Hiwatt sighting at RnR H-o-F
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 1:19 pm
Took a day to drive up to Cleveland and tour the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. To those that haven't been, I recommend making plans to do so. There are some amazing articles on display. Yet, as we were driving home, we discussed a lot of bands/genres that weren't represented. Far too much material to cover in one place, I guess.
Anyway, as one enters the exhibit, there's a 12 minute intro film presented in a theater. Off to the right of the queueing area, I spotted this:
Then, I got scolded for taking pictures
. Oops. Didn't see or read anything prohibiting photography (especially, non-flash). Upon further review, I did find such language in the program. Sorry. But, isn't Rock and Roll all about breaking the rules
?
When we reached that part of the display, a plaque revealed the CP103 and 4x12 cab were on loan from the collection of Joe Walsh. The cab was an early, metal badge model. The CP103 had a traffolyte badge. Not sure if the case was a repro or an original later issue. Anyway, it was one of the few amps on display. Lots of guitars scattered about. The only amps I recall are one of Duane Eddy's heads, the Pete Townsend half stack and this Rube Goldberg-esque setup of the late Quicksilver Messenger Service's John Cipollina:
http://www.johncipollina.com/rockAmpStack.htm
In summary, long drive, less than ideal weather, but a great destination. Cleveland Rocks!
Dave
Anyway, as one enters the exhibit, there's a 12 minute intro film presented in a theater. Off to the right of the queueing area, I spotted this:
Then, I got scolded for taking pictures
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When we reached that part of the display, a plaque revealed the CP103 and 4x12 cab were on loan from the collection of Joe Walsh. The cab was an early, metal badge model. The CP103 had a traffolyte badge. Not sure if the case was a repro or an original later issue. Anyway, it was one of the few amps on display. Lots of guitars scattered about. The only amps I recall are one of Duane Eddy's heads, the Pete Townsend half stack and this Rube Goldberg-esque setup of the late Quicksilver Messenger Service's John Cipollina:
http://www.johncipollina.com/rockAmpStack.htm
In summary, long drive, less than ideal weather, but a great destination. Cleveland Rocks!
Dave