The quest for clean volume continues..

Post by **Doog** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 11:12 am

I like to add a little continental flair to proceedings whenever I can.

UlricvonCatalyst · Post by **UlricvonCatalyst** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 11:35 am

I got an H/H IC 100L head a month or so ago and it sounds waaaay better than my (admittedly gubbed) VS Musician. I think you're gonna be pretty happy with it. H/H are the ultimate amp bargains out there....for now.

Post by **Doog** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 1:18 pm

Yeah man, well looking forward to getting it. Either way, I sold the Marshall for Â£120 and will be picking this up for about half that (once I factor in travel and karma price bump), so it's win-win.

The dude got back to me and seems mega nice, gonna pick it up tomorrow afternoon.

He actually posted a vid in the listing a few days ago that I missed, sonds kool. He can really play too, which is always a bit of a comfort when buying gear; none of this "I DIDNT REALISE IT WAS BROKED, I DONT REALLY PLAY MATE LOL"
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GreenKnee · Post by **GreenKnee** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 9:14 pm

IMPUT!

Sounds good though

Post by **Doog** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 9:34 pm

Fuck, I hope I don't need to buy a guitar imput cable to use this with my current gear :/

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 9:37 pm

I just hope you can tame your trebble.

Post by **Doog** » Tue Jan 31, 2012 4:48 pm

Well, about 3.5 hours later and I'm back with this heavy little beast. The clean channel is easily twice the volume of the Marshall, and the distortion channel ain't even all that bad!

It's a little boxy sounding (despite the weight, it's pretty small), but taming the mids, trebble and boosting the lows makes it sound infinitely better. Added bonuses include TWO FX LOOPS, switchable reverb for each channel and a channel blend mode for faux-TOOBSCREAMA clean-dirty nonsense. It even uses the same exact same 100w 4ohm Celestion that I originally bought for the Marshall, so I've got a back-up

I gave the dude Â£55 (versus the Â£41 it went for), so he was pleased, the nice young man he was.

Totally worth the travel and time involved; thanks loadz for the recommendations guys.. NOW I GOT TWO HH AMPS!!

lorez · Post by **lorez** » Tue Jan 31, 2012 4:55 pm

nice one Doog on getting what you needed and being such a gent to the seller. Now starting to get HH Amp envy, especially with that 70s hifi style blue glow on the control panel that they have when on

Post by **Doog** » Tue Jan 31, 2012 9:47 pm

Cheers man, I'm pretty fucking chufffffffed!

I love all the push-buttons on the front, it's so fucking SEVENTIES. Or EIGHTIES.

Clicky-clicky-clicky-clicky-clicky-clicky-clicky-clicky-clicky-clicky-clicky-clicky-clicky-clicky-clicky-clicky

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Tue Jan 31, 2012 9:59 pm

Doog wrote:NOW I GOT TWO HH AMPS!!

Eh? Have I missed an episode?

Post by **Doog** » Tue Jan 31, 2012 10:21 pm

I've had a HH 'Bass Machine' bass head for a number of years; an ex-bandmate pulled out of the practise space we used to rent together and he sold me some of the gear he kept there for megacheapz, just to save picking it up.

Exactly like this one, although I don't have WONKYFACE LION CAB

lorez · Post by **lorez** » Tue Jan 31, 2012 10:27 pm

Damn you mean Doog no have wonky face lion cab? Such a shame

Post by **Doog** » Tue Jan 31, 2012 10:39 pm

Maybe I can do a Roe-style re-grilling of my 1x15 cab..

Ben79 · Post by **Ben79** » Tue Jan 31, 2012 11:00 pm

metal snake with jetpack sticks tongue out at wonky lion face bedspread amplifier grille

....that gets 135 Google results - must happen more than I thought.

Post by **Doog** » Tue Jan 31, 2012 11:08 pm

lahwlz

h8mtv · Post by **h8mtv** » Tue Jan 31, 2012 11:14 pm

I decided to add another head to the arsenal since I have amassed a few speaker cabs. I ordered an Acoustic B200h. I considered another Ampeg micro vr but I have always liked the Acoustic stuff and it was a few bucks cheaper. I hope it comes tomorrow.

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Tue Jan 31, 2012 11:26 pm

Is HH a brit thing? I can't find anything on eBay for them.

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Tue Jan 31, 2012 11:29 pm

Nick wrote:Is HH a brit thing?

I believe so.

Freddy V-C · Post by **Freddy V-C** » Tue Jan 31, 2012 11:30 pm

LOEV WONKYFACE LION CAB!

Post by **Doog** » Tue Jan 31, 2012 11:40 pm

Nick wrote:Is HH a brit thing? I can't find anything on eBay for them.

Yeah, they were a UK company from Cambridge, I place I used to live very close to. Laney bought 'em out and still sell similar kinda stuff using the name and design aesthetic: http://www.hhelectronics.com/products.php

Check out this disgusting circa '96 era unofficial website for some crusty magazine ad scans and poor choices of background images: http://www.hhamplification.co.uk/history.asp