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cacheek
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I've been looking at them and listening to clips on Youtube. I was wondering what others thought. They sound pretty killer, but I heard they had reliability issues.
rlord1974
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The 36 looks VERY promising, but I have never heard any of them in person myself.......
Robotechnology
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All I know is that I played one in the quiet room at GC the other day and color me impressed for $599 new (not including sale pricing)! Cleans and dirty's sounded great and had nice headroom. This is for 18 head by the way which has too much bottom end for the Mesa Rectifier 1X12 cab to handle (not a good match when you have the bass knob on a lunchbox sized head at half and below only).
racerevlon
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I own three Hughes & Kettner amps and all of them are rock-solid and sound awesome. The thing with H&K amps is that they're very high-fidelity and have extreme clarity--you have to dial them in carefully and little changes go a long way. The other thing is that the speaker pairing is very important... Example--My TriAmp sounds great through V30's but the Trilogy doesn't like the V30's very much. It likes G12S-50's or G12T-75s, even Greenbacks much, much better.
Don't dismiss the amp because it isn't perfect as soon as you plug in. You get out of it what you put in.
Don't dismiss the amp because it isn't perfect as soon as you plug in. You get out of it what you put in.
Lution
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The only negative thing I've heard about the TMs is that you can fry food on the top of the head. It gets HOT.
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robertkoa
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Lution":2s2f8gbr said:
Say you're on a Break and want to quick scramble some Eggs- Lead Channel or Clean Channel- Thinking the Lead Channel would be hotter , right ?
Just heating Coffee- clean channel at 5 watts......
I do want to hear the Tubemeister 36- it has 3 12AX7s instead of two on the T18.
Third Preamp Tube is a Cathode Follower on the T36- should have a richer, warmer tone than the T18.
jonl
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I had one, it did the job very well while getting funds together for the Diezel VH4.
I have sold it, but it was very nice and worth every penny.
As far as the head being hot, the frame was metal so it did have a bit of heat, but there was handles on the sides so you wouldn't have to touch the top.
It wasn't that bad in my opinion (at least mine didn't get super hot)
I have sold it, but it was very nice and worth every penny.
As far as the head being hot, the frame was metal so it did have a bit of heat, but there was handles on the sides so you wouldn't have to touch the top.
It wasn't that bad in my opinion (at least mine didn't get super hot)
Chris6870
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I have the 18 and it's really all I use anymore at home. Sounds great. Kicks the crap out of the Egnater and Blackstar heads I had.I thought it was a little harsh at first. I swapped in JJ tubes to darken it up a bit and it's been great. It does get pretty hot but whatever, its a tube amp. It has very large tranny's for a small amp.No issues so far. I run it through a Splawn 2x12 or a 1x12 Tone Tubby cab.
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cacheek
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Robotechnology":1f6vmmfw said:
Do you think it wouldn't sound good with a Recto 212?
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robertkoa
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BrokenFusion":lsjfxgqv said:
I noticed a little thinness or brittleness on the T18 demos( but still sounding very good) even with Blug playing-is it really a big difference with the JJs ?
I'm hoping the T36 with the extra preamp tube ( 3 12AX7 VS. 2 ) is warmer, thicker,chewier etc. and even better than the T18..........will 4 EL 84s have much more clean headroom than 2 EL 84s- or still be like a "Small" Amp ?
Chris6870
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I had it up for sale after two days. It had a kinda harsh glassy top end that I did not like and couldn't dial out. I could take it off with the treble adjustment but then there were not enough highs. A presence control would help. I put in the JJ's and it took off the harsh highs and I am really happy with it now. The clean channel with a good OD is fun too.
bubbastain
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I just played a Tubemeister 18 today at GC and was VERY impressed. Sounded killer. It was hooked up to a Mesa 1x12 and just sounded huge. I also hooked it up to a Mesa 2x12 and was even better. About 10 minutes earlier I played a Blackstar HT5 and thought it sounded pretty good but the TM18 was just huge and beefy.
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robertkoa
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bubbastain":3lqd9j3n said:
Cool- The Huge and Beefy is one thing that does not come across on even the Thomas Blug Videos IMO.
So this is very good !
The other thing is how to defeat the Red Box out when playing in the Studio into Cab IRs ?
Hopefully someone will come up with a bypass switch MOD.
@ Broken Fusion- I heard this harshness on the Videos- good to know it's solved with a Preamp Tube(s) swap- hopefully the T 36 won't have the harsh top end at all.....
Gutmann
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I don't know too much about IRs - but you probably can use the FX-Send?
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robertkoa
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Gutmann":2bi80n3y said:
Yeah- I don't have a Tubemeister but thinking about one- Preamp Out into Cab IRs is a good workaround but the Red Box Out is supposed to have some Output Tube/ Tranny signal in it I think so it should be better than Pre Out soundwise....especially if using Cab IRs, except Redbox Cab Sim would need to be defeated and just the " 0 Watts Powersoak " out.