kevlar3000
Bullet Proof Toneologist
Re: Let me see your oddballs
Let me see your oddballs
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kevlar3000
Bullet Proof Toneologist
Re: Let me see your oddballs
That would be sitting on top of the Master Lead on the bottom... Just ain't as freaky looking as the rest. I love the 5010, just killer tones.
kevlar3000
Bullet Proof Toneologist
Re: Let me see your oddballs
I made a big trade with a guy in England some years ago, he wanted an Ampeg and I wanted a Laney. This is a KLIPP era, but being a PA, it has no KLIPP boost circuit. The wonderful result is that this is pretty much identical to an old Supergroup. Beautiful dark mids, slightly slower note response, and more open sounding because of the Partridge iron. A great sounding head...... I too miss my Oliver.....
I made a big trade with a guy in England some years ago, he wanted an Ampeg and I wanted a Laney. This is a KLIPP era, but being a PA, it has no KLIPP boost circuit. The wonderful result is that this is pretty much identical to an old Supergroup. Beautiful dark mids, slightly slower note response, and more open sounding because of the Partridge iron. A great sounding head...... I too miss my Oliver.....
Falloffthebonetone
New member
Re: Let me see your oddballs
Handmade and wired by a buddy of my producer.
50 watts of death.
Don't be fooled by it's size... This thing will kill small children if they get too close.
Not a smooth high gain kind of amp. Very fat, very loud, very heavy, deep, chunky and classic tone with this one. Beast like mids and bass, sparkly highs, yadda yadda...
Think Twin Reverb but stripped down and on steroids.
Good distortion or overdrive pedal smoothes out the gain and compresses it enough. I even like using a ds-1 with it because it cuts out some of that massive low end.
I plan to get a small bass cab so I can use the head for some really old school bass tones.
Handmade and wired by a buddy of my producer.
50 watts of death.
Don't be fooled by it's size... This thing will kill small children if they get too close.
Not a smooth high gain kind of amp. Very fat, very loud, very heavy, deep, chunky and classic tone with this one. Beast like mids and bass, sparkly highs, yadda yadda...
Think Twin Reverb but stripped down and on steroids.
Good distortion or overdrive pedal smoothes out the gain and compresses it enough. I even like using a ds-1 with it because it cuts out some of that massive low end.
I plan to get a small bass cab so I can use the head for some really old school bass tones.
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NecroPolo
New member
Re: Let me see your oddballs
My first amp. It was a Tesla turntable player that I kinda Frankensteined with some battered stomp boxes when I was a kid as it was the only household item that had EQ, accessible power amp and speakers.
I used a '70s 6-channel (6 buffered preamp inputs! Get it?!?
) tube Laney PA head a decade ago for a while as a power amp. It sounded good but components were aged badly so it was not as trusty as my newer Laney amps, finally I traded this one for something I don't know. I also used an oversized 1x15" cab with a Celestion G15B speaker at the time, a slice of it can be seen on this pic. The hair is not mine, it was a gift that was given during the actual gig. I lost it during the night afterwards.
I also used a Selmer Treble'n'Bass that was in a battered, old radio wooden box. I have no pictures but you can imagine the face expressions in the audience when I just pugged my guitar in an old radio box and - BAM. The Selm sounded pretty mean and worked great with preamps too.
I'd also add my present touring amp as most of the sound guys said it's the weirdest **** they have ever seen onstage. Dunno... I should bring them the Tesla or the Selm some day.
My first amp. It was a Tesla turntable player that I kinda Frankensteined with some battered stomp boxes when I was a kid as it was the only household item that had EQ, accessible power amp and speakers.
I used a '70s 6-channel (6 buffered preamp inputs! Get it?!?
) tube Laney PA head a decade ago for a while as a power amp. It sounded good but components were aged badly so it was not as trusty as my newer Laney amps, finally I traded this one for something I don't know. I also used an oversized 1x15" cab with a Celestion G15B speaker at the time, a slice of it can be seen on this pic. The hair is not mine, it was a gift that was given during the actual gig. I lost it during the night afterwards.
I also used a Selmer Treble'n'Bass that was in a battered, old radio wooden box. I have no pictures but you can imagine the face expressions in the audience when I just pugged my guitar in an old radio box and - BAM. The Selm sounded pretty mean and worked great with preamps too.
I'd also add my present touring amp as most of the sound guys said it's the weirdest **** they have ever seen onstage. Dunno... I should bring them the Tesla or the Selm some day.
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MkIII Renegade
New member
Re: Let me see your oddballs
Cool! Is this the same model that Akira from Loudness used in the '80s/early '90s? Love the tone on Soldier of Fortune.
FJA-modded Metaltronix M1000. The heads are pretty hard to find but nearly as much as the cabs.
Cool! Is this the same model that Akira from Loudness used in the '80s/early '90s? Love the tone on Soldier of Fortune.
Detroitblues
New member
Re: Let me see your oddballs
Dumble ODS Clone covered in Suede!
Trainwreck clone:
Fender Tweed Deluxe Clone:
AC30/AC15/Matchless Hybrid
Another Matchless Wannabe
Fender Reverb Clone:
Handful of Deluxe Reverb clones:
Marshall 1974X Clone:
Vintage 1970's Traynor YGM-4 Guitar Mate:
How's that for unique?
Dumble ODS Clone covered in Suede!
Trainwreck clone:
Fender Tweed Deluxe Clone:
AC30/AC15/Matchless Hybrid
Another Matchless Wannabe
Fender Reverb Clone:
Handful of Deluxe Reverb clones:
Marshall 1974X Clone:
Vintage 1970's Traynor YGM-4 Guitar Mate:
How's that for unique?
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Securb
One of Jerry's Kids
80's_Metal
Underglazed Hair Metalologist
Re: Let me see your oddballs
How did you know my boys were odd????
How did you know my boys were odd????
Re: Let me see your oddballs
Yep! Well, minus the mods I had done to make the tone more...usable.
Cool! Is this the same model that Akira from Loudness used in the '80s/early '90s? Love the tone on Soldier of Fortune.
Yep! Well, minus the mods I had done to make the tone more...usable.
Ascension
Well-known member
Re: Let me see your oddballs
All 3 of mine likely qualify.
Early 90's boogie .50 cal + with no separate gain control for the clean and scream channels.
Mid 90's Peavey Ultra + with the Peavey logo that changes colors on channel changes ( Green clean, Yellow crunch, RED scream)
And the little 25 watt Zinky Blue velvet in not the typical pimped out crushed Blue Velvet but black tolex with a white grill. It's by far the highest gain rig of the lot and can be a real metal monster set up right.
All 3 of mine likely qualify.
Early 90's boogie .50 cal + with no separate gain control for the clean and scream channels.
Mid 90's Peavey Ultra + with the Peavey logo that changes colors on channel changes ( Green clean, Yellow crunch, RED scream)
And the little 25 watt Zinky Blue velvet in not the typical pimped out crushed Blue Velvet but black tolex with a white grill. It's by far the highest gain rig of the lot and can be a real metal monster set up right.
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Vasshu the humanoid typhoon
Unseen
Re: Let me see your oddballs
AC-30 preamp coupled up with a about 15-18 watt powersection, using old stuff.
Was trying with a 15 speaker there, just used an old cabinet, disconnected the horn
AC-30 preamp coupled up with a about 15-18 watt powersection, using old stuff.
Was trying with a 15 speaker there, just used an old cabinet, disconnected the horn