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Prior to using the famed Hiwatt amplifiers, Pete Townshend used customised Sound City L100 100-watt amplifiers, starting in May 1967 and continuing to late 1968 (John Entwistle began with Sound City amps in early 1967).
With as much power but a cleaner sound than their Marshall counterparts, Sound City amplifiers were adopted by The Who's John Entwistle and Pete Townshend in 1967. After Jimi Hendrix and his manager Chas Chandler approached Townshend for his opinion on amplification, the Jimi Hendrix Experience began using Sound City amplifiers in addition to ...
Pete Townshend smashing a Gibson SG. Behind him are a set of Hiwatt amps. Both were a staple ingredient of The Who's sound between 1969 and 1972. John Entwistle traded in his Marshall Stacks in favour of Sound City at the beginning of 1967, and Townshend followed later that year.
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SC30 Combo. SC412. SC212. SOUND CITY T-SHIRT. SC20 Combo. Heritage. Jimi Hendrix, Marc Bolan of T-Rex and Pete Townshend & John Entwistle of The Who are just a few of the musicians that played through Sound City amps. Here is a video of Jimi at Miami Pop 1968: https://youtu.be/_PVjcIO4MT4.
Jimi used a single Sound City One Hundred amp (likely the same one from the Axis session) briefly during the latter part of the 1968 North American tour, from around mid-March to April/May (see Miami Pop photos). The amp seemed to have been used together with one of Jimi’s old Marshall JTM 45/100s. Video unavailable. Watch on YouTube.
Oct 21, 2016 · When the One Hundred design went into production as the Sound City L100 in 1967, Pete Townshend and John Entwistle of The Who began using them immediately, as they preferred the loud, cleaner tone of the L100 to the Marshalls they had been using prior.
