75lespaul
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I was going to sell my Univox U1246B but not now. This amp looks like the light blue heads, but is set up like a Marshall with 4 inputs, two volumes, bass, middle, treble, presence. 60 watts, and sounded really nice by itself.
My auction was due to start tonight and on a lark, I plugged the amp into my 4x12 and put the Carl Martin Plexitone in front of it for another go. I've been thinking about doing that for a week as this amp was a gas purchase, and I really only played through it once or twice. I didn't set up the plexitone right the first time I used it so I kinda wrote it off. OH MY GOD AM I GLAD I DIDN'T SELL THIS AMP!!! I have 12 amplifiers and this is the one that sounds like an original mid to late sixties plexi with that pedal.
I know that's a bold statement but being that it's a 70 or 71 and probably a Marshall type knockoff, it's pretty accurate. The best part is that with the level down and at volumes that you can talk over, it still has that plexi sound. Cranked the level though, it's a Marshall through and through. I killed that auction REAL quick. This amp sounds really good by itself cranked but nowhere near a Marshall, unlike the Univox U45-B which really reminds me of an old Marshall tone, but is a 1x12 10 watt amp. That amp sounds killer with the Plexitone as well, but the 1246 really catches lightning in a bottle. Even that cool "snap" that an overdriven, but not overdistorted tube amp has, comes through the pedal. The pedal is nearly invisible if you know what I mean. It seems to take the amps natural tone, use that as a building block, then add whatever it needs to be a plexi.
The higher gain, JCM800 type sound was fantastic as well. Even my strats, which I couldn't get to sound "right" with this pedal through my two Fender amps, sounded exactly like I wanted them to sound. I've already got the tube screamer thing going with a few of my other amps but I wanted that strat through a Marshall tone. Anything with a humbucker sounds full and crunchy. Play with the volume and tone knobs and get all different textures. This setup definitely sounds better than the three reissues that I once had and believe it or not, better than my 73 50 watter. Because of the controlable volume and the ability to change the sounds AND boost it up if needed, I would say this is even better than an original plexi as far as actual use goes.
Sorry for the long post but I'm just so jazzed up over the Marshall I just "found" that I had to get it out. I played this setup for about two hours. I just couldn't stop.
My auction was due to start tonight and on a lark, I plugged the amp into my 4x12 and put the Carl Martin Plexitone in front of it for another go. I've been thinking about doing that for a week as this amp was a gas purchase, and I really only played through it once or twice. I didn't set up the plexitone right the first time I used it so I kinda wrote it off. OH MY GOD AM I GLAD I DIDN'T SELL THIS AMP!!! I have 12 amplifiers and this is the one that sounds like an original mid to late sixties plexi with that pedal.
I know that's a bold statement but being that it's a 70 or 71 and probably a Marshall type knockoff, it's pretty accurate. The best part is that with the level down and at volumes that you can talk over, it still has that plexi sound. Cranked the level though, it's a Marshall through and through. I killed that auction REAL quick. This amp sounds really good by itself cranked but nowhere near a Marshall, unlike the Univox U45-B which really reminds me of an old Marshall tone, but is a 1x12 10 watt amp. That amp sounds killer with the Plexitone as well, but the 1246 really catches lightning in a bottle. Even that cool "snap" that an overdriven, but not overdistorted tube amp has, comes through the pedal. The pedal is nearly invisible if you know what I mean. It seems to take the amps natural tone, use that as a building block, then add whatever it needs to be a plexi.
The higher gain, JCM800 type sound was fantastic as well. Even my strats, which I couldn't get to sound "right" with this pedal through my two Fender amps, sounded exactly like I wanted them to sound. I've already got the tube screamer thing going with a few of my other amps but I wanted that strat through a Marshall tone. Anything with a humbucker sounds full and crunchy. Play with the volume and tone knobs and get all different textures. This setup definitely sounds better than the three reissues that I once had and believe it or not, better than my 73 50 watter. Because of the controlable volume and the ability to change the sounds AND boost it up if needed, I would say this is even better than an original plexi as far as actual use goes.
Sorry for the long post but I'm just so jazzed up over the Marshall I just "found" that I had to get it out. I played this setup for about two hours. I just couldn't stop.
