Unexpected NAD - 97ish Mesa Tremoverb 2x12

[headlessdeadguy]

Possibly my favorite amp ever.

 

[311boogieman]

I am really happy for you.
I bet that thing can get really heavy
I really wanted to just say your biasing methods are scaring me

 

[LPMojoGL]

I am really happy for you.
I bet that thing can get really heavy
I really wanted to just say your biasing methods are scaring me

It's stable, promise.
This was far more precarious:

 

[Tone Monster]

Congrats

 

[stephen sawall]

All o'clock...

Mode - Blues
Bold
Silicone Diode
Presence - 11
Bass - 1~2
Mid - 11
Treble - 2
Gain - 2

I think this is Sound Garden's settings.


Orange
Silicon
Bold
Bypass effects loop.
Gain -11-1
Treble - 3+
Midrange - Full up
Bass - 1-2+
Presence - 1-3
+ = a little more
The "bypass effects loop" on back is important for the sound.

This is Adam Jones settings. Based on photos.

Mode - Blues
Bold
Silicone Diode
Presence - 11
Bass - 12
Mid - 10
Treble - 1~2
Gain - 11 (9-2 range all usable)

This is my settings. Spongy or tube rectification for variation. It becomes more noticeable with volume.

There is good sounds on Orange and Red with gain in the 9-10 o'clock range a lot of people overlook.

 

[LPMojoGL]

All o'clock...

Mode - Blues
Bold
Silicone Diode
Presence - 11
Bass - 1~2
Mid - 11
Treble - 2
Gain - 2

I think this is Sound Garden's settings.


Orange
Silicon
Bold
Bypass effects loop.
Gain -11-1
Treble - 3+
Midrange - Full up
Bass - 1-2+
Presence - 1-3
+ = a little more
The "bypass effects loop" on back is important for the sound.

This is Adam Jones settings. Based on photos.

Mode - Blues
Bold
Silicone Diode
Presence - 11
Bass - 12
Mid - 10
Treble - 1~2
Gain - 11 (9-2 range all usable)

This is my settings. Spongy or tube rectification for variation. It becomes more noticeable with volume.

There is good sounds on Orange and Red with gain in the 9-10 o'clock range a lot of people overlook.

Thanks! I'll check these out. It's amazing how much variation there is in sound with slight tweaks in the gain and eq settings.

 

[skoora]

Also, try throwing in some ‘34’s and hear what that does for the dirty tones, including getting the gain up on the clean channel.

 

[VonBonfire]

My Poppop's mid 60's Dual Showman with matching big 2x15 cab with D130fs. I learned how to play thru that amp, and have been hauling it everywhere since I was 17. Hardly play it anymore, but sentimental value keeps me from selling. The circuit has been maintained and sounds great, but loud.

Awesome. I love those huge cabs. A motivated champ of a man gigs those. I have my old man's Gibson-Maestro, it was the first amp I ever played but needs a little work. It's a great sounding amp but only 15 watts. I'm not sentimental about much but I'm kinda sentimental about it so I built a nice cab for it since it was just in some crappy homemade head shell when he gave it to me.

 

[311boogieman]

It's stable, promise.
This was far more precarious:
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You're crazy

But yeah, I lean my amps up like that too to bias.

 

[LPMojoGL]

Awesome. I love those huge cabs. A motivated champ of a man gigs those. I have my old man's Gibson-Maestro, it was the first amp I ever played but needs a little work. It's a great sounding amp but only 15 watts. I'm not sentimental about much but I'm kinda sentimental about it so I built a nice cab for it since it was just in some crappy homemade head shell when he gave it to me.

Some of those old Gibson low watters have the best sound. I once heard a tweed Falcon in GC. I was going to buy it, it sounded so good. But the guy playing it had the same idea. I used to haul that Showman setup up to friend's houses when starting out, using a distortion pedal. They all had Randalls and Peaveys, and looked at me like I was crazy. Bet none of them still have those amps tho!

 

[LPMojoGL]

Dialed in a TOOLish sound. I mean, for a 2x12 combo at house volumes, it's pretty insane. Never played this tune before, just looked up the tab:

 

[VonBonfire]

Some of those old Gibson low watters have the best sound. I once heard a tweed Falcon in GC. I was going to buy it, it sounded so good. But the guy playing it had the same idea.

Mine's a GA-2rvt and is supposedly a Seth Lover designed circuit and is basically all breakup. Quite a blues machine. I have some grey glass Sylvania's in it. Killer recording amp but it's a bit fragile. There was less than 400 made so it seemed prudent to hang onto it all things considered.

 

[LPMojoGL]

Mine's a GA-2rvt and is supposedly a Seth Lover designed circuit and is basically all breakup. Quite a blues machine. I have some grey glass Sylvania's in it. Killer recording amp but it's a bit fragile. There was less than 400 made so it seemed prudent to hang onto it all things considered.

Yeah, I'd keep that.

 

[LPMojoGL]

Officially geeking out on this amp.
Bluesy stuff, Blues mode on red channel, CS Tele, King of Tone:

 

[VonBonfire]

Officially geeking out on this amp.
Bluesy stuff, Blues mode on red channel, CS Tele, King of Tone:

Sounding great!!!

 

[LPMojoGL]

Sounding great!!!

It has a different sound than anything else I have. Loving it.

I gotta sell something now.

 

[VonBonfire]

It has a different sound than anything else I have. Loving it.

I gotta sell something now.

I understand the bottom sentence all too well when acquiring some extra sweet gear.

 

[LPMojoGL]

I understand the bottom sentence all too well when acquiring some extra sweet gear.

I keep saying that I'm going to sell off a lot of gear, trim down to the bare necessities. Like 2 amps, 2 purpose built pedalboards, 2 cabs...and, I can't see moving any guitars. Lol

Then I buy this.
It is quite different than my other stuff.
The Wiz and GZ SS are redundant. One of those need to go.
As much as I hate to admit it, the SLO 1/2 stack is just a guilty pleasure. My first "dream" amp. I should turn it loose. But it's sooo good, better than other SLO100s I compared it to.
I could get by with half the pedals, just the Marshall 4x12, the Wiz or SS, and this TOV.