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Post by jbgtr on Aug 27, 2008 8:32:31 GMT -7
I read in an early interview that you use ultra-linear output techniques with some of your amps. It is also my understanding that David Reeves of Hiwatt was known for this as well. Can you explain in layman’s terms, what exactly Ultra-linear output is, and how it effects the overall sound and/or function of the amp? Also, can you specify which of your amps uses this technique?
Thank you!
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Post by Paul (TRANE) on Aug 27, 2008 10:32:57 GMT -7
This is from an interview with Doc a while back. Explains the ultra-linear sound.
"Sonically, it makes the amp respond like a triode because the screen and the plate are very close to the same potential, so you get no cross over notch, and the smooth, rich sound of a triode but with the power of a pentode. It’s also kind of articulate—you hear the primary note and the harmonics without any mushiness, like with a Hiwatt, for example. I suppose I also just wanted to do something different. It’s always difficult to describe the tone of my amps because people want to know, “Does it sound like a Marshall or does it sound like a Fender?” I just know that a lot of recording artists like the originality of the sound of my amps because they tell me, “Man, that’s the sound I’ve had in my head, and I could never get it out of a Marshall or a Fender.” It’s been more difficult, because it would have been easier to copy an amp like a Bassman, but I didn’t want to do that—I never did. It’s already been done. It’s like music…certainly, you learn from the past and it influences you, but you want something original that builds on the things that have come before."
Models with the Ultra-Linear: 6545, SRZ-65, from what I remember.
Hope that helps some.
Paul G.
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Post by brad737 on Aug 31, 2008 10:55:45 GMT -7
The Route 66 uses the ultralinear tap.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2008 4:23:55 GMT -7
I believe the Maz 38 does as well. Not sure about the Jr..
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