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petethorn
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Preamp gain, schmeamp gain. I got yer clean (and your power tube grind) right here:
glpg80
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My god it sounds excellent!
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hi2nw
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Sounds great... Awesome video.
SFW
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Very nice sounding amp. Great demo, Pete!
Shark Diver
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The beginning of that is the best video you have done. Very, very cool. Sounded wonderful.
EyesOfTheSouth
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Wow 
grooveHT
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Pete, always a pleasure listening to your clips (whether pimping amps or not). Thanks for sharing that with us.
bonedarrell
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Damn it!! 
stephen sawall
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This is interesting ..... Cool to see Jim's work being made again.
Bob Savage
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I am not a real man.
Badronald
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Damn, that sounds incredible. Amazing Pete.
Mudder
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Considering Pete is talking this up like a Trainwreck or Dumble, the $4k price is reasonable. One on ebay as I type, no affiliation..just enabling.
rupe
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Very cool...sounds great! I sat in with a blues band near Pittsburgh about 10 years ago and played through the guitarist's original Jim Kelley amp...I recall it sounding fantastic. Nice to see them making a comeback.
A question about Jim's mention of the amp's uniqueness coming from the clean preamp/overdriven power section. Isn't this essentially how all of the classics (tweed, blackface, plexi, etc) derived their overdriven sounds? Cranked up output section?
A question about Jim's mention of the amp's uniqueness coming from the clean preamp/overdriven power section. Isn't this essentially how all of the classics (tweed, blackface, plexi, etc) derived their overdriven sounds? Cranked up output section?
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petethorn
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Thanks guys, glad you dig it!
With regards to the similarity to older Fenders, etc. I am not totally certain, but I think Jim's design maybe has an even cleaner front end than some of the other amps mentioned. Certainly cleaner than tweed amps. He sort of touches on this in the interview part- where he mentions that his design had less components in the signal path, etc.
With regards to the similarity to older Fenders, etc. I am not totally certain, but I think Jim's design maybe has an even cleaner front end than some of the other amps mentioned. Certainly cleaner than tweed amps. He sort of touches on this in the interview part- where he mentions that his design had less components in the signal path, etc.
snowdog
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Sounds great. Interesting amp poll.
http://www.jimkelleyamplifiers.com/poll.htm
http://www.jimkelleyamplifiers.com/poll.htm
Bob Savage
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Got a chance to watch the video. I'm still not a real man, but great video and love tune at the end.
IntenseJim
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GtarLover
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Very cool Pete!
Thanks for the vid as I would never had seen a Kelley amp otherwise.
Nice to know that John has been working with Jim and there will be amps available.
Lucky for tone, not so lucky for the checkbook
Thanks for the vid as I would never had seen a Kelley amp otherwise.
Nice to know that John has been working with Jim and there will be amps available.
Lucky for tone, not so lucky for the checkbook
SLOgriff
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Great amp for sure! I've been interested in the Jim Kelley head after the live rig-rundown on the Melissa Ethridge tour. Hard to swallow at $1,000 per knob though!(jk) 
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I bet Pete would make me want to run out and buy a Big Muff and a Gorilla amp after playing through them as well....!
. I bet Pete would make me want to run out and buy a Big Muff and a Gorilla amp after playing through them as well....!
thegame
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Perfect example of what I call a "pure" tone. It just sounds like a really stripped down circuit IMO.