The quest for clean volume continues..

Pickups, pedals, amps, cabs, combos

Moderated By: mods

User avatar
Doog
mid-century modem
Posts: 23127
Joined: Mon Apr 24, 2006 4:49 pm
Location: London

Post by Doog »

TEH CUOMOZ! Nearly.

Image

A trolley or at least a set of castors (plus dog lead) is a fine idea; Russ from CAUTIONHORSES picked up one from Maplins for his amp, although it broke rather fast. I'll steer clear of those jokers, then..

I guess it's possible that given the age of my amp, the less-than-expected volume could be down to some old components? It was struggling to be loud enough when used by trio Fashoda Crisis at the same gig.

Hmm yeah, didn't consider a Fender; there's a Princeton 112 Plus for on Gumtree that I may look into, fairly priced at £150.
edit: that model is 65w. Hmmm.
User avatar
Mike
I like EL34s
Posts: 39170
Joined: Thu Apr 20, 2006 8:30 am
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
Contact:

Post by Mike »

Yeah, get a "decent" trolley thing, but god knows where from. Screwfix? Some other BLOKE SHOP.

Fran will know.
User avatar
timhulio
Redheaded Stepchild
Posts: 4693
Joined: Thu Apr 20, 2006 10:06 am
Location: London, UK
Contact:

Post by timhulio »

Drive an car?

Image
User avatar
Mike
I like EL34s
Posts: 39170
Joined: Thu Apr 20, 2006 8:30 am
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
Contact:

Post by Mike »

We can't all be poshos, Tim
User avatar
timhulio
Redheaded Stepchild
Posts: 4693
Joined: Thu Apr 20, 2006 10:06 am
Location: London, UK
Contact:

Post by timhulio »

Now, now. That's a proper cheap and reliable Volvo. Great for band guys.
User avatar
Doog
mid-century modem
Posts: 23127
Joined: Mon Apr 24, 2006 4:49 pm
Location: London

Post by Doog »

Can't drive / have little money / live in London
User avatar
Mike
I like EL34s
Posts: 39170
Joined: Thu Apr 20, 2006 8:30 am
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
Contact:

Post by Mike »

timhulio wrote:Now, now. That's a proper cheap and reliable Volvo. Great for band guys.
I don't think Doog is looking for a solution that comes with the kind of expenses that Petrol, Tax, Insurance, and Parking/Congestion Charges incur, even if he did have a license.

I'm rubber stamping this as most daft response to gear question ever.
User avatar
sp3k
.
.
Posts: 1282
Joined: Sat Sep 20, 2008 4:02 pm
Location: Portugal

Post by sp3k »

rofl!!!
User avatar
mickie08
.
.
Posts: 6417
Joined: Mon Aug 14, 2006 6:19 pm
Location: Carlsbad, Ca
Contact:

Post by mickie08 »

What about one of the ZT lunchbox 1x12 combos they have now...
They say great minds think alike....Sometimes we do too...
User avatar
mickie08
.
.
Posts: 6417
Joined: Mon Aug 14, 2006 6:19 pm
Location: Carlsbad, Ca
Contact:

Post by mickie08 »

THey are even on sale right now at hello music
They say great minds think alike....Sometimes we do too...
User avatar
mickie08
.
.
Posts: 6417
Joined: Mon Aug 14, 2006 6:19 pm
Location: Carlsbad, Ca
Contact:

Post by mickie08 »

take it back...the one on sael right now is the smaller 200 watt but only 6.5" speaker. Still a great idea for portable and loud/clean. Even more so if you are gonna turn and run it through a PA at all.. It iwll help with the boxy 6.5" sound, though these amps are suppossed to be pretty good on their own.
They say great minds think alike....Sometimes we do too...
User avatar
stewart
Cunning Linguist
Posts: 17644
Joined: Mon Jul 14, 2008 7:33 pm
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
Contact:

Post by stewart »

