NAD: Blackface Tremolux

markeeee · Post by **markeeee** » Thu Feb 02, 2012 12:31 pm

All the way from Boston, courtesy of my mate Brendan (not pictured). Ain't played it yet. It needs a 3 prong mains plug mod, which I'm kind of nervous about right now.

lorez · Post by **lorez** » Thu Feb 02, 2012 1:05 pm

that looks sweet, nice score

markeeee · Post by **markeeee** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 2:06 pm

It sounds right good. A few issues, though:

Crackly pots
Tremolo is a bit screwy - nothing happens until you crank the rate and depth way up and when it does, it's all of a sudden.

Nothing I can't live with in the short term, mind.

Now then. Anyone know much about speakers? I'm running this with a Marshall 1936 loaded with G12T-75s. Sounds alright, but I dunno if these two are doing each other much good. The amp is a little bit mid-scooped and so are the speakers. I'm wondering if a Vintage 30 might be a better choice.

Thoughts, anyone?

Ta,

Mark

kim · Post by **kim** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 2:42 pm

markeeee wrote:NAD

also congrats and good luck.

markeeee · Post by **markeeee** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 2:53 pm

Aw, thanks Kim. Y'know, when the spontaneous street parties failed to materialise, I thought nobody cared about my new amp.

God bless you both.

Ta,

Mark

AaronGuitarDude · Post by **AaronGuitarDude** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 3:11 pm

i'll plug in to that cat every day.

kim · Post by **kim** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 3:14 pm

Thom · Post by **Thom** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 3:27 pm

I play my Bassman through V30s and I think it sounds great. Not the same amp I know but still a blackface Fender amp.
Looks like a lovely amp by the way, congrats.

markeeee · Post by **markeeee** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 4:10 pm

Yeah, I'm thinking they might even out the 'mid-scoop'-ey ness of the amp.

It's weird. We played a gig the other night, me with the Tremolux and my mate Brendan with his JTM 45 clone. Now, wattage wise, I should be more than able to keep up with him and in a rehearsal room situation, that's proved to be the case. But at soundcheck, even on 10, I was really struggling. My cab is 8ohm in mono mode, while the Tremolux expects a 4ohm load. However, I built myself one of those Ampmaker Box Matches impedance matching things, so right now I'm discounting that as a factor.

It was as if all I could hear from my amp were lows and highs. Our drummer said it sounded 'a bit thin' and I'd have to agree. Brendan's playing an open-back cab with (we think) Classic Lead 80s in there. My hunch is that he wasn't necessarily louder, but he definitely had more mid-range, partly because his amp breaks up significantly earlier than mine. I also noticed that stamping on a drive (I had a Black Dog and a Crazy Horse in the chain) made me not so much louder, but definitely able to cut through a bit.

So I dunno. Here are the bits I'm focusing on:

1. Classic Lead 80s are more sensitive than G12T-75s
2. G12T-75s are well known for their mid-scoop in comparison to the Vintage 30s (some YouTube videos I've seen seem to bear that out)
2. Brendan's cab is open back, mine isn't

I don't want to radically change the tone from the amp, but I just wonder if this combination of amp and speaker aren't doing each other any favours. Obviously it's not a super posh cab and maybe the Tremolux deserves something like that, but I can't realistically go there right now, so I'm focussing on the easiest part I could change: the speakers.

foofoo982 · Post by **foofoo982** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 4:52 pm

I use a Jensen C12Q and Mojotone/Weber AV12C with my Bandmaster and I love the tone. I didn't like the Modern Lead 70s I had with the cab - maybe it was the midscoop? The Jensen and AV12C combo I have is a little bit on the bright side, but is a really smooth speaker combination.

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