Show us your amp

johnny mullet · Post by **johnny mullet** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 8:41 am

Are there valves in that baby?

Lemmings · Post by **Lemmings** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 9:16 am

There sure are

2 El34's in the power section, and 3 12ax7 (i think) in the pre. Now i just need a nice AC30 to go with it for cleans

TMG 03 · Post by **TMG 03** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 9:22 am

there is a nice one of those on TM at present.

Very tasty.

Timi · Post by **Timi** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 10:50 am

chrls wrote:Yes, I actually use it like that.

I work the preamp on my bass harder than I do on the amp. It's quite a nice tone.

On my bass preamp it has full treble, 3/4 bass and no midrange. I'm really not a fan of midrange.

Cyclone tuner? No, it's a Korg tuner.

I am trying to imagine your sound, just lots of high end and a tiny bit of bass.
I hope your 8x10 doesn't have a horn

Got any recordings of it?

The Scarecrow · Post by **The Scarecrow** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 12:06 pm

TMG 03 wrote:there is a nice one of those on TM at present.

Very tasty.

I tried that one out as the seller lives near me. Very nice. Cleans are what you'd expect, but the drive is a wonderous tone to behold. I ended up going with the Rivera in the end though, just more tonal options with the two channel/two boost setup.

ash · Post by **ash** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 12:47 pm

Timi wrote:
Got any recordings of it?

I don't know if the recordings represent his latest setup, but you could listen to his band on Myspace:

http://www.myspace.com/these4walls

chrls · Post by **chrls** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 3:51 pm

Timi wrote:
chrls wrote:Yes, I actually use it like that.

I work the preamp on my bass harder than I do on the amp. It's quite a nice tone.

On my bass preamp it has full treble, 3/4 bass and no midrange. I'm really not a fan of midrange.

Cyclone tuner? No, it's a Korg tuner.
I am trying to imagine your sound, just lots of high end and a tiny bit of bass.
I hope your 8x10 doesn't have a horn
Got any recordings of it?

Yep, Ash has it right. However, this isn't the recording he has heard. It's the same song, we just spent $5000 on it. Gotta love NZonAir. It was recorded way back in April, but we've only just released it now. I actually listened to the individual bass tracks, and they sound like shit. Andrew Buckton mixed it to make it sound good with the song, and I'm happy with the way he did it, because what I can hear is great.

No, my 8x10 doesn't have a horn. There is actually a LOT of bass that comes out of my set up, that's why the bass is so low. When my band picks up more shows next year (Around February, our drummer arrives from Canada in January) come and have a listen. I'm inlove with the tone, and I think you would be too.

AmpShop · Post by **AmpShop** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 4:23 pm

Andrew's very good like that - sounds that work their best once they're in the mix.

My old band did our 3 albums with him, we were always very happy with his work.

And he's a stand-up guy to boot.

chrls · Post by **chrls** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 4:37 pm

CustomAudioBoutique wrote:Andrew's very good like that - sounds that work their best once they're in the mix.

My old band did our 3 albums with him, we were always very happy with his work.

And he's a stand-up guy to boot.

Yeah man. If we had more money, we'd go back to him. He's really easy to work with.

Post by **Capt. Black** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 5:49 pm

CustomAudioBoutique wrote:Andrew's very good like that... And he's a stand-up guy to boot.

Stand up guy, my arse! He spent most of the time laying back with his feet up on the desk when we recorded with him.

AmpShop · Post by **AmpShop** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 7:06 pm

Oh yes! I remember when he worked at York St Two, he sat on a chair where his feet didn't touch the ground for hours at a time.

Still, when he mixed our last record, he went over 24hrs without sleep and then straight on a plane to Sydney to master it. Turned out alright too ...

http://www.studio203.co.nz - I gave it a little update recently - they've been busy boys up there.

lowslung · Post by **lowslung** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 8:06 pm

Here's mine... a 1986 (I think) JCM800 2210 Head and matching 1960A quad. I've been blathering about the head over on the thread entitled 'JCM 2210'. 100W, reverb, sickness.... and tan grillecloth!

AndyS · Post by **AndyS** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 10:16 pm

Lemmings, how do you find your amp? I'd love to try that one on TM but it's down in Welly. I think I'm coming down with a case of vavle amp GAS...

Terexgeek · Post by **Terexgeek** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 7:51 am

AndyS wrote:Lemmings, how do you find your amp? I'd love to try that one on TM but it's down in Welly. I think I'm coming down with a case of vavle amp GAS...

Would that be AAS or maybe VAAS???

angry_young_poet · Post by **angry_young_poet** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 10:07 am

yeah that one in welly looks ok, but imagine the extra cost of retubing the f.cker

say another 200-300 on top of whatever you buy it for.