New Amp today

[Chasbo]

Well, I am getting closer to my perfect sound all the time. I have 2 awesome guitars and finally the right amp to play them thru. This one is so good, my pedals are gonna end of going into storage.

A friend hooked me up with this custom builder in Nashville to build me a little home practice/recording head. It has the ability to use an EL84 or EL34 and is cathode based. Super easy to dial in awesome tone. With this baby, all you need is a speaker (I am using a celestion greenback at the moment) a guitar and a cable and you enter bliss. This is the only tube amp I have ever had the ability to turn the master up over 5 and still be at conversation levels. It has two seperate gain controls for some awesome tone control. Full EQ and just slays. I played thru the EL34 all night and love it. Here's a pic for all you voyeurs out there.







Two thumbs up!

chuck

[VitaminG]

nice! I'd love to have a low powered tube amp. Looks good too

[quiksilver]

Yeah, it does look good.

[toejam]

Sweet!!! I love low-powered tube amps, also. Got me a THD Univalve, and I love being able to use just about any tube power tube in it (though, for an EL84, it needs the Yellow Jacket adapter which I have and love) and any two preamp tubes. Lately I've been using either an EL34 or KT77, but the EL84 definitely gives it more saturation with a raunchy and chimey edge.
Got any more info on your amp, like builder's name or a website?

[jgcable]

Yep.. playing out of a small low wattage tube amp is really rewarding. The good ones just SING.

[MBreinin]

Not nearly enough info, my man!

What kind of tones can you get from her?

Who built it? How much did it run?

Sound clips??

Mike

[jgcable]

Not nearly enough info, my man!

What kind of tones can you get from her?

Who built it? How much did it run?

Sound clips??

Mike

Lets start with wattage!!!!

[Chasbo]

Sorry to be a bit skimpy on the info last night guys, I was just fried and wanted to go to bed.

OK First things first.

When using the amp with the El84, she puts out 8 watts. I am going to try this tube today, I played thru the 34 all day yesterday.

When using the EL34, the amp puts out 14 watts.

Runs 2 12AX7's or ECC83's for power.

drives 4, 8 or 16 ohm cabinets.

Runs Hammond power and output transformers.

That's as techy as I can get. I have no idea how this darn thing works. All I do is put the tube I want to run in, plug it in turn it on and jam.

Here is the guys web adress if you want to see the stuff he makes.

http://www.mcmusicsound.com/pages/1/index.htm

He has some sound clips of the amp there. I would post some, but I have no way of recording them.

Any of you have any suggestions for recording clips?

How do I tell you about the tone this thing puts out?

Wow, I can get ANY british amp sound from this thing by merely varying the two independent gains. That is what blows my mind. I can go from Claptons Cream sound to Kossoff's snarl, to Trowers wail, to Pagey to Blackmoore to Schenker by using those gains. No extra foot pedal needed. I will tell you more once I play the El84 tonight. This amp does all that and I have only used one of the tubes. I am not even halfway there yet.

I dig it, my amp search is finally over.

BTW, I now know why I have never liked any of the Marshalls I have ever played, I couldn't turn them up enough to get good tone out of them. I have undoubtably played some awesome amps, but never got the tubes to really break up and sound good.

chuck

[Bengal65]

Wow, really cool! Thanks for the info! Keep us posted on the difference in tube sets.

[Rupe]

Very cool! My "secret weapon" is a small, early 60's 1x10 tube (6AQ5) combo that just breathes fire when cranked. Low wattage tube amps are awesome when voiced well.

[Genebaby]

It sounds like it's great, and reasonbly priced as well. How much gain does it have when you crank it up?

[Sinistas]

Wow, I can get ANY british amp sound from this thing by merely varying the two independent gains.

Opeth's Laney tone?

[jgcable]

Opeth's Laney tone?

That is a great tone.

[Dreamland_Rebel]

what you mean to say is Opeth's GT-8 tone. the laney is just their power amp.

[jwoods986]

Damn, that is an interesting little amp. I believe I'm in the same boat as you with Marshalls. So many of my heroes use them and get great tone but I don't like any of the ones I've tried except an AVT150 at GC. Now I realize it's because I've never played any of the tube ones at the volume they need to be to get that Marshall sound.