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Post by taswegian on Sept 22, 2006 7:01:30 GMT -7
Hey Myles, a little while ago you were lamenting about no wind in SCal this time of year. My partner and I have been planning to go away on the boat for 3 days this week for about a month, but of course, weather and plans don't go hand in hand...40 knot headwinds with 6 metre seas on 4 metre swells doesn't sound like my idea of fun for two. I can guarantee there will be some 60-70 knot gusts along with it. SOUTHEAST COAST, Tasman Is to South East Cape: Wednesday: Westerly winds 30 to 40 knots tending northwest later at 15 to 25 knots. Seas 4 to 6 metres offshore decreasing. West to southwest swell rising to 3 to 4 metres offshore. Thursday: Westerly winds 30 to 40 knots easing to 15 to 25 knots and tending northerly later. Seas 5 to 6 metres offshore decreasing. West to southwest swell near 4 metres offshore. There you go ... just a good boat and good storm sails .... a few reefs in the main ... and a good harness. That is how you are supposed to sail! Want to swap geographic locals for a few weeks. I have a Santa Cruz 52, A J109, and a Finot 6.5 meter you could borrow. On the two smaller boats if you go out and race and place in the first three positions the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Marina Del Rey will give you a gift certificate that is good for food, the gift shop, or any of the hotel restaurants. That is better than the typical trophy. Yep, I'll take that over a trophy! ;D Well my dad and I like to sail like that but I don't think my lady does and I'd be a little scared with just the two of us. It was a good decision as it got pretty nasty. Four days of mostly over 40 knots. Trees uprooted and a few roofless houses! Gusts over 70 knots. Everyone down here calls it the equinox wind. Spring is always windier down here and they say the windier it is, the hotter and drier the summer is gonna be. We have just been told we are in a new "El Nino" so looks like it could be a windy spring. On our yacht we did away with our first reef and now it goes straight to the second. We found usually when its time to reef ITS TIME TO REEF! Our second reef is now our old third reef which is trisail size and we have a storm sail/staysail on an inner forestay hanked on. The heavy displacement is quite comfortable reefed down and staysail flying.
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Post by myles on Sept 22, 2006 7:53:57 GMT -7
Hi Myles, I wanted to shoot you a message about a new set of tubes. I picked up a used maz 18r 210 a few months back, and I believe it's time for a new set...it's about 3 years old, and the seller said he'd never changed them before. This is my first tube amp, so also my first time buying tubes, and wanted to head the GT route and hit you up for a recommendation. I've been trying to learn as much about how this all works as I can. I'm a worship leader at my church, and use it primarily for that. I like playing it more clean than not, and wondered if 5751's might be a ticket in the first spots. Anyhow, I'm looking to get a full set (minus the rec. tube, since I've read those are good forever usually). I'd love to get them through you. Let me know a good course of action. Thanks so much! On the MAZ Jr for now ... just replace the output set with some fresh EL84S in a 5 or 6 rating. Keep the 12AX7's in V1 and V2 as you have a very good master volume in the amp. Once you have new tubes in the output you can try a 5751 in V1 and then try that tube in the phase inverter. Different results in each position.
