Getting "lush" tone from stale solid-state amp

[HeavyXIII]

I had a Peavey transtube combo for a while. Mine had a T-Dynamics control that helped bring the amp alive when it was up. Most stuff sounded pretty bland without it. I also used a lot of the Lead channel, which was the blandest of the 3 available, but was what I needed because of the amount of distortion. The clean channel was really slick, but I would've liked it better with a gain knob, just for a touch of grit. If you're not using the clean channel, do it. If you are and you don't have a T-Dynamics knob, then

[rfurtkamp]

Yea, that's way high, but the doom crowd pushed the Sunn stuff to the stratosphere.

At 450, I'd run. That said, the footswitch if original is probably worth a hundred of that. It's a two-button terminates in two RCA jacks and adapter to 1/4" plex-style switches didn't work.

[braaandooon]

Its been on craigslist for over a year he originally wanted $475. I offered $375 awhile back and he was firm. Definitely not much out there about these, but I do know of a couple of them in the wild with a single 15" out of the factory. Pretty sure the first solos had an option for 15" or a 2x12 configuration and may have rolled over into the solos II production as those were only made for a year after some reading on the sunn forum.

Was completely unaware of the distortion, I almost want to try it out now.

[rfurtkamp]

It's nasty and nasal and unusable by mortal man.

In other words, was perfect for what I needed it for, as a "kill" button.

[braaandooon]

Cool thanks for the pep talk, probably not for me. I'm pretty traditional rat>muff>ampeg v2 sounds like hot sex to my ears.

[rfurtkamp]

Yea, stay away if you want Ampeg.

I do not like the Ampeg tonestack or overall voicing sound at all.

The Sunn is pure Fender knockoff.