NAD : KSR PA50

dawnofdreamx97

dawnofdreamx97

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What's up gang ,

I hope everyone is doing well!

I snagged a KSR PA50 from Kyle and co.... along with that I grabbed a ceres 3 channel preamp and a eros boost as well.

I wanted to share a quick clip made with my cell phone last night, the audio gets smashed when I really open it up but man does it sound killer.

Clip was just the ceres preamp into the pa50 , guitar was my carvin dc127 with aldrich pickups , cab is my trusty marshall 4x12 with h30 any and cl80 in x pattern ....

Hope you enjoy , I am truly blown away at the output , tone and size of this setup, it is bad ass.

Nick

 
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This is great. My buddy and I are looking hard at this setup. Need some details. Where you on Rhythm and Lead? Settings, ala where were the mids, gain level, etc?

I feel like when you switched from clean to mean, there was a brief immediate 'high gain howl/noise' before you started playing at 1:39. How noisy is this and at what point on the gain dial on Rhythm and Lead channels: 12, 2, 3, 5:00?

How well does it do crunch tones, ala basic rock like AC/DC, Kravitz, Black Crowes, Joan Jett, etc.?

Thanks for posting the clips and answering these when you get a chance.
 
Junk Yard Dog said:
This is great. My buddy and I are looking hard at this setup. Need some details. Where you on Rhythm and Lead? Settings, ala where were the mids, gain level, etc?

I feel like when you switched from clean to mean, there was a brief immediate 'high gain howl/noise' before you started playing at 1:39. How noisy is this and at what point on the gain dial on Rhythm and Lead channels: 12, 2, 3, 5:00?

How well does it do crunch tones, ala basic rock like AC/DC, Kravitz, Black Crowes, Joan Jett, etc.?

Thanks for posting the clips and answering these when you get a chance.
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So I started out on channel 2 and I think that's pretty much where I lived in this clip, I went to the clean briefly...

Clean tone knobs was around 1 oclock and volume like 2 o'clock

Rhythm gain was like 1 o'clock with bright switch on , bass cranked, mid 11 o'clock , treble 1 o'clock, tight switch down , gain switch on 4 gain stage setting ...

Noise seems manageable I had the thing LOUD in that clip with no gate at all. It has a ton of gain if you want it, I don't use as much as most people....

I think it would do crunch stuff great , put it on 3 gain stage mode and use the bright switch and your there all day....

Hope that helps!

Nick
 
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dawnofdreamx97 said:
So I started out on channel 2 and I think that's pretty much where I lived in this clip, I went to the clean briefly...

Clean tone knobs was around 1 oclock and volume like 2 o'clock

Rhythm gain was like 1 o'clock with bright switch on , bass cranked, mid 11 o'clock , treble 1 o'clock, tight switch down , gain switch on 4 gain stage setting ...

Noise seems manageable I had the thing LOUD in that clip with no gate at all. It has a ton of gain if you want it, I don't use as much as most people....

I think it would crunch stuff great , put it on 3 gain stage mode and use thr bright seitch and your there all day....

Hope that helps!

Nick
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Yes, very helpful, and thanks for taking the time to reply with that detail, brother. Cheers.
 
Junk Yard Dog said:
Yes, very helpful, and thanks for taking the time to reply with that detail, brother. Cheers.
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No problem ! I would say the Rhythm 1 vs 2 , Rhythm 1 is more modded marshall , tighter, little crisper , pissed off , 2 is smoother, more fluid , a little looser... both are great, the clean is high headroom and very good to
 
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ClintN667 said:
yup thats a nice combination. I love mine so much I'm toying with selling my beloved mark iv
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I grabbed the ceres and my boss ms3 threw those in my gig bag and carried the pa50 for rehearsal last night. I have my cab at the space already , it was super easy and sounded killing...

It fits in one of my tiny pelican travel cases perfect , or it would fit perfect in a berhinger xr18 or midas mr18 gator bag nicely as well with some room for a few things...

Its a Good time to be a guitar player!

Nick
 

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How do you like the Eros pedal?
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I had serial number 3 of the Eros but I got the Deadweald duality a few days before I got the Eros and it kinda killed my need for other boosts so I sold it.

I'm thinking about getting another one though. I didnt spend a whole lot of time with it but I would like to try it again. I didnt experiment enough with the EQ part of it
 
The PA50 really looks cool. I was considering getting one (or two) to run a stereo pedalboard into a stereo cab (or two).

Did you get 6L6 or EL34? If you were gonna run 2 as mentioned above would rather 2 6L6 PA50’s or one of each or 2 EL34’s? Thanks
 
thenine said:
The PA50 really looks cool. I was considering getting one (or two) to run a stereo pedalboard into a stereo cab (or two).

Did you get 6L6 or EL34? If you were gonna run 2 as mentioned above would rather 2 6L6 PA50’s or one of each or 2 EL34’s? Thanks
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I prefer EL34's and got my PA50 with them but if you want to get a little closer to the standard KSR tone for the Orthos/Ares get 6l6's. Either way the differences arent going to be night and day
 
Forgot to ask this yesterday. Do you find the Ceres/PA50 super tight or does it have some bounce, a little give, in the feel? I've asked this from several KSR owners and seems mixed, but we do define things differently.

For example, when playing lead, doing a single note bend and hold, does it "sing" or sustain a bit, or does it 'clamp out' pretty quick?

Thx.
 
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