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Post by myles on Sept 22, 2006 7:55:35 GMT -7
There you go ... just a good boat and good storm sails .... a few reefs in the main ... and a good harness. That is how you are supposed to sail! Want to swap geographic locals for a few weeks. I have a Santa Cruz 52, A J109, and a Finot 6.5 meter you could borrow. On the two smaller boats if you go out and race and place in the first three positions the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Marina Del Rey will give you a gift certificate that is good for food, the gift shop, or any of the hotel restaurants. That is better than the typical trophy. Yep, I'll take that over a trophy! ;D Well my dad and I like to sail like that but I don't think my lady does and I'd be a little scared with just the two of us. It was a good decision as it got pretty nasty. Four days of mostly over 40 knots. Trees uprooted and a few roofless houses! Gusts over 70 knots. Everyone down here calls it the equinox wind. Spring is always windier down here and they say the windier it is, the hotter and drier the summer is gonna be. We have just been told we are in a new "El Nino" so looks like it could be a windy spring. On our yacht we did away with our first reef and now it goes straight to the second. We found usually when its time to reef ITS TIME TO REEF! Our second reef is now our old third reef which is trisail size and we have a storm sail/staysail on an inner forestay hanked on. The heavy displacement is quite comfortable reefed down and staysail flying. Actually .... when you think it is time to reef it is usually too late and would have been easier ten minutes before you thought it was time to reef
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Post by karlo on Sept 22, 2006 8:12:13 GMT -7
Hi Myles, I wanted to shoot you a message about a new set of tubes. I picked up a used maz 18r 210 a few months back, and I believe it's time for a new set...it's about 3 years old, and the seller said he'd never changed them before. This is my first tube amp, so also my first time buying tubes, and wanted to head the GT route and hit you up for a recommendation. I've been trying to learn as much about how this all works as I can. I'm a worship leader at my church, and use it primarily for that. I like playing it more clean than not, and wondered if 5751's might be a ticket in the first spots. Anyhow, I'm looking to get a full set (minus the rec. tube, since I've read those are good forever usually). I'd love to get them through you. Let me know a good course of action. Thanks so much! On the MAZ Jr for now ... just replace the output set with some fresh EL84S in a 5 or 6 rating. Keep the 12AX7's in V1 and V2 as you have a very good master volume in the amp. Once you have new tubes in the output you can try a 5751 in V1 and then try that tube in the phase inverter. Different results in each position. Thanks Myles. Just for my clarification, is it not always necessary to replace all of the tubes when I put in new power tubes?
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Post by kledbet on Sept 24, 2006 12:59:56 GMT -7
Myles how do I seal a loose tube. It wobbles in the socket?
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Post by myles on Sept 25, 2006 9:09:15 GMT -7
On the MAZ Jr for now ... just replace the output set with some fresh EL84S in a 5 or 6 rating. Keep the 12AX7's in V1 and V2 as you have a very good master volume in the amp. Once you have new tubes in the output you can try a 5751 in V1 and then try that tube in the phase inverter. Different results in each position. Thanks Myles. Just for my clarification, is it not always necessary to replace all of the tubes when I put in new power tubes? NO, not needed .... preamp tubes can last for decades.
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Post by myles on Sept 25, 2006 9:10:25 GMT -7
Myles how do I seal a loose tube. It wobbles in the socket? If it's a preamp tube retension the pins of the tube with a proper tube pin tool. If octal based power tubes, discharge the caps in the amp and retension the tube sockets.
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Post by kledbet on Sept 25, 2006 9:44:54 GMT -7
Myles I stated the question wrong. What I meant was the the glass part of the tube is loose from its actual base. It needs some kind of glue or silicone to seal it up so that it does not wiggle.
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Post by rcrecelius on Sept 25, 2006 13:48:48 GMT -7
One of the power tube sockets on my 66...when you pull the tube you can see that one of the "inserts"(dont know what to call these...the round metal thing inside each pin hole) pulls up slightly...even or maybe just a touch higher than the black part of the socket. I'm pretty sure its not normal but, how concerned should I be about it? IS it something I'll have to send back to the DR to fix?
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Post by RC on Sept 25, 2006 14:33:59 GMT -7
Myles' I'm in the proses of ordering some extra nos 12ax7/E83cc and 5751 tubes to use and try with several different amps I have. I want to end up with a nice inventory of tonally deferent tubes. I would like to know if there is a reason not to just order these matched encase I want to use some in a PI spot. Dose a matched tube sound different in a V1 or V2 than a none matched tube. Thanks, Russ
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Post by myles on Sept 25, 2006 17:53:59 GMT -7
One of the power tube sockets on my 66...when you pull the tube you can see that one of the "inserts"(dont know what to call these...the round metal thing inside each pin hole) pulls up slightly...even or maybe just a touch higher than the black part of the socket. I'm pretty sure its not normal but, how concerned should I be about it? IS it something I'll have to send back to the DR to fix? No concern, that is quite normal. You can go in there with a jewlers screwdriver (after the caps are fully discharged) and spread things a little on the female pins but it really is pretty common and nothing to be concerned about.
