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Post by MartinB on Jan 16, 2018 21:21:19 GMT
I really like my new amp, great sound. Very responsive.
2 bizarre things.
The volume pot on my PRS is now much more responsive.
A dead lead works again.
Haven’t rebuilt my pedal board yet to use the FX loop, hopefully I’ll get a chance tomorrow.
Also haven’t tried any of my dirt boxes yet, just clean and drive channels.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2018 7:37:37 GMT
I had dead lead syndrome once. It seemed to come down to manufacturing differences. The tip shape and size was different.  Only failed to work in one pedal. |
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Post by MartinB on Jan 17, 2018 13:10:25 GMT
I’m really glad I retested it, it was in a pile of jumble in my room. It’s a really long planet waves cable, I must have bought it back when I worked.
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Post by salteedog on Jan 17, 2018 13:50:44 GMT
The Lionheart is a lovely looking amp - possibly the most lovely looking amp there is. Glad to hear it sound good too.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2018 14:14:19 GMT
The Lionheart is a lovely looking amp - possibly the most lovely looking amp there is. Glad to hear it sound good too. Hmm. I reckon it takes some doing to beat the look of this. Looks even better than the Matchless it seems to be copying:  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2018 14:16:27 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2018 14:23:06 GMT
I think I've got severe retro-itis.
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Post by MartinB on Jan 17, 2018 14:52:32 GMT
Supro are so damned expensive.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2018 15:03:49 GMT
Supro are so damned expensive. You better believe it. Brand name folk-lore along with US labour costs help them keep that price up. |
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Post by MartinB on Feb 5, 2018 20:15:24 GMT
That drive channel is sublime!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2018 20:46:16 GMT
That drive channel is sublime! Unlike the silly solid state one on my Fender Champ 25SE. Thought I'd give it a go again this evening and it's about as appealing as a bowl of burnt sprouts. I'll stick to the lovely 6L6s in the clean channel...if only they would break up just a little... |
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Post by MartinB on Feb 5, 2018 21:05:32 GMT
I don’t know anything about tubes and their characteristics.
Or types of tube amp (Class A vs A/B etc)
I don’t understand how the Laney Lionheart is cheaper than a Blues Junior, I much prefer my new Laney to my old Fender, the only thing that had over the Laney was volume and a real reverb tank.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2018 21:08:18 GMT
My new Bugera V55 also has 6L6s and they dont break up at all on the clean channel hence me pushing them with me OD pedal. The drive channel on V55 is not nice sounding so far. Maybe I have to spend more time tweaking it ...
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2018 21:53:02 GMT
6L6s are super clean MartinB . They deliver the preamp's sound very authentically. 6V6s break up a good bit more and would probably be my tube of choice. EL38 and 84s are at grittier end. So you would expect your Lionheart to overdrive readily. I have regular access to a Peavey Classic 30 that seems to have its own tonality. Sort of darker Fender but not Voxy. It too has EL84s and I do like its response to attack from a bit of almost 6L6 clarity with gentle playing to good overdrive when pushed. As you say, Che, with these 6L6s a good responsive overdrive pedal is essential. |
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Post by MartinB on Feb 5, 2018 22:52:40 GMT
It has a lo and hi inputs, I run everything into the lo one, which should be for high output pups. But you can just run everything into it, you can setup the clean volume and drive amount and level independently of each other but they share the bright switch, eq and tone control.
It’s only 5W, but that’s more than enough for me, the clean channel headroom is higher than I’ve ran the amp. And you can get really nice (to my ear) drive sounds at low volumes.
I have probably too many dirtbox options now, the amp doesn’t do high gain really, but I’m not really into that anymore.
I can’t remember what my point was.
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, now you've sent me off to look at amps and I want so many just going by looks alone:
