New 'AMP TOWER' day!

[God of Thunder]

Woohooo! I've owned my Aerosmith 1968/69 for awhile now. I've got a nice road case with it - but I got word of an 'AMP TOWER' from Aerosmith as well. A few phone calls later, and this baby was on the way here!

I called R&R cases and she was made in 1996! This is a legit Aerosmith owned case to match my 68/69 Super Lead Marshall that's also from Aerosmith! The Case has built in power and cooling fans that blow into the back of the heads to keep them cool. All in all - I LOVE IT!

 

[rocker68]

Well done !!!

 

[FleshOnGear]

Nice. Why is the amp tower so much deeper than the heads that go in it? Is the extra depth for stowing wrapped up cables? I like the slots for spare fuses. I wonder, why only 3A fuses and no HT fuses?

 

[Dogs of Doom]

Nice. Why is the amp tower so much deeper than the heads that go in it? Is the extra depth for stowing wrapped up cables? I like the slots for spare fuses. I wonder, why only 3A fuses and no HT fuses?

it's a standard depth. A cube will have more stability than a chopped to depth box. You don't want those heads constantly falling over, especially, when tubes are hot...

When you have casters on a box, the castors can make the box wobbly, especially, if the wheel base is not sufficient for the top weight.

That's also, why it's best to remove casters from stacked cabinets. I don't like the feel of heads on top of stacks either, especially on stage, if you're plugged straight in to the head. One wrong step, at the end of your cable length could bring the head/stack down. One reason, why, back in the early days of stacks, they had roadies to man the stacks, to make sure that they didn't topple over...

 

[God of Thunder]

Nice. Why is the amp tower so much deeper than the heads that go in it? Is the extra depth for stowing wrapped up cables? I like the slots for spare fuses. I wonder, why only 3A fuses and no HT fuses?

It's not too much (if any) deeper than you'd expect. It looks wider with the back/front removed because its got a shelf for the front cover to sit on. There's a little added depth for cables - and then the power strips/fans are also integrated back in there!

 

[LargeBoxSmallBox]

Very cool score!! Congrats on the case, and also the awesome amps you own! BW98.. Brad Whitford 98? What does the 98 signify?

 

[God of Thunder]

Very cool score!! Congrats on the case, and also the awesome amps you own! BW98.. Brad Whitford 98? What does the 98 signify?

My guess is that they just label all of hte road cases so they can be accounted for. To my knowledge - the 98 doesn't signify anything particular. And I also admit I could be totally wrong on that.

 

[El Gringo]

Mighty Congrats on a most Aerosmith worthy Joe Fing Perry Marshall . So Fing cool !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[mplecha]

That’s pretty awesome

 

[Ned B]

I live a couple miles from R&R. They have always been near the corner of Golf & Rand Rd's in Des Plaines, Illinois. I have one of the first 100w head cases they every made...at least that's what Mike C send when it went in to be re-foamed.

 

[NoelH]

WOW! That's a great score. Congrats! And a little Jealous.

 

[Del Rei]

Love it, man!!!
Congrats!
\o/

 

[Central Scrutinizer]

Pretty cool.

Nice way to display them

Congratulations.

 

[Brett Holden]

Oh man, I’m soooooo jealous!

Enjoy those amps in good health brother

 

[Dozer]

When I lived in the Northeast USA I bought a Bedrock head from a guy that claimed he got it from Joe Perry for an 8 ball of cocaine. Didnt have any Aerosmith markings on it but the region was correct so who knows. Either way awesome tower you have there!! A piece of rock n roll history.

 

[smiley]

nice!
so what's the story - how did you score it?

and is there a thread somewhere about the "Aerosmith 1968/69"?

 

[God of Thunder]

nice!
so what's the story - how did you score it?

and is there a thread somewhere about the "Aerosmith 1968/69"?

The guy I bought my 68/69 from - Donn - and I have become pretty good friends. He's bought a ton of gear from Aerosmith and just recently a bunch from Def Leppard. He send me a photo of it as I had mentioned to him that if I ever came across one - it would have to be an instabuy. He's got a ton of stuff for sale here. www.donnbennett.com

Here are a couple threads about the Aerosmith 68/69. There was some who thought it was a very late 68, and others who thought a very early 69. It's a true Plexi regardless - so I just call it a 68/69. It was used on the 2002 Tour.

New Amp Day: Brad Whitford's (Aerosmith) 1968/69 Super Lead

Every so often you come across one that you "have" to have. This was that amp. I've been an Aerosmith fan since I was 10, and they've been my #1 ever since. When I got a message from a friend (who ironically is into drums) that Brad Whitford was selling him some stuff with documentation, I had...

marshallforum.com

Your thoughts on this 68?!

Here is a later 1968. Wanted to get everyones thoughts on it! I'm planning on picking this one up so I'd appreciate any thoughts! Please and thank you!

marshallforum.com

 

[Mitchell Pearrow]

Congratulations on your score brother, that is truly awesome