NAD?
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Vasshu the humanoid typhoon
Unseen
Re: NAD?
What is on its way to you?
What is on its way to you?
GoldenVulture
Braindeadologist
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Gearjoneser
Gear Ho
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Agileguy_101
Master of his Domain
Re: NAD?
what a cock tease
what a cock tease
Lazarus1140
New member
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Is it a high gain metal monster?
Is it a high gain metal monster?
sosomething
Seymour Duncan Customer Support
Re: NAD?
Crap, sorry! I had to deal with a stray dog and got distracted. Good lord, I'm even a worse tease than I intend to be.
This is what I got:
Bober-era Superdrive 80
Crap, sorry! I had to deal with a stray dog and got distracted. Good lord, I'm even a worse tease than I intend to be.
This is what I got:
Bober-era Superdrive 80
MetalManiac
Li'l Junior Member
Empty Pockets
BadHairDayologist
Re: NAD?
I knew you'd come through with one of the only amps i want but don't yet own. Props bro.
I knew you'd come through with one of the only amps i want but don't yet own. Props bro.
Snake Aces
Singlecut Slut
Re: NAD?
Sweet amp! How do you like it?
Sweet amp! How do you like it?
sosomething
Seymour Duncan Customer Support
Re: NAD?
It's one of those amps that has a defined signature tone, that you can color and shape but never really change. When the circuit isn't great in an amp like that, you wind up with annoying frequencies that can't be dialed out. When the circuit is good, you get an amp that is almost impossible to make sound bad.
The Superdrive circuit is very, very good.
The clean channel is Fender-ish and chimey, but with more lows and body like a Marshall, and the headroom of a Hiwatt. Superb.
The drive channel is an interesting beast. British in flavor and feel, but with a huge frequency footprint like a vintage Matamp, or a Mesa Recto.
The mid knob has a push-pull function that realigns the EQ curve, hollowing out some low mids and changing the frequencies affected by the EQ knobs. This mode brings the amp much closer to JCM 800 territory and sounds great, but I think I prefer the "bigness" of the standard tone stack.
If I had any criticism at all, it would be that this thing is loud LOUD L O U D. Louder than I will ever need on any stage that I will ever play. The master is a good one, but even at 9 o'clock on the dial, it's pushing more SPLs than my 120-watt Splawn ever could dimed. Nuts. I may wind up using an attenuator or something. I'll know better after I take it to a jam.
Quite a bit so far, though I'm still getting to know it.
It's one of those amps that has a defined signature tone, that you can color and shape but never really change. When the circuit isn't great in an amp like that, you wind up with annoying frequencies that can't be dialed out. When the circuit is good, you get an amp that is almost impossible to make sound bad.
The Superdrive circuit is very, very good.
The clean channel is Fender-ish and chimey, but with more lows and body like a Marshall, and the headroom of a Hiwatt. Superb.
The drive channel is an interesting beast. British in flavor and feel, but with a huge frequency footprint like a vintage Matamp, or a Mesa Recto.
The mid knob has a push-pull function that realigns the EQ curve, hollowing out some low mids and changing the frequencies affected by the EQ knobs. This mode brings the amp much closer to JCM 800 territory and sounds great, but I think I prefer the "bigness" of the standard tone stack.
If I had any criticism at all, it would be that this thing is loud LOUD L O U D. Louder than I will ever need on any stage that I will ever play. The master is a good one, but even at 9 o'clock on the dial, it's pushing more SPLs than my 120-watt Splawn ever could dimed. Nuts. I may wind up using an attenuator or something. I'll know better after I take it to a jam.
man-in-moon
New member
Re: NAD?
I still regret getting rid of my SuperDrive 18. Even though it was lower wattage it gave my orange rockerverb 100 a run for its money.
I still regret getting rid of my SuperDrive 18. Even though it was lower wattage it gave my orange rockerverb 100 a run for its money.
sosomething
Seymour Duncan Customer Support
Re: NAD?
Oh, I don't make a habit of doing that at all. These kinds of amps really only go up in volume up to around noon on the dial though, you know? Beyond that you're just cooking the tubes anyway.
Agileguy_101
Master of his Domain
Re: NAD?
Verrry nice. I had an opportunity to get a Bober-era Budda, but I traded the Mesa for a PRS instead. I don't regret it, but I do still want a Superdrive someday, especially after your mini review.
Verrry nice. I had an opportunity to get a Bober-era Budda, but I traded the Mesa for a PRS instead. I don't regret it, but I do still want a Superdrive someday, especially after your mini review.