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Post by myles on Sept 25, 2006 17:55:04 GMT -7
Myles' I'm in the proses of ordering some extra nos 12ax7/E83cc and 5751 tubes to use and try with several different amps I have. I want to end up with a nice inventory of tonally deferent tubes. I would like to know if there is a reason not to just order these matched encase I want to use some in a PI spot. Dose a matched tube sound different in a V1 or V2 than a none matched tube. Thanks, Russ Russ, There will be no advantage or disadvantage to a matched tube (other than it being more pricy) in a typical gain or tone stage.
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Post by RC on Sept 25, 2006 18:35:06 GMT -7
Thanks Myles, For clearing that up for me and the quick response. +1
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Post by m77 on Sept 28, 2006 13:32:03 GMT -7
Hey Miles,
Thanks for the great tips and advice you have given on the board, I spend a lot of time reading and learning here!
I read a few posts where you mention the MHG kit and I think it may interest me. I have a Maz Jr. with reverb and would like to have more gain and sustain available.
I have yet to retube and currently have:
V1 & V2 12AX7 Svetlana V3 12AT7 China V4 7025/12AX7WB Sovtek V5 12AX7LPS Sovtek V6 & V7 GTEL845 (6BQ5) #6 V8 5AR4 Sovtek
Could you tell me more about the kit and what you need to know from me?
Thanks for your time.
P.S. I don't often see anyone mention re-biasing their Zs... is there a reason why not? Thanks again!
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Post by Don on Sept 30, 2006 8:10:53 GMT -7
Which Z amp in particular does Brad rely on for that fat round sound he gets on i.e. The World, Alcohol, and I'll Take You Back? And what effects does he have inline for it? I see he has a number of Zs that he uses live. I would imagine one or two are relegated to soloing. Thank you.
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Post by myles on Oct 2, 2006 8:43:48 GMT -7
Hey Miles, Thanks for the great tips and advice you have given on the board, I spend a lot of time reading and learning here! You are welcomeI read a few posts where you mention the MHG kit and I think it may interest me. I have a Maz Jr. with reverb and would like to have more gain and sustain available. I think the MHG kit will make the amp more agressive but in the end it is personal taste. You would use the tubes in v1, v2, and V5.I have yet to retube and currently have: V1 & V2 12AX7 Svetlana V3 12AT7 China V4 7025/12AX7WB Sovtek V5 12AX7LPS Sovtek V6 & V7 GTEL845 (6BQ5) #6 V8 5AR4 Sovtek Could you tell me more about the kit and what you need to know from me? All the info on the kit is on the page at www.groovetubes.com/product.cfm?Product_ID=1737 Thanks for your time. P.S. I don't often see anyone mention re-biasing their Zs... is there a reason why not? Thanks again! Answers are embedded in your text above
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Post by myles on Oct 2, 2006 8:45:37 GMT -7
Which Z amp in particular does Brad rely on for that fat round sound he gets on i.e. The World, Alcohol, and I'll Take You Back? And what effects does he have inline for it? I see he has a number of Zs that he uses live. I would imagine one or two are relegated to soloing. Thank you. Hopefully Chad will pitch in here but you may want to copy and paste this in the ask Zac column.
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Post by texasjim on Oct 2, 2006 15:16:33 GMT -7
MYLES: I asked this in the Z-28 area, but no one responded with anything certain. My Z-28 stops putting out a signal after being on for an hour or two. Glow in all the tubes except the 5AR4. The 5AR4 isn't hot at all. The EF86 is just above room temperature. Yesterday, at a gig, it went off, then later it was on again, and I played a few tunes thru it. Later, it went off again. I brought it home and just now plugged it in and nothing. I changed the 6V6GT's for two brand new ones. No change. Is it likely that the EF86 or the 5AR4 died? I've kinda got the hint that EF86's are sometimes troublesome.
+1 on the Santa Cruz 52!!! Bill Lee built some nifty fast boats. FAST IS FUN! The best thing about a fast boat is that you get there a couple of days sooner on a crossing that the guys in the "comfortable" boats. Comfort, I disagree!
