NAD Day!

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NAD Day! Apr 5, 2017 9:23:06 GMT -7 Russell B, Rich (fbb90), and 5 more like this

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Well yesterday.

Finally, after 15 years of gas for this...
Here's a little better NAD day.

Ghia, the 2 knobbed wonder. An amp I have seriously been gassing for since the early 2000s. Right now I'm running it into my Epi Jr cab and it looks just about perfect for it. I suppose I could recover the front and grill cloth. Original speaker so that might change. There is a blue in that vox next to it I'm going to try just to see how it sounds.

Initial impressions: Simple great tone! Punch. The Overdrive!!! :eek::cool: Sounds fantastic. This amp for 18 watts has some punch/thump. BIG transformer for a small amp. Super easy to figure out, I mean it's 2 knobs. Really easy when you switch guitars from humbuckers to single coils...flip the knob one way or the other. It's really sensitive to tube changes, 12ax7, 5751, 12bh7 so I might just play around with that. I have a few old 12ax7's to try.

So far sounds great with my pedal board, although I haven't really put any gain (source audio) pedals to it.

So I did some quick sound clips over lunch yesterday ...nothing fancy at all chords and some ambient. Haven't changed anything other than the amp. Gain changes were just picking harder or softer, no volume change. Did have some feedback on the end of one of the passages...unplanned lol.

Yamaha SA1100>Strymon Dig>Strymon Flint>Carmen Ghia head clip is using Epi Jr cab stock speaker and also Celestion Blue (vox) care to guess which is which? Which one do you prefer? Volume at 11:00, tone 10:30

Chords
Ghia Chords

Here is just a little ambient type clip
Ghia Ambient

The guitar gear in the music room/basement/corner lol...

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Jaguarguy (Mike) Made-Man Metro-Detroit, Michigan Posts: 12,924	NAD Day! Apr 5, 2017 9:28:46 GMT -7 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Jaguarguy (Mike) on Apr 5, 2017 9:28:46 GMT -7 Congrats on getting a great amp! You're gonna love it! It'll sound really good with a blue in it.
	A "couple" Zs

ss "Shane" Big Kahuna Enter your message here... Posts: 604	NAD Day! Apr 5, 2017 10:47:03 GMT -7 via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by ss "Shane" on Apr 5, 2017 10:47:03 GMT -7 Congrats as well on the new Ghia. Very good decision!

teddysalad New Member Posts: 15	NAD Day! Apr 5, 2017 11:05:52 GMT -7 via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by teddysalad on Apr 5, 2017 11:05:52 GMT -7 Nice sounds in the clips! Thanks for posting.
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NAD Day! Apr 5, 2017 15:38:42 GMT -7 eggman likes this

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Thanks guys, really enjoying it! Played some more today, hope you don't get to annoyed with the clips.

More boredom recordings...just working on tones and such with the new amp.

Ambient Filler piece. This is just SA-1100>Strymon DIG>Carmen Ghia. It was setup to golden ratio, high repeats, 12bit, modulation
soundcloud.com/user-36429101/digthatverb

This is my 1/4 note "analog" delay sound I'm using from the DIG. SA-1100>Strymon DIG>Flint 70s>Carmen Ghia
soundcloud.com/user-36429101/digitalanalog

Just a test clip, first chords are SA-1100>Strymon Flint 70s>Carmen Ghia, second chords is the Source Audio Kingmaker with patch Morning Glory/TS9
soundcloud.com/user-36429101/gainboost

TelePrankster Full Member Posts: 197	NAD Day! Apr 6, 2017 0:05:26 GMT -7 blowery likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by TelePrankster on Apr 6, 2017 0:05:26 GMT -7 I have the same identical head.

John Made-Man Posts: 14,236	NAD Day! Apr 6, 2017 5:46:44 GMT -7 Jaguarguy (Mike), eggman, and 2 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by John on Apr 6, 2017 5:46:44 GMT -7 Try plugging straight in
	"Every note sounds like you're rattling a bunch of tin cans and old chicken bones around inside a plastic paint bucket."...Flealux I'm not playing the gig for the money....but don't try to screw me on the money.

Deleted Deleted Member Posts: 0	NAD Day! Apr 6, 2017 8:36:03 GMT -7 blowery likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2017 8:36:03 GMT -7 Congratulations, and welcome to the forum...

Deleted Deleted Member Posts: 0	NAD Day! Apr 6, 2017 8:59:25 GMT -7 blowery likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2017 8:59:25 GMT -7 Congrats on the new Z!!! Love your clips, man!

Faze Z-Natic Posts: 2,420	NAD Day! Apr 6, 2017 9:15:19 GMT -7 blowery likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Faze on Apr 6, 2017 9:15:19 GMT -7 Congrats!

blowery New Member Posts: 8	NAD Day! Apr 6, 2017 10:06:50 GMT -7 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by blowery on Apr 6, 2017 10:06:50 GMT -7 Thanks guys, what a great little amp. Any recommendations on favorite 5751's and 12ax7s? Just looking for backup and change of headroom depending on needs.

Rich (fbb90) Z-Natic This Cat knows TONE! Posts: 4,249	NAD Day! Apr 8, 2017 9:25:44 GMT -7 blowery likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Rich (fbb90) on Apr 8, 2017 9:25:44 GMT -7 Congrats! Great sounding stuff! and I love those Yamaha SA's... Welcome to the Forum!
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NAD Day! Apr 10, 2017 15:14:57 GMT -7

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Apr 8, 2017 9:25:44 GMT -7 Rich (fbb90) said:

Congrats! Great sounding stuff! and I love those Yamaha SA's...

Welcome to the Forum!

Thanks! Yeah I'm really impressed with the Yamaha SA's. My #1 is my Deluxe strat with frail blues specials, but man, that SA 1100 has some killer tones available...extremely versatile!

eggman Z-Natic Posts: 1,166	NAD Day! Apr 24, 2017 16:34:11 GMT -7 blowery likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by eggman on Apr 24, 2017 16:34:11 GMT -7 Howdy, You'll be pleasantly surprised with the clean tones available from your Yamaha in the bridge position; think British Invasion rhythm chime. Enjoyed those clips and congrats on your knew Ghia!
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