Name:    Steve Kennedy
Email:   steve@pacair.com  
Subject: Aerosmith and Music Man Amps
Thread:  31
Time:    Tue, 26 Feb 2002 06:14:31 UTC

In the April 2002 Vintage Guitar magazine there is a feature article entitled "Jimmy Crespo, Rock Journeyman".


In the interview with Jimmy Crespo, he is asked about his joining Aerosmith in 1979 to replace Joe Perry when he took leave to do some solo work. He was using a Marshall 100 watt rig at the time, but Aerosmith didn't want him to use it live. This Music Man amplifier nugget was revealed:


"...I used that amp (Marshall) from '70 until 1979. But when I pulled it out for the live shows with Aerosmith, Steven (Tyler) just couldn't dig that it didn't have enough gain. He wanted that "chunka-chunka" grind, so I plugged into the Aerosmith Music Man amps, the 130-watters. These weren't my favorites; they had no subtleties, just a blatant 130 watts of arena rock grind - just one nasty sound. But Steven just loved to hear that crunch - it moved him."


I guess you gotta take inspiration where you can get it!


Steve