NAD: Bassbreaker 18/30

[Wattage]

So I've been hemming and hawing over picking up one of these for a while now and a few weeks ago one of the local GC's dropped their drawers on a few of the combos and it finally got me to bite today.

I had the 007 head and dug it but I found it was best suited to studio work so now it's at my buddy's place. I used it for a session there and he was very interested in it so it got a new home and I can visit whenever I want.

I was really torn between the the 18/30 and the 45, they're both really, really good. I like EL84's and I think that was ultimately what swayed me , there is something I just like hearing that they give me. It is a huge sounding amp, very rich sounding with a lot of detail.

One of my friends was over right after I got it and we were running his P-90 McCarty thru it and they seemed like a match made it heaven.

There will be more to follow as I run it a bit I am sure.

 

[shupe13]

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[Empty Pockets]

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That series of amps is legitimately awesome. I could see myself being really happy with the 15w for home and the 45w for gigs.

 

[Wattage]

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I really like the 15w but I found it kind of noisy. I played a bunch of them and they all had what seemed to be the same exact issue. Seems like a common complaint attributed to the reverb, it sounds great otherwise though.

 

[Wattage]

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So about 1/2 up on either volume and the amp starts to come alive. To really hear the 18 side at it's best it has to be dimed, the 30 side just about 3/4 vol makes it shine pretty well. Dimed the 30 side is tricky to keep clean but it sounds freaking amazing, sucker is LOUD!!!

 

[Wattage]

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Well it passed it's full on audition today with flying colors. It loves the Pigtronix Class A Boost, like they were made for each other. My T-Rex Emmie Delay/Boost worked really well too as did the Tubescreamer Mini I picked up to use. Only running at 1/3 volume so I wasn't sure how it would work since it really shines when it's cranked but backing off I thought it felt a little flat sometimes. It definitely likes the push the pedals give it and reacts really well to them.

3 hrs full on rehearsal and it didn't hiccup at any point, I'm pretty thrilled actually. I've had a tricky time finding a second amp and I think this might finally be the ticket.

I am not normally a big fan of the V30 speaker but these are pretty good, I know they're not the 30's but they are in that line anyways.

I was having a blast the other day running it flat out on it's own with my LP Trib (59's), sounds like Nugent mid to late 70's, totally righteous.

 

[BloodRose]

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Wangooooo Ze Tango!!!!!!!! Congrats!!