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Post by guitarboy02451 on Jun 9, 2006 10:26:15 GMT -7
The Ghia 1x12 combo had her first gig last night. Sounded awesome! I used the Z-Brake.
I started with the Z-Brake on the Bedroom Setting, then switched it to the next setting #4.
The amp volume was on about 10 am, tone was between 11am - noon. So there was plenty of tone and sound to fill the room.
Having a single 12" was a little weird on some of the heavier stuff we play, but the little guy was able to pull off Zepp, Nickelback, Aerosmith... It did the U2 stuff very well.
I also learned something else! We play The Beatles Day Tripper. If you turn the tone knob all the way to zero, you get this rocking VOX tone!
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Post by myles on Jun 9, 2006 11:33:49 GMT -7
The Ghia 1x12 combo had her first gig last night. Sounded awesome! I used the Z-Brake. I started with the Z-Brake on the Bedroom Setting, then switched it to the next setting #4. The amp volume was on about 10 am, tone was between 11am - noon. So there was plenty of tone and sound to fill the room. Having a single 12" was a little weird on some of the heavier stuff we play, but the little guy was able to pull off Zepp, Nickelback, Aerosmith... It did the U2 stuff very well. I also learned something else! We play The Beatles Day Tripper. If you turn the tone knob all the way to zero, you get this rocking VOX tone! pg pg, Get off the airbrake at those high settings (stay at 1-2 if you use it at all) and you will be able to do those tones you were striving for. Maybe it is New England vs California or something, but in most of the venues here a Ghia would need no airbrake at all and be just perfect.
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Post by guitarboy02451 on Jun 9, 2006 13:18:14 GMT -7
Hey Myles, thanks the advice... The club we play has a dead max 100 db level or they tell you to unplug and leave. In an old late 1700's/early 1800's style pub, even w/ sound proofing, the ghia reached an 84 db level on the bedroom setting alone! Never the less the drums and bass and vox. The place has hard wood foors, high wood/beam ceilings and sound just goes crazy! It's a great place to play a gig. Lots of tone!
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Post by myles on Jun 10, 2006 17:26:07 GMT -7
Hey Myles, thanks the advice... The club we play has a dead max 100 db level or they tell you to unplug and leave. In an old late 1700's/early 1800's style pub, even w/ sound proofing, the ghia reached an 84 db level on the bedroom setting alone! Never the less the drums and bass and vox. The place has hard wood foors, high wood/beam ceilings and sound just goes crazy! It's a great place to play a gig. Lots of tone! Oh well ... I understand. I bet you could have used the lowest non bedroom setting and stayed under their 100db Max.
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Post by tjstrat on Jun 12, 2006 17:38:18 GMT -7
This weekend I dimed my Ghia with an Everman Pot pedal in the signal chain, set to buffer the volume to a useable level. A little buzz, but a great sound, as long as I didn't accidentally turn the pedal off and kill everyone in the room. The Pot has a capacitor to avoid high frequency loss when it's on, so it acted, at least volume wise, like an Airbrake, but without any kind of impedence mismatch risks. Has anyone else ever tried this and can it hurt an amp like the Ghia to run it this way? Just wondering...
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Post by guitarboy02451 on Jun 12, 2006 20:20:41 GMT -7
I did do the blues jam this weekend at Capt Simeons in Kittery ME with m1911 and his son Scotty. Man that kid can play!!! I started with the z-brake... for like 2 seconds, but Scotty uses his Maz Sr 1x12 cranked!!! I think he kept the same settings when BW used it. So, I had the Ghia vol between 10:30 and 11 and the tone was at about 11. Man o man!!! she sounded so sweet!
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