These Go to 11 - The Guitar Amp Thread

[tbone_ 13991]

VHT showed up today. Dude forgot to send the power chord.

[Deej 76220]

41 minutes ago, tbone_ said:

VHT showed up today. Dude forgot to send the power chord.

At least you can just pull one from another amp for the time being. Somehow, I ended up with more power chords than amps, and I have a lot of amps. Still can't figure that one out. 

[BrickHorn 18072]

1 hour ago, tbone_ said:

VHT showed up today. Dude forgot to send the power chord.

Dude.  You’re supposed to supply the power chords.

[Buzzrock 14785]

Man I plugged the Bassbreaker in today with the Shaggy Screamer and it sounded damn glorious. I love when that happens. Spent a whole conference call gettin down.

[Chad Fuck 17309]

On 7/11/2019 at 9:00 AM, BrickHorn said:

Dude.  You’re supposed to supply the power chords.

I see what you did there.

 

[Mileslong 4677]

[tbone_ 13991]

Oh hells yea. Spill the details.

[Mileslong 4677]

Oh hells yea. Spill the details.

These belong to a guy named Yannick Gagne. A bunch of these Marshall enthusiasts are making mini rackmount setups for home and small gigs.

[tbone_ 13991]

Those are bad ass but that Marshall 9200 is a dual 100 watt tube power amp. How is that a home or small gig setup?

 

[BrickHorn 18072]

1 hour ago, tbone_ said:

Those are bad ass but that Marshall 9200 is a dual 100 watt tube power amp. How is that a home or small gig setup?

How is it not?

[tbone_ 13991]

Oh I’m all for it. Just seems an odd choice for a purpose built bedroom rig.

[Paul Wesley 3273]

2 hours ago, tbone_ said:

that Marshall 9200 is a dual 100 watt tube power amp. How is that a home or small gig setup?

 

[tbone_ 13991]

Ok this little VHT is dope.

 

 

Brand new set of 6L6s. Sounds like a fat old Fender to me. Plus it has this variable wattage knob that really just acts like an early break up knob. Dial it back one or two clicks for just a little bit of break up. Amp tech had it on the bench yesterday, said it’s only really making about 12 watts even with the 6L6s, which is fine with me. It’s not melt your face loud by any stretch but I think it will keep up with a drummer. Pretty impressive for $329 so far.

 

[Deej 76220]

They make nice stuff.

[tbone_ 13991]

Of course my tech was bitching about the typical Chinese construction sloppiness. We actually had to hack saw one of the screws off to take the chassis out because it stripped. He says that’s very common on Chinese amps. Still sounds great though, now with one less screw.

[Deej 76220]

Got it used? I have found I'm more likely to end up with stripped screws on used stuff. It may be more of a function of who was taking it apart and putting it back together before you.

[tbone_ 13991]

It was used. He was pretty adamant about blaming the Chinese. Lol.

[Buzzrock 14785]

Just think of how much easier it will be to lug to the gigs having reduced the weight by one screw

[Buzzrock 14785]

I had somewhat of a revelation with the Katana: I don’t like the crunch//lead/brown channels but the clean channel with the boost “pedals” is great. Much more tube like.

[Buzzrock 14785]

I had somewhat of a revelation with the Katana: I don’t like the crunch//lead/brown channels but the clean channel with the boost “pedals” is great. Much more tube like.

[Deej 76220]

You can say that again. 

[Chad Fuck 17309]

And taking a hard turn into vintage...I've never seen one of these before, but it sure does look cool:

https://reverb.com/item/17546883-valco-1x15-harp-guitar-amp-supro-thunderbolt

 

[Deej 76220]

The old Valcos are cool. I've got two of the Vintage 47 repros. I like them a lot. 

[Buzzrock 14785]

Me plagiarizing (poorly) a Philip Sayce riff. But man I’m digging the sounds out of the Bassbreaker with my HH Strat lately. The Shag Screamer makes an appearance about midway through.

The GarageBand app for iPhone put a little too much reverb on it.

[BoomMF 1396]

Solid state in 2019, bruh.

 

 

[Paul Wesley 3273]

I really want to say, "You kids get your diodes and transistors off my lawn."

But (grudgingly) that sounds pretty great.

[Deej 76220]

When di we get the photo of AUTF's Super Reverb tattoo?

[Chad Fuck 17309]

When di we get the photo of AUTF's Super Reverb tattoo?

Careful, when he gets excited it says “Super Deluxe Reverb.”

[noharleyyet 2826]

47 minutes ago, Chad Fuck said:

Careful, when he gets excited it says “Super Deluxe Reverb.”

Rorshachs a Jamaican public restroom joke...(no homo) notthattheresanythin......

