Byrds Live Set Up

[Dr.Byrd09]

Hi. Can someone please tell me the speaker and cabinet size for both Roger's and David's live '65-'66 set up? I tries a search but didn't have any luck. Thanks in advance,Mark

[Scastles]

IIRC, in '66 they both used Fender Showmans with 2X15 cabs with JBL's.

BTW, Welcome to the forum, Mark.

[Dr.Byrd09]

Thanks for the reply and welcome,this is a great site! Mark

[mark_telfer]

In fact, one of McGuinn's two cabs in 1966 (e.g. the Yankee Stadium gig) was often a 1x15 single Showman.

[libratune]

I saw them live in a medium-sized venue in summer 1966 and the backline was three Showman amps -- Chris also used one for bass. I couldn't tell if the cabs were dual or single 15" JBLs, but I was about 20 feet from the stage and it made no difference to me!

[iamthebassman]

[vynesmusic]

I saw them in 1966 at the Arie Crown Theatre at Chicago's McCormick Place.....McGuinn was playing through a Super Reverb that was cross-wired with a Dual Showman (Rick 12 plugged into input one of Super's normal channel, another chord plugged into input 2 and run across to input one on the normal channel of the Showman)....everything else was Dual Showmans....one magic night during the Clarence White years I stood ten feet from the band at Westmont, Illinois' Blue Village, and White and McGuinn were using Twin Reverbs and killing me softly.....the Twin is one he*% of an amp for its size

[libratune]

As discussed on a previous thread here, the Fender Showman and Twin amps of the mid-'60s had a lot in common.