Gear Purchases

bring it boom... 300 wtts of ampeg is normal bass to me.... less sounds weird and quiet... if I daisy chain all my amps I think I have about 250 watts....two 50s and five 30s makes 250, right? but bass needs to have 2 to 3 times more power than guitar to be heard so I can just run 2 or 3 vintage amps to keep up with boom.... point of fact an ac30 hangs with a raging svt if you don't need a clean guitar sound, been there ;-) a single plexi at 10 was often at the limit of what an SVT could compete with clean, but who gets an svt for cleans?

seriously, you will really like the SVT, its a great sounding amplifier... loud at 1, but great

go tubes!

I'm a clean guy. I get basses that have a natural growl, boost the preamp on them, and use the amps just to heighten the volume of them.

I am a bit worried about the SVT though. I've been watching a lot of youtube videos where people are saying they got their defective. Either jacked tubes from factory, buzzing, or power issues. I'm wondering if new ampegs are low quality.

new ampegs are not a knock on 70s ones quality wise, but hardly anyone makes a vintage reliable amp these days. I stay away from new stuff....

that said I was on tour with A 90S svt for 5 or years no issues

In other news, I'm finally going to see what all the hype is around the Fulltone OCD. That paired with the Deucetone Rat whcih I've finally come to terms with (channel A, high gain chug, channel B, medium gain, but cleans up well if need be).

Let's see what's on the need list: Keeley Caverns for delay and reverb, some tremolo, power supply, and Pedaltrain Metro, I think.

the OCD is noyhing special, just take any dirtbox with hard clipping and move the diodes from ground to the gain devices;\' ground potential and achieve dynamic clipping,,,, Fulltone stole the idea from voodoo labs

I want one!

Ah, yes... EverTune. Kudos for that alone.

Gorgeous! ~m

If you lot care to know, I moved from 11-49 to 11-56. Amazingly... it feels lighter! Much easier to maneuver the strings.

Also replaced the 3/4" spring with a 1". I no longer have to worry about the trem arm being in my way because before, it was just low enought that picking on the higher register would cause me to bump the arm. Now, I can pick without touching it. A little more tension, and I don't need to worry about the arm hitting the body too much.

Recently purchased a Fuzzrocious Afterlife Reverb in gold. It was between that and an Old Blood Noise Endeavors Dark Star. The Dark Star was really cool, but something about the Afterlife made me give in. Hoping to get a noise gate or a JHS Little Black Amp box soon.

Okay, you can have the 11 gauge. But I call shotgun on the 12 gauge

a J5HS Little Black Amp box soon.

I suggest you stay away from JHS.

really? they seem like a nice little operation like Keely doing modded classics... and that colour box, ooh, want one

a J5HS Little Black Amp box soon.

I suggest you stay away from JHS.

Why so? I always thought JHS was pretty good quality, and the Little Black Amp box looks useful for bedroom practice

It's not their quality. I personally am against the company due to Scott's afdiliation with IHOPKC. I'd advise you to read up on it. It's just a bit distasteful to me and that it took until recently for Scott to say anythong about it.

It's not their quality. I personally am against the company due to Scott's afdiliation with IHOPKC. I'd advise you to read up on it. It's just a bit distasteful to me and that it took until recently for Scott to say anythong about it.

Currently doing research upon it. So far, it's very disheartening.

In the mean time, what pedal would you recommend in place of the Little Black Amp box? lol

To be honest, I don't know. I've never looked too much into buffers. I know Empress makes a buffer with an effects loop, and a Plus version with a line boost and I think a sort of noise gate. Big Ear NYC has a buffer in a mini enclosure. ths1smyne and Visual Sound make tiny buffers, Emerson makes on with jacks on one side of a mini enclosure, and I can't think of anything else.

its sad, you don't even know what a buffer does...