napalmdeath
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Great transaction with ~absract~, for starters. Paid last Thursday night, shipped Friday, received today. I know he posts here as well, but we touched bases on TGP.
The amp sounds glorious! It had a preamp tube going microphonic, had a Tungsol in V1, a Ruby high grade in V2, and Sovtek LPS in V3. The Ruby was the culprit, (not surprised, I've always had trouble with those shit tubes). I put a real-deal Blackburn factory Mullard from the 50's made in Great Britain in V1, and moved the Tungsol to V2, and HOLY SHIT, the tone is just glorious! 2nd gear is mean as shit sounding, but 1st gear is just so damn sweet. I used an MXR GT-OD to goose it a little to tighten it up, and just ran the level up, no gain. Found myself cruising through the old days of Bon Scott era AC/DC, Jailbreak, Let there be Rock, you name it, it NAILS IT. So much fun, fun, fun! 2nd gear was equally as fun, but it's got some beef, for sure. The mids seem to relax some, and some seem warmer/rounder, if that makes sense. Here's where I found Exodus Tempo Of The Damned, Slayer, and some Drop-D, Alice In Chains. Again, it just nails it!
I was concerned how it would like my Randall V30 cab. It does have that V30 fizz, until the volume gets up. I anticipated the possibility that I may have to do some speaker musical chairs. It doesn't sound bad at all, but this amp is LOUD, so I may look into maybe a couple Greenbacks, or maybe 20 watt EVH Greenbacks in an X-pattern might smooth it out?? Suggestions?
Now, the magical part was, I hung onto my 2 Mesa Thiele 1x12's, with MC90's. I am SO glad I did, the Splawn sounds absolutely SICK through those things! No fizz, and warm, fat, and tight low end without the huge volume. The loop volume does work to some extent, but I also run a Morley Little Alligator volume pedal in the loop, along with an MXR 10-Band, Black Label Chorus, and DD-3 Delay. My RP1000 adds too much compression to the tone, which makes no sense, since it's in the loop for effects only?? So, I'm back to pedals.
I'm so happy with this amp. I'm glad I took the plunge, and buying used saved me $800 not buying the Runt. I can't imagine the Runt 50 being half the amp this thing is, it's just sick!
The amp sounds glorious! It had a preamp tube going microphonic, had a Tungsol in V1, a Ruby high grade in V2, and Sovtek LPS in V3. The Ruby was the culprit, (not surprised, I've always had trouble with those shit tubes). I put a real-deal Blackburn factory Mullard from the 50's made in Great Britain in V1, and moved the Tungsol to V2, and HOLY SHIT, the tone is just glorious! 2nd gear is mean as shit sounding, but 1st gear is just so damn sweet. I used an MXR GT-OD to goose it a little to tighten it up, and just ran the level up, no gain. Found myself cruising through the old days of Bon Scott era AC/DC, Jailbreak, Let there be Rock, you name it, it NAILS IT. So much fun, fun, fun! 2nd gear was equally as fun, but it's got some beef, for sure. The mids seem to relax some, and some seem warmer/rounder, if that makes sense. Here's where I found Exodus Tempo Of The Damned, Slayer, and some Drop-D, Alice In Chains. Again, it just nails it!
I was concerned how it would like my Randall V30 cab. It does have that V30 fizz, until the volume gets up. I anticipated the possibility that I may have to do some speaker musical chairs. It doesn't sound bad at all, but this amp is LOUD, so I may look into maybe a couple Greenbacks, or maybe 20 watt EVH Greenbacks in an X-pattern might smooth it out?? Suggestions?
Now, the magical part was, I hung onto my 2 Mesa Thiele 1x12's, with MC90's. I am SO glad I did, the Splawn sounds absolutely SICK through those things! No fizz, and warm, fat, and tight low end without the huge volume. The loop volume does work to some extent, but I also run a Morley Little Alligator volume pedal in the loop, along with an MXR 10-Band, Black Label Chorus, and DD-3 Delay. My RP1000 adds too much compression to the tone, which makes no sense, since it's in the loop for effects only?? So, I'm back to pedals.
I'm so happy with this amp. I'm glad I took the plunge, and buying used saved me $800 not buying the Runt. I can't imagine the Runt 50 being half the amp this thing is, it's just sick!
I had one.
but I'm sure Greenbacks would be great.
