NAD nothing too special (yet)

[Falloffthebonetone]

Got me a Pignose. Always kinda wanted one and they aren't really expensive. I figured, what the hell?

Got the limited snake skin one but it isn't ACTUAL snake skin leather. It's a lot tougher and rigid, which frankly, I like a lot better. I went with this look solely because the band I'm in is named "Kingsnake" and because we are going into the studio soon and might need a secret weapon for a recording or 2.

Love the gnarly midrange grind and snarl this thing puts out. Reminds me of old school Sabbath kinda.

BUT since the thing is so cheap and simple, I figure it can have some work done to make it a little more. Any modifications anyone want to suggest? Looking for more low end, harmonics, and maybe a tad more grit and output.


EDIT-Anyone know how to flip this picture right side up?

 

[DankStar]

Re: NAD nothing too special (yet)

Can't you play those with the door at various degrees of being open to change how it sounds a bit? I heard its fun to play throughout while another person opens and closes the door for a type of rotary speaker type effect.

Dig the snake - looks like something dime would use.

 

[Falloffthebonetone]

Re: NAD nothing too special (yet)

Can't you play those with the door at various degrees of being open to change how it sounds a bit? I heard its fun to play throughout while another person opens and closes the door for a type of rotary speaker type effect.

Dig the snake - looks like something dime would use.

You absolutely can. Closed all the way has more bass and a bit fizzier of a top end, about an inch open cuts bass and gives it a more vocal midrange, all the way open is it's brightest sound. The booklet it came with mentioned opening and closing it to get a kind of wah effect. I like it closed to slightly open, prevents things from sounding too thin and nasally when I use the out of phase positions on my strat. (NOT positions 2 and 4 IN PHASE, I mean out of phase, I had a switch installed)

It's actually one of the things I found kind of charming about this thing. It's you, your hands, your guitar's knobs/switches, the volume dial on the amp itself, and the back of the amp on a hinge flexing your tones. Nothing else. No gain or EQ or effects or processing. Just plug in, crank it, and play. The Edge would hate this amp, and I love it for that. Course you can run pedals and stuff through it but that kinda defeats the purpose of it's portability and simplicity.

I think the reason the band named themselves Kingsnake is not only because of the John Lee Hooker tune Crawling Kingsnake blues, but because they are huge Pantera heads and they even have a Great Southern Trendkill poster in their practice room with the snake and everything.

 

[Demanic]

Re: NAD nothing too special (yet)

Dude, if it works for you, enjoy. I like my Picovalve for lower volume jams, and my cab can be converted to an open back (though I run it closed and haven't opened it for a while).

 

[Falloffthebonetone]

Re: NAD nothing too special (yet)

Dude, if it works for you, enjoy. I like my Picovalve for lower volume jams, and my cab can be converted to an open back (though I run it closed and haven't opened it for a while).

I wanted to use it for 3 reasons.
1. Might be handy for some unique tones in recording.
2. Some late night indoor jamming
3. So I can bring it on trips with minimal hassle and use it to play electric guitar at places with no electricity, since it's battery powered.

If I ever head to the 4 corners, I can rock in 4 states at the same time.

I love my handwired and stripped down Twin Reverb clone on roids but it takes up a lot of space when playing Trunk Tetris before headed to Mexico. Plus I'm not fond of the chance it could break or fall or get knocked around or stolen etc...

 

[ehdwuld]

Re: NAD nothing too special (yet)

I had one of those in pigskin years ago
think it was the 20 watt version
speaker blew out early, MF refunded me because it was inside the 45 day gua-run-tee(Cajun Pronunciation)

like the sound of it
single volume
responded well to guitar volume

cranked it rattled real nice till it stopped

 

[JeffB]

Re: NAD nothing too special (yet)




Whole album full of pignose

 

[ehdwuld]

Re: NAD nothing too special (yet)

Whole album full of pignose

fixed

 

[Falloffthebonetone]

Re: NAD nothing too special (yet)

Same with a few Zappa albums, and I love me some Zappa. I should try running my wah through it. It's already tons of fun, even if it is a little cheap POS.

Even with this being the newer version of the thing (silicon instead of germanium?), cranking it to 10, keeping the thing closed and then playing a strat on the bridge pickup with the tone and volume up gives you the "Rocky Mountain Way" tone. Like it's identical, without even trying that is the tone you get, and I don't even know what guitar Walsh recorded that with. I have always loved those dirty, fat slide guitar tones, this thing scratches that itch so good. Does ZZ Top really well too but I don't know if the Reverend ever bothered with one of these (he did say he prefers recording with small amps).

Behaves more like a pedal than an amp. Like opening and closing it is the tone control, the volume control does just that, and the volume knob on your guitar is the gain/fuzz knob. It leaves a lot of clean top end on it when you roll it back surprisingly.

 

[JeffB]

Re: NAD nothing too special (yet)

fixed

Thanks. My phone and I still don't see eye to eye