NAD: A bolt of Lightning....

ICBM

breadfan said:

@ICBM Is that the case for AC30s too?

Yes - although on the modern ones the loop itself is much better, fully buffered and at the right signal level, which will be an advantage for some effects.

breadfan

ICBM said:

breadfan said:

@ICBM Is that the case for AC30s too?

Yes - although on the modern ones the loop itself is much better, fully buffered and at the right signal level, which will be an advantage for some effects.

Interesting. So, in an old AC30, without a loop, is the built-in vibrato also before the phase inverter?

@miserneil Sorry for the thread derail - congrats on the amp. I really want one of your Jrs! 

ICBM

breadfan said:

Interesting. So, in an old AC30, without a loop, is the built-in vibrato also before the phase inverter?

Yes. In almost any amp, everything other than the power valves is before the phase inverter. A PPIMV or tone 'Cut' is simply a passive control that reduces the signal (or treble) between the two.

The only 'major' exception are some high-powered amps like the Marshall Major, Hiwatt 200/400 and Ampeg SVT where there is a booster stage after the phase inverter and before the power valves.

horsehead

miserneil 

I'm in Worcester

Was gonna suggest that you come over and try the amp and 1x12

IvisonGuitars

I ferkin LOVE these amps! Another popped up locally so I snagged that too!



Such a musical and touch sensitive amp. Awesome!

Keefy

miserneil said:

I ferkin LOVE these amps! Another popped up locally so I snagged that too!



Such a musical and touch sensitive amp. Awesome!

You greedy bugger @miserneil! Then again, the non-reverb version counts as a different amp - it's supposed to be more tonally 'pure', whatever that means...

IvisonGuitars

Keefy said:

miserneil said:

I ferkin LOVE these amps! Another popped up locally so I snagged that too!



Such a musical and touch sensitive amp. Awesome!

You greedy bugger @miserneil! Then again, the non-reverb version counts as a different amp - it's supposed to be more tonally 'pure', whatever that means...

Ha!

Its actually VERY similar to the Reverb model, perhaps very slightly more direct sounding but it’s splitting hairs really - definitely something for TGP to pontificate over - I actually prefer the Reverb for playing at home but live, I’d say they’ll be identical. 

pmg

@miserneil  nice.  Are you running these together then?

IvisonGuitars

pmg said:

@miserneil  nice.  Are you running these together then?

There's a variety of options really; for smaller gigs, i'll have the head on the combo as a spare, for bigger gigs I will run the head and a cab along with the combo. I may also make a combo shell at some point and house the head in that.

pmg

Nice!

57Deluxe

always loved the back-lighting on these

IvisonGuitars

57Deluxe said:

always loved the back-lighting on these

Yeah, it's pretty classy!

It doesn't help them running REALLY hot though but I suppose that's all part of the design...

hotpickups

57Deluxe said:

always loved the back-lighting on these

I think every amp should do that. They're missing a trick there those brands that don't do it. I'd pay extra to some extent for that 

Jimbro66

miserneil said:

Here’s a quick vid I did to demonstrate one of my junior builds but it uses the Matchless.

https://youtu.be/4CbbSPg70vU

That sounds really good @miserneil. Which P90 did you use? And love the colour of that jnr.

IvisonGuitars

Jimbro66 said:

miserneil said:

Here’s a quick vid I did to demonstrate one of my junior builds but it uses the Matchless.

https://youtu.be/4CbbSPg70vU

That sounds really good @miserneil. Which P90 did you use? And love the colour of that jnr.

Thanks @Jimbro66! It's a Oil City Firewatch in hat one  

Jimbro66

miserneil said:

Jimbro66 said:

miserneil said:

Here’s a quick vid I did to demonstrate one of my junior builds but it uses the Matchless.

https://youtu.be/4CbbSPg70vU

That sounds really good @miserneil. Which P90 did you use? And love the colour of that jnr.

Thanks @Jimbro66! It's a Oil City Firewatch in hat one  

hotpickups

Jimbro66 said:

miserneil said:

Jimbro66 said:

miserneil said:

Here’s a quick vid I did to demonstrate one of my junior builds but it uses the Matchless.

https://youtu.be/4CbbSPg70vU

That sounds really good @miserneil. Which P90 did you use? And love the colour of that jnr.

Thanks @Jimbro66! It's a Oil City Firewatch in hat one  

I've got Oil City pickups going into my new guitar soon. They'll be different flavour to those of course but hope they'll sound just as good. Of course the amp is quite special too