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Inspired
The Holden Wasp is an Australia/New Zealand amp made in the mid/late 60's to the early/mid 70's. The chassis was designed in NZ and the cabs were done in Sydney. They are ball tearing head. Malcolm and Angus Young used them in the early days of AC/DC and prior. They didn't do the full switch to Marshall till they went to the UK (Malcolm also used another AU/NZ amp called a Fhonic as well....watch the long way to the top video, similar sound to the VBL).
These amps are excessively loud and have a great all around rock tone. They're not a Marshall or HiWatt or any other. They have their own sound. Think really early AC/DC. Just raw and in your face.
I play bass in Australia's top AC/DC show and our Angus's Marshall blew a few weeks back, luckily at a gig around the corner from my house. I went home and pulled out the Wasp. He was absolutely blown away at how he immediately, with no EQ'ing (the EQ is damn near useless anyway), had the early AC/DC tone spot on. I'd personally love to have it in the AFX as the real deal is just too damn loud. It is one of the loudest 100w amps I have ever played or heard.
If you have the any of the AC/DC biographies, have a look through the pictures and you'll most likely see some picks of this amp in the backline.
The model I personally would love to see is the VBL (Vocals, Bass, Lead), which is the model Angus and Malclom used. I actually have a VBL, access to a schematic, and can get in contact with the man who originally built them in NZ. They're a piece of Rock'N'Roll history, thanks to AC/DC, that could be forever accessed by guitarists for decades to come. They only had a short company life, due to the extremely small customer base in Australia, but many are still in use today in AU/NZ. In fact, I used my VBL as my main guitar rig for many years, and it was over 30yrs old when I first got it.
So what do you guys in AFX land reckon?
These amps are excessively loud and have a great all around rock tone. They're not a Marshall or HiWatt or any other. They have their own sound. Think really early AC/DC. Just raw and in your face.
I play bass in Australia's top AC/DC show and our Angus's Marshall blew a few weeks back, luckily at a gig around the corner from my house. I went home and pulled out the Wasp. He was absolutely blown away at how he immediately, with no EQ'ing (the EQ is damn near useless anyway), had the early AC/DC tone spot on. I'd personally love to have it in the AFX as the real deal is just too damn loud. It is one of the loudest 100w amps I have ever played or heard.
If you have the any of the AC/DC biographies, have a look through the pictures and you'll most likely see some picks of this amp in the backline.
The model I personally would love to see is the VBL (Vocals, Bass, Lead), which is the model Angus and Malclom used. I actually have a VBL, access to a schematic, and can get in contact with the man who originally built them in NZ. They're a piece of Rock'N'Roll history, thanks to AC/DC, that could be forever accessed by guitarists for decades to come. They only had a short company life, due to the extremely small customer base in Australia, but many are still in use today in AU/NZ. In fact, I used my VBL as my main guitar rig for many years, and it was over 30yrs old when I first got it.
So what do you guys in AFX land reckon?
