Ibanez Wholetone amplifier (model WT80)

[jorgemg1984]

Originally Posted by Treading Water

I plugged in an OCD distortion box last night. It worked but sounded terrible. I was using an archtop as a source guitar, and the OCD caused lots of feedback. Perhaps I should have hooked up a strat or tele but I don't think this amp is designed for rock tones.

I got confused did it sound bad because it gave a bad tone or because of the feedback? You can get a lot of feedback from a distorion pedal and an archtop but still have a good sound.

[jorgemg1984]

Originally Posted by peterpanico

It's because of the tone stacks,circuitry, and the kind of speakers used in these "clean", almost Hi fi sounding,solid state amps; distortion is not taken in account :-) There are some ss guitar amps on the market,wich can do,for gain rich tones,but they have a different layout (circuit project) and classic speakers,I mean those set for the standard frequency range in wich guitars really breath...

My henriksen and my jazzmaster ultralight sound both good with ods and distortions. Maybe not as good as tube amps for some purtists but these are two good examples of "jazz amps" sounding good with those effects. It's weird for me that the WT reacts so badly to pedals, it shouldn't behave that way... Rosenwinkel has lots of great Polytone / RAT sounds recorded.

[mrblues]

As I mentioned in an older wt80 topic, my wt80 works very well with my distortion pedal, the Boss BD-2. No problems with it, cool authentic vintage 70's rock and blues sound i got with it. Just give it a try!

[ah.clem]

I finally decided to purchase the WT80 and (IMO) it is a great deal for the money. Very clean sounding. I open the volume and tone all the way on my archtop and keep everything on the amp centered (except for a bit of treble and reverb) and get an excellent tone. I also think it has enough volume for my needs. I really like this amp and would recommend it to anyone looking for a clean jazz sound at a decent price.