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Post by smokie on May 17, 2006 12:35:51 GMT -7
I just picked up a KT45 and was wondering if anyone is using an air brake on there KT45? I am running it thru a Custom Audio Electronics 2x12 cab with Vintage 30's but want to also use a 1x12 or 2x10 cab for smaller gigs. Any suggestions? This head is very dynamic and punchy. Also, what pedals are you guys using with yours? I am running a Maxon 808, Sonic Distortion and Hot Cake along with a Arion chorus, Boss trem and delay. Very Sweet!!!
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Post by match on May 17, 2006 22:05:22 GMT -7
Hey Smokie Welcome to the forum!!!
Sounds like you've got a cool rig. What guitar(s) are you using with the KT45?
I too own a KT45 and use it with a THD 16 Ohm Hotplate into 1x12 for smaller gigs. I use a 2x12 sans Hotplate for the bigger ones. The Hotplate does just the thing to tame the savage beast that is the KT45. My pedals are listed below.
I'd like to get a more standard "Marshallesque" brown sound. Are any of your pedals giving you that tone?
Take care,
-Matt
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Post by smokie on May 18, 2006 11:11:53 GMT -7
Thanks for the welcome. This site is very cool and informative on such great amps .I play an American strat, alder body, maple neck set up with John Suhr V60 and V60 LP pickups. The guitar is set up just like one of Landau's strats. I use the maxon 808 to get some very Marshally tones. It's very clean/edgy and warm when played soft but when you hit it and increase intensity, it really honks nicely with a very cool mid range tone that cuts thru any live session I've played. When you step on the Sonic distortion with the 808 it gives an amazing clear singing tone great for leads. I generally have my volume rolled back 50% to really let the pedals push the amp and not the pickups. You get really cool tones by doing this. I also play a quilted top Les Paul style Ibanez set up with matching Pearly Gate humbuckers. Very cool "ZZ Top" bluesy tones out of those bad boys. I will probably pick up a Dr Z, CAE or Bogner 1x12 with V30's to spank the KT45 thru for smaller gigs.
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Post by skydog958 on May 27, 2006 9:37:11 GMT -7
I'm in the running for an Airbrake.....my amp is a bit too loud for my ears, which makes it 100x too loud for the gigs I play right now lol. The only gig I played it with i had to put the volume at 10 o'clock and the tones at noon, when I usually run the volume at noonish and the tones at 3 o'clock, and then boost it with pedals.
My pedals....Peterson Strobostomp, Teese Picture Wah, BSM RM Booster, BSM Fuzzbender, Xotic Effects BB preamp, MI Audio Crunch Box, and an old Boss CE-2. The Crunch Box does the best full on high gain Marshall sound (just short of Death Metal), and the Xotic is a bit softer, but still Marshally. My 45 is a 2x12 combo with a pair of G12H30s.
I have feedback problems with my set up, though. It may be because my main axe is semi-hollow, but it feedsback on all my guitars. I think my pickups aren't wax potted. How well does wax potting curb gain-related feedback?
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Post by billyguitar on May 27, 2006 10:13:01 GMT -7
The only feedback potting will stop is squeal or howl. If it's the body feeding back it's usually a certain note that will take off or a low pitched woofy howl. If it's the guitar feeding back you'll have to learn to play with your right palm muting the strings you're not playing all the time. I used to gig with archtops and a tweed Bassman all the time. I was able to completely control it but I did learn a few other things. Obviously the more gain/distrtion you use the more trouble you're going to have. Counterintuitively the smaller and thinner the guitar the more trouble you'll have. For instance my L-5 CES is no trouble but my 1959 ES125 single cut with two P90s is the worst. I think the volume of air in a smaller guitar gives it a higher resonant frequency that is more easily excited by the speakers. Those two guitars are the extremes so something like an ES175 is not as much trouble for me. I also think the 25-1/2" scale guitars like my old Epiphones and the L-5 are less trouble. I would think an ES140T 3/4 would be impossible but I don't own one. I also used to use a ES347 (like a 355) with a Marshall 1/2 stack. It was tough to control, I ended up putting foam in the F holes. A Lucille is easy, no F holes at all. I still have all those guitars but I quit using the thick archtops because you have to crain your neck to see the fingerboard.
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Post by myles on Jun 1, 2006 10:26:21 GMT -7
I just picked up a KT45 and was wondering if anyone is using an air brake on there KT45? I am running it thru a Custom Audio Electronics 2x12 cab with Vintage 30's but want to also use a 1x12 or 2x10 cab for smaller gigs. Any suggestions? This head is very dynamic and punchy. Also, what pedals are you guys using with yours? I am running a Maxon 808, Sonic Distortion and Hot Cake along with a Arion chorus, Boss trem and delay. Very Sweet!!! The Airbrake works great with the KT-45 and Delta 88 also.
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Post by cashandkerouac on Feb 4, 2007 0:06:58 GMT -7
just got a new KT-45 for quite a deal and am a very happy man. these have been out of production for a while, but a local shop had a new one left in stock at a major blowout price. i jumped on it. absolutely incredible amp and it works great with the air brake. i am amazed by the range of tone and the way the amp responds to touch. i have not had to use an overdrive pedal at all with the KT-45, as i can get clean and crunchy simply by adjusting the guitar knobs. i can even get a wide-ranging pallate of tone with the airbrake on the bedroom setting. yes, yes, i know it has all been said before, but this is one of the few amps that really does live up to the hype... and so does the air brake. thanks dr. z!!!
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