Plush 4000G = sledgehammer

[mentoneman]

had one of these and let me tell you — if you yearn to play in-a-gada-da-vita and iron man louder than anyone ever has, you want this amp.

setting out to make that quad of 6550s break up using sheer volume, i believe i briefly tasted sound prior to experiencing crackling ear failure.
there’s loud,
and then there’s hindenburg smashing into titanic over hiroshima giga-joules squared to the 10th cataclysm.

but look on the bright side guys; it’s heavier than a car and has no carrying handle. at least the kind folk at Plush wrapped it in padded marine vinyl so that when you faint trying to heave that slippery whale onto a 4x12, paramedics have something cushiony to rest your head on while trying to revive you.

 

[Racerxrated]

Sounds like the perfect Doom amp.

 

[mentoneman]

and isn’t despair what the world needs a little more of these days??

my trifecta of cruelty involved the 4kG, Mark IIB Series 300, and Ampeg V4

my vision was to dime that shouting match on 3 full stacks, start a band called Anti Claus and steal toys from children while they slept????‍?????

 

[Racerxrated]

and isn’t despair what the world needs a little more of these days??

my trifecta of cruelty involved the 4kG, Mark IIB Series 300, and Ampeg V4

my vision was to dime that shouting match on 3 full stacks, start a band called Anti Claus and steal toys from children while they slept????‍?????

Have you tried to boost it or use a distortion pedal in front? That kind of monstrous power has me wondering.....

 

[CrystalSky]

Have you tried to boost it or use a distortion pedal in front? That kind of monstrous power has me wondering.....

Strategy 400 has the same power

 

[Racerxrated]

Strategy 400 has the same power

Right, but this has a preamp correct? If so a little different experience...

 

[CrystalSky]

Right, but this has a preamp correct? If so a little different experience...

I believe it does. But you also wouldn’t use a Strategy 400 without a preamp section anyway.

 

[mentoneman]

Have you tried to boost it or use a distortion pedal in front? That kind of monstrous power has me wondering.....

ultimately that was the only way to really deal with that amp imo. achieving power tube breakup was like trying to make a ss bass amp break up with a dead battery metal zone mixed in.
i was in the room when Peter was developing the first Herbert prototype using 6550s and that was another pain cannon. standing in the line of fire, his fiery germanic impulses kicked in, diming that beast and nearly tearing the flesh off my skeleton.

 

[mentoneman]

I believe it does. But you also wouldn’t use a Strategy 400 without a preamp section anyway.

having recently borrowed a strategy 500 with 4 6L6s and 2 KT88s per side, i didn’t dare attempt to flirt with power tube breakup on that beast.

 

[CrystalSky]

having recently borrowed a strategy 500 with 4 6L6s and 2 KT88s per side, i didn’t dare attempt to flirt with power tube breakup on that beast.

Haha, you saved your own life

 

[mentoneman]

Haha, you saved your own life

correction: 4 x 6550s and 8 x 6L6s.
my friend nabbed it and is refurbishing at mesa.
they no longer use 6550s though and replace with 5881s if customer needs new tubes in those slots.

 

[CrystalSky]

correction: 4 x 6550s and 8 x 6L6s.
my friend nabbed it and is refurbishing at mesa.
they no longer use 6550s though and replace with 5881s if customer needs new tubes in those slots.

Thanks for the info!

 

[Devin]

Sounds dope

 

[mentoneman]

Sounds dope

definitely has a murky 70’s wallop with a slap of annoying