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Post by niklas1073 on May 20, 2023 13:17:50 GMT -6
I have a small collection of vintage amps and access to a -63 ac30. Though they are all great I actually end up mostly using my late 60’s Hiwatt dr103 thru purple back fanes. It works in so many contexts and serves as a great platform for pedals. So that would probably be my desert island amp. Now THAT's an amp, but only if you have the studio or farm to use it... are you using an attenuator, or just a really well acoustic treated studio? I have actually quite a small studio. I never use attenuators. I usually use either ribbons or a fet47 clone or such on it. I hardly ever track guitars with 57s or similar, I want the spaciousness captured. I can anyway open it up pretty well in that environment, even to the point of distorting it. BUT here comes the fun part. This is also one of my best sounding amps at decent volume, since it is the only amp I ever had with an amazing master volume that actually works like it should. I used to gig with this amp playing in a stoner band, and it is perceived very loud when cranked due to it’s mid punchy frequency response and clean head room. But I’ve come to enjoy it’s bell like tone on lower volumes as well. ofcourse also these early ones made in dave reeves basement by dave himself are all a little different from each other as they often were custom ordered in those days. Mine brakes up slightly earlier than they normally do due to a custom wiring it came from the basement. I don’t know whom it was made for originally. But it is hands down the best sounding and most reliable amp I have ever had the joy to play and own. And I got it in literally mint condition after it had lived most of it’s life in a studio. |
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Post by the other mark williams on May 24, 2023 20:26:19 GMT -6
I love my AC-15, as well as my Top Hat Club Royale. If I want to use them in a stereo rig, I use the Fulltone Supa-Trem 2. The panning movement from one to another is out of this world cool.
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Post by bradd on May 25, 2023 20:10:46 GMT -6
Stratboy just got a 3rd Power Kitchen Sink. That amp can do it all.
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Post by Ward on May 26, 2023 10:36:07 GMT -6
Stratboy just got a 3rd Power Kitchen Sink. That amp can do it all. Never heard of this until now. 3rdpower.com/kitchen-sink-6vel/To say 'intrigued' is putting it mildly! |
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Post by bradd on May 26, 2023 11:26:55 GMT -6
They are excellent boutique amps made here in Nashville. I have the model called the Dirty Sink, which is a Marshall style with 65 JTM and 68 JMP circuits. They also made a Clean Sink which was a Fender/Vox style. The Kitchen sink is both amps in one.
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Post by theshea on Jun 1, 2023 12:48:55 GMT -6
Yep. My ac15 love runs deep. How cool is this amp. So easy 6to dial in exceptional tones in seconds and always seems to record well. Guitar, bass anything goes. bass? really? what volume? i have a ac15 with silver bulldog and a ac30cc with blue alnico. for recording i much prefer the ac30. the blue alnico make all the difference and the 2 speakers gives it sone edgy. the ac15 with silver bulldog speakers sounds good, much better than the original greenbacks. but the ac30 is another league. the ac15 collects dust whereas i use the ac30 all the time. and when i want fender tones i use my vibro champ reverb amp RI. i am mostly recording rock, indie, alternative, garagerock. |
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Post by Ned Ward on Jun 3, 2023 18:01:54 GMT -6
SNIP I just sent my MAZ Jr/18 back to Dr. Z for the MK II upgrade - for the price it's definitely worth it. Mine's a 2010. I really just do that! I just got it back and WOW! Tone stack much more useable, reverb tighter (different tank) and PPIMV change much better. Worth the upgrade! also now have switchable reverb. |
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Post by antbar on Jun 10, 2023 13:26:36 GMT -6
I've got a Princeton Reverb II. 1980s model. It's been so much "my sound" for ever, and I love the mid-boost and built-in overdrive option, but I've been restless for a while, wondering about trading it for something else. I've played guitar forever, but have never been a "guitar guy." In the studio, I've always been happy to have someone twist a few knobs or give a cab a kick etc to get the best sound.
This thread has me thinking maybe AC15 might be closer to home than the Princeton at this point, based more on what I like to listen to than the various kinds of music I make. We're building a studio in the basement and the Vox or Fender would pretty much live there. (For gigs, I haul nothing heavier than my ZT these days!) Curious if anyone has experience with both the AC15 and the Princeton Reverb II..
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Post by stratboy on Jun 10, 2023 15:23:58 GMT -6
Stratboy just got a 3rd Power Kitchen Sink. That amp can do it all. Never heard of this until now. 3rdpower.com/kitchen-sink-6vel/To say 'intrigued' is putting it mildly! It’s really a fantastic amp. Three separate preamps in one chassis. Clean channel has a blend knob so you can go from Fender brown/blackface to Vox AC/Top Boost. The dirty channel is JTM/JMP. Lots and lots of tonal flavors! I sold my original’59 Bassman and my AC30 to get it. Well worth it. Oh, and btw, it’s attenuating circuitry, called Hybrid Master, is the best I’ve heard for maintaining the Kitchen Sink’s amazing tone at very low volumes. I’ve also sold my Weber and Torpedo attenuators. Don’t need em anymore. |
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Post by stratboy on Jun 10, 2023 15:31:46 GMT -6
They are excellent boutique amps made here in Nashville. I have the model called the Dirty Sink, which is a Marshall style with 65 JTM and 68 JMP circuits. They also made a Clean Sink which was a Fender/Vox style. The Kitchen sink is both amps in one. I’ve played through Brad’s Dirty Sink a bunch. Every time I plugged in, I got this big grin on my face. So I visited the 3rd Power shop here in Nashville. Dylana is super knowledgeable, a great person and a superb guitar player to boot. I played the Kitchen Sink and fell in love with it. For recording, it gets all the classic tones. Add a pedal or two and you can pretty much do anything with it. Right now, I’m using a WGS ET65. Very clean. I want a little bit more speaker breakup, so I’m switching out to a WGS Veteran 30. |
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Post by Ward on Jun 10, 2023 17:07:11 GMT -6
They are excellent boutique amps made here in Nashville. I have the model called the Dirty Sink, which is a Marshall style with 65 JTM and 68 JMP circuits. They also made a Clean Sink which was a Fender/Vox style. The Kitchen sink is both amps in one. I’ve played through Brad’s Dirty Sink a bunch. Every time I plugged in, I got this big grin on my face. So I visited the 3rd Power shop here in Nashville. Dylana is super knowledgeable, a great person and a superb guitar player to boot. I played the Kitchen Sink and fell in love with it. For recording, it gets all the classic tones. Add a pedal or two and you can pretty much do anything with it. Right now, I’m using a WGS ET65. Very clean. I want a little bit more speaker breakup, so I’m switching out to a WGS Veteran 30. Vivits by appointment or invitation only? Next time in the capitol, I would love to spend some time there. |
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Post by Ward on Jun 10, 2023 17:17:43 GMT -6
*visits.
