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FS FT EU Diamond Nitrox, Engl Blackmore, VHT Ultra Lead

alseicalseic Frets: 4
edited September 2017 in Amps £
Prices might raise a little later - I'd like to sell some gear right now
Mainly looking for:
  • Ceriatone Chupacabra, Yeti, King Kong
  • Peters Amplification
  • VHT/Fryette/Splawn slant 4x12
  • Mako Amplification
  • Elmwood
  • Shecter Chris Garza 7 - black one
  • Landry
Less likely:
  • Kemper if cheap :P
  • Telecaster Baja with maple neck, just not blonde...
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Diamond Nitrox
- footswitch included, though I don't have cable (seems like stereo cable)
- previous owner sold me amp with broken tube , 
so I changed tubes to Ruby EL34BHT 40mA - they have some use though they work, 
I can bias it colder if you want, 
though current amp setup is set to "middle" so it is 20-35mA for most tubes I've tested in it. 
I liked BHT and JJEL34 in this amp though EL34 are quite old
- some mark on upper edge, above Diamond logo, see photos

Diamond is rather known in USA, the guy from Five Fingers Death Punch uses this model.

Compared to other amps I think the closes in frequencies is Marshall (mids, highs), 
it is bright in some way, IMO.

Character is like Marshall with more compression/less throaty and with mesa highs,
more modern. For me it lacks "air" and heavy bottom end, its like Marshall JVM in mids
(I dont like JVM) but in band situation and low tunings it might be better.

I had Diamond Decada in the past, I like Nitrox better - it is more aggresive,
though they're quite similar, so if you know other Diamond amps they have same core sound.

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VHT Ultra Lead KT88, USA, probably built in 2002
footswitch and leather cover included.
Selling as I already own CL.

CL sounds better at low volumes(imo) and I am playing on low volume so it's better for me. 
On the other hand UL handles bass better at high volumes and is much more universal amp, though I don't need it.
Visual condition is just OK I would say, some corner cover is not tight, has some stickers on back of the amp and scratches on tolex.
Technical: has some hum, does not cause any issues imo but it is here like in some Marshalls. 
Tubes (Sovtek KT88) are used ones - I don't know how old are they, but I compared them to new ones from other amp and they sound similar.
NOTE: 2 EQ sliders are broken off, the sliders are working, but you need to use guitar pick to move them.

Some clips, I have more if needed. Unfortunately cam is clipping bass.
Here you can see how EQ works:

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Engl Blackmore
no footswitch

Has some minor wear, see photos
Nice amp, has a little noise on clean channel (not really a issue but it is here) - actually tech checked it
and apparently it is normal for some Engls. 
AFAIR contrary to lead channel there is no vol pot before power amp on clean channel.


Power tubes are quite fresh -WXT+ from 2016, not much used.


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