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Post by John on Dec 27, 2012 11:16:41 GMT -7
I had a Stangray combo with a gold. Here's a pic from an outdoor gig years ago. It had a glorious sound. Such a firm solid bottom end. But it was a little too clean...and a little too loud. (even at this big outdoor gig, I still had to airbrake.) Now I'm using my 1x10 (gold) Ghia combo, but with a tele, I'm going for a Stangray type tone. More and more, I've been experimenting with the Ghia to get clean tones, and use pedals for overdrives..even slight crunch rhythm overdrives. And that way of doing it has me thinking of the 'ray again. I doubt I'll buy another one, but I do miss it. I have a gig tomorrow night at a bigger club, and the last time I played there, I used my Stangray. I have a plexi shield now. that could be a big help with the Stangray too.
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Post by eggman on Dec 27, 2012 15:29:57 GMT -7
John,
Lovely rig. Bet it sounded wonderful.
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Post by telejas on Dec 27, 2012 22:53:57 GMT -7
I've had a lot of rigs over the years... I've also had a lot of rigs after I sold my 1st Ray..... although I love my Hayseed, I REALLY missed my Ray!! I spent the next 5 years building back up to a Ray...... not saying you'll be the same way, but the Ray is a hard amp to compete with or compare to, but I will say it was a fun trip back around to the Ray.
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Post by drew on Jan 4, 2013 17:14:07 GMT -7
Cool looking rig John. After your and Jamie's 'miss my Ray' email I had to plug into the Ray. I tend to vacillate between el84 and big bottle output tube tones. Add in being lazy for load in/out I've been playing combos. You're 1x12 Ray would solve that issue. For the last year the ray has not seen gigs but after reading your post I had to fire up the ray this week. OMG!!! It's going to the next gig. I do miss playing a ghia, what another fantastic amp.
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Post by Maddog on Jan 4, 2013 17:36:04 GMT -7
Miss mine too, John. 2x12 combo with blues.... I wish you hadn't started this thread......
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