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midas 
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 Posted: 14 August 2013 at 11:12pm |
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Yes I was second gen mod. Born in 64. I do remember going round the block on the back of my cousins vespa around 1970 though...lol.
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TONY.A.S.S.
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Posted: 15 August 2013 at 8:30am |
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The Mod days were great, there has never been another movement to match it. It wouldn't work today, you could never leave your Scooter anywhere without fear of it disappearing.
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Posted: 15 August 2013 at 11:05am |
We have to also thank Tony for the large part of its success too,if it wasnt for him building and supplying Frog with the sound system,most of this would not have happened...in the early 70's Frog's rig,although big,was largely just a big Matamp mobile disco,it wasn't until Frog bought a quantity of Tony's ASS Concert system that things started to take off....you would be staggered just how loud and clear this was back then. |
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Posted: 11 October 2013 at 8:32pm |
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Ian.
Several times you mention using two stacks of Frog's kit at Epping Forest Country Club. I am interested as to how much damage/racket/noise you could do with merely one pair of stacks back then?
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colint
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Posted: 11 October 2013 at 9:00pm |
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We had him do a soul night at a club I used to do, he used two stacks of ASS on the stage and another two stacks consisting of some 2 x 15 scoops, 3 x 12 mid and horns on top the effect was devastating the whole building seemed to move it was a very scary enlightening night without doubt
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Posted: 12 October 2013 at 12:05pm |
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Lee,to be honest,it didnt sound great,the dance floor at the Country
club was tiny, about 12 foot x 20foot,so the system couldn't really
"breathe" if that makes sense,it was bloody loud,but that was about all.
My memory of it was all the lighting and pinspots on the ceiling rattling along to the bass,which was actually quite iritating after a while. Photo of the dance floor there so you can see how small the room was.  |
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Ian, know just what you mean about a system needing room to breathe, that was a tiny dance floor, why did they think they needed a pair of ASS stacks to fill it? I never heard the JB monster roadshow either. Like you I cant figure out why they used those 3 x 12 twin cone jobbies, did they manage a decent sound with their rig when out and about?
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Posted: 13 October 2013 at 4:56pm |
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We had two stacks of JB's outside the Country club for a pool party one
night Lee,sounded really nice,so nice in fact,the country club manager
had complaints from people the next morning who lived 2 miles aways!
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TONY.A.S.S.
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Posted: 13 October 2013 at 6:43pm |
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lovely bit of stacking there Ian
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Posted: 16 October 2013 at 1:32pm |
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Froggy and the larger-than-life Steve Walsh,Frog was a good 6 foot tall,so gives you some idea of the size of Mr.Walsh here!
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Posted: 16 October 2013 at 2:28pm |
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Did you ever see Steve Walsh live ? I saw him at the Pink Toothbrush in Rayleigh Essex with the Band Change playing live must have been 1984 Great night if I remember rightly he did swear a lot on the mic
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TONY.A.S.S.
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The Pink Toothbrush is still there, believe it or not. Strange place.
Steve has a look on his face that says, no way am I going to tell him to get his arm off of me. Edited by TONY.A.S.S. - 16 October 2013 at 7:37pm |
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