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top amp guy..mark baier..victoria- one of the longest running "boutique" makers..still making top shelf stuff...plenty of u-tubes..including his own, which are fun stuff!
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08-30-2016 07:58 PM
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Originally Posted by 999369
2 celestion golds make any amp sound good!!..the best current production speaker out there, imo..has it all..tone. power handling, efficiency
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victoria @
west wood music in l.a.
truetone music in santa monica
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AAAAAH! Thanks thanks!!! Originally Posted by neatomic
http://www.westwoodmusic.com/product...w/#prettyPhoto
http://www.westwoodmusic.com/product/3624/Last edited by West LA Jazz; 08-30-2016 at 09:02 PM.
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Silver Sonic
The dual 6V6 powered Silver Sonic features the classic 5F6-A architecture combined with 100% tube reverb and harmonic filter vibrato all in a 1X12 combo cabinet. At 20W, it delivers rich dimensional performance for intimate gig or studio use. The Silver Sonic’s tweed heritage is evident with every note, administering a luxurious pallet of tones, from sweet cleans to aggressive overdriven flavors. Harmonic filter vibrato adds 3D sonic imagining unlike any other amp (except the Victoria Golden Melody!) Full size Accutronic tank is standard in the all tube reverb circuit. The Silver Sonic brings the huge spatial performance of the Golden Melody in a lower wattage, studio-friendly package. One strum and you’ll be a believer. Two tone cabinetry available in black and cream.
- 20 watts of power
- Classic 5F6-A architecture
- 100% tube reverb and harmonic filter vibrato
- Standard Speaker: American made 12" Eminence
- Standard Coverings: Smooth Blond Tolex/Black Snake Tolex or Carolina Blue Tolex/Black Snake Tolex
- Tubes: 1XGZ-34, 2 X 6V6GT, 5 X 12AX7, 1 X 12AT7 (NOS)
- Cabinet size (HxWxD): 21" x 23.5" x 10.5"
- Weight: 44 pounds
- Sales Price: $2,940.00
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Golden Melody
The Golden Melody is a full range 50 watt 2x12 combo featuring the same true 'harmonic vari-tone' vibrato and reverb found on Victoria's renowned Reverberato unit. A GZ-34/5U4 and two 6L6GCs provide the clean power while the unique harmonic filter vibrato and classic preamp topology generate tones from spanky clean to Fillmore Gypsy. Spatially huge, the pulsing swirling effect of the Golden Melody's vibrato is peerless and is 100% tube driven, using no less than three 12AX7s. Reverb is 12AT7 transformer coupled with a full size Accutronics tank standard. Two Golden Melody Classic Lead style 12” speakers are used for rich clean and punchy overdriven tones.
- 50 watts of power
- Fixed Bias A/B Push/Pull Operation
- All Tube Harmonic Filter Vibrato
- Transformer Coupled Reverb Tank
- Standard Speaker: Two BritLead WGS 12"
- Standard Covering: Brown Alligator/Cream Tolex
- Tubes: 1-5AR4, 2-6L6GC, 5-12AX7, 1-12AT
- Cabinet Size(HxWxD): 20.5” x 26.5” x 10.5”
- Weight: 61 lbs.
- Sale Price: $2,990.00
( 17 lbs.+ weight and 30W more power for only $50.00 extra : and 2X12
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Last edited by 999369; 08-30-2016 at 09:30 PM.
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What about SWART amps? Anybody use? I've heard good to great things about them.
swart amplifier co ~ AST Master Combo
SWART AST MKII Master 1X12 tweed combo amp/mint/extras/orig box,Los Angeles,CA pickup only | Telecaster Guitar Forum
pubylakeg - posted this on another topic. I think it's great!
Last edited by West LA Jazz; 09-04-2016 at 03:53 PM.
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you have champagne taste...swarts are great..they look cool too!..they have great tone and wonderful reverb and trem...their low watt amps can really crank...esp. for their lightweight size
here's there whole line-
swart amplifier co ~ Amplifiers
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Loved this amp
AST HEAD Mk II & Cabinet
Last edited by 999369; 09-04-2016 at 05:50 PM.
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I thought I'd gotten rid of the Champagne taste! Help me. Someone is getting rid of an MK II one to make way for GAS. Originally Posted by neatomic
Originally Posted by 999369
Loved this amp
AST HEAD Mk II & Cabinet
Did you sell this beaut??