Thanks, Texas Jim
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Post by myles on Oct 3, 2006 8:46:05 GMT -7
MYLES: I asked this in the Z-28 area, but no one responded with anything certain. My Z-28 stops putting out a signal after being on for an hour or two. Glow in all the tubes except the 5AR4. The 5AR4 isn't hot at all. The EF86 is just above room temperature. Yesterday, at a gig, it went off, then later it was on again, and I played a few tunes thru it. Later, it went off again. I brought it home and just now plugged it in and nothing. I changed the 6V6GT's for two brand new ones. No change. Is it likely that the EF86 or the 5AR4 died? I've kinda got the hint that EF86's are sometimes troublesome. +1 on the Santa Cruz 52!!! Bill Lee built some nifty fast boats. FAST IS FUN! The best thing about a fast boat is that you get there a couple of days sooner on a crossing that the guys in the "comfortable" boats. Comfort, I disagree! Thanks, Texas Jim Jim, The rectifier should be very very hot. It sound like this is the problem. I love SC boats and was in partnership with Ron Moore back in the early eighties. We took three Moore 24's in the 82 Single Handed Transpac and took 1st, 2nd, and 5th. At that time the gang was for the most part Bill Lee, George Olson, and Ron Moore. Down the road, the head of the Moore "B" team, Terry Alberg, left Moore and started his own company that did the Express 27 back in those days. On getting there faster ... yes, that is the highest aspect of comfort. When local folks want to take on a long passage but are not sure if they want to sail long distances far off from shore I tell them to borrow a Westsail 32 and sail to Catalina on a typical So Cal light air season. Then you have the best of both worlds .... never out of sight of land but you still get to be at sea for a few weeks if you leave the engine off
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Post by texasjim on Oct 3, 2006 13:47:16 GMT -7
Thanks, Myles! I ordered a couple of 5AR4's and a couple of EF86's, because there's not exactly a tube store in the Virgin Islands. Maybe they'll solve the problem. If not, I'll be calling again.
I know Ron Moore! One of my good friends, Richard Ceraldi, bought "CRAZY HORSE" from Ron a long time back & still has her, in Austin, on Lake Travis. He made two Gulf of Mexico crossings with me on my C & C 37. When Ron was planning to build a Moore 37, he had the designer(Schumacher?) send me a set of plans for my feedback. About that time Ron got into water slides and industrial fiberglass, etc. I bought a C & C 37, and dropped out of Corporate America, and I've been in the islands ever since! Ron used to have a really trick picture of me, burning the mortgage of my J/24, which was backlit by someone else's flashbulb. Strange.
Small World! FAST IS FUN!
Thanks for the feedback, Texas Jim
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Post by taswegian on Oct 3, 2006 15:20:11 GMT -7
Talk about fast! This is my boat of choice. It clocked a cool 30 knots in a local race and won the Double handed Farallones in 2003. The hydrofoils make it more stable in bigger winds (therefore faster) and thats what we need around here. Light winds apparently she's not as good as the hydo's slow her down a little, but we go surfing in no/light wind anyway. ;D Not sure they are still in production though. www.aegeanmarine.com/
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Post by myles on Oct 3, 2006 17:27:55 GMT -7
Thanks, Myles! I ordered a couple of 5AR4's and a couple of EF86's, because there's not exactly a tube store in the Virgin Islands. Maybe they'll solve the problem. If not, I'll be calling again. I know Ron Moore! One of my good friends, Richard Ceraldi, bought "CRAZY HORSE" from Ron a long time back & still has her, in Austin, on Lake Travis. He made two Gulf of Mexico crossings with me on my C & C 37. When Ron was planning to build a Moore 37, he had the designer(Schumacher?) send me a set of plans for my feedback. About that time Ron got into water slides and industrial fiberglass, etc. I bought a C & C 37, and dropped out of Corporate America, and I've been in the islands ever since! Ron used to have a really trick picture of me, burning the mortgage of my J/24, which was backlit by someone else's flashbulb. Strange. Small World! FAST IS FUN! Thanks for the feedback, Texas Jim How cool is the small world! Ron is a sweetheart. I don't know if he is still married to Martha but I hope so. She was really a sweetheart too. I remember the Moore 37 project and the Moore 30 (sort of flying saucer) project. Last time I talked to Ron he had started making truck fairings for bid diesel rigs that was much easier and financially viable than making boats! Keep in touch.... Myles
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Post by T-R☼CK ♫ on Oct 3, 2006 17:39:15 GMT -7
Myles:......got a non-Z question gor you....I have read there is a Blackface mod for Silverface Twins.....From what I have been able to deduce, it it fairly inexpensive and simple to install.....Is this something that should be done by a qualified amp tech, or could an ignorant hillbilly such as myself accomplish this with a soldering iron and a screwdriver....Also, where could I find it, and approx. how much should I expect to spend....
