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Subject: Re: Rolling Stones "monkey man"

From: "lil_guapo11" <lil_guapo11@yahoo.com>
Date: 2007-12-26

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, Jack Younger <e4103s@...> wrote:
>
> Lets not forget his Ampeg VT-22. That's pretty much
> the "Exile" amp, though they were being bulit as early
> as '68.
> -Jack

Exile is as much a fender amp album as an ampeg.

The stones didn't use ampeg amps till the 1969 USA tour and then,
supposedly, only because they're HIWATTS were held up in US customs.

Mick Taylor was not a fan of those amps, much preferring Fender amps,
he says that he had to use ampegs live.