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Lovely looking amp James!
(formerly miserneil)
*An Official Foo-Approved guitarist since Sept 2023.
that ac15 is a lovely amp, the ef86 ones just have an extra option.
I had the older model with the TV front, it's what led me on to a DC30
My P90s certainly sound spectacular through the dc30, so I can imagine the fun you are having
certainly most people need seriously consider one of these style of amps
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*An Official Foo-Approved guitarist since Sept 2023.
My current amp (Mesa LSS) has an EL84 output stage - it’s a nice sounding amp - but not in the same league as the Matchless.
I think the ‘magic’ is in the circuit design and implementation, rather than the type of valve.
A lot of other Marshally-style amps use EL84s,
and the Watkins-derived EL84 amps too
Gorgeous amps.
Stupidly traded it for something I can't even remember what.
Brilliantly made too.
I only sold it because the DC30 does the same thing a little better
My Matchless Independence and Badcat hotcat had lovely chimey cleans
Also the speaker made a huge difference: for the DC30 sound, even my Celestion golds couldn't match the fine-tuned, doped contrasting pair that Matchless use in their cabs.
With the Matchless cab, the clone was 75% there. The range on the pots was very different too. There must be a huge amount of fine tuning in getting something as good as a DC30