New Amp In The House....

PUCKBOY99

PUCKBOY99

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WOW....this thing is the Big Boys Univalve !

It showed up with the reverb broken, but aside from that, it's plain ol' BADA$$ !!!

Lots of tweaking & tinkering to do & you name the sound, it'll do it....so far !!!

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NICE!!!! :fing2:

London Power invented that whole power scaling thing, so I'm sure you can get killer tones at bedroom volumes with that. I never realized they made their own amps - you've got to post clips Terry! :)
 
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Wow, that looks really interesting. Congrats!
 
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Ah man, I've been reading a lot about this beast lately, especially due to the power-scaling... That is one sweet amp right there.

Congrats!
 
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looks interesting, Terry

I would've thought Power Scaling was for amps with more power ... I'd probably want ALL of those 10 watts. :)

I am curious about his amps though, since he's written the most technical amp books around.
 
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Curly said:
looks interesting, Terry

I would've thought Power Scaling was for amps with more power ... I'd probably want ALL of those 10 watts. :)

I am curious about his amps though, since he's written the most technical amp books around.
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Curly, this one is actually 50watts. The newer model is 10w & I'm with you...almost a "why bother" kinda deal.

It'll take KT88s, KT66s, 6550s, EL34s, 6L6s, 6V6s etc etc......right now I have it running 2 new Tung Sol 6V6 reissues & got it dialed in like a Deluxe Reverb (minus the verb....for now :( ). SMOKIN' HOT !!!

martin6stringcustoms said:
Terry, is that the one from The Gear Page? Looks really interesting. Congrats!
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YUP....sold that PRS so I could snatch this up :wink:


OH...and as far as I can tell, there is no attenuator that can touch Power Scaling. It works & it is friggin' SCHWEET !!!!!

I might have to set the Edana up with it, it's that ****ed good !!!!
 
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Very cool...looks a tad more complex that anything I need but if you cn work it then go for it!

I'll say this too...so far Power Scaling has blown me away...I've triued it on a few amps and so far it is the real deal!
 
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OH...another cool thing with this amp: you can run an A/B switch thru the fx loop & use it to switch from low gain & high gain !!!!! :D
 
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the guy who invented fire said:
Very cool...looks a tad more complex that anything I need but if you cn work it then go for it!

I'll say this too...so far Power Scaling has blown me away...I've triued it on a few amps and so far it is the real deal!
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I know, lots of toggles & switches & knobs...OH MY !!!! :eek2:

But they let you dial in tons of different tones....it's non stop for the tweaker :D

This is my first shot at Power Scaling & it is the real deal. Just excellent ripping tone at below tv levels. I was tearing it up & yelling at the kids to hold it down !!!!! :laugh2:
 
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PUCKBOY99 said:
I know, lots of toggles & switches & knobs...OH MY !!!! :eek2:
But they let you dial in tons of different tones....it's non stop for the tweaker :D
This is my first shot at Power Scaling & it is the real deal. Just excellent ripping tone at below tv levels. I was tearing it up & yelling at the kids to hold it down !!!!! :laugh2:
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NICE!

I've tried a few Reinhardt with power scaling as well as a Suhr...I liked it a lot...
 
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I'm gonna bring it to my local guy to see if he can "over the counter" give me an idea of what's wrong with the reverb. I really don't wanna have to ship it to Canada !!!!

Can't wait to try it with some NOS RFT EL34s & RFT ECC83s I've got. See how old school Marshall it can get :wink:

The only down side I've found is it's very unforgiving in that you can hear every fault in your playing, like a Hiwatt.

OH...and there are 18 screws that hold the top on. A bit of a pain if you wanna play Tube Doctor :D
 
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Gearjoneser said:
Terry....do you still have the Overbuilt Amp? How do they compare?
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Well, I've had 3 Overbuilts, 2 of which were EL84 based amps.

Fiscus = 30w 4 EL84s, 2 6SN7s, 3 12AX7s...very clean & Vox-meets-Fender-meets Matchless

Clubber = 30w 4 EL84, 2 12AX7s, 1 EF86, 1 GZ34....basically the 2 channels of the Matchless HC-30 combined....Vox-meets-Marshall-meets Matchless

Barn Boss = 25w 2 KT66s, 3 6SL7s, 2 12AX7s, GZ34....very HUGE sounding 25watts! Very clean to nice break up, like a Tweed meets Blackface meets Matchless. Tranny on it was HUGE !!!!

SO...as you can see, this London Power is a completely different beast.

I've only tried the 6V6s so far & it pretty much nails a Fender Deluxe tone. I have it set right at that sweet spot of being on the verge of break up & it loves my Tele & P90s !!!! :D

I spoke to Kevin O'Connor (London Power guru) & he gave me some things to do to check the reverb. It SOUNDS like the tank may be damaged...HOPEFULLY....so that'll be an easy enough fix :fingersx:
 
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Scott, have you ever tried or considerred installing a power scaling unit in your amps ???
 
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What a great amp-and a great selection of prior amps, too! Do you mind if I ask why you sold the Clubber?
 
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ohhhh that looks pretty. I got my Vox ac15 ccx back today.....hmmm...i can get very fendery sounds....and ALOUT of growl..very responsive....and about 1/10 as impressive as your beast!
 
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