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Josh Homme: magnetic film reader

Post by JustinHedrick » Tue Jun 15, 2010 8:03 am

hey everyone:
i read an interview awhile ago about them crooked vultures and josh homme said that he liked to use a "magnetic film reader" as a super crazy low wattage guitar amp. i believe what he is referring to is also shown in that youtube video of liam lynch and josh homme messing around with the pipe organ guitar (can't link to youtube at work. anyone want to help me out?)

anyone have one of these or know where to get one? they sound dirty and cool.
another metal guitar tip is to put a fan in front of you while you play, so it blows your stupid long hair around like the solo is BLOWING YOU AWAY because you're a fucking tool.
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Post by RefD » Tue Jun 15, 2010 10:05 am

Magnasync/Moviola Squawk box
http://www.carmenborgia.com/fave/pages/Squawk1.htm

there are solid state and tube versions, i'm not sure which is better.
some ppl on TOMB have them and love them.

a bit of modding info:
http://www.prodigy-pro.com/diy/index.php?topic=25629.20

but i would also seach TOMB to see if there's info here.
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Post by RefD » Tue Jun 15, 2010 10:24 am

i think the video you were talking about is this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vY_O3eo1m1Q

it shows up at about 3m04s.

it looks like a solid state model to me (a guess) and also laid out differently from the others i've seen.
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Post by RefD » Tue Jun 15, 2010 11:38 am

this is more like what i've seen around:

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