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Old May 1st, 2012, 10:47 AM   #41 (permalink)
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I just got a new vox ac30 combo. Everything sounds good through that amp!

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Old May 1st, 2012, 11:29 AM   #42 (permalink)
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Old May 1st, 2012, 11:41 AM   #43 (permalink)
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Am I the only one that uses a twin reverb reissue? Haha. I must be a fool!
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Old May 1st, 2012, 11:50 AM   #44 (permalink)
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I'm using a Delta Blues, love the sound
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Old May 1st, 2012, 11:53 AM   #45 (permalink)
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Was that the Weber Signature Series Alnico?

If so, how long did it take to break-in? How do you like it in general?
I ask, because I JUST installed one such into my Bugera V5 late, last night (ergo could only test it very low vol to make sure the solders were good).

I just sounded great right out of the box. It sounds the same now as it did a year ago - and it loves full volume. I use it Billy Bragg style - maxed out on volume, and then placed speaker side down on the floor - it adds a bit of natural compression, but also gives me great tone at a naturally reduced volume. It's a fun little amp, and it won't wake the kids. The Fender on the lowest possible setting still shakes the kids out of bed.

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Old May 1st, 2012, 11:59 AM   #46 (permalink)
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Am I the only one that uses a twin reverb reissue? Haha. I must be a fool!
HA....ain't nothing wrong with a Twin Reverb!
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Old May 1st, 2012, 12:10 PM   #47 (permalink)
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I would think it important to indicate the style or type of sound you like or aim to get. Myself, I lean towards a warm clean sound, maybe with some reverb and/or a little tremelo. I'm into finger style playing (more of a Merle/Chet sound). Your choice of an amp may be dependent solely on the style you like to play. So it might be important to someone who's considering a new amp to know what your style is. (I'm looking for a new amp soon myself (as soon as I get the bucks!)).
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Old May 1st, 2012, 12:15 PM   #48 (permalink)
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I'm into dirty clean, and downright filthy dirty OD. The Setzer tone is about as clean as I ever want to get. I don't like 'squeaky clean' clean. I'm terribly allergic to country music, it makes me want to hurt kittens.

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Old May 1st, 2012, 12:26 PM   #49 (permalink)
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I use a 1953 Bogen all tube pa head that has been redone with a tweed deluxe circuit through a homemade cab with a 1958 Jenson 15" and flannel shirt grill clothe
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Old May 1st, 2012, 12:43 PM   #51 (permalink)
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Greetings HCR..that ol' Silverface must sound amazing...2 fine amps mate!! l bet the 5120 really sings through them too!!! cheers.
Best sound ive had in my life! The vibrolux is actually my fathers, but after so many years of instruments/equipment ive managed to weisel my way into tge good stuff haha.
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Old May 1st, 2012, 01:12 PM   #53 (permalink)
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5120 into a Silvertone 1481 or Vox Pathfinder 15R. See my sig.
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Old May 1st, 2012, 01:14 PM   #54 (permalink)
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This is pretty typical of my tone....
Kind of dark video. It's my Duo Jet through my Executive.
It's being goosed by my DynaBrain...

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Old May 1st, 2012, 01:20 PM   #55 (permalink)
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Kustom Sienna 30 w 1 x 10 acoustic
Line 6 Spider 15 w 1 x 8 (battery/AC for travelling)
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Old May 1st, 2012, 01:21 PM   #56 (permalink)
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5120 in to a Mustang
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Old May 1st, 2012, 01:31 PM   #57 (permalink)
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DUDE! I have one of those Rocket amps! You hardly ever see them. I think there were around 200 or so made. Is yours the A-10 or A-20? I have the A-10 and replaced the speaker with a Celestion Greenback after talking to Curt Emory, who designed the amp. Great tones out of that box.

I either plug my Jet into the Rocket A-10 with a Fender '63 Reissue Reverb or lately I've been plugging into a stereo set up with a Mesa Boogie MK IV and Sovetek pine 4x12 and a Roland JC-120.
Mines the A-20. EL34 vs EL84 in the A-10. A few were put out as amps or kits by Andy of Mojotone when he had an outfit called Nothing Shocking. He bought ADA's remaining stock of amps/parts/cabs when they folded. Andy reworked the reverb circuit in mine to be more Fender-like, including an Accutronics tank.

Curt Emory was brought in to tweak the circuit for production for ADA. Origin of the amps were a couple of prototypes of unknown make someone found at a garage sale. Or so the legend goes.

The A-20 is a versatile recording rig and I gig it as well. The 20 in the name is a misnomer as I don't think you get 20 watts out of a single 34. Probably closer to 10 watts. So not lots of clean headroom in a club, but that's not my thing anyway. I can hit the sweet spot for breakup without killing the first row.
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Old May 1st, 2012, 01:41 PM   #58 (permalink)
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70's Fender Quad Reverb----80's Fender 112Plus--- 07' Fender Frontman 25R
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Old May 1st, 2012, 02:21 PM   #59 (permalink)
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Nice guitar, why don't you try to sell it?
Haha
If the MIJ version of this and that baritone go (they're on the bay), then this will be next.
I buy the wrong guitars and sell the right ones.
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Old May 1st, 2012, 02:31 PM   #60 (permalink)
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Gretsch G6120 and G6196 Country Club into a Tone King Imperial
Nice! (But did you get yelled at for putting it on the kitchen counter?)
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