those guys do. I have a feeling I will. I’ll let you’all know.