These Go to 11 - The Guitar Amp Thread

[Deej 76,219]

15 minutes ago, tbone_ said:

 

"So, guys, what did you think?"

"WHAT?!?!?!?!"

[Celery Man 20,607]

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If anyone wants to be amp buddies  

[Buzzrock 14,785]

I love that video. I want to do that. With earplugs.

Phil X rubs some folks the wrong way but he’s such a damn good player. I bet he would be really fun in smallish doses.

[Judge Roybeanbag 11,730]

On 12/19/2019 at 5:51 PM, Deej said:

Well, after a quick 30 minutes with it, I think I am really going to like it. It gets loud. Glad it has a master volume. Have the volume knob just past 12 o'clock, and with the Tele turned all the way up on the 5th position of the 5 way switch, it's shaking things, and is raunchy in the right way. She can be a dirty little girl. Roll back on the guitar volume and it has really nice cleans, and it can hit really nice edge of breakup tones in between. Definitely some Page tones to be had from this thing. The bass, mid, and treble knobs actually do shit when you move them in small increments. I am also impressed with the reverb, considering how short the tank is. Not as lush as my Princeton, but really sounds good. 

This could end up being the favorite of my Supros.

I need more 6L6 amps, methinks. 

Deej, I have a couple old photos I need to dig up and scan. Old pics of a 1952 ES-175 I got, in a couple of them you can see grandpa plugged in to an old Supro Valco.  Took me a few searches to figure out what it was.  Looks like this one.

[Deej 76,219]

I've got two Vintage 47 amps. They make damn near perfect replicas of the old Valco amps. Love them to death. 

[hullabelew 3,698]

LOVE that tween Vintage 47.  

[Deej 76,219]

I need to put the guts of that black Ric-style into that cabinet.  The black one kicks much ass. 

[Judge Roybeanbag 11,730]

Those are nice.  The other old one in the pic was a Spectator.   No idea what happened to them, those old folks saved everything.

looked like this:

 

[Deej 76,219]

[tbone_ 13,991]

What do those sound like?

[Judge Roybeanbag 11,730]

Ha, found the pics.  A real hoedown.

[tbone_ 13,991]

Fantastic

[Judge Roybeanbag 11,730]

5 minutes ago, tbone_ said:

Fantastic

Yeah I got a real kick out of seeing those for the first time.  My wife has that fiddle that Uncle Nolan was playing in those pics.  I didn’t meet any of those folks until 30 years after the pics were taken.  Amazing that we still have the instruments in good shape.

[Deej 76,219]

6 minutes ago, tbone_ said:

What do those sound like?

The Ric (the black one) sounds like thick , saturated rock and roll heaven when cranked. Nice bluesy tones when turned down, but running hot with some nice PAF style humbuckers, it'll get you where you want to go. 

The tweed is much cleaner. Runs a singl 6V6, as opposed to the pair in the Ric. Usually run a boost pedal in front of that tweed to get some grind.

Have a pair of 50's Tung Sols in that Ric.

[Foggy Notion 1,198]

Way cool, Judge. 

[Deej 76,219]

13 minutes ago, Judge Roybeanbag said:

Ha, found the pics.  A real hoedown.

Fan-fucking-tastic.

[Judge Roybeanbag 11,730]

22 minutes ago, Deej said:

 

Have a pair of 50's Tung Sols in that Ric.

I have a couple original spares. 😂

[Deej 76,219]

What would you take for them? 

[tbone_ 13,991]

Tubes are cool

[Judge Roybeanbag 11,730]

15 minutes ago, Deej said:

What would you take for them? 

Not sure, I have newer replacements for the super amp, but it needs a new power supply.  I wouldn’t get rid of them until I got it back in shape to see how the sound compares.  You got a guy in Austin that you’d trust with working on an old classic?

[Deej 76,219]

Joe's Amp Repair. 

[Chad Fuck 17,309]

Awesome pics Judge.

[Chad Fuck 17,309]

Any idea where the pics were taken? Must be summer with everyone outside? Perhaps a Sunday afternoon since all are fairly dressed up. No one is headed out to the barn in those clothes.

[Judge Roybeanbag 11,730]

3 hours ago, Chad Fuck said:

Any idea where the pics were taken? Must be summer with everyone outside? Perhaps a Sunday afternoon since all are fairly dressed up. No one is headed out to the barn in those clothes.

That was at my wife’s grandparents house, 1955.  Her dad was 9.  He was actually a musician, got a music degree from UH of all places,  was a band director at various schools around the El Campo area for years.  

[tbone_ 13,991]

Hauling around that Stand up bass couldn’t have been easy.

[Chad Fuck 17,309]

Hauling around that Stand up bass couldn’t have been easy.

It’s ok. It’s hollow.

[tbone_ 13,991]

In 6th grade, for one six week period, I walked to and home from school carrying one of those fuckers every day until I got kicked out of strings.

[Judge Roybeanbag 11,730]

On 2/22/2020 at 2:48 PM, Chad Fuck said:

It’s ok. It’s hollow.

Cars back then had big trunks, apparently.

[Buzzrock 14,785]

The looks on the ladies’ faces are great. “Are they gonna do this shit all day?”

[Chad Fuck 17,309]

The looks on the ladies’ faces are great. “Are they gonna do this shit all day?”

You know that look too, eh?

[Paul Wesley 3,273]

On 2/22/2020 at 4:05 PM, tbone_ said:

I walked to and home from school carrying one of those fuckers every day until I got kicked out of strings.

