Premier Rock Forum

Redline wrote:scott wrote:

they mean a lot to stupid people.

You callin' my homeboy Steve stupid for wanting a Park logo??

I need a '70's Orange logo for a speaker cabinet. They are impossible to find.

The only logo I hate is the Music Man logo. Yuck.

hey, what?



it's rad... it's a couple of amputees with lutes overtop of some bold sans-serif lettering... fucking awesome. i need one

scott wrote:And third, y'know how much those things are worth? It's crazy. I have an all-metal Traynor logo, the second logo they used, right after the big script logo... I think I could get about $50 if I sold it on eBay. Why the hell do I wanna keep that on the front of the amp, where it can get broken (how many of us have seen arshall or Marsha amps?)?

My friend sold an original Marshall badge (the rectangular metal one with red block lettering) from a really old 4x12 to a fella in America for $600.

Ridiculous. I've never heard him laugh so much.

There's nothing wrong with having your amp restored to it's original condition. There's nothing wrong looking at your amp and seeing the brand name over it.
Electrical Audio is a clean, neat studio, and I believe that so is the equipment there. So, they want to keep it that way. I know I would.

Nico Adie wrote:

scott wrote:And third, y'know how much those things are worth? It's crazy. I have an all-metal Traynor logo, the second logo they used, right after the big script logo... I think I could get about $50 if I sold it on eBay. Why the hell do I wanna keep that on the front of the amp, where it can get broken (how many of us have seen arshall or Marsha amps?)?

My friend sold an original Marshall badge (the rectangular metal one with red block lettering) from a really old 4x12 to a fella in America for $600.

Ridiculous. I've never heard him laugh so much.

What a fucking moron. Americans...

Adam CR wrote:As I understood it, Park amps and Marshall amps differed only in name and look (due to some boring legal issue relating to a long Rose Morris distribution deal).

Are there actual differences in design? Seems strange that Marshall would sell different designs under the Park name since it was created with the sole purpose of distributing Marshall amps without falling foul of their distribution deal...it would seem to defeat the object!

There are definitely Park models that are very different than Marshalls. I can use my Park Lead 1x12 combo as one example. I can't tell you the differences in the actual circuitry, but the cabinet is different from any other Marshall, it has a McKenzie speaker. It also has two inputs, high and low gain, and reverb. The reverb circuit is actually very good as opposed to my 1x12 Marshall combo. It also has a very different sound. Higher gain. There are no markings on the back panel except a serial number. The speaker is wired directly into the chassis.

I've heard that the Park models were also used as a platform for experimentation since they wouldn't have the Marshall name on them.

eliya wrote:There's nothing wrong with having your amp restored to it's original condition. There's nothing wrong looking at your amp and seeing the brand name over it.
Electrical Audio is a clean, neat studio, and I believe that so is the equipment there. So, they want to keep it that way. I know I would.

ummm..have another look at studio b's dead room..you'll notice quite a bit of duct tape and a crushed speaker tit...

not to mention the crate cabinet..

r0ck1r0ck2 wrote:

eliya wrote:There's nothing wrong with having your amp restored to it's original condition. There's nothing wrong looking at your amp and seeing the brand name over it.
Electrical Audio is a clean, neat studio, and I believe that so is the equipment there. So, they want to keep it that way. I know I would.

ummm..have another look at studio b's dead room..you'll notice quite a bit of duct tape and a crushed speaker tit...

not to mention the crate cabinet..

So? the place is still pretty much organized and running in a tip top condition. Most of the studios nowdays don't have a dedicated tech person. It'll put you in perspective. I can always tell you to look at the equipment page, studio A and B rooms. They don't have "missing" logos.

Damn, if only everyone needed Sound City logos...

PS the previous owner of the Park probably wasn't 'upgrading' his amp by changing the logo - every old Park head with the cut-out plastic lettering I've seen has a broken logo, they just split in half....

steve maybe www.musicground.com one of the greatest vintage store in Europe