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Post by stratboy on Jun 10, 2023 21:08:16 GMT -6
I’ve played through Brad’s Dirty Sink a bunch. Every time I plugged in, I got this big grin on my face. So I visited the 3rd Power shop here in Nashville. Dylana is super knowledgeable, a great person and a superb guitar player to boot. I played the Kitchen Sink and fell in love with it. For recording, it gets all the classic tones. Add a pedal or two and you can pretty much do anything with it. Right now, I’m using a WGS ET65. Very clean. I want a little bit more speaker breakup, so I’m switching out to a WGS Veteran 30. Vivits by appointment or invitation only? Next time in the capitol, I would love to spend some time there. I emailed first, then we spoke on the phone and Dylana invited me to stop by. Give them a call or email. |
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Post by Ward on Jun 11, 2023 16:08:53 GMT -6
Vivits by appointment or invitation only? Next time in the capitol, I would love to spend some time there. I emailed first, then we spoke on the phone and Dylana invited me to stop by. Give them a call or email. Thank you, again, I appreciate the tip, again! I'll message them and see where we go from here. |
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Post by ninworks on Jun 29, 2023 9:57:07 GMT -6
I use a hand wired 50th Anniversary AC15H1TV that has a Celestion Alnico Blue in it as well as a 91 Fender Black Face Twin Reverb re-issue with vintage Jensen C12N speakers in it. An e906 and a R121 on the Vox is a great combination. The Twin is so freakin loud that pedals are a must for any kind of overdriven sound. Even with the volume on 8 or 9 it's very clean but grows a little hair past 7. For the Twin I use different mikes depending upon what kind of tone the amp is dialed in for. SM57. R121, R-10, C414XLII, 421 etc. It seems to be a lot pickier about mic selection than the AC15. Sometimes I'll use an SM57 with the R121 on the AC15. It is very forgiving and always sounds great no matter which one I use.
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Post by gwlee7 on Jun 29, 2023 11:18:53 GMT -6
I am sure the folks in the next zip code love listening to that Twin Reverb.  Those suckers are L O U D. |
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Post by notneeson on Jun 30, 2023 12:17:30 GMT -6
My "mutt" Princeton Reverb is a 1980 pull boost (gasp) that's been gone over with a Deluxe output transformer, Kendrick Black Frame 10" speaker, and recently freshened up by Fazio Electric (she's the best in LA). Amp was $450 20 years ago, and my '74 Princeton was $250 on eBay... The Princeton has a Weber C10Q that sounds nice with the lower volume, and I had a male-female speaker cable made to run the Princeton speaker as an extension cab, but also will plug it into my Tremolux cab loaded with Weber AlNiCo 10s. Greg - your RI Vibrochamp already has a 1/4" speaker out - definitely fun to try on larger cabs, and you don't have to swap out the old RCA for a 1/4" jack like on the originals (total worthwhile swap FWIW). These days my workhorse recording amp is a mid 70s Princeton Reverb that has several Boogie mods and a Boogie badged 12” celestion. It sounds great. Way cooler than the Milkman and Morgan boutique stuff I’ve had on sessions. I generally shy away from master volume Fenders but this amp is really hard to get a bad sound from. None of that ratty sound you get from a 70s master volume Twin. Although the Rivera era Twin II can work so who knows. Also my time on master volume twins was largely at rehearsal spaces and of unreliable condition. |
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Post by frans on Oct 11, 2023 5:37:00 GMT -6
I usually split guitars in two amps, less doubletracking, more wall of sound. I totally get the love for the AC15. But as in another post: it depends on the cab. I got three 4x12" with different speakers, Celestion V30 + greenback, Eminence Tonker + CV75 + Wizard and , Fane A60 (fantastic speaker!!! the better version of a BlueBulldog for me) and some more. The Hiwatt DR103 is mostly used for bass, a AC30 and a AC15 clone, a one-of-a-kind amp that my tech built, THD univalve and a few dozend valves, a few Marshalls, (etc.)
I like how totally different sounds combine for more in your face with less tracks.
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Post by ninworks on Oct 28, 2023 9:48:22 GMT -6
I have a hand-wired 50th Anniversary Vox AC15H1TV with a Celestion Alnico Blue in it that is just magic. It came with a Greenback in it and sounded very good but the Blue made it grow fangs. An SM57 with a R121 through a pair of API 312's is to die for. Just about anything I would want depending upon how hard I push the front end. Double track that with my Twin Reverb with 64 vintage C12N's in it, on about 7 and the combination is awesome. Who needs pedals?!
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Post by Ward on Oct 31, 2023 9:02:03 GMT -6
I have a hand-wired 50th Anniversary Vox AC15H1TV with a