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Post by rgreen1974 on Nov 10, 2014 18:36:49 GMT -7
Hey guys I have a question. I'm very interested in an original prescription head. I work at the local Guitar Center and we have a Prescription ES in our str. I play in a cover band that plays everything from Jonny Cash to Rage Against the Machine. Main gtr is a Les Paul Standard but every now and then play my tele. Which would be the better amp (originals aren't easy to find). Should I just go for the ES?
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Post by trim450 on Nov 10, 2014 19:39:34 GMT -7
Never played a original but my es is one loud amp. Very warm and full sounding with a midrange that really cuts through the mix. If you go with a es try to get the master volume mod, it definitely helps getting the amp to break up without cranking it. The 45 watts sounds more like 80
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Post by rgreen1974 on Nov 10, 2014 19:57:11 GMT -7
How does the amp work with humbuckers? I haven't had a chance to really jam on the one in my str yet.
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Post by Jaguarguy (Mike) on Nov 10, 2014 20:03:56 GMT -7
The original RX is a bit more Marshally - i really like it with my LP. I like the ES more with single coil strats and teles. If you're doing more country style ES is better.
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Post by rgreen1974 on Nov 10, 2014 20:47:21 GMT -7
All this input is great. Which would be better for blues? I'm asking all these questions because I have access to the ES right now but I've also been talking to a guy that said he may sell me his original RX. So I dont know if I should hold out for him or by the ES
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Post by rgreen1974 on Nov 10, 2014 20:48:03 GMT -7
Which would be more versatile?
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Post by s3mamill on Sept 30, 2018 9:14:31 GMT -7
Old thread, but I'm gonna jump on. Is the original Rx 2xEL84 or 4xEL84? I'm not finding a lot of documentation on the original Rx, just the ES. Photos on Reverb look like 4xEL84.
To confirm what I'm reading on the boards here, the original is more of a VOX-y trainwreck rock thing and the ES is a different circuit with maybe more of a country vibe. I know amps can produce a lot of tones depending on settings of the amp, guitar pickups and playing style etc, but is that what I'm getting?
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Post by Jaguarguy (Mike) on Sept 30, 2018 11:34:13 GMT -7
The Prescription is a 4xEL84, same as ES. To my ears, the original Prescription is is more in the Marshall/Vox camp while the ES is more in the country (Doc/Paisley design). But both will do classic rock types of music - Tracii Guns had a quad of the ES 1x12s loaded with Golds - definitely a rock player and not a country guy!
My preference is for the original Prescriptions (I have 4 of them in different configurations) but I also have one of Tracii Guns' 1x12 combos.
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Post by s3mamill on Sept 30, 2018 11:46:27 GMT -7
Thanks Mike, yeah I saw on some old posts that you have a few. You don't happen to have an PDF of the manual, do you? I can't find one on Z's site. Mostly to see what they say about what the "expand" switch was about. Sounds cool.
At least one of the original Rx's I see on CL has a fan, this was standard?
Thanks for your reply, I started a new thread since I wasn't sure if my post would get lost at the bottom of this old thread.
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