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Post by Tony on Aug 8, 2014 19:33:44 GMT
Racks do count. But I can't believe anyone ever having the will to lug one around on a bus. That was some serious dedication. That was when I was gigging in Wakefield twice a week at a restaurant. I lived at Bretton Hall and it took two bus trips, then we split a taxi to get home! I really do not envy that situation at all. I would have tried to work up some kind of arrangement to leave it at the restaurant! |
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Post by Frank on Aug 16, 2014 11:26:56 GMT
Sound City 120. Utter ballbreaker of an amp, built like a tank, massive Partridge transformers, still had six original Mullard EL34's in the back. What a beast that was, I think it's still at my dad's house gathering dust in the loft.
If you ever get the chance to crank a Sound City then you should probably pass. Or use a wireless and stand well back.
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Post by nfe on Sept 1, 2014 15:28:27 GMT
Laney LC30-II. It was alright. Totally didn't do any of the sounds I wanted but I was a wee guy who'd have bought anything valve and the guy in the shop knew it.
Funnily enough, I've borrowed one more recently and it was cracking for what I wanted for that gig!
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Post by misterwhizzy on Sept 26, 2014 2:49:07 GMT
I had a Randall RG100-G3 combo, which only had a tube to help emulate a tube power section. The preamp was all solid state. I don't know if that counts. I replaced it with a Blackstar HT-5, which, as we all know only has one preamp tube and one power tube. The input stage is solid state, and the phase inverter is solid state, and most of its gain comes from diode clipping. So I don't know if that counts.
Now I've finally got a JCA20H that's been modded to hell and back, but it's most definitely all tube.
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Post by Tony on Sept 26, 2014 13:28:33 GMT
Laney LC30-II. It was alright. Totally didn't do any of the sounds I wanted but I was a wee guy who'd have bought anything valve and the guy in the shop knew it. Funnily enough, I've borrowed one more recently and it was cracking for what I wanted for that gig! They can be fantastic sounding amps in the right application. But for what I know of that you play it would be the one of the last amps that I would picture you using. |
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Post by Tony on Sept 26, 2014 13:29:44 GMT
I had a Randall RG100-G3 combo, which only had a tube to help emulate a tube power section. The preamp was all solid state. I don't know if that counts. I replaced it with a Blackstar HT-5, which, as we all know only has one preamp tube and one power tube. The input stage is solid state, and the phase inverter is solid state, and most of its gain comes from diode clipping. So I don't know if that counts. Now I've finally got a JCA20H that's been modded to hell and back, but it's most definitely all tube. Ahh Blackstars and their 'true valve power' modelling amps. Some of their amps can sound fantastic but the way they market them is ridiculous. What are the mods that you have going on in the Jet City now? |
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