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Marshall Myths

14 August 20152 September 2015 Tone-Lizard 0 Comment Marshall, Myths

Mythical Marshall’s Marshall guitar amplifiers have attained a cult following, and their own set of inbred myths and legends, that

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Bassman Mods

14 August 201525 August 2015 Tone-Lizard 0 Comment Fender, Modifications

Bassman Style There are a plethora of Bassman ‘heads’ out there, and just as many circuit variations. This leads to

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Did Not Make the Cut

12 August 201525 August 2015 Tone-Lizard 0 Comment Thoughts

Classic Articles that did not quite make the Cut The following magazine articles could have shed some light whenever you

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Speaker Advertising

12 August 201525 August 2015 Tone-Lizard 0 Comment Advertising, Speakers

Vintage Speaker Advertising. The following is an excerpt from the excellent book Audio Design Handbook (H.A. Hartley), published in 1958.

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Transformer Advertising

12 August 201525 August 2015 Tone-Lizard 0 Comment Advertising, Transformers

Vintage Transformer Advertising. Of course, long before there were guitar amplifiers, there were PA systems, home audio systems, and radio.

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This site seeks to bring some sanity and much needed facts to the world of Guitar Amplifier Tone.

Some people would have you believe good tone can only be achieved through the extensive use of chicken bones, expensive coupling capacitors and oxygen free speaker cable.

Tone Lizard is here to debunk the myths and legends and uncover what is and is not real in this very confusing world.

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