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Topic: Marc Bolans sound system
Posted By: more10
Subject: Marc Bolans sound system
Date Posted: 22 September 2020 at 8:20pm
Trying to find a selling angle I googled Marc Bolans sound system. 

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3 Vampower 100 watt amp
3 Vamp cabinets
2 Vox Supreme amps
1 Vox Supreme cabinet
1 Vox AC30 amp
1 WEM echo unit
1 fuzz box
1 treble booster
1 wah wah pedal
8 100 watt stereo quad amps
5 RCA cabinets – custom built by Kelsey and Morris
5 monitor speakers – custom built by Kelsey and Morris
1 studio mixer deck – custom built by Kelsey and Morris
5 horns – custom built by Kelsey and Morris
1 transformer – custom built by Kelsey and Morris





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Posted By: madboffin
Date Posted: 23 September 2020 at 5:51pm
A classic Kelsey Morris PA, presumably. Including their customised Quad 303's or 50E's. But I'm not sure about the quantities, there should be an even number of PA cabinets.


Posted By: jazomir
Date Posted: 24 September 2020 at 10:59am
I know when I saw Marc with T-Rex at the Roundhouse back in the days he was deffo using HH amps.


The specs of the PA system look pathetic when you consider what a band today would have on tour. 
Interesting fact about Marc - the reason he was in the mini when he died was because his manager had lent his Rolls Royce to Hawkwind who were on tour.


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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.


Posted By: GAZ.
Date Posted: 24 September 2020 at 3:57pm
I believe he used to run HH ic100 amps

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Posted By: BJtheDJ
Date Posted: 24 September 2020 at 4:35pm
Originally posted by jazomir jazomir wrote:

I know when I saw Marc with T-Rex at the Roundhouse back in the days he was deffo using HH amps.

The specs of the PA system look pathetic when you consider what a band today would have on tour. 
Interesting fact about Marc - the reason he was in the mini when he died was because his manager had lent his Rolls Royce to Hawkwind who were on tour.

Better copy of the same image here:


Pin by Alicja Szafarczyk on Marc Bolan | Marc bolan, Music pictures, Punk  music

Deffo Vamp amp together with the H|H amps ~ and Fender speaker boxes:

Marc Bolan Canvas Prints | Fine Art America


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Posted By: Robbo
Date Posted: 24 September 2020 at 4:58pm
They are Fender Dual Showman 2x15" cabinets fitted with extended range JBL k130 drivers.


Posted By: jbl_man
Date Posted: 24 September 2020 at 5:54pm
Originally posted by jazomir jazomir wrote:


Interesting fact about Marc - the reason he was in the mini when he died was because his manager had lent his Rolls Royce to Hawkwind who were on tour.


The moral there is,never lend your Rolls Royce to anybody! But yes,hit a tree in two and half tons of  Rolls,the car would be fine, just the tree would fall down.


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Posted By: more10
Date Posted: 24 September 2020 at 7:05pm
It wasn't a tree that killed him.  https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/mystery-marc-bolan-s-death-solved-8142457.html" rel="nofollow - https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/mystery-marc-bolan-s-death-solved-8142457.html




Posted By: concept-10
Date Posted: 24 September 2020 at 7:14pm
Originally posted by Robbo Robbo wrote:

They are Fender Dual Showman 2x15" cabinets fitted with extended range JBL k130 drivers.

God bless you Robbo, not only do you identify the cabs but also the drivers, you need to right that book bud Smile, As for Mark Bolan, he was a giant of the time, David Bowie wrote the track All the young dudes made famous by Mott the hoople, and the lyrics, "why do I need tv when Iv'e got T rex" Bowie thought Bolan was a genius, enough said.



Posted By: doller
Date Posted: 11 May 2021 at 9:50am
I lived in his house on stoke newinton common, Just a house really!




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