Sound City owners

[Donkeykong]

Hi all, anyone had experience of Sound City amps? Just bought an old Artiste Pro 30 combo which is solid state, with twin Eminence 10' speakers, Decent clean sound, but they're a bit scarce and I want to compare notes with anyone who's had/got one, mainly about the tone controls and overall volume. the only info I can find is here http://home.earthlink.net/~iktoblikto_1/photo_page_4.htm#pro_artiste_30_1.1

 

[Wattage]

Re: Sound City owners

Guy Who Invented Fire has an SC amp I am sure he'll be by shortly.

 

[the guy who invented fire]

Re: Sound City owners

Here I am!

As you already know the Artiste Pro 30 is Solid State...to be honest the only thing I can tell you is that it is very rare as it appeares SS did not make many of them.

Do you have any specific questions?

 

[J Moose]

Re: Sound City owners

I've never heard or seen one of those! Nor did I ever know that Sound City ever made solid-state amps until today.

Totally bizzare.

How's it sound? Does it do the loud & clean thing or something entirely different?

 

[Donkeykong]

Re: Sound City owners

Well, if I play the guitar straight into it, its an almost acoustic sound, nice and clean, but there's no separate gain control, I know SC used active gain controls on the bass mid and treble on some models i.e. if you turn 'em down to zero, even with the vol up full, there's no sound, which is what's happening on this amp. Apart from that, they just seem to be acting like normal tone controls on this, don't get me wrong, it sounds great with a pedal in front, through the v-amp or pod its VERY loud, but without one, it's not, I'm assuming its a 30watt amp, so I'm thinking there may be a problem on the preamp side, the problem with it being so rare, is that I can't get a schematic for love 'nor money.
That's why I've been trying to find someone with another one to compare notes,
the guys on Plexi palace forum have been helpful, but it just looks like there may not be many out there.