By popular demand, here’s an official thread to geek out on the equipment we boasted back in the day. What axes and amps did you lug to shows? And while we’re at it, how’d you get them there?
I’m the guitar-tech Luddite of the group: Series IV blonde Guild Starfire (much coveted and emulated by the far superior Noise 292 guitarist Dave Rives, to my eternal pride); turquoise Fender Musicmaster bass; and the much-discussed Vox Essex bass amp. I don’t think I even owned a guitar amp during Noise 292’s run!
I drove the gear in my folks’ red Dodge van, which popped a hose and leaked gasoline all over the Headquarters parking lot the night we opened for the Pandoras and the Answers. I came out to find firetrucks everywhere. (Later, we lined this van with aluminum foil to film the abortive late-phase Noise 292 feature movie, a “Let It Be”-worthy spectacle that resulted in a group of us being detained by the police outside the House of Naugahyde.)