"So then they barred me... for being too good a player."

[tbone_ 13,991]

I wish. I got kicked out for “conduct”. I’m sure that’s a surprise to you all.

[Bogeywon 2,518]

Dropped my fender 2x12 deville off today to get fixed. Not getting any volume. I’m hoping it’s just the tubes 

[tigol 2,381]

On 2/23/2020 at 6:38 PM, Buzzrock said:

The looks on the ladies’ faces are great. “Are they gonna do this shit all day?”

There is a female guitarist in one of the pics.  

[tbone_ 13,991]

Dropped my fender 2x12 deville off today to get fixed. Not getting any volume. I’m hoping it’s just the tubes 

99% that’s what it is.

[Bogeywon 2,518]

8 hours ago, tbone_ said:

99% that’s what it is.

Yup that’s what I’m thinking. They also clean it all up in there which it needs 

[tigol 2,381]

I got an email about my Spark.  More delays.  That's fine.  They included a link to download Bias FX software for free due to the delays.  I thought that was really cool!  I downloaded it on my Mac.  I'm running Catalina and it should be compatible.  It's not.  There are troubleshooting guides to delete certain files here and there, etc.  Whatever.  I bought a mac so that I wouldn't have to deal with that shit all of the time.  It reminded me of my pc woes.  

In troubleshooting, I found that I needed an audio interface between the computer and the guitar.  So, I spent more money and bought this:  Focusrite Scarlett Solo (3rd Gen) USB Audio Interface with Pro Tools.

I still don't have the bias software up and running.  The Scarlett seems cool and I finally have audio in my headphones from my guitar as well as my computer.

If anyone has some tips, please let me know.

 

[tbone_ 13,991]

Finally got the Electradyne unleashed at a band practice last night. Drummer had been on break for a bit.

Holeeeee shit does this thing sound good. Criminally underrated amp.

[tbone_ 13,991]

A lot of folks prefer the ED for tonal reasons, too.    I like the brightness of the RA, but I have more tolerance for mids and highs than most.  Most people would choose the ED because it’s warmer with more low end.

In the band setting I could really tell the lack of highs. Pretty much had the treble and presence cranked. But it worked great. Very smooth.

 

The other band members were giving it the thumbs up. Which is always a good indicator.

 

I have now owned three Mesa boogies and all three were outstanding. Might be time to just admit I’m a Mesa guy.

[tbone_ 13,991]

Any of you Katana people run an acoustic through it?

I saw a guy playing out while back running his acoustic through a Helix floor pedal. Sounded pretty good.

[Goredho 17,181]

I absolutely love my Helix LT.  Am in the process of going full digitard (paused for coronavirus) but will keep my Vox AC30 for awhile to make sure.

[tbone_ 13,991]

Ever run an acoustic through it?

[Goredho 17,181]

Have not done that.

[Chad Fuck 17,309]

Which is the Mesa that has a Marshall channel and a Fender channel, a la the Soldano Lucky 13? Please advise.

[tbone_ 13,991]

Electradyne is the one I bought. Discussed above.

A newer version is the Royal Atlantic I think.

[Buzzrock 14,785]

Any of you Katana people run an acoustic through it?

I saw a guy playing out while back running his acoustic through a Helix floor pedal. Sounded pretty good.

I’ve plugged my acoustics into mine but only briefly. Happy to experiment more if there’s something you’re interested in knowing.

[BrickHorn 18,072]

19 hours ago, tbone_ said:

Electradyne is the one I bought. Discussed above.

A newer version is the Royal Atlantic I think.

Yep.  I have an RA.  It has a nice Fender-ish clean channel and an overdrive channel with two gain modes.  The high gain mode is outstanding for metal.  

My overall summary would be that if you want a single jack-of-all-trades amp, it’s a great option.  But I have a better amp for cleans (a PR clone) and better amps for moderately-distorted blues rock.  That said, the RA is my favorite amp for high gain metal tones, although that might be because I don’t own a Mark series amp.  And I haven’t sent another amp that does everything the RA does as well as the RA does.

[Chad Fuck 17,309]

Yep.  I have an RA.  It has a nice Fender-ish clean channel and an overdrive channel with two gain modes.  The high gain mode is outstanding for metal.  
My overall summary would be that if you want a single jack-of-all-trades amp, it’s a great option.  But I have a better amp for cleans (a PR clone) and better amps for moderately-distorted blues rock.  That said, the RA is my favorite amp for high gain metal tones, although that might be because I don’t own a Mark series amp.  And I haven’t sent another amp that does everything the RA does as well as the RA does.

Which amp is that? I have a vintage Princeton Reverb for cleans but for dirt I’d like to pair it with something else. Maybe an Orange. I don’t really play metal. Classic rock/blues/country is where I am.

[AnotherUTFan 9,576]

Chad, I'm really happy with the dirt on that Marshall Origin 50 I picked up recently, you might look into the Origin 20 to match with a PR. Really open, transparent, natural sounding breakup.

I might be picking up a Mesa Dual Rectifier head soon. I have no use for it as of now, but who knows in the future.

[Chad Fuck 17,309]

Chad, I'm really happy with the dirt on that Marshall Origin 50 I picked up recently, you might look into the Origin 20 to match with a PR. Really open, transparent, natural sounding breakup.

I might be picking up a Mesa Dual Rectifier head soon. I have no use for it as of now, but who knows in the future.

You should. It’s what you want to do.