Beyond Black
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Congrats James! Fine addition to your arsenal! 
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DET1973
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I'm jealous...i'm thinking of selling my jubilees to fund a Modded marshall of some type
charveldan
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Still think ur 71' Friedman is the bomb but in the Utube the Ocean sounds MASSIVE ... 
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overthemountain
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James Lugo":kirxm9ua said:overthemountain":kirxm9ua said:That thing sounds killer James! Absolutely love it.
DIBS!!!
Yeah it's blowing me away. Listened to the clip with the other guitarist in my band. The tonal spectrum from the suspended bar chord in Unchained to the drop C# was blowing my mind. I've never heard that much dimension and balance before with anything I've recorded. My guitarist played it with his guitar that has a JB in the bridge and it sounded way more 80s then me playing it through my Paul with a WB Fire. But honestly I didn't like it with the JB as much. The band practiced tonight and wrote a little one minute jam to use on the amp fest. It was inspired by playing the Ocean today. Super heavy groovy. A cross between something like 'Broken' meets 'Pressure And Time' by Rival Sons. Big fat ass muthafukkin groove. I figure that's something I'm good at and can contribute. With Andy Wood and Bouillet I'm not even gonna try and shred. Lol. No sense in makin my life hard.
LOL sounds sweet- I'd just be fetching Andy & Bouillet cokes and shit, wouldn't even want to pick up the fiddle around those boys!
Can't wait to hear the results - love my Cam Jose too but need to check out an Ocean.
overthemountain
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James Lugo":1h7b0i48 said:Cameron HG/LG Jose incoming. Please send for a doctor!
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overthemountain":212pofbm said:James Lugo":212pofbm said:Cameron HG/LG Jose incoming. Please send for a doctor!
Well played sir.
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halebox
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Sounds great! I love my ocean jmp. Your recorded clip w recto cab vintage 30's probably not the best speaker choice try some greenback H30 or G1265. I think the ocean has more mids . The ocean is a jose variant
James Lugo
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So I listened tonight to the clip I made the other day and I thought wow that was kind of dark and really bassy. I kept listening and thinking 'what was I thinking'. Then I realized I was playing my Uberschall when the amp came in and I tried to make it have that extended lowend like the uber. Not really a Marshall's thing. Then I looked at the settings and I had the Deep knob on the back dimed as well as the Bass knob on the front and the treble and presence backed off. Anyway I messed with it and backed off the Deep and Bass to about 6 or 7 and opened up the top end and it was way more open. Sounded incredible. I am blown away by this amp. Anyway, had a client do some scratch tracks and play it and he was trippin. I will make some better clips, maybe tomorrow if I get time. My client and I played the Ocean and HBE back to back over and over. Completely different. The HBE sounds more natural and somewhat disorganized sounding, not in a bad way but in an organic way. The Ocean is way more polished sounding. More forceful, connected and articulate. Both are great. The HBE feels more like AIC, swagger. The Ocean more.... I don't know how to put it in words. Kind of the feeling I get when I listen to the rhythm tracks in No More Tears.
charveldan
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James Lugo":3huuy3ig said:
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So I spent some time today prepping for the amp fest and playing the Ocean. I love it. I can't believe how easily it plays and records. I keep thinking I should record it a little brighter and leaner but I just love the sound and feel of it a touch on the dark and hefty side. I have a Cameron Jose coming in Tuesday. Once that arrives I will do proper clips of the HBE, Jose and Ocean.
lespaul6
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It will be cool to hear the recorded differences!! hope it arrived safely today
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lespaul6":1dtoz0if said:
It did. Man it sounds so intense. Just killer. Taking tomorrow and making some clips. Working on a few recording techniques that I think will really capture it. Ordered a set of Winged Cs for the Ocean, it has JJs and I think they are a little darker, I feel the amp could breathe more.
lespaul6
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How do you like those el34's in the jose? They may need to be biased to your liking... I had to bring the current draw from 46 or something crazy to around 35 or so... what I consider to be normal for an el34
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lespaul6":2ir3d89k said:
They are cool. We switched around V1 and ended up putting something else in, not sure. But Valve Queen is sending a few Tung Sols over. I had a muthef**ka day so I couldn't really dig in. We are taking half the day tomorrow to track and experiment with the amps. A few things about the new set up are still bugging me, gonna switch out some mics and cabs.
lespaul6
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very cool... staying tuned
James Lugo
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Well it's been a week or so and I am blown away by this amp. It is absolutely incredible. I am getting some of the best tones ever. Blend with my RV 50. Wow! Has a set of JJs in it, just got a quad of =C='s from Laura. It went to my amp tech for biasing. Will be back tomorrow. I can't imagine it sounding better but my assistant said it should be more open and vibrant with the SEDs.
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joepete77
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Awesome, just make sure your tech knows not to dick around with the spec. I had that happen yrs back where a tech "did me a favor" and changed shit around and amp never sounded the same. Glad you are posting.James Lugo":83tavowv said:
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Do you know any particulars regarding biasing a modded JCM800?