Author Topic: Stanley's Equipment (Read 225 times)

lysosome · « **on:** June 12, 2006, 10:25:03 PM »

Maybe some of you RTF fans can help me out; what kind of rig did stanley use when he was with RTF? Thanks!

jacko · « **Reply #1 on:** June 13, 2006, 02:23:28 AM »

There's a picture of his rig here..

I'll check out the article tonight to find out what's in it.

graeme

lysosome · « **Reply #2 on:** June 13, 2006, 02:53:33 AM »

Thanks Jacko. I looked around at all the older pictures I could find of Stanley and RTF, but no good ones of his setup. I was thinking of buying the Live in Montreaux (sp?) DVD..that'd probably have some good shots. Plus, it'd be a kick ass dvd :-p

jacko · « **Reply #3 on:** June 13, 2006, 02:58:06 AM »

DVD? Tell me more;-)

Graeme

keith_h · « **Reply #4 on:** June 13, 2006, 04:34:15 AM »

If my old feeble memory is correct he used JBL's somewhere in the 70's. I recall seeing what looked like 15 Hard Trucker style cabinets. I also seem to recall reading something about Altec-Lansing. I don't know what he has for preamps and amps.

I also remember seeing him use Carvin gear during the School Days tour. He was a Carvin endorser for awhile.

Keith

lidon2001 · « **Reply #5 on:** June 13, 2006, 07:16:43 AM »

The top unit in the rack appears to be an Eventide Flanger, first released in 1976.

If you look at the pic I posted in the Artists showcase during Stanley's School Days tour, at that gig he was using an F2-B, Eventide Flanger and a Harmonizer underneath it, unknown amp, then a Crown amp into a single 15 JBL long throw cab and a MusicMan 2x12 combo.

Upon further review of my pics, there appears to be another cabinet behind the rack, and let's not forget the venerable Roland tape echo.

T

(Message edited by lidon2001 on June 13, 2006)

bassman10096 · « **Reply #6 on:** June 13, 2006, 09:31:57 AM »

The bottom cabs behind him appear to be Karlsons. He played sets of 2 and 4 of these unique designs. I used to own one and loved it. They have the smoothest response across the spectrum but are heavier than lead, because of extra wood in their construction.

dadabass2001 · « **Reply #7 on:** June 13, 2006, 09:52:13 AM »

Bill,
That horn design is similar to what I remember the Klipsch horn being. I never owned a set, but always lusted after them in my youthful, Stereo Review reading days.

Mike

bassman10096 · « **Reply #8 on:** June 13, 2006, 12:31:08 PM »

Hey Mike: That's a blast from the deep past! They were really exotic-looking, and not unpopular among the hifi enthusiasts. But once they are scaled up to bass cab-size they get really heavy. Too bad, too - the sound is very good. The theory (if I remember it right) is that Karlsons avoid the ported-box problem of having only one tuned freq by having a variable sized port in the form of the tapered wings. Acoustic made a combo bass amp that was a Karlson design, too:

Bill

edwin · « **Reply #9 on:** June 13, 2006, 03:26:58 PM »

When I saw Stanley in 1982, he was using EV speakers, I think 3 way cabs that at the time were being touted for their midrange drivers being something special in all the ads.

It was a good show!
Edwin

jacko · « **Reply #10 on:** June 14, 2006, 12:51:38 AM »

Another picture of his rig from the 1976 article..

According to the article, he has (from the top) an Eventide Flanger,2 Alembic pre-amps, 2 Alembic power modules, A JBL crossover,and a mixer. Power amps are Crown and a Phase Linear power amp. Cabinets, as already noted are a carlson design made by Sound Plus,washington DC and the plexiglass dome has 24 C.T.S. 4.5 inch speakers.

Graeme

lysosome · « **Reply #11 on:** June 14, 2006, 01:30:57 AM »

Wow! Thanks alot Jacko!

lbpesq · « **Reply #12 on:** June 14, 2006, 07:38:45 AM »

That dome is trippy. Anyone know how it sounded? It sure looks cool.

Bill, tgo

jacko · « **Reply #13 on:** June 14, 2006, 07:43:43 AM »

Pre-dates Phil Jones' 5 inch speakers by about 30 years too ;-)

Graeme

olieoliver · « **Reply #14 on:** June 14, 2006, 08:17:38 AM »

I wonder how the dome was wired and what impedance it was.