I saw this used on Guitar Center for cheap and had to grab it. It is in pretty good shape. The reverb doesn't seem to work. I haven't fiddled with the tank, but it isn't a big deal. If I need a new tank, those are pretty cheap.
After reading that Greenwood used these amps I've been intrigued by them. Shame I'm a typical tube amp snob.
Cool vid.
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 3:00 am
by HNB
Thanks! I like the idea of using tube for clean and switching to solid state for distortion. I got an LS-2 I will play with when I get the time.
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 3:01 am
by HNB
This thing is 200 watts. No wonder it can keep up with a Twin. LOL
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 3:26 am
by cobascis
HNB wrote:Thanks! I like the idea of using tube for clean and switching to solid state for distortion. I got an LS-2 I will play with when I get the time.
Isn't that the opposite of everything I've ever come to know?
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 3:33 am
by Thom
cobascis wrote:
HNB wrote:Thanks! I like the idea of using tube for clean and switching to solid state for distortion. I got an LS-2 I will play with when I get the time.
Isn't that the opposite of everything I've ever come to know?
Just what I was about to say!
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 4:28 am
by HNB
Solid state for clean and tube for distortion pedal?
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 4:56 am
by Freddy V-C
HNB wrote:Solid state for clean and tube for distortion pedal?
I believe that's the received wisdom.
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 5:34 am
by frettedlefty
Pretty much. But it's whatever your ears agree with. If someone disagrees, fuck em.
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 5:48 am
by dots
yeah, some folks like dimebag dig solid state drive/distortion to tube. you do get a different waveform from it, and the breakup is much more. . . cohesive. i've never put much thought into the tube clean sound, not consciously anyway, and certainly not from a standpoint of pairing it with a ss drive. still, there is that sag.
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 12:02 pm
by Freddy V-C
Regarding the amp itself, the other guitarist in my band has one of these. When it worked, it sounded amazing and was super loud. Unfortunately it stopped working he's had it fixed a few times but each time it seems to crap out after another week or two.
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 2:19 pm
by JohnnyTheBoy
This looks just like the bigger, older brother to my 80's Super 60...mines all valve tho..
Does that weigh an effing ton as well??..
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 3:31 pm
by NickS
HNB wrote:This thing is 200 watts. No wonder it can keep up with a Twin. LOL
The input power is 200W. Output power is rated at 85W.
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 4:02 pm
by 71Smallbox
I think you need to run your Shredmaster thru that beast.
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 4:44 pm
by mkt3000
NickS wrote:
HNB wrote:This thing is 200 watts. No wonder it can keep up with a Twin. LOL
The input power is 200W. Output power is rated at 85W.
You can't even imagine the arguments I've had with local sellers trying to sell a "50 watt" amp that's actually a 15 watt amp.
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 4:51 pm
by NickS
mkt3000 wrote:You can't even imagine the arguments I've had with local sellers trying to sell a "50 watt" amp that's actually a 15 watt amp.
Oh yes. Our singer said he'd bring his 15W amp to a jam - it was 5W.
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 5:12 pm
by HNB
JohnnyTheBoy wrote:This looks just like the bigger, older brother to my 80's Super 60...mines all valve tho..
Does that weigh an effing ton as well??..
Nope. I can pick it up with one arm pretty easily. Not super light, but not bad at all.
NickS wrote:
HNB wrote:This thing is 200 watts. No wonder it can keep up with a Twin. LOL
The input power is 200W. Output power is rated at 85W.
Good to know. I wondered why it was called an Eighty-Five when it said 200 watts on the back. LOL
71Smallbox wrote:I think you need to run your Shredmaster thru that beast.
I did in the youtube demo. The settings recommended for the Radiohead sound much more trebly. I need to try it with my Jag-Stang. It has a Red Red dual humbucker. Maybe my WRHB was too bright.
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 5:19 pm
by 71Smallbox
HNB wrote:
JohnnyTheBoy wrote:This looks just like the bigger, older brother to my 80's Super 60...mines all valve tho..
Does that weigh an effing ton as well??..
Nope. I can pick it up with one arm pretty easily. Not super light, but not bad at all.
NickS wrote:
HNB wrote:This thing is 200 watts. No wonder it can keep up with a Twin. LOL
The input power is 200W. Output power is rated at 85W.
Good to know. I wondered why it was called an Eighty-Five when it said 200 watts on the back. LOL
71Smallbox wrote:I think you need to run your Shredmaster thru that beast.
I did in the youtube demo. The settings recommended for the Radiohead sound much more trebly. I need to try it with my Jag-Stang. It has a Red Red dual humbucker. Maybe my WRHB was too bright.
Ah, I can't watch videos at work I'll watch it later then.
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 7:01 pm
by dezb1
Cool, video you nailed the Greenwood tonez... fan boy
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 8:14 pm
by HNB
dezb1 wrote:Cool, video you nailed the Greenwood tonez... fan boy
he's had it fixed a few times but each time it seems to crap out after another week or two.
The settings recommended for the Radiohead sound much more trebly. I need to try it with my Jag-Stang. It has a Red Red dual humbucker. Maybe my WRHB was too bright.