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Looking for long long time never have chance get one I do not order ( buy new or used ) on-line ( and have too many amps now need to down size )
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If you can find one try it one of my Favourite ( studio grade 0 noise )
30W output power and line out
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Traynor tube amps. Anyone have experience with these?
Traynor Amps
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I've never owned one, but I've played through a few. Good Marshall-type dirt, cleans on the shimmer side rather than sparkle. I've never played jazz on one and can't intelligently comment on their suitability for the style. But I'd play rock, blues, and fusion on one without any problem but -- you guessed it! -- my own playing.
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I have a Traynor YCV40WR. Great amp. Excellent cleans, nice responsive tone controls, Very nice reverb, footswitchable mid-boost, an OD channel that goes from sweet tweedy tone (think RVG) to look out, depending on settings. Also looks great. I like it a lot.
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It took me a while to realise that if I had different guitars to do different things, then one amp was very unlikely to fit all of my needs. Much experimenting has been done as a result; some of it fun, some of it very frustrating. In the end, I have these set-ups with which I am currently pretty happy:
Quartet gigs (jazz/blues/funk/world): Vestax D'Angelico NYSS, TI Bebops, DV Mark Galileo & matching 1x12" open-back cab, pedalboard.
Standards trio/duo - Vestax D'Angelico NYL-5, TI Swings, Fender Super Champ XD 1x10" (blackface channel only).
Other jazz set-up for more "vintage" sound - Epi JP with P90's, TI Swings, Jazzkat Blueskat 1x8" (tube channel only). More of a 40's/50's kind of sound with a bit of "hair".....
I could of course use any of the above mixed and matched for any gig. Wouldn't sound as good to my ears, nor would I enjoy playing as much, so possibly wouldn't play as well? All subjective stuff, but to me it backs up the Keith Richards quote about the "right guitar with the right amp". And note the string choices, which are the other major factor IMHO.
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Check this one " time 3:30-4:00 min "
( I may get this amp )
Last edited by 999369; 09-08-2016 at 04:30 PM.
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I really think that the amp is part of the instrument but I found that you can get a great sound from a good fender amp and a few easy mods
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Now you make me curious! What mods do you use on Fender amps? 25k mid pot perhaps? Are we talking Tweeds or AB763? Originally Posted by JCD
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Hey Jay, I've got a deluxe reverb reissue and a super reverb reissue, I just got these mods off the Internet for blackface reissues. They said you can pull out the first preamp tube, it disables the normal channel but lives up the other channel. also they said you can disconnect one wire in the vibrato circuit which disables the vibrato and that makes it even more lively. But probably the biggest difference came with the speaker changes. I used celestion type A speakers and both amps sound awesome now. I replaced the 4x10 baffle in the super with a 2x12 . Got pine plywood and cut and painted the baffle and ordered grill cloth. It looks like factory from the front but I like the 2 12s much better than the 4 10s.
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Thanks! Yes, pulling the first 12ax7 biases V2 hotter. Gives more gain. Same with disconnecting the vibrato, you lift 50k from the circuit.
You could also try a 12ax7 in V6 (last preamp tube- the PI) and see how you like that.
With the two 12s you essentially turned it into a Pro Reverb!
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Mine contributes very little to the sound. It's a DV Jazz 12, which is like playing through a headset. It's incredible with my multi fx running from the SY-300, because I made all of my patches with a headset and only the Jazz 12 is THAT clean.
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Hi Marwin, it looks like you're playing a Gretcsh 5620 in Georgia green. I love that guitar, I almost got one. I like the single cutaway better than the double but they're both great.
I compared them with hollow gretsch es and I thought it sounded better than the all hollow ones. I have not heard a dv mark in person but checked out some YouTube videos. It sounded great in videos. I thought about getting one of those too. I wonder what guitars you decided against when you got the 5620?
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Yes Jay about the Pro Reverb! I tried to get the 4 10s to sound the way I wanted but liked the 12s better. My next mod is probably going to be replacing the bright switch cap from a 120 pf to something less . Perhaps 47pf or 68. I like the tone of the deluxe reverb which uses a hardwired 47 pf.it will be a little hard to get to the underside of the control panel circuit board, so I'll probably try at least two cap values before I close it all back up.I heard silver Micah might sound smoother than ceramic disc. It probably won't be a noticeable difference but because I only want to do it once I might try to get silver mica. I was wondering what amp do you use?
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