[tbone_ 13991]

This thing sounds pretty cool

[hullabelew 3698]

Andy test drove it as well.

 

[tbone_ 13991]

Scored a 73 or 74 silver face Pro Reverb today for $750. It’s getting a tune up now. Will have pics next week.

I have a happy.

[tbone_ 13991]

Ordered a couple of Warehouse speakers to throw in the Pro. An ET65 and a Veteran 30. Hearing really good things about them.

The best sounding twin I ever heard had Warehouses in it.

[Deej 76220]

Warehouse makes good speakers. 

[tbone_ 13991]

Supposedly improved Celestion copies, at 2/3 $$.

[Deej 76220]

Yep. I've replaced Celestions with them. They sounded better.

[tbone_ 13991]

Modded the tremolo pots to be a mid and presence. Really opens these old amps up when you do that. They need more mid. Did a depth also on the Showman, but that gets muddy on these lower power amps so we skipped it on this one.

The Warehouses sound awesome.

[hullabelew 3698]

OK boys and girls.   I have a '65 Deluxe Reverb that AUTF fixed up for me.  (Actually, it belongs to my brother...he told me I could have it, but I consider it on loan.)  The speaker had been replaced sometime before he bought it and it needs to be replaced.  

What should I go with?  

[Deej 76220]

On 8/17/2019 at 2:07 PM, tbone_ said:

Modded the tremolo pots to be a mid and presence. Really opens these old amps up when you do that. They need more mid. Did a depth also on the Showman, but that gets muddy on these lower power amps so we skipped it on this one.

The Warehouses sound awesome.

Nice. Wait until they break in. 

[hullabelew 3698]

OK boys and girls.   I have a '65 Deluxe Reverb that AUTF fixed up for me.  (Actually, it belongs to my brother...he told me I could have it, but I consider it on loan.)  The speaker had been replaced sometime before he bought it and it needs to be replaced.  

What should I go with?  Tbone's post had me looking.  

https://wgsusa.com/1967-fender-deluxe-reverb-quest-best-replacement-speaker

[tbone_ 13991]

Sounds like those guys like the ET65. That was gonna be my first suggestion.

 

[Foggy Notion 1198]

1 hour ago, hullabelew said:

OK boys and girls.   I have a '65 Deluxe Reverb that AUTF fixed up for me.  (Actually, it belongs to my brother...he told me I could have it, but I consider it on loan.)  The speaker had been replaced sometime before he bought it and it needs to be replaced.  

What should I go with?  Tbone's post had me looking.  

https://wgsusa.com/1967-fender-deluxe-reverb-quest-best-replacement-speaker

I spent months considering this same question before I lucked out and found a period-correct Oxford for my 64 DR. 

I almost bought the George Alessandro/Eminence GA-SC64, and I still might pick one up down the road. It gets rave reviews, specifically when used in the Deluxe Reverb. 

https://www.eminence.com/pdf/GA_SC64.pdf

[BoomMF 1396]

1 hour ago, Foggy Notion said:

I spent months considering this same question before I lucked out and found a period-correct Oxford for my 64 DR. 

I almost bought the George Alessandro/Eminence GA-SC64, and I still might pick one up down the road. It gets rave reviews, specifically when used in the Deluxe Reverb. 

https://www.eminence.com/pdf/GA_SC64.pdf

Alessandro's upgrades/replacements should be considered OEM.

[dcbc 14282]

On 8/19/2019 at 4:51 PM, Foggy Notion said:

I spent months considering this same question before I lucked out and found a period-correct Oxford for my 64 DR. 

 

I went through a Weber and Jupiter before remembering I had a 1968 Jensen C12N (and 3 backups) for my 73 DR.  Absolute magic.  I don't know if it's the design or the smoke damage, but nothing else came close for me.

 

 

Edited August 23, 2019 by dcbc

[Deej 76220]

So, those Sun Dragon amps that are a replica of Page's Zep I amp...

Saw a few up on Reverb. Cheapest one was $35k.

Geez...

[tbone_ 13991]

They make you sound like Jimmy Page. Can’t really put a price on that.

[Deej 76220]

I'm sure it won't make me sound like Page. 

[Buzzrock 14785]

Anyone know what the story is with this Marshall?

[hullabelew 3698]

14 hours ago, dcbc said:

I went through a Weber and Jupiter before remembering I had a 1968 Jensen C12N (and 3 backups) for my 73 DR.  Absolute magic.  I don't know if it's the design or the smoke damage, but nothing else came close for me.

 

 

Damn that is clean.  

[Goredho 17181]

My brother may have an amp problem.  Can verify these go to 12.

Edited August 24, 2019 by Goredho