User manual MARSHALL SUPER LEAD 100W HEAD RANDY RHOADS SIGNATURE

[. . . ] Photo © Jay Banbury From Jim Marshall I am really pleased that you have chosen this 1959RR Randy Rhoads Signature Series Super Lead 100W head. It is only the fourth signature amplifier that we have produced and I feel it is a great addition to this select range. He had not long ago joined Ozzy Osbourne and they were working on their first album. He came here knowing exactly what he was looking for, he just needed to find the amplifier that was going to be capable of delivering the power, the tone, and the reliability that he wanted, but was also in keeping with the image that he was to be recognised by. [. . . ] "I was one of the few blessed ones who got to know him as a human being and I learned a lot from him, especially how to carry yourself in the face of becoming famous. He really took that well and never changed as a person, becoming popular didn't affect him whatsoever. Some people thought he was quiet but sometimes I think we confuse being quiet with being humble. If you spent some time with him you were bound to see him do something funny or ridiculous just for the sake of a good laugh. " Sadly, as we all know, Randy's brief but brilliant career came to an end on March 19th, 1982, following a tragic and unnecessary plane crash. Only the Lord above knows how much more he could have given us. " " After running the usual gamut of garage bands, Randy formed his first real band, Quiet Riot, and by the mid `70s the outfit had become the house band at the Starwood, an infamous Hollywood rock club. Sarzo joined that in 1978, a year before Randy left to join Ozzy Osbourne and commence his rapid rise to rock stardom. "When they first called Randy to audition for Ozzy he said, `Oh I don't think I'd be interested because I work for my Mom and I have my own band which I like. '" Delores recounts. Who was that?' I didn't recognize the name Ozzy Osbourne because I didn't know anything about the rock scene and Randy explained to me that he had been in the business for a long time with a band called Black Sabbath. He also said, `I really don't care for that band at all!'" "So I said, `Well if he's been in the business that long sometimes that's a good thing. Who you know is important as that can give you a little inlet or something that helps you get further along in the industry. ' Anyway, they called back and said, `We really do want you to come to audition' and Randy told them it would have to be late because he would be teaching here first and didn't want to let his students down. They said they didn't care how late it was and it ended up that he wasn't gone all that long at all. `Well, what happened?' I asked and he said, `Oh I don't know. I was just warming up a little bit and tuning up when Ozzy came out and told me I'd got the job!'" As already mentioned, despite his shooting-star like life, Randy's legend not only endures, it continues to grow. In addition to still regularly appearing on the covers of the world's leading rock guitar magazines, Randy was inducted into the world famous Hollywood RockWalk of fame in 2004. Jim Marshall OBE wrote the following in a letter to Delores: "I was and still am delighted that he played through Marshalls and consider him to be one of the finest ambassadors of my amplifiers to this very day ­ the fact that he is still rightfully held in such high regard by so many musicians speaks volumes regarding the tremendous impact he had on the world of rock guitar. " At the aforementioned induction ceremony ­ with the help of the one and only Zakk Wylde, who was also in attendance as a speaker ­ the wheels started well and truly rolling towards the creation of the Limited Edition 1959RR. As Zakk told me way back in 2001 when we were working on his own signature head, "forget about me, the guy who has to have a signature Marshall is Randy. End of story. " We all agreed and so thankfully so did the Rhoads family. The result is the stunning looking and sounding limited edition head you are now the proud owner of. Wylde. . . and thank you Randy!! ENGLISH As legend now has it, apparently Ozzy was sleeping on a couch in the rehearsal room and when he initially woke up he thought Randy was a girl!Then he heard him play and literally knew within seconds that he'd found the guitarist of his dreams. "Building the band with Randy was one of the happiest times of my life, " Ozzy wrote in the sleeve notes of the 1987 Tribute album. "He helped make all my dreams come true. " What happened once Ozzy and Randy joined forces is now part of heavy metal folklore and has been documented countless times. [. . . ] VOLUME I This controls the overall output level of Channel I, turning it clockwise increases the volume. In full cascade mode, this controls the amount of signal amplified by the second half of valve 1, thereby acting as a crude master volume for the whole cascade circuit and can also be thought of as a further gain control for the boosted signal to the subsequent stages of the preamp. guitar plugged into channel 1, it functions just like a normal unmodified 1959 Super Lead volume control. This controls the amount of signal amplified by the first half of valve 1 that is fed to the second half, thereby acting as a gain control for the cascade circuit itself. [. . . ]