50 Years of LOUD
5 January, 2012 in Music
Now that the festive season is over and done with and life has returned to normal I thought I’d be bold and ask the question, “What did Santa bring you?”
Marshall MG30CFX
As for myself, I had one of these little beauties… it’s a Marshall MG30CFX combination amp and it is really rather stunning. With four switch-able channels I can get a plethora of sounds with very little effort… and I’ve got to say this amp does sound great in all its various modes.
You may not know it, but Marshall amplification have been the driving force behind rock music for a whopping 50 years now and the distinctive sound their amps produce have given us numerous instantly recognisable bands. Started by Jim Marshall, bizarrely a drummer, in 1962 Marshall amps soon became a name to be reckoned with and were much favoured by the likes of Pete Townshend (The Who), Eric Clapton (then with Cream), Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple) and the greatest ambassador of all, Jimi Hendrix to name but a few.
Of course it isn’t just rock guitarists who use Marshall amps you’ll see them on rig set-ups for pop and country artists too, but without doubt the Marshall sound favours those who play rock and/or blues… which is why I wanted one and I couldn’t be happier with the one I’ve got… I’ve finally achieved a sound exactly like Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top) so I guess now I’ll have to start growing my beard again now!
Whatever you had in your Christmas stocking last year I sincerely hope it brings you as much joy as my Marshall MG30CFX has already brought me and continues to do so into the long mists of time.
Sheryll said on 6 January, 2012
Oh, I am glad you got what you got what you wanted. I bought myself a Dell Laptop. Now my last laptop was a toshiba and must say I really loved it. But, I am getting use to this one. As I have bought Dell computers for years only desktop computers but this is a 8gb which is bigger by 2-4gb from others or so they say I dont know. Anyway I am up and running Now my next gift to my self is a Boise radio cd player. xxxxx
Usky said on 6 January, 2012
Yeah I’m a lucky bunny and no mistake.
Dell computers get bad press from time to time, but that’s quite unjustified in my opinion. They may not be the most innovative, but they’re well built work horses that just go on and on for years; I’d say you got yourself a good buy there.
You’ll have to let me know how things pan out with the Bose radio/CD… their professional audio gear is excellent, but I’ve no experience of the Bose domestic market.
neonjake said on 7 January, 2012
I just bought myself a birthday present is that equal to a christmas gift. I got myself a Sony e-reader. I am finding the hard cover books to heavy and hard on my old arthritic hands. Now to learn how to use it.
As far as computers go, you would have to kill me to get my MacBook, I have had it for about 3 years and love it so much. Someone once asked me what is the thing I would grab in case of a fire in your home, my first and only thing would be my MacBook, To hell with jewelry and knick knacks but my computer holds a large portion of my present life. Everyone has there preferences don’t they.
By the way BUNNY what kind of computer do you tinkle upon.
And Bose are big in North America and have a very good reputation for sound.
Good choice Sherryll.
jake
Usky said on 7 January, 2012
I’m guessing your new Sony e-reader is similar to the Kindle, so it should be a easy enough to get to grips with. I’ve been considering some kind of e-reader myself, but just love books and can’t quite drag myself away from the traditional form of entertainment… I also worry a little how many times an e-reader will be stand being dropped on the floor when I fall asleep reading!
I’ve always shied away from Macs myself. Nothing wrong with them I hasten to add, just that years back they were over-priced as the was software they ran and of course completely incompatible with the more main-stream PC. Having been an Amiga user migrating to a Mac would have been my first choice since they ran a very similar O/S and had a similar look and feel, but IBM and Microsoft captured the mass market. These days I mostly use a Mesh laptop; I run a dual boot system with Ubuntu Linux as my main operating system and Windows 7 for those times when I need to use Photoshop. I also still run my ageing desktop (also a Mesh running a Linux O/S) on those occasions when I feel the need to shut myself away in my office.
Bose have struggled to get a foot-hold in the domestic market place here in the UK. You’ll quite often find Bose monitors in professional recording studios though and sometimes by ‘better quality’ live performers.
neonjake said on 8 January, 2012
I also love the written word, my love of books goes back to when I was a child and there was no TV and we were not allowed to go to the movies (you had to be 16 to go to the movies in Quebec, as there had been a large theater fire and many children were killed) So I became an avid reader, and I will read just about anything. Don’t even think about Kindle the libraries here will not let you download books, the only way to get books on them is to buy them from Amazon and that can get rather pricey.
I used to have a very large library of books in my home, but in my senior years I have had to downsize and only keep the ones I dearly love and could not part with.
Some fiction and some non-fiction, I am not very fussy, if it has words I will read it, even read Campbell soup can labels at one time LOL.
jake
Usky said on 9 January, 2012
A new book always holds such promise doesn’t it? It just begs to have its pages opened and contents devoured…
I’ll bear in mind your comments about the Kindle.