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I have a Laney tube amp that has awesome bluesy sounds. Clean is sweet. Now for some grunt. Which pedals can get me there without sounding fuzzy. Over-drive pedals seem fuzzy at high gain, and can los
...hy it`s so much cheaper, but I don`t care. - Rich Johnson (reluctantly joining the ranks of vintage tube amp snobs)...
Is there anywhere on the net to get additional presets for Amplitube?
...ersatile that I can play SRV, Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, and Classic rock. I am leaning towards a Fender tube amp but I'm not sure what to get. I plan on playing mostly at home or occasionally with a ...
...ortion? One important mod would be getting rid of the cheap 12" speaker they have in there...Decent tubes would probably help too. Anyone know if there`s a bias pot in this amp?...
There are quite a few tube amp kits, but are there any solid state amp kits? It would be cool to have a head that can put out enough clean power to go just beyond home audio levels for use with effe
I finally did it! I purchased my first all tube guitar amp, a Peavey Classic 30. I got it used for $300 at our local guitar shop. The stock speaker had been replaced with a Celestion vintage. They
...on. I have a chance to pick one up at a decent price and it might just be the cheap but tasty practice tube-box I've convinced myself I need, thanks for useful views and experiences....
I have a tube pre-amp and tube power amp, neither of which has an effects loop. I'd like to use a parallel effects loop between the preamp and amp, so that I can control the wet/dry signal from rack
...cent blues sound. here is what i have to work with: guitar....strat amps epiphone regent 20 electar 10 tube amp crate gfx-10 pedal digitech-rp-50 just not real sure which amp to use and what to set...
... understand why a more expensive amp can't incorporate such a simple feature. Perhaps it has to do with tubes? What the heck is the preamp out used for? This is driving me crazy. Any help would be gr...
New to the tube amps. How can I get really loud and crank the gain without getting the feedback that cracks the windows and pops the fillings out of my teeth. The cabs are VS412's year 2000 and the
...t blowing up the speaker too soon. You should purchase extra guitar speakers, because speakers are like tubes and guitar strings: they regularly break when pushed into their interesting, nonlinear ran...
And this is going to take Gibson where? Look at all the people who detest SS amps, preferring tubes. Records are coming back because certain afficianados want an analog sound, not a digitized on
FA: Carvin Quad-X preamp with FS-77 footswitch. Mint. See it at: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3703791572
Actually, in one of the new 'Recording' magazines it stated just the opposite. It said that XP handled multimedia much better than 2000. I agree about the overstuffed package part, but, can't you jus
I need a 4x12 to match up with my JCM 800 2204... Playing through a Tube Screamer as a signal boost into a Boss DS-1 into a Boss EQ-7... I`m getting a great heavy distortion as is (running the head
...g solid state for around 15 years. It was all I knew til recently. My new setup is Hafler Triple Giant Tube Preamp VHT 2/50/2 Tube Poweramp Genz Benz 2x12 cab I also have a Carvin Quad X Tube Preamp...
...and effects loop? Which will work better where? I know the order - this is what i use Vox Wah Super OD Tube Screamer Tremolo Delay X 2 Im thinking that reverb is definately in there, and delays mayb...
You do know how he tests his tubes don't you?? Take a close whiff next time you order some from him. The ones I got still had brown streaks on them.
...d sound? I would like to use it only for the effects and ran them through the loop and use my own amps tube sound. Is that possible? Or should I just go for the G-major?...
I am confused. I see products with a single tube in the preamp (like an Hartke 3500). I see products with 5 tubes (Ampeg svp pro). I am sure that there is a difference, then, between a "preamp with
...buckers 2) Lindy Fralin Humbuckers, Unbuckers 3) Dimarzio PAF, Air Classic, Virtual PAF 4) Duncan 59s Tubes! I can use them. Anything good that anyone else could use - 12AX7s, EL84s, EL34s, 6L6s, ...
Just bought a used Mesa Boogie DC-3 with mismatched tubes. I think changing out the tubes is a good idea anyway. What tubes do you guys reccommend with this amp?
Has anyone here built a tube-based overdrive pedal? I want to warm up a bass just a little bit, and have heard that the tubeworks Blue Tube pedal works excellently for this purpose.
Anyone have any input on this? Has anyone tried them next to each other? I currently run two Tubescreamers in a row, one of them is modded by Robert Keeley. I play a G&L Comanche through a blackfa
How does a tube amp and a Marshall Valvestate amp about the same cost compare?
...y way of improving the dirty channel apart from using a pedal? or are there any particular Power/PreAmp tubes that will do the job? or any circuit board modifications? I've trawled the internet but ca...
If I have a distortion pedal (by Tubeworks) that has a 12AX7A vacuum tube in it, what would be a good replacement tube that wouldn't give so much heavy distortion?
...ure if it should be 8 ohms. ?? (Don't have the old speaker any more). 2) Looking for suggestions on tubes. Has 12AX7 preamp and 6L6GC power. Looking for whatever will give me the least noise and...
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I just discovered my old TS-808 Tube Screamer in my storage locker. I'd like to start using it again, with an AC adapter (don't like batteries). I don't have the original adapter and the current Iban
PV rockmaster is a 3 channel preamp Clean, Crunch and Ultra It has four 12ax7 tubes I lost the majority of the volume on the Ultra channel, the tone appears to be there but volume is very low compare
I saw a few enthusiastic comments about the Peavey VTM-60 tube heads. The Harm Central reviews of them are almost annoyingly positive, and even the guys who didn't give them good numbers, didn't real
...(bass and mids) - get a good "sounding" guitar multieffect. i.e. Alesis Midiverb III - get a good tube amp, with an effect loop. Even if Marshall claims, that they have record compendated ...

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