His Majesty Wrote:
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> Thought I'd add info about some of the amps
> Keith(and the others) used during late 1966 -
> early 69. My favourite era of the band!
>
> PART ONE: Between the Buttons
>
> During the early moths of 1967 The Rolling Stones
> were given a whole new backline of the latest all
> solid state Vox amplifiers.
>
> For a few years Vox had been experimenting with
> the use of solid state technology which allowed
> for the use of a variety of on board effects in
> the amps such as tremolo, fuzz/distortion, top
> boost and the new 3-position MRB(mid range boost)
> which had a set range of tones similar to their
> ground breaking wah wah pedal.
>
> They had previously issued the stones with Vox's
> UL- 7 Series amplifiers which were a combination
> of both valve and solid state technology. I am
> unaware of when Vox issued these amps to the
> stones, but The Beatles had them in time for their
> Revolver sessions.
>
> It looks like Keith used the UL-7120 live and in
> the studio, but there is the possibility that he
> would have used the smaller UL-730 for studio work
> during the Between the Buttons sessions, but this
> is just speculation on my part.
>
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> c/Amps%20and%20effects%20pedals/7120mov.gif
> UL-7120
>
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> c/Amps%20and%20effects%20pedals/Vox730.jpg
> UL-730
>
> These amps appear to have been retired following
> some tv appearances in January - February 1967 and
> the introduction of the latest all solid state
> amps courtesy of Vox.
>
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> c/The%20Rolling%20Stones/DSC03055.jpg
Great info! I really don't know much about the amps used in these years, so it's a great read! I bet you already know this site: [
www.voxshowroom.com]
Apperently these amps ar quit sought after, with UL-7120 selling for thousands of dollars. Conquerers go for around 1500 euro it seems. That's alot of money for a tranny!
Mathijs