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Post by GIBBYMYLESPAUL on Sept 13, 2007 19:21:52 GMT -7
Where are you finding the tone controls end up with your strats and other humbucker based Guitars! I am not hearing a noticeable difference of the "Presence" control from 10 to 3 with my Gibson 335. It is more pronounced with my Strat but still not instantly noticeable! I wonder if the tube that drives this control is bad or weak! Maybe Dr. Z could chime in here since the Galaxie is the new kid on the block right now! I love the the tone of this amp! Channel 1 is worth buying this amp but channel 2 is a powerful beast by itself! I am still getting used to this channel as it is a real barn-burner with lots of gain readily available from about 10 o'clock on! Any input or feedback would be greatly appreciated. I have the 1X12 combo with Blonde tolex and tan grill-cloth. A really sweet vintage look! ;D
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Post by markp on Sept 13, 2007 20:06:33 GMT -7
Only had my Galaxcie a few hours. At first I was running treble at 2:00 and thought it was sounding good with guitar wide open,but I hated when I rolled back on guitar volume.wasnt quite there on cleans either. Then I discoverd with treble close to dimed and presence 3:00 ,The roll off to clean on both channels is killer.I noticed that th treble ads a lot of gain as you turn up so volume 1 will have to roll off also but the roll off cleans are way better than than when I was just running vol 1 lower. I think I am in love.(running Vol 1 about 2:00 )
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Post by GIBBYMYLESPAUL on Sept 13, 2007 22:09:10 GMT -7
Hey Mark, I am going to have to try your settings on the treble for channel 1 for getting the best rolled of tones with the volume control on guitar! What guitar are you playing through your "GALAXIE" at the moment! Where is the presence control working the best for you? What is your take on that "MUSCLED-UP" channel 2 on the GALAXIE! It starts to roar as Dr.Z said from 10 o'clock on! Did you get the combo or a head/cabinet version of the GALAXIE. The "GALAXIE" is just a fantastic sounding 6L6 based amp! I said in a previous post and I will say it again this amp "SMOKES" Fender's newest 6L6 based amp the SUPER-SONIC! Thanks to Dr. Z for building his first 6L6 amp! ;D
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Post by zimmer on Sept 14, 2007 8:31:45 GMT -7
I was wondering about this... I've been enjoying the cleans on both channels, in both modes, but I haven't felt that the 2nd channel is a gain monster. Maybe I need to peg the tone controls to hear this in its glory.
I'd say the SRZ has much more gain available than the Galaxie, up to this point.
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Post by (8^D) on Sept 14, 2007 13:20:16 GMT -7
I was wondering about this... I've been enjoying the cleans on both channels, in both modes, but I haven't felt that the 2nd channel is a gain monster. Maybe I need to peg the tone controls to hear this in its glory. I'd say the SRZ has much more gain available than the Galaxie, up to this point. That's a bit of a surprise. I couldn't believe how much gain was on tap w/Channel 2. I have a 6545 that's even been tubed for more gain and the Galaxie throttled the SRZ-65 side in the gain department. I actually felt Channel 2 started out like a cranked TS-9 then quickly went into serious over-the-top gain - sustain-for-days, compressed, and when fully wide open was pretty much mushy saturated fuzz - like stacking 3 or 4 drive pedals in series and turning them all on. That was with a single-coil tele & strat. It was quite surprising. Might be a setup difference/how loud the amp is run/etc. You might try demoing another Galaxie down the road for comparison.
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Post by zimmer on Sept 14, 2007 14:38:27 GMT -7
Something that comes to mind is that there was an adjustment made to the Galaxies with regard to the volumes on the different channels. It was maybe after the first 50 amps? I'll have to look for that thread.
I think my amp might be #78 or so. I'm definitely not getting the stacked drive pedal saturation sound, however. I can take an hour's trip if the local dealer has one, but that's not my top menu choice. No hurry, but I'll try the dimed tone control route on both channels with the volume well up, and compare channels again tonight.
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Post by GIBBYMYLESPAUL on Sept 14, 2007 15:17:17 GMT -7
Hey Zimmer,
Whats your take on how noticeable the difference is on the "Presence" control as you roll it up with a Single-Coils versus humbucker based guitars?