Mike wrote:
Empires wrote:Fender Deluxe 112 Plus

Image

Stupid loud. Too loud for house practice purposes. Cheaps. Clean channel is ace, nice reverb... I hate the dirt though. Takes pedals well.
This and one of these would get my vote anyday. Fender solid state amps stay clean and are fucking loud. Generally bright enough too.
i've got one of those ^

it's very loud. they sell for next-to-fuck-all these days too, like £80.
Image
Ben79
.
.
Posts: 279
Joined: Sat Jun 04, 2011 9:19 pm
Location: Brixton, London

Post by Ben79 »

I was thinking H/H too when I read the first post. I've got one of these...

Image

...and it's really clean. This 'Performer' model also includes a compressor, phaser, analogue delay and reverb! The delay is the best I've heard, really lofi but very musical. The distortion channel is okish at low gain settings.
User avatar
Sloan
Sexy Predator
Posts: 11797
Joined: Thu Apr 20, 2006 3:02 am
Contact:

Post by Sloan »

[youtube]http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-Mentors-Sh ... 45ff60ae82[/youtube]

this thing is very heavy, has a horrible 'distortion' mode, but should allow plenty of headroom. would make a good bass amp as well.
User avatar
Gabriel
.
.
Posts: 3178
Joined: Sun Apr 11, 2010 8:46 pm
Location: NYC

Post by Gabriel »

I'm just going to chime in and say I've been using a ZT lunchbox for the past couple of months, if you're not bothered by how tiny it looks onstage it'd be plenty loud. They've changed a bit since the early generations, they're eq'd for more bass response and handle distortion pedals a bit better.

Just to give you an idea of how loud they are I played 1400 seat concert hall with a 40 piece orchestra last night and cut right through. Don't let the diminutive size put you off. It's also the perfect size to take on the tube around London, ive been around the capital a few times in the past weeks with my guitar and amp and have had no issues whatsoever.
User avatar
NickS
.
.
Posts: 13769
Joined: Mon Jan 14, 2008 9:08 am
Location: Down at the end, round by a corner

Post by NickS »

Sloan wrote:<<youtubeVideo of an ebay auction for a T-shirt?>>


this thing is very heavy, has a horrible 'distortion' mode, but should allow plenty of headroom. would make a good bass amp as well.
A Mentors T-shirt?
User avatar
Doog
mid-century modem
Posts: 23127
Joined: Mon Apr 24, 2006 4:49 pm
Location: London

Post by Doog »

Sloan wrote:[youtube]http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-Mentors-Sh ... 45ff60ae82[/youtube]

this thing is very heavy, has a horrible 'distortion' mode, but should allow plenty of headroom. would make a good bass amp as well.
lolwut

The ZT Club 12 on Ebay ends at 7pm today, currently going for £200 with 1 bid.. but given that they go for like £430+ new over here in the UK, I'd imagine it'll leap up in price towards the end.
User avatar
Gabriel
.
.
Posts: 3178
Joined: Sun Apr 11, 2010 8:46 pm
Location: NYC

Post by Gabriel »

Doog wrote:The ZT Club 12 on Ebay ends at 7pm today, currently going for £200 with 1 bid.. but given that they go for like £430+ new over here in the UK, I'd imagine it'll leap up in price towards the end.
You'd be suprised I bought my Lunchbox on eBay for a pretty good price. If you don't have an issue with sniping you could feel safe in how much you're prepared to pay, and if you lose no loss?
User avatar
Doog
mid-century modem
Posts: 23127
Joined: Mon Apr 24, 2006 4:49 pm
Location: London

Post by Doog »

Yeah, I'm defo going keep a close eye on it :)
User avatar
Doog
mid-century modem
Posts: 23127
Joined: Mon Apr 24, 2006 4:49 pm
Location: London

Post by Doog »

Bah, I slapped £250 on it at the last minute and it wasn't enough. Ah well, I should probably sell some stuff off first before buying new gear.