From retrojet@sympac.com.au Thu Nov 25 17:34:44 2004
Subject:Re: John Lord's Overdrive

Spot on according to the info I have, in fact the amps used in their heyday
were Marshall PA heads, plenty of them, and driven into his 'zone'.

>
> Actually, Jon was being misleading. He did in fact use the Maestro
> (division of Norlin which distributed Gibson Guitars, Pearl Drums, Moog,
> and Lab Series amps too) Ring Modulator, but not for his core sound. If
> you get a chance to see a copy of Deep Purple Live At California Jam,
> you'll see it in action. It's duct-taped to the top of his organ, and he
> kicks it in for that crazy "synth" type sound that introduces a few
> strange harmonics. What REALLY gets his overdrive sound is a Marshall amp
> (sometimes, as on Cal Jam, he used a Fender Twin). He goes into detail on
> this in the dvd Making Of Machine Head. But in Cal Jam you can see and
> hear what the ring mod does. You can hear the ring modulator during his
> solo on Archive Alive as well, a great 2cd live set from the last days of
> Ritchie Blackmore in the 70s.
>
> T
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