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Practicing my Jimmy Raney "There's a Small Hotel" solo gets boring so I change it up by testing different amps and guitars. Here are 3 "direct" recordings that might be not-so-typical. The 3 amps are:
1990's Pre-Sonic-CIrcuit Polytone Minibrute II, using the Pre-amp Out line
Quilter Interblock 45 line out, set up with Vintage EQ
Our own jazzmus' "Brute EQ" just using the output jack.
Keeping the sources unlabeled of course, just for fun. Not switching back and forth, but playing the same 90 seconds complete for each amp.
Also: One features the Epiphone ES175 Premium, the others the VOS1959 ES175. That was not by design, but I find the Epiphone ES175 Premium to be very, very close in sound to the VOS 1959. Lighter build, same pickups, etc.
All recorded into the PreSonus Audiobox iTwo with the USB out to my MacBook Pro captured by QuickTime Player.
I've enjoyed using all three of these amps, and I'd hate to give up any of them. Still, I look forward to your observations, impressions, and comments!
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11-07-2019 11:20 AM
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Hello, I’m curious about the results. Thanks for posting.
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Originally Posted by vintagelove
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My votes go to #1 and #3, order indifferent. They're pretty close, and no-one actually needs a better jazz sound playing live, with a band.
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So... with so much enthusiasm generated, I know the world is waiting tensely for the reveal.
#1 is the Brute EQ made by Jazzmus, with a little reverb added
#2 is the direct preamp out of the Polytone MiniBrute.
#3 is the Quilter Interblock 45, with a bit of reverb added.
Reverb is the Boss RV6 reverb pedal, set on "spring"
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They all sound fine, but I prefer the tone of the Polytone to the other two. It has a more transparent sound, a little more treble, not as muddy as the other two. Some people like the muddier tone, but I don't. Perhaps that's why I don't like tube amps that much, nevermind the extra weight and fragility they bring.
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I must put a new battery to my TC Electronic Hall of Fame and pair it with the Interblock! I never get the hang of that amp playing alone, believing there's not enough clean headroom, but it always delivers dutifully on a gig, with oomph to spare. And, for a Quilter, it has plenty of bass end. Thanks, although this probably wasn't the definitive Polytone Myth Buster vid.
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Originally Posted by Gitterbug
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Originally Posted by lawson-stone
Last edited by jazzmus; 11-09-2019 at 05:06 AM.
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I liked all three, with a slight edge to #2. Scrumptious tone from all three. Thanks, LS!
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Originally Posted by jazzmus
turns out your pedal was the only one I liked...
and i have 3 polytones!!!
Nice work.
anyone selling an ibanez pm120?
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