i had scott build me an aislinn 6L6 chassis to go with my 6v6 version. similar to a tweed bandmaster circut but with a few changes.
controls for bright vol, normal vol, treble, bass, mid
switches for on/off, stand by, cathode/fixed bias, and neg feedback on/off
a jensen p10q and mojo bv12-30 for speakers and a pine box with floating baffle.
v1- rca 12ay7
v2- national 12ax7
v3- balanced gt12ax7m
v4/v5- tung sol 5881
v6- jan 5u4
heres what i emailed scott:
i played it with the tung sols in there biased at 41 ma on this weekend. all i can say is wow, the amp rocks!! with my esquire on sunday i was really in tonal nirvana.
treble and bass half way with the mids down, normal channel volume around 4, cathode bias with neg feedback and just the 10" gives a warm plucky clean tone good for comping and clean licks.
treble at 7.5, bass at 4, mids up, bright channel volume at 8, cathode bias with no neg feedback and both speakers, thats what i played most of the night. cleans up great when you roll back the volume on the guitar to 2 or 3 and gives a very full round tone with great detail. at about 5 and 6 it gets gritty, chords bark and single notes bite with a big thick midrange right behind it. the tone has lots of momentum and is very inspiring to play. full up theres sustain as long as you want a note to ring, but the amp is very touch responsive so you can cut the note off nice and clean with out any extraneous noise, overdriven glory my friend. good crunch, screams or crys with different attack and picking (and finger) stlyes. all with a full sounding bottom end that stayed focused enough for full volume low string riffing.
the amp works great with the box, the whole thing resonates with the floating baffle and the pine gives big piano like low notes.
i put a gz34 and the small bottle tad 6L6 in there and the volume comes up a bit, almost bassman territory with a little more headroom and the bottom gets bigger.
the neg feedback switch is cool cause with it on, the amp is more balanced and even toned. great for clean work and chording. with no neg feedback the amp gets gainier, grittier, louder and a little more touch sensitive.
the cathode/fixed bias switch is sweet too. ill use cathode mode for almost everything since it has a great feel and the volume is a little lower and the breakup sooner. fixed bias tightens everything thing up a little, gives more punch and volume and more clean headroom, i used this mode for an outdoor show up north and even on a big stage it worked great.
this is my favorite amp i own. better than my bf dr
controls for bright vol, normal vol, treble, bass, mid
switches for on/off, stand by, cathode/fixed bias, and neg feedback on/off
a jensen p10q and mojo bv12-30 for speakers and a pine box with floating baffle.
v1- rca 12ay7
v2- national 12ax7
v3- balanced gt12ax7m
v4/v5- tung sol 5881
v6- jan 5u4
heres what i emailed scott:
i played it with the tung sols in there biased at 41 ma on this weekend. all i can say is wow, the amp rocks!! with my esquire on sunday i was really in tonal nirvana.
treble and bass half way with the mids down, normal channel volume around 4, cathode bias with neg feedback and just the 10" gives a warm plucky clean tone good for comping and clean licks.
treble at 7.5, bass at 4, mids up, bright channel volume at 8, cathode bias with no neg feedback and both speakers, thats what i played most of the night. cleans up great when you roll back the volume on the guitar to 2 or 3 and gives a very full round tone with great detail. at about 5 and 6 it gets gritty, chords bark and single notes bite with a big thick midrange right behind it. the tone has lots of momentum and is very inspiring to play. full up theres sustain as long as you want a note to ring, but the amp is very touch responsive so you can cut the note off nice and clean with out any extraneous noise, overdriven glory my friend. good crunch, screams or crys with different attack and picking (and finger) stlyes. all with a full sounding bottom end that stayed focused enough for full volume low string riffing.
the amp works great with the box, the whole thing resonates with the floating baffle and the pine gives big piano like low notes.
i put a gz34 and the small bottle tad 6L6 in there and the volume comes up a bit, almost bassman territory with a little more headroom and the bottom gets bigger.
the neg feedback switch is cool cause with it on, the amp is more balanced and even toned. great for clean work and chording. with no neg feedback the amp gets gainier, grittier, louder and a little more touch sensitive.
the cathode/fixed bias switch is sweet too. ill use cathode mode for almost everything since it has a great feel and the volume is a little lower and the breakup sooner. fixed bias tightens everything thing up a little, gives more punch and volume and more clean headroom, i used this mode for an outdoor show up north and even on a big stage it worked great.
this is my favorite amp i own. better than my bf dr
