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NMAD
Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2010 10:21 pm
by eti
New (old) Mini Amps Day!
EDIT: I got two mini amps that look somewhat similar. One is a tube amp and the other is solid state.
Both are from the '60s or '70s and were originally used for editing sound film.
First up: they call these Moviola units "squawk boxes" on ebay.
ALL TUBES!
There's a couple on ebay, but I even have the odd plug to RCA plug so I can actually hook up a guitar to it.
Dig the knob.
And, one of these; Similar to the above, but solid state and has a guitar jack.
Re: NMAD
Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2010 10:53 pm
by Nychthemeron
I just tried finding what it sounded like on youtube and found one playing a wire tape recording of the atomic bomb testing. I wonder if you can do a reenactment of the explosion through that amp?
Re: NMAD
Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2010 11:15 pm
by eti
Oh that's cool!
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJ122PObscg[/youtube]
Yeah, I'll do one, but it'll have to wait a bit. I live in an apartment. :/
Re: NMAD
Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2010 12:20 am
by kosta
I used to jam through an old Kodak Pagent film projector with a little onboard solid state amp. That thing had bite! Nice finds man.
Re: NMAD
Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2010 3:23 pm
by eti
Just occurred to me I can record direct via the headphone jack. XD
Clips much later tonight.
Re: NMAD
Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2010 6:55 pm
by MKULTRA
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Re: NMAD
Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2010 7:27 pm
by delaydecay
those are beautiful looking units.
Re: NMAD
Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2010 11:33 pm
by eti
delaydecay wrote:those are beautiful looking units.
Yeah!
I recorded one clip each on the solid state amp and the tube amp.
Solid state:
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_so ... ID=9079270Tubes:
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_so ... ID=9079271Both start with the volume rolled back on my guitar, which I gradually turn up.
Excuse any mistakes
Re: NMAD
Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 12:13 am
by eti
MKULTRA wrote:eti wrote: ALL TUBES!
???????????
I got two different amps there. Sorry if that wasn't clear.
Re: NMAD
Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2010 10:20 am
by eti
A second try with a tube Moviola URS.
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_so ... ID=9084222Long and rambling, but I'm much happier with the sound of this one.
Experimented with some delay in the middle.
Re: NMAD
Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2010 11:37 am
by Wizard
Woah that thing is fuckin cool
Re: NMAD
Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2010 11:44 am
by kosta
That thing sounds awesome man! You in the D???
Re: NMAD
Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2010 11:47 am
by Nychthemeron
The solid state has a nice and clean sound to it, even when pushed. Meanwhile, the tube amp has a really nice old-school sound with some artifacts in the signal which make it almost sound like an LP recording. Really dig the demos, man!
Re: NMAD
Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2010 12:06 pm
by eti
Thanks, guys!
kosta wrote:That thing sounds awesome man! You in the D???
Yep I am!
Re: NMAD
Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2010 12:07 pm
by kosta
Niiiiiiice. I'm a Michigander living in NY now. Grew up in Brighton, lived in Ann Arbor and Royal Oak for a bunch of years, then headed east.