Thx in advance for your time and expertise.....
Trock
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Post by myles on Oct 3, 2006 18:00:36 GMT -7
Myles:......got a non-Z question gor you....I have read there is a Blackface mod for Silverface Twins.....From what I have been able to deduce, it it fairly inexpensive and simple to install.....Is this something that should be done by a qualified amp tech, or could an ignorant hillbilly such as myself accomplish this with a soldering iron and a screwdriver....Also, where could I find it, and approx. how much should I expect to spend.... Thx in advance for your time and expertise..... Trock Trock, This is a pretty easy mod ... mostly removing things. I think there are various books that have the steps ... it may even be in the GT Tube Amp Book (I should know that as I wrote parts of that book). The best bet for somebody that may know where this is documented in an easy fashion would probably be known by Dave Hunter. Go to my myspace page (www.myspace.com/myles111) and look in my top friends for a band called "The Molenes". This is Dave Hunter's band. Send him a message from myspace and propose this question to him and he may have the answer. Heck ... it may even be in his book that came out a few months ago. If you are ever in my area I would be happy to do this to your amp for you at no charge as you are in this forum with the "cool crowd". When I do this I just sort of look at the chassis and it comes to me which swamper resostors to clip etc. If your amp is one of the non-master volume silver faces it may already be a blackface. Fender took most of the changes out of the amps pretty quickly after they received complaints from the dealers when the amps came out. What was left such as swamper resistors are easily removed. The bias balance pot is easily changed to a conventional bias pot but if you use good matched midrange tubes and understand how to bias these amps properly there is little issue with the stock bias arrangement.
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Post by T-R☼CK ♫ on Oct 3, 2006 19:44:39 GMT -7
Myles:.....You are deffly da man bruhdda.....I will do what you suggested......Thx a billion fold for the "Pro Bono" offer......your neck 'o the woods is right smart piece for me to be travellin'.....Espescially with a 100+ lb. (JBL's) Twin........
Thx for the direction home.......
+1 from me.........
Trock
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Post by myles on Oct 3, 2006 20:10:33 GMT -7
Myles:.....You are deffly da man bruhdda.....I will do what you suggested......Thx a billion fold for the "Pro Bono" offer......your neck 'o the woods is right smart piece for me to be travellin'.....Espescially with a 100+ lb. (JBL's) Twin........ Thx for the direction home....... +1 from me......... Trock Twin with JBLs no less. LOUD. There was a time (actually many times) where I have walked into Norm's Rare Guitars when they had a pedal steel. I told Jeff Lund over there (killer player by the way) .... that I should just buy a pedal steel, learn to play it a bit, grab a twin reverb and be all done with these ongoing guitar and amp quests. Stick some pedals in front of your amp and you can do most anything in any size venue UNMIC'd no less You want to do hard rock? Do the Ted Nugent deal ... twins up to 10. Listen to the opening in the Amboy Dukes (Ted Nugent) "Journey to the center of your mind". Or for rock and blues .... the Illinois Speed Press with Paul Cotton and Kal David. You have been hearing folks try to cop Kal's rock tones since the mid sixties. Or Jimmy Messina back in the Poco days. Yup ... it's an amp that can do a lot of things and if you watch the Grand Ole Opry and hear the live work you have heard that same twin reverb behind just about every performer on the Nashville scene. Then you think about the great blues players and jazz players where the amp was a standard and still is. But even with Jensens at 75 or so pounds it's not an easy amp to move around! The Ampeg 100 watt twin had 2 Altec Lansings in it and was even more of a nightmare but what a glorious clean tone can come out of either a Fender or Ampeg twin. It was the sound of the sixties ... Jefferson Airplane, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Big Brother and the Holding Company. Those amps and an Gibson SG and you cannot touch a Twin Reverb for rhythm guitar work behind a Ricky 12 string when you want to use a 12 string. If you want to hear another amp that does that 6L6 big amp clean tone deal really well look at a KT-45 sometime. Huge surprises out of an EL34 amp! The only EL34 amp I have found that can do the 6L6 thing and have cleans but when cranked sounds like a Vox AC-50 until you push it all the way into Hiwatt territory. Two twelves in an open back cab of that volume are pretty magical. JBLs have their own magic to boot. By the way ... those speakers are getting to be VERY pricy on this side of the country!
