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50w-100w Valve Owners Thread
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Marshall Super Lead Plexi 100. I have used it off and on for years for both guitar and bass. For awhile I set it aside and used other stuff. Wish I had the dosh for a Hiwatt. That would be my other ultimate tube bass amp.
I love my modified peavey windsor. It gets a good Lemmy tone, I like to crank up the pre-gain to get a good amount of distortion. It has a really close JCM 800 tone. While it doesn't have the punishing low end of my pre/power setup, through a couple of 4x12 cabs it really rips. I love recording with it, as i run one channel with a mic on the amp and a clean DI underneath with the highs rolled off. For big shows with a "real" house PA it's a great amp, but if i'm providing all the low end support (house shows) I have to take my pre/power setup as it just doesn't have enough oomph.
If you're interested in the specific mods, I increased coupling cap values in the preamp and at the PI, and monkeyed with the tone stack's bass control.
If you're interested in the specific mods, I increased coupling cap values in the preamp and at the PI, and monkeyed with the tone stack's bass control.
A little saliva I can handle.
Now I'm just gonna have to ask you to back away from the amp. And pull those pants up for crying out loud!
50 Watts of creamy, deep tube tone. My bands favorite rig. It really shines with the Hofner Icon with Fender flats.
Ooo... I've always thought about one of those carvin tube heads, but have always wondered about tone. That's the VT50, right? I've played through a couple all-tube guitar heads and they just seemed thin and lacking in the low frequencies. Your description definitely piques my curiosity though! Don't suppose you have a way to do any clips, do you? *hope hope*
Looks SUPER sharp with that Aggie, btw!
5sg.
I posted earlier in this thread but no photos, and by TB law if there are no photos then there are no (fill in the blank).
For the record: a '65 Showman powering an EVM-15L II in the larger cab (birch w/shellac finish) and ported in the back. The top speaker has a 10" Celestion in an open back along w/a high pass filter. Helps spread the mids and highs on stage very nicely. Cabs are DIY, obviously.
I use this rig for my upright bass w/a LR Bagg ParaDI between the bass and the amp. Plenty loud for jazz and acoustic-based music. Not bad w/a PBass or RB-4 either
For the record: a '65 Showman powering an EVM-15L II in the larger cab (birch w/shellac finish) and ported in the back. The top speaker has a 10" Celestion in an open back along w/a high pass filter. Helps spread the mids and highs on stage very nicely. Cabs are DIY, obviously.
I use this rig for my upright bass w/a LR Bagg ParaDI between the bass and the amp. Plenty loud for jazz and acoustic-based music. Not bad w/a PBass or RB-4 either
Hey All, had a question and thought this might be a good thread to ask it in.
What kind of load do Traynor amps want to see? I am looking at old Traynors - like a YBA-1A. Is it a 4ohm only amp like old fenders??
Thanks,
Kevin
What kind of load do Traynor amps want to see? I am looking at old Traynors - like a YBA-1A. Is it a 4ohm only amp like old fenders??
Thanks,
Kevin
I have an early 70's Traynor YBA1A and Ampeg V4B. I use an old 1969 Fender Superbassman at our bandleaders rehearsal studio. Tonewise I much prefer the V4B as it has smooth, round, strong bass, versatile mid-range adjustment , and lots of highs. Plus, it has great touch sensitivity and overdrive if you turn it up and dig in while playing. Alas, it is not loud and clean enough for me when we gig , and I have found it electronically finicky. It requires high quality power tubes which are hard to get and expensive, and knowledgable tech attention. The YBA1A on the other hand is bomb-proof , very much louder, runs on only 2 EL34's and is a nice compact albeit heavy package. Sadly, it's 4 tone knobs do not really do a lot- you better like a very bright, robust , clean sound or take it in for modification. The Superbassman is also very loud and clean, but I find there are frequencies with it that get lost when playing with others. I actually gig with my other Ampeg- a solid state model ST. It's 100 watts but very loud and I find it covers all playing styles very well. We always take my YBA1A for back-up for guitar or bass. The guitar player says it is fantastic for him but I am not allowed to give it to him! It was a gift from a friend who found it on the curb on swap day in a city where everybody puts out their " junk" . All it needed was tubes, re-biasing and a cabinet - which was needless to say well worth it.
There have been two listed for months over and over on my local Craigslist, in the neighborhood of $ 500 - 600 USD each. The poor guy can't even give them away. I've been tempted to ask about them, but if there's some kind of problem with them, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to tell.
8 ohm, I think. They're very robust amps. I ran mine on a 4 ohm load for many years with no ill effects.
I found that if I used an active bass with mine, I was much more satisfied with my ability to dial in a tone I liked. I found mine to be voiced a bit too strongly in the deep bass, but there was also some synergy between the head and cab causing that. If I still had my YBA I'd probably put an eq pedal in front in order to be better able to dial in tone. Even with the added expense of the eq pedal, that amp with an efficient modern cab is a great "micro" tube rig
By the way, the YBA1 sounds really nice when modded to run 6550 tubes. It takes on a bit of SVT character.
My new summer house amplification. It's stock except that a 6.3 mm plug has been fitted for an "aux" input and a headphone connector has been replaced with a jack for a 8 ohm extension cabinet. In addition, the earthing has been improved, and there is a proper 3-prong outlet cord. I haven't actually tried it out yet, other that the radio works.
The cool thing about it really is that it is the exact same model my parents had when I started on guitar, and this kind of a tube radio was my only amplification for guitar all through my teens. I had an electric I made myself out of scratch, too bad that one is gone, as is the original radio.
The cool thing about it really is that it is the exact same model my parents had when I started on guitar, and this kind of a tube radio was my only amplification for guitar all through my teens. I had an electric I made myself out of scratch, too bad that one is gone, as is the original radio.
