I use Murphy's oil soap, cut it to 50% with water and a stiff bristle brush. Makes the tolex look new.
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The Acoustic Club
- Thread starter The Owl
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Don't need to the local amp guy cleaned the whole amp, which by the way won the award for being THE dirtiest amp of 2019. He also installed a new three prong cord. Sounds killer now and no shock. The 320 is cleaned up too, had two loose solders and it's good to go now
Spray tolex with anything cleaning, any kind of cleaner except bleach. Windex is fine. Clean it with toothbrush and wipe. Let it dry.
The only thing which works long time is ta-daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa SHOE SHINE! Black shoe shine paste,. Rub it well with TOOTHBRUSH (again). After it dries, shine it with microfiber towel. It lasts years.
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The only thing which works long time is ta-daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa SHOE SHINE! Black shoe shine paste,. Rub it well with TOOTHBRUSH (again). After it dries, shine it with microfiber towel. It lasts years.
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Yesterday setup
The 330 with the 360 preamp, going into the 105 and 402. The voicing of the 360 is so different from any other Acoustic I have, a bit of magic
The 330 with the 360 preamp, going into the 105 and 402. The voicing of the 360 is so different from any other Acoustic I have, a bit of magic
This is an acoustic 405 4x12 & 406 2x15 cab no speakers. Head wasn't included.
Bought this for $100.00
Now I'm looking for speakers.. Trick is I only got a 150 for each cab..
I've got a thunderfunk 800 and 420b
Plus I'm using a lot of distortions and fuzz..
So the speakers don't need to be great
Any suggestions appreciated.. Cheaper the better.. Lol
Classic trayner speakers were cheap.. I just wanna push air.
Bought this for $100.00
Now I'm looking for speakers.. Trick is I only got a 150 for each cab..
I've got a thunderfunk 800 and 420b
Plus I'm using a lot of distortions and fuzz..
So the speakers don't need to be great
Any suggestions appreciated.. Cheaper the better.. Lol
Classic trayner speakers were cheap.. I just wanna push air.
With 150 you can do something, especially for the 406. Don't know the US market but JBL 140s and EV 15s can be had for 50-75 each.
For the guitar cab you will have to compromise, it will not sound great for bass, I would look for a cheap 412 cab and pull its speakers. Send the fuzz signal to the guitar cab, and the clean signal to the 406
For the guitar cab you will have to compromise, it will not sound great for bass, I would look for a cheap 412 cab and pull its speakers. Send the fuzz signal to the guitar cab, and the clean signal to the 406
Restoring the 127 combo. Removing ugly black paintwork with acetone. The black will remain inside the pores. The end result will be stunning, I can already see it, it will be more beautiful than how it left the factory
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Done. Sounds killer, very loud. Threw in some 1977 Celestion speakers. Only missing the driver/volume knob and a good handle, and some pots need some cleaning.
Huh. Wouldn't have thought to try that. Makes sense though.
All shiny and soooooo clean. New three prong plug and clean innards. It sounds killer now
So happy to see the baby blue again
So happy to see the baby blue again
Is it normal for these to be fuzzy, I know they're not clean amps. But the 320 gets bit hairy, the 150 don't like the louder pickups. Kinda noticing vintage pickups/voiced pickups sound good, almost everything else gets a bit wooly quick. Which is fine, I don't mind just playing my Nash or PBird through them....might need the proper cab?
I'm using a 600w 8ohm speaker in the ampeg 15 and the ampeg 2x12 is 600w 4ohms. Plenty of speaker but both seem to get out of hand when I dig in or the pickup is hot
I'm using a 600w 8ohm speaker in the ampeg 15 and the ampeg 2x12 is 600w 4ohms. Plenty of speaker but both seem to get out of hand when I dig in or the pickup is hot
Back from the shop and thumping hard!
Sounds like your hot pickups could be overdriving the front-end. Have you tried padding the input to the amp? There's a 10 dB pad on/off switch on the 320 and the 150's #2 input jack is padded. Should give you more headroom.
