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Re: Neil Young - What amps was he using

I'm reading "Shakey" his biography. An exerpt from a scene with his guitar tech, Cragg:

"... a Magnatone, a huge transistorized Baldwin Exterminator, a Fender Reverb ... at the heart of it all, 'The Deluxe', 1959 vintage ... Young runs this the amp with oversized tubes, and Cragg has to keep portable fans trained on the back so it doesn't melt down. 'It really is ready to just go up in smoke, and it sounds that way - flat out, overdriven, ready to self-destruct.

Young has a personal relationship with electricity ... he'll say "Larry, there's a hundred and seventeen volts coming out of the wall isn't there?" ... I'll go measure it, and sure enough, he can tell the difference ... "

Good book so far. It's by Jimmy McDonough


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