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stevejamsecono wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 11, 2024 6:22 am

Thanks! Yeah I'm chuffed with it at the minute.

crazyzeke wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 11, 2024 9:08 am

I had a Fender Twin Reverb (early 00s Blackface reissue) and my god the speakers in that were beautiful, almost the equal of any high wattage Celestions.

Yeah I agree with the Twin speakers, mine is the same. I read online a lot of hate for the C12K speakers that come in the Twins and Deluxes, but for my tastes they work wonderfully. As you say, loads of nice bottom end and the mids and tops are present but not overbearing. I don't think I could ever blow them out.

GreenKnee wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 11, 2024 9:24 am

Yeah I agree with the Twin speakers, mine is the same. I read online a lot of hate for the C12K speakers that come in the Twins and Deluxes, but for my tastes they work wonderfully. As you say, loads of nice bottom end and the mids and tops are present but not overbearing. I don't think I could ever blow them out.

Yeah I'm glad you say that because - and I think you're right, my '00 TR would have had C12Ks - they're wonderful speakers, great all-rounders and definitely are part of the modern Twin sound. There's been a few other amps that the online zeitgeist have told me are crappy and need replacing, like those in a Blues Junior, that I've ended up loving. I always recommend messing with the amp tone control or putting an EQ pedal in the chain before changing a speaker.

crazyzeke wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 11, 2024 9:31 am

I always recommend messing with the amp tone control or putting an EQ pedal in the chain before changing a speaker.

Yep, I think if EQ controls didn't have numbers fitted people would be more inclined to use them for what sounds best rather than thinking "10 is too much" or "1.5 isn't enough"
The new Jensens take a lot of breaking in I find, which obviously will make people think they sound like crap from new. I rember my Twin being underwhelming for about 6 months of regular practicing and gigging then all of a sudden the sound was there!

I bought a new tone tubby took about 4 years. I bought the next one used from a very nice man in Hertfordshire. When I collected it he was happy I confirmed to his girlfriend it was a guitar site he was spending time on.

Set up of the day

Frankenstein bad cat combo with tone tubby and neo cream back
Dirty boy boost klon bliss factory rastop super divider dmm and slo reverb
All triggered by a wonderful sparklejet I don't play enough.

Does everyone here have a Bassman? Feels like it.

hulakatt wrote: ↑

Sat Apr 13, 2024 8:34 pm

Does everyone here have a Bassman? Feels like it.

I have my Balls clone of my old one (that Greenknee has now), does that count?

hulakatt wrote: ↑

Sat Apr 13, 2024 8:34 pm

Does everyone here have a Bassman? Feels like it.

Never had one, always liked them, although if you own certain kinds of Marshalls you have 60-80% of a Bassman, depending on how you look at it I mostly use Laney stuff and as it turns out, a lot of their clean channels are clones of stuff like the Deluxe Reverb. Basically Fender is massively influential and is copied relentlessly not just for guitars like everyone knows, but for amps too, even in places where it's not obvious like it is for boutique tweed covered versions of actual Tweed-era Fender stuff.

CS wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 11, 2024 10:16 am

When I collected it he was happy I confirmed to his girlfriend it was a guitar site he was spending time on.

Sounds like mistrust in that relationship! I hear about stuff like this all the time but luckily it's never been an ongoing thing in any relationship I've had, in either direction (her to me or me to her). Obviously usually borne of insecurity but that's an interesting little character insight.

crazyzeke wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 14, 2024 1:41 am

Never had one, always liked them, although if you own certain kinds of Marshalls you have 60-80% of a Bassman, depending on how you look at it I mostly use Laney stuff and as it turns out, a lot of their clean channels are clones of stuff like the Deluxe Reverb. Basically Fender is massively influential and is copied relentlessly not just for guitars like everyone knows, but for amps too, even in places where it's not obvious like it is for boutique tweed covered versions of actual Tweed-era Fender stuff.

Yeah, yeah. The 5f6-a begat the jtm45 which evolved eventually into the 1987. The MKI Boogies also were basically 5f6-a's with extra gain stages goosed into the front end, as was half of what Dumble put out. Trainwreck lifted more from the BF Bassman amp circuit than the tweeds for once but still, Bassman. IIRC, Soldano's are rooted in the 5f6-a as well.

Basically, the 5f6-a is the ts-808 Tubescreamer of the amp world and almost every amp over 40 watts has some direct relation to it.

hulakatt wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 14, 2024 4:05 am

The MKI Boogies also were basically 5f6-a's with extra gain stages goosed into the front end, as was half of what Dumble put out.

Wow now that's interesting, didn't know the MK I circuit was that similar to the 5F6A circuit. That's part of the Weezer Blue tone, which I love, and I think the story goes he stopped using it because it got damaged in transit, was repaired, never sounded the same after, something like that. Makes sense now looking at the dual inputs, tone stack, lack of presence control, I suppose the Tweed switch too but I never looked that closely at it.

I'm sorry, the Pre-MESA, Pre-Mark, Prune Boogie's were basically 5f6-a's with extra preamps goosing the front wedged into a BF Princeton chassis/cab with a 12" JBL while the Mark I was a further evolution of that circuit exploration, by that time in it's own, custom cab and chassis. The 5f6-a was still somewhere at the root but further removed by the MK series.

I thought Rivers used a MKII Boogie through that 8x10 sized 4x12 cab? Was it a MKI? I forget.

Managed to repair and retube (KT88) the Sunn i brought with me from Mexico last week. Amazing.
The Silvertone Is really growing on me, too!

Pacafeliz wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 16, 2024 6:10 am

Managed to repair and retube (KT88) the Sunn i brought with me from Mexico last week. Amazing.
The Silvertone Is really growing on me, too!

Did you bring the amp as baggage??

JSett wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 16, 2024 11:16 am

Did you bring the amp as baggage??

Yep, it was quite adventurous i tell you.
My bro gave me an old suitcase, i stuffed it in there with the Silvertone neck and some clothes and salsas. I had to pay overweight of course ($125 the fuckers)
In my cabin baggage i had some clothes and the Silvertone body.
And i carried a gigbag (thank God KLM/Air france have never made a problem or charged me extra for that!) with the Mustang.
An early silverface alutrim 1968 Bassman is coming per Mail (another $120 but good thing the dollar is currently so low).

...gear hoarding? Yessir. That's me.

...from last night's gig

Pacafeliz wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 17, 2024 10:52 pm

...from last night's gig

Love the improv stack.

You know which thread to tell us all about it