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Looks like a JC-77, plus stereo input and effects loop, minus the high treble control. Huh. Weirdly, the effects send looks mono, so I guess they figure you're not using it if you're using the stereo inputs.
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Did I mention to this thread that I picked up a Tone King Imperial MK II? Cause I did.
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That JC-40 is really intriguing to me, I just hope the speaker size doesn't affect the tone too much. edit: Uhh $600 is a lot for that IMO.
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Yes, if a Cube does the JC-120 thing (minus stereo chorus) then the latter being relatively cheap is a bit of a null point
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Southern Heel posted:Yes, if a Cube does the JC-120 thing (minus stereo chorus) then the latter being relatively cheap is a bit of a null point One might say the same thing about the equally expensive Roland Blues Cube.
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Just picked up a classic vibe 60s Strat set up by the best luthier in town for 150 bucks. Today is a good day. It's going with me to Colorado tomorrow morning. This is so much lighter than any other guitar I have.
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Remulak posted:Just picked up a classic vibe 60s Strat set up by the best luthier in town for 150 bucks. Today is a good day. Classic Vibe. Best Vibe. Amp related. Debating selling my Carvin 100amp rack mount power amp and picking up some QSC K8s to run with my 11rack (and/or Fractal unit) and can leave the tube amp and 4x12 together at home. Also my Phaez is probably one of those amps you say "never gonna sell". I'm using it more at home since Marshall Plexi on input one and Blackface Fender on input two with separate EQs is pretty awesome Sockington fucked around with this message at 00:23 on Jul 18, 2015 |
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Zuhzuhzombie!! posted:Did I mention to this thread that I picked up a Tone King Imperial MK II? Where the sexy pics at
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Welp, just ordered the second tiniest Quilter. I'm cautiously optimistic. Pulled the trigger blind because I couldn't find one near enough to Vancouver to try out. If it's as loud as everyone says they are, then sweet. If not, I'll be forced to be quieter which is arguably even better. Or I'll use the XLR out. Tiny amp! 
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AchtungBaby posted:Where the sexy pics at They're coming. In the middle of moving to a house so my apartment is a mess. I'll post some sound samples too. ed I'd like to try a Quilter but no one around here has them. Do they take pedals well? Do they have any on board gain and if so is it any good?
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Yep, it has on board gain and it sounds pretty good to me. More important to me is the control layout, which I think is ideal. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNpgV1VPlNA They're not being carried in a lot of shops, probably because storefronts are struggling as-is and not a lot are eager to stock up on high-end solid state combos just now. Quilter offer a pretty decent return policy if you're in the US (30 days and I think they pay shipping both ways) but I'm in Canada so instead I'm buying one and hoping for the best.
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I'm not in the market for one yet but I'm curious as to who here has experience with those Jet City heads. I own a Shockwave pedal of theirs and I like it and it seems to be built well but all the experience I have. Sound wise I've played with both the JCA100H as well as the SLO-100 but that was in AmpliTube. I like both and they're similar in sound while not quite the same. Having said that I like the idea of 90% of a Soldano for 1/5 of the price. I'm looking to, at some stage, get another amp (And cab possibly?) for playing more thrashy metal. My Vox Night Train handles sludgy, doomy metal well but it isn't quite, uh, focused (?) enough to play any thrashier stuff. I've been trying to branch out of my niche in terms of music and I've found learning a bit more metal is getting me out of a bit of a rut. Anyway, the Jet City 50W head + 4x12 cab seems pretty nice for AU$1500. Much more wallet friendly than the $6000 SLO + $1900 4x12 I can get here. If I had the money I'd go all the way Soldano, mind. So yes, experiences with Jet City heads and cabs? It's mainly reliability I'm concerned about, given Chinese made mass-produced amps vs boutique American stuff. And to throw it in, metal heads that aren't the 5150/6505? Any opinions? PS: Orange Micro Terror. ~AU$200. Worth it? Does it do "Orange"?
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Have you tried an OD or boost pedal in front of the Vox to get a tighter thrash sound?
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syntaxfunction posted:I'm not in the market for one yet but I'm curious as to who here has experience with those Jet City heads. I own a Shockwave pedal of theirs and I like it and it seems to be built well but all the experience I have. Sound wise I've played with both the JCA100H as well as the SLO-100 but that was in AmpliTube. I like both and they're similar in sound while not quite the same. Having said that I like the idea of 90% of a Soldano for 1/5 of the price. I'm looking to, at some stage, get another amp (And cab possibly?) for playing more thrashy metal. My Vox Night Train handles sludgy, doomy metal well but it isn't quite, uh, focused (?) enough to play any thrashier stuff. I've been trying to branch out of my niche in terms of music and I've found learning a bit more metal is getting me out of a bit of a rut. Anyway, the Jet City 50W head + 4x12 cab seems pretty nice for AU$1500. Much more wallet friendly than the $6000 SLO + $1900 4x12 I can get here. If I had the money I'd go all the way Soldano, mind. I have the JCA22H. I'm selling it to my lead guy. I got it used from iostream here, logged a bunch of hours practicing with the band and at home, used it a ton with just the power section (effects return), and have left the amp on for like 20hrs by accident once. Never had a problem with it. Only selling it since my 11rack does a close enough approximation for my needs. I've been told the effects loop design is better on the 22H vs. 50H fwiw.
