Also, unlike today were you can have Ox Boxes and these great load boxes with IRs, back then I played my splawns also in and Apartment besides rehearsal space. I had tricks. would run a Rocktron Xpression or Lexicon Rack unit through the loop and tame it, or I also had a Weber Mass 100...
Agreed. I wasn't a fan of the smallblocks at all in my Splawn 4x12. I swapped them for all governors. Governors with the older Splawns sounded damn good to my ear. Private Jacks too. I had 2 QR(2006) that I put old brown base Tesla EL34s in her and the band I was in we opened for Lynch Mob...
Yeah...I never used 3rd Gear. 1st or 2nd for me with a boost. 3rd on some years was over the top, not so much gain but just lets so much bass/resonance through. That might be okay with some cabs/speakers, but I had a Splawn 4x12 with governors and eminence speakers have a bit more low end to...
I had this amp back in the day. Always felt the G160xl sounded a little better though. Had that amp too. Had both and the Ampeg SS-150. That was a good sounding Solid State head too.
Cool man...I have to do some tube rolling in my EVH combo. I think these type amps really do respond well to different preamp tubes in different spots. I've had other amps in the past that don't matter too much when ya swap tubes. I know my EVH has all JJs in her, but I have a ton of vintage...
I get those Fatbottom cabs sound excellent. That's one cab I probably shoulda kept. I had the VHT fatbottom 2x12. It was light, Easy to move around and looked great. Paired it with a Carvin Legacy head, which worked well cuz the Legacy was kinda dark, and the front loaded VHT cab made it...
Still matters to me. Only for this; I'm not some snob who won't play an Indonesia made guitar, BUT, I'm not gonna pay top dollar for one when I can find a used MIJ or something that I like just as much for similar pricing.
A guy by me is selling his American Virtuoso Sea Foam for $1500. I think they are $1999 new. Looks kinda cool, and I dig the unfinished neck. Is the 1500 series any good?