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Nothing really spesh' but I've been after this amp for a while. Fucking speculator amp in the 1x12 format. Already pimping it out with Mercury (Fatstack) transformers as it's a necessity anyway as well as a Celestion Gold. I'll also eventually replace the Tole and I don't think I could deal with the poo-brown for too much longer. I'm thinking something stupid and obnoxious like paisley or a bunch of penises, balls and vaginas all different in colours.

But yup. It'll be my #1 for the foreseeable future with the Matamp as my low-watt amp and the Yami-twins handle loud stereo.

WINNING!



Basically my setupz;

how many watts? 2 channels? what kind of character would you say this has?

Zounds Perspex wrote:how many watts? 2 channels? what kind of character would you say this has?

Disclaimer: I have shit power and I'm using a step-down which isn't running through my Belkin power-unit so it's all hissy/noisy still. Interested to see what it sounds like after the new transformer/speaker.

The amp is 30/15/5 switichable. EL-84 tubes. Two channels with independent EQ, independent reverb, FX loop, etc.

Clean channel is awesome. It kind of reminds me a lot of modern amps like the Bandmaster. Big, round, clear tonez and very chimey. Lots of headroom and sounds wonderful with pedals. It's really warm / almost too warm. It doesn't sound very great with my Epi Dot humbuckers. I never liked the bridge anyway and the neck sounds muffled.

I haven't played the OD channel as much but it sounds like OD to me I like OD-pedals as I hate standing near the amp as that's not the sounds I hear when I move away and that way I can EQ at the right distance/etc. Kinda why I bought it so I don't have to cart my Kingsley Jester pre-amp everywhere and just use the amps OD + an OD3 for boost or something.

I really like those amps! and i'm not one of those boojie folks neither

I friend of mine has that in a head instead of the combo. He's using a 2x12 Celestion G12T-75 with a closed back. It does not sound the the $$$ he paid for it.

I'm trying to get him to get better speakers and an open back. Is the combo open back?

Caesar wrote:I friend of mine has that in a head instead of the combo. He's using a 2x12 Celestion G12T-75 with a closed back. It does not sound the the $$$ he paid for it.

I'm trying to get him to get better speakers and an open back. Is the combo open back?

This is definitely an open-back type amp! Tell him to whip out the chainsaw and make his cabinet 1/2 or 3/4

Yeah the Combo is open back. It comes with the Celestion Black Shadow which I'll be replacing with a Celestion Gold. I've heard if you're doing a 2x12 that the Geenbacks work really well too (or were they the 30watt Heritages? I read it somewhere!).

Here's a pic from the site of the back:

I am a huge fan of those lone stars, even they look like poop!

I was about to pull the trigger on a used Lone Star Special when I found a used THD Bivalve for like $450!

I'd still like to get one down the road! Love low wattage combos!

Enjoy tone for days!!!

why the fuck do mat amps look so classy?

I've only had the chance to play one briefly, but I definitely dug it. I have an unexplainable love for the Mesa toanz.