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Some tips please? I don't really 'get' what a practice amp is because I just play an acoustic or without plugging in if I'm just practicing usually, but some guitarists I talked to said they have a whole practice setup including amps and now I'm wondering where I should start. I don't really know where to look or what to look for that makes an amp good for practice. My Peavy is too loud for my place at the very first volume marker, so I guess I'm looking for an amp that's clear but not really loud? It feels like an oxymoron
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Xlyfindel posted:Some tips please? I don't really 'get' what a practice amp is because I just play an acoustic or without plugging in if I'm just practicing usually, but some guitarists I talked to said they have a whole practice setup including amps and now I'm wondering where I should start. I don't really know where to look or what to look for that makes an amp good for practice. My Peavy is too loud for my place at the very first volume marker, so I guess I'm looking for an amp that's clear but not really loud? It feels like an oxymoron You want a Yamaha THR10. Teeny, you can screw with it with the computer, they sound fantastic, they get plenty loud, the on board are surprisingly decent, and you can plug it in, or run it off batteries. The THR10 model, which is a bit bigger than the THR5 model, also has settings for Bass, Acoustic, and entirely Flat amplification. Also has aux input and headphone output.
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I have a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe I run with a Weber Load Dump. I usually set the impedance to 8 ohms, since that's what the amp puts out. I accidentally knocked it to 16 ohms yesterday during rehearsal and found it pleasing (e.g. louder). Am I doing any long term damage by mismatching resistance loads like this?
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Agrinja posted:You want a Yamaha THR10. Teeny, you can screw with it with the computer, they sound fantastic, they get plenty loud, the on board are surprisingly decent, and you can plug it in, or run it off batteries. The THR10 model, which is a bit bigger than the THR5 model, also has settings for Bass, Acoustic, and entirely Flat amplification. Also has aux input and headphone output. Thanks! Looks like quite the badass little amp, can't wait to try it out. There are like 3 versions of it too. I'm really looking forward to fudging about with some of the user-defined settings and getting some killer presets dialed in that I can switch b/w with a dial or foot pedal. I love my pedalboard, but switching tones on it sounds like dumping a bucket of hammers down an iron staircase. Also, If it sounds good enough I'll be able to just pack up my amps and board and leave them at the recording space/ DJs while this thing just takes up like no room at all instead.
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So I've got a Fender Mustang 1 that I've had for...a couple years now, I think? But I'm pretty much only interested in playing synth nowadays, and this thing doesn't sound great with my 2 synths (Novation Mininova & Roland SH-201) no matter what settings I tweak with it, so I'm thinking of trading it into Guitar Center and getting a keyboard amp instead. I'm not currently gigging, just playing in my bedroom, though I guess I'd like one I could use at a gig if one were to come up. I was looking at the Behringer Ultratone K450FX/K900FX because those seem affordable and like they'd have a decent amount of power while also being better suited to keyboards than what I've got now. But then I read reviews of those saying that they're crap for bass, and I'd really like to produce some good synth bass tones. So...do I get a bass amp instead? If I do that, will that just be good for bass tones and crap for mid/hi ranges? I'm not very well versed as far as amps go. I'm trying to watch YouTube videos to get an idea of how some of these sound, but that's not a very good indication of their actual sound. I'm gonna go to Guitar Center and play around with some, but I'd like to have an idea of what I should be looking for. Do I want a keyboard amp? A bass amp? Is that Ultratone line actually decent? Am I loving up when I tweak the settings on my Mustang and what I have is actually fine for what I need? Help out an uncultured amp goon 
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Have you considered getting a powered PA speaker for keyboards? Call me strange but I've never been sure what the need for a keyboard 'amp' fills. The on board effects don't seem all that great, and usually they have only the most basic of EQ functions. For my synth I'm using an Alto powered PA speaker after sending the output to a small mixing board for extra EQ and wet/dry looping. If you just want something that'll be sufficiently loud and not add in a weird frequency curve, it seems like it might be your best bet.
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I've been waiting six months since I let the last GU12 that came on the market slip through my fingers. I'd be damned if I missed this one too.   edit: here's some nerd poo poo for Keith Richards fans (unrelated side note: Keith Richards and I share the same birthday. jealous much?????) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHWtAJ-Wl5c XYZAB fucked around with this message at 06:14 on Jul 27, 2015 |
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I have an old English power cable coming (the old white cable with the Bulgin input to the amp) and it has the English prongs on the male end. Is it ok to use an adaptor so I can use the cable with my Superlead in Canada? I don't want to change the end because these cables are rare as balls and I don't want to hack it up putting the U.S. and Canada plug on the end...