Doc's "AIRBRAKE" works like a champ with the Galaxie! Nice to be able to really crank up on the Galaxie and play it at manageable apartment level playing! ;D
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Post by markp on Sept 14, 2007 15:21:18 GMT -7
Interesting,I think mine is #3 and it is a gain monkey. After some more time I find the presence doesnt efect the roll off magic so you can tone that one down if you are to brighte. Now what I am finding cool today,is when you have the treble dimed the bass acts like the tone knob on the one knobers.Rite about 9:00 where the bass almost shuts off is a cool tone that is close to what I was getting from the stangray in the similar position on the tone knob. Then as you crankit tward noon it gets hugelyfat just like the stangray.9:00 to 10:00 on the bass does it for me. Such great simple amps(figure this one out in about a day)
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Post by zimmer on Sept 14, 2007 18:52:36 GMT -7
There's more gain available with the tone controls pegged. Doing this through a Z-Best is tough without an attenuator, especially as the bass shakes the whole house. Not that there's anything wrong with that...
Turning the presence up adds a bit, but it also makes the fingers on the string quite sharp with slides and pull-offs in bold relief.
The way folks have been describing channel two, I was expecting alot more gain. My channel two is pretty clean for a while, and doesn't have all that much gain until nearly noon. It's brighter and louder than channel one. Channel one has a grind that starts early and builds very slowly, and is sensitive to pick attack.
I haven't found Bill Bolling's Rockin' the Gal tone as yet.
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Post by markp on Sept 14, 2007 19:55:49 GMT -7
There is other factors of corse ,My neck strat pickup is very low away from strings and doesnt sound super mondo gain, but I have humbucker in bridge and it screams.
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Post by zimmer on Sept 29, 2007 19:17:15 GMT -7
I'm going to be contacting the dealer and the folks in Maple Heights.
Channel two has elected to go silent, and I can't help wondering whether I should have seen that coming. It's certainly worth checking out, now that there's no output at all.
Channel one is still glorious, however. I wonder whether I should let the amp sit, and not play it at all until I can get the beast checked out. It's tough to do that, because I find myself daydreaming about playing it when I'm at work.
damn.
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Post by GIBBYMYLESPAUL on Sept 29, 2007 23:08:44 GMT -7
Man thats a bummer! That seems unusual that channel 1 would be fine and channel 2 would go completely silent! That will be interesting to see what the culprit is! Hopefully the dealer will have an amp tech that can talk with the "DR.Z" and trouble-shoot over the phone! Let us know when you get your "GALAXIE" diagnosed!
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Post by zimmer on Oct 1, 2007 19:25:49 GMT -7
Brent suggested that I try replacing V1 first, and that has brought channel two back to life. In fact, channel two now sounds better than it ever has, and some gain that was missing.
She lives!
It's a bit of a puzzler, as V1 works with both channel one and two, but there you have it.
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Post by GIBBYMYLESPAUL on Oct 1, 2007 20:54:01 GMT -7
Man that was easy enough! Great to be able to just swap out a preamp tube and have your "GAL" up and running! ;D I believe that Dr.Z has found a secret undetectable method of injecting 'Z-ROIDS" into the GALAXIE amps as well as other's in the Z-LINEUP! Hopefully their will not be random testing done at the Venues and Bars anytime soon!
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Post by (8^D) on Oct 2, 2007 7:34:32 GMT -7
Brent suggested that I try replacing V1 first, and that has brought channel two back to life. In fact, channel two now sounds better than it ever has, and some gain that was missing. She lives! It's a bit of a puzzler, as V1 works with both channel one and two, but there you have it. The 12AX7 is a dual-triode tube. The Galaxy may be designed to use 1 triode (1/2 the tube) for each channel. So, if 1/2 the tube failed one channel could still function while the other went dead. Sorry to hear that happened. Hope the amp is back at 100% and throwing down all the gain you've been missing!
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Post by zimmer on Oct 2, 2007 10:58:41 GMT -7
Kind of weird that one out of two triodes in the same tube would fail, but that's the scoop.
I asked Brent about this, and he said that the Galaxie is indeed designed to use 1/2 the tube for channel one, and the other 1/2 for channel two.
The house is mine alone tomorrow morning, and that'll be the chance to let the amp breathe a little. I'm still thinking the Z-Best is too efficient, but it sounds huge.
Huge, punchy, smooth, and loud.
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