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It's a great set up.
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I think I'm at the point where I've learned that 80% of an amp's tone is in the cabinet and for me personally, I don't like small cabinetry. I'd prefer a Vox Lil' Night Train or Mesa/Boogie TA-15 into a proper, quality 112 or 212 cab for Voxy low-watt bedroom playing.
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A friend who used to play in a band I formed in high school and whom I haven’t seen in 46 years (we had recently reconnected via the internet) gave me an amplifier he made for me when I expressed frustration in trying to find a good amp with no more than 1/10 of a watt output that didn’t cost $1,000 or more.
Using the Vox AC4 design as a starting point, he designed it for my purposes with a 1/8 watt output, the amp works very well as a bedroom amp. It is still a bit loud through my JBL K-120 (101 dB) but works well with the 10” Veteran speaker from Warehouse Guitar Speaker which is less efficient (93.84 dB) and therefore not as loud. |
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However being someone who foolishly parted with a Lil' Night Train in the past, and whose main amp is currently a Boogie TA-15, the last sentence you wrote works for me The TA-15 is childs-play to dial in, despite having all kinds of options and gee-gaws on the front panel. Not terribly expensive for a full on Boogie either. $700 to $800 is easily achieved. The only downside is no effects loop. That doesn't bother me as my black and silver fenders don't have them either.
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It's the same Valco circuit Vintage 47 uses for their Ric Supreme amp. It's the Dobro model (tweed) that they aren't currently offering. 12 watts. 10" speaker. The tubes were upgraded, so I didn't get the original tubes which were (I think) JJ's.
I'm not knowledgeable about tubes. I just have to go by my ears. But now I think I'm going to spend a little time and energy learning what makes a tube amp tick. As I said, the crunch on this comes at too loud a volume for home use. But oh my, what a glorious, creamy vintage crunchit has! Like those old, old Chicago blues records. The clean sound on my 335 is awesome. A lot more character than my PRRI. |
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BTW, I have a 4x10 cab setup with Webers (10A125, 10F150, Blue Pup, Silver 10), and I can play any two speakers at once, so no boxyness there. And while I agree with you on the limited clean chime, IMO this amp has more than enough overdrive. Finally, it is a perfect grab-and-go amp for jam sessions with the bros. Try that with an AC15. |
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I picked up a Gibson Goldtone GA-5 Les Paul Jr. with a Jensen CR8 installed. The amp has good clean tone, and dimed it screams. But it doesn't get much growl until it is way too loud. I needed to put it behind a closed door to play it dimed. It will be a useful amp, but I'll need to use a pedal with it at home. I think something like your little amp might be the right solution. |
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Very cool Herb! |
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I have a PRX150 Aracom Attenuator. That's what you need. Crank your amp and attenuate the volume to any volume you want. You get all the tone and it works on all amps. Adjustable input and output ohms too, so no amp damage.
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Hendrix was dead before these things came on the market in the early '70s. Frank Zappa, however, DID use a Pignose in the studio for some of his recordings. And unlike his creative solos, his tone with these mini-amps was terrible. |
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Yes, this would be my choice. (Just go easy on the volume would be my advice).
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One more "texture" nobody else was using on record to weave into his sonic tapestry.
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Here's an example of him using one live https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_q0nImsfMvE I had one in my live setup during my punk years. I can remember one gig were the guy doing sound rushed up after the first song and to say "you need to turn it down, you're getting all kinds of speaker cone breakup." Little did he know that was the point.
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