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This Sunn Sceptre 4x12 cabinet just popped up for sale locally for $350  which seems like a pretty decent score... I'm tempted as gently caress.
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Handen posted:This Sunn Sceptre 4x12 cabinet just popped up for sale locally for $350 Buy this immediately.
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Bread Dragon posted:Buy this immediately. Literally the worst thing that happens (assuming it is in fact in proper working order) is that it's too goddamn loud.
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Shugojin posted:Literally the best thing that happens (assuming it is in fact in proper working order) is that it's too goddamn loud.
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It's really more The Thing That Will Happen, isn't it? 
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Got my Quilter. First one had very slightly higher self-noise than I thought it should so they swapped me for a new one. Very quickly. The new one is lovely. There is still self-noise but it's really loving quiet. More like what you'd get from a powered speaker than any amp I've ever met. The amp is loud enough to be heard in my band, and light enough that I can take transit without accidentally assaulting anyone. A few things that are interesting to me given what I've seen online: 1. Everyone raves about the scooped settings on the EQ, but I find the shelved settings much more useful in a band context. Part of that is the P-90s in my Casino being a bit hi-fi, but I also like it with my strat-type Ibanez. 2. People tend not to like the drive channel, and I can sort of see why; it's capable of producing bad sounds in a way that most common amps don't. Still, if you spend some time trying different settings you can get cool sounds. In general I find it works best to keep the gain knob low and boost with the EQ; much like with anything else ever. 3. Speaking of the gain channel, it also doesn't sound good at as low volume as the clean channel. Really nice at normal conversation level, killer at band volume, but people trying to dial in a great lead sound at the same barely-audible level as the clean may have trouble. In general, I think it sounds great and I love the features. I will try to bash some clips together soon with the DI.
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Agrinja posted:You want a Yamaha THR10. Teeny, you can screw with it with the computer, they sound fantastic, they get plenty loud, the on board are surprisingly decent, and you can plug it in, or run it off batteries. The THR10 model, which is a bit bigger than the THR5 model, also has settings for Bass, Acoustic, and entirely Flat amplification. Also has aux input and headphone output. I bought the metal version of the THR10, the THR10X based on advice from this thread and haven't regretted it since. I'd recommend it for anyone who wants to sound good but doesn't need a huge stage amp.
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I got that little critter, the vanilla 2.0 version of the THR, and am so pleased. A quarter of the size. It also has the ability to save custom tweaked presets. I haven't touched my other amps in weeks. I haven't tried dialing in other tones yet, but for clean leads, and a bit of blues, some crunchiness even, its totally satisfactory. I suspect I'll even be able to get some chunkiness, maybe some gristle out of it for the heaviness I like, but i'm still having so much fun playing around with the more sober sounding side of things. I'm confident that playing out with this is not only feasable, but fun. sans drummer of course.
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Xlyfindel posted:fun. sans drummer But I repeat myself, etc.
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Apparently Yamaha is launching some new THR like thing on 9/1.
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havelock posted:Apparently Yamaha is launching some new THR like thing on 9/1.  I wonder if it's going to be the constantly requested higher wattage actual head version. That would be crazy and a huge seller. I still don't REALLY like modeling amps but the THRs are the neatest things for the price. Yamaha is ace.
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I love my THR10C but I'd like to own a tube amp too down the road... Which is dumb because I live in an apartment and could never crank it but dammit I want one!!!! Tone King Imperial II with built in attenuator would be hella sweet...
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What's the consensus on VHT amps? I need to start carrying some amps and I'm a dealer through their distributor, but I've never actually used one.
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Hollis Brownsound posted:What's the consensus on VHT amps? I've been looking for smaller, versatile tube amps and the special 6 and special 6 ultra keep coming up as great choices. I've never used one, though.
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Hollis Brownsound posted:What's the consensus on VHT amps? IIRC the lower tiered ones (special & i) are made in china while the high tiered ones (standard) are built in the US. Specials and standards are hand wired and the i series are like the Vox valvetronix in they they have a tube preamp, but requires an ios device or computer connection and lets you use modelers like amplitube to fill in the rest. They've gotten pretty decent reviews and I was actually set to get the Special Ultra 6 until I found a steal on a DSL1C. The specials are also apparently among the favorite amps for modders since they're cheep and easy to source parts for.
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A Winner is Jew posted:IIRC the lower tiered ones (special & i) are made in china while the high tiered ones (standard) are built in the US. Specials and standards are hand wired and the i series are like the Vox valvetronix in they they have a tube preamp, but requires an ios device or computer connection and lets you use modelers like amplitube to fill in the rest. They've gotten pretty decent reviews and I was actually set to get the Special Ultra 6 until I found a steal on a DSL1C. You are correct about that, I'm reading about the i series and they honestly seem kinda cool, I may order one.
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Hollis Brownsound posted:You are correct about that, I'm reading about the i series and they honestly seem kinda cool, I may order one. Yeah, an i 16 head looks like it would be a really cool recording toy.
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