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Post by T-R☼CK ♫ on Oct 4, 2006 7:08:20 GMT -7
Myles:.....You are deffly da man bruhdda.....I will do what you suggested......Thx a billion fold for the "Pro Bono" offer......your neck 'o the woods is right smart piece for me to be travellin'.....Espescially with a 100+ lb. (JBL's) Twin........ Thx for the direction home....... +1 from me......... Trock Twin with JBLs no less. LOUD. There was a time (actually many times) where I have walked into Norm's Rare Guitars when they had a pedal steel. I told Jeff Lund over there (killer player by the way) .... that I should just buy a pedal steel, learn to play it a bit, grab a twin reverb and be all done with these ongoing guitar and amp quests. Stick some pedals in front of your amp and you can do most anything in any size venue UNMIC'd no less You want to do hard rock? Do the Ted Nugent deal ... twins up to 10. Listen to the opening in the Amboy Dukes (Ted Nugent) "Journey to the center of your mind". Or for rock and blues .... the Illinois Speed Press with Paul Cotton and Kal David. You have been hearing folks try to cop Kal's rock tones since the mid sixties. Or Jimmy Messina back in the Poco days. Yup ... it's an amp that can do a lot of things and if you watch the Grand Ole Opry and hear the live work you have heard that same twin reverb behind just about every performer on the Nashville scene. Then you think about the great blues players and jazz players where the amp was a standard and still is. But even with Jensens at 75 or so pounds it's not an easy amp to move around! The Ampeg 100 watt twin had 2 Altec Lansings in it and was even more of a nightmare but what a glorious clean tone can come out of either a Fender or Ampeg twin. It was the sound of the sixties ... Jefferson Airplane, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Big Brother and the Holding Company. Those amps and an Gibson SG and you cannot touch a Twin Reverb for rhythm guitar work behind a Ricky 12 string when you want to use a 12 string. If you want to hear another amp that does that 6L6 big amp clean tone deal really well look at a KT-45 sometime. Huge surprises out of an EL34 amp! The only EL34 amp I have found that can do the 6L6 thing and have cleans but when cranked sounds like a Vox AC-50 until you push it all the way into Hiwatt territory. Two twelves in an open back cab of that volume are pretty magical. JBLs have their own magic to boot. By the way ... those speakers are getting to be VERY pricy on this side of the country! Myles: Am I to glean from this very cool reply that maybe I should....."Leave a good thang alone" ....It really is a killer clean amp, and I usually use it as such in tandem with something else....Marshall, Mesa, etc.....(Looking forward to runnin' it with a Ghia)....In fact, the last time I saw Eric Johnson's rig, he was using two silverface twins for his clean stuff.....If it's good enuff for a tone monster like him.......Well........It's just that you're always hearing about blackface this and that.....All those tunes and artists you mentioned.....Takes me back man....You are right tho......In the 70's, you could'nt walk into a studio, or really se a picture of a band in a studio, without seeing at least one silverface twin hangin' around....... Yep.......Talked me into it........I believe she's a "keeper"..... Thx again.........You really are DA MAN.......+1 Trock
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Post by myles on Oct 4, 2006 8:11:09 GMT -7
Twin with JBLs no less. LOUD. There was a time (actually many times) where I have walked into Norm's Rare Guitars when they had a pedal steel. I told Jeff Lund over there (killer player by the way) .... that I should just buy a pedal steel, learn to play it a bit, grab a twin reverb and be all done with these ongoing guitar and amp quests. Stick some pedals in front of your amp and you can do most anything in any size venue UNMIC'd no less You want to do hard rock? Do the Ted Nugent deal ... twins up to 10. Listen to the opening in the Amboy Dukes (Ted Nugent) "Journey to the center of your mind". Or for rock and blues .... the Illinois Speed Press with Paul Cotton and Kal David. You have been hearing folks try to cop Kal's rock tones since the mid sixties. Or Jimmy Messina back in the Poco days. Yup ... it's an amp that can do a lot of things and if you watch the Grand Ole Opry and hear the live work you have heard that same twin reverb behind just about every performer on the Nashville scene. Then you think about the great blues players and jazz players where the amp was a standard and still is. But even with Jensens at 75 or so pounds it's not an easy amp to move around! The Ampeg 100 watt twin had 2 Altec Lansings in it and was even more of a nightmare but what a glorious clean tone can come out of either a Fender or Ampeg twin. It was the sound of the sixties ... Jefferson Airplane, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Big Brother and the Holding Company. Those amps and an Gibson SG and you cannot touch a Twin Reverb for rhythm guitar work behind a Ricky 12 string when you want to use a 12 string. If you want to hear another amp that does that 6L6 big amp clean tone deal really well look at a KT-45 sometime. Huge surprises out of an EL34 amp! The only EL34 amp I have found that can do the 6L6 thing and have cleans but when cranked sounds like a Vox AC-50 until you push it all the way into Hiwatt territory. Two twelves in an open back cab of that volume are pretty magical. JBLs have their own magic to boot. By the way ... those speakers are getting to be VERY pricy on this side of the country! Myles: Am I to glean from this very cool reply that maybe I should....."Leave a good thang alone" ....It really is a killer clean amp, and I usually use it as such in tandem with something else....Marshall, Mesa, etc.....(Looking forward to runnin' it with a Ghia)....In fact, the last time I saw Eric Johnson's rig, he was using two silverface twins for his clean stuff.....If it's good enuff for a tone monster like him.......Well........It's just that you're always hearing about blackface this and that.....All those tunes and artists you mentioned.....Takes me back man....You are right tho......In the 70's, you could'nt walk into a studio, or really se a picture of a band in a studio, without seeing at least one silverface twin hangin' around....... Yep.......Talked me into it........I believe she's a "keeper"..... Thx again.........You really are DA MAN.......+1 Trock Trock, I'd leave the amp alone. It is a classic. BUT .... if you want to pull the chassis and take a nice bit photo or a few what I can do is look at things and tell you what the state of the circuit is in design wise. If there are things that can be clipped I will edit the photo and indicate some choices with the pros and cons. The bottom line though is ... unless it was one of the very first silver face amps in the first few months of production, the "bad" stuff was no longer put in the amps. Even if it was one of the first ones by this time the stuff had been removed by previous owners for the most part. They are darn nice amps as they sit. With JBL's they are even more amazing. If you are ever at a Brad Paisley show and can get there early enough and are lucky enough to see Gary Hooker, see if he can play his Z-28 with the JBL he has in his equipment inventory that is normally on the truck.
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Post by Martanthegreat on Oct 4, 2006 10:52:33 GMT -7
Hey Myles hope you dont mind the question. I own a red Ghia head and matching 2x10 cab and its not working out for me with our band. I do really love this amp the color the mojo but I need more power,headroom and im not sure if the 2x10s are right for us. I want it to work because ive grown to love Z I not sure what it is, but our drummer who was in a band before signed to capital keeps going on about an AC30 and that sound(ive never played one) I had a peavey JSX,wrong amp for our music. I quess I will be selling the Ghia not because I want to but because I can only afford one rig my main one. I dont know what to do or what to buy or what Z I need for that U2,Coldplay,Crows, tone. thanks for any input. Martan
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Post by myles on Oct 4, 2006 12:10:30 GMT -7
Hey Myles hope you dont mind the question. I own a red Ghia head and matching 2x10 cab and its not working out for me with our band. I do really love this amp the color the mojo but I need more power,headroom and im not sure if the 2x10s are right for us. I want it to work because ive grown to love Z I not sure what it is, but our drummer who was in a band before signed to capital keeps going on about an AC30 and that sound(ive never played one) I had a peavey JSX,wrong amp for our music. I quess I will be selling the Ghia not because I want to but because I can only afford one rig my main one. I dont know what to do or what to buy or what Z I need for that U2,Coldplay,Crows, tone. thanks for any input. Martan I would look at one of the 30+ watters such as a MAZ Sr, Stangray, Mazerati, or RxES.
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