Look upon my amps, ye Mighty, and despair. With a combined power output of nine watts, you should be very afraid.
Took a trip (and some cash, which I nearly forgot to give him) over to see James this afternoon (thus also handily fulfilling the prophecy that there should be some sort of meetup on 08/09/10) to buy the Vibrochamp back from him. The auguries were good: I found James's house without any help, and James successfully plugged in two pedals without the National Grid being scrambled.
Plumbed the Vibrochamp in this evening after tea, and it's just lovely. I'm a sucker for tremolo, and I could just sit and listen to it chomp away for hours. Much as I love my pedals, it's one of those amps that makes me see the point of view of old fellers (*cough*Fran*cough*) who say they could happily settle for a good tele, a good amp, and a (polarised) cable.
But not quite, since it also sounds so fucking amazing with fuzz pedals: stars of the show at the moment are my fuzzface, the IC Muff, and the Utility Perkolator (I think Tim must tweak his pedals with Fender amps in mind, since it does things with the Champ that it doesn't with the Matamp).
My tele sounded so like a tele it was untrue, and my SG, although worryingly boomy at first, with a bit of tweaking of the tone controls was soon barking like a good 'un. More news as it breaks (playing the Jazzmaster through it tonight, and setting the M13 up in stereo tomorrow), but it's lovely having a Champ again.
