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Originally posted by TONY.A.S.S. TONY.A.S.S. wrote:

I would imagine Bill Kelsey had something to do with that. There were various things that he tried with the early Turbo stuff. When I saw the Quad in the rack, I thought of Bill straight away. I did two really big systems for him and he used RSD amps and the top amp was the rack mounted 405.
Was that the Karlson system with tube loaded HFs?
For sidefills, can we have two enormous things of a type that might be venerated as Gods by the inhabitants of Easter Island, capable of reaching volumes that would make Beelzebub soil his pants.
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Ha ha, synchronicity...
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Wow, not seen any of that before. Proper history!

Apparently the Turbo bins used that folding in 1976. The 'festival bin' layout used in subsequent Turbo/F1 designs didn't come about until 1978. 
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Protag from Yorkshire solar sound still runs this system with success. The bass Section is the same and one of the first examples i ever heard of a ported bandpass horn.
The mids are all modular now and the 2" comps are now bms.
Holds its own with live bands just fine.
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Originally posted by jazomir jazomir wrote:

[QUOTE=TONY.A.S.S.]I would imagine Bill Kelsey had something to do with that. There were various things that he tried with the early Turbo stuff. When I saw the Quad in the rack, I thought of Bill straight away. I did two really big systems for him and he used RSD amps and the top amp was the rack mounted 405.
Was that the Karlson system with tube loaded HFs?
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Jazzy, That was the one. 80 cabs in all, 40 bass cabs, 20 with tubes and 20 withEV horns. 26 flight cases with those Quad 405's in.
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Moved this to oldies section,as it seems more relevant.
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I have heard that system many times with Rod Stewart and other top acts as well and it always sounded superb and would still stand up against a lot of todays latest "in fashion" systems.
The original bass bins did not have the ports and were sadly lacking in any decent bottom end as it was still a very small 2x18 sealed box in its day so the ports were definitely an after-thought---we had six of the original non ported versions of these that we used for years on our sidefill systems and they were great for what we used them for and Budgies drummer used to love having four of them on his drumfills---needless to say Budgie were one of the loudest bands around from that era.
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John you really must put pen to paper more often, this stuff is fascinating!
It's great to hear about these early systems and how they were deployed.
it's all just cardboard and magnets really
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Have these been burnt yet?
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Originally posted by Nachural Nachural wrote:


John you really must put pen to paper more often, this stuff is fascinating!
It's great to hear about these early systems and how they were deployed.


I know Chris--I have seriously considered writing a book on quite a few occasions over the last 10 years or so,but now I am older my time is much more valuable to me, so it is down to the odd little snippet that I drop out on here on occasions.
I have led a very interesting life really, both professionally and also in my private life as well, so I could tell some really interesting stories especially about touring life in the seventies and eighties and probably get away without being sued now that a fair bit of water has gone under the bridge--Cheers--John.
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Do you mean now that many of them are dead?
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Originally posted by Robbo Robbo wrote:


I know Chris--I have seriously considered writing a book on quite a few occasions over the last 10 years or so,but now I am older my time is much more valuable to me, so it is down to the odd little snippet that I drop out on here on occasions.
I have led a very interesting life really, both professionally and also in my private life as well, so I could tell some really interesting stories especially about touring life in the seventies and eighties and probably get away without being sued now that a fair bit of water has gone under the bridge--Cheers--John.


Do it, do it, do it - selfish on my behalf I know, but it'd be an absolutely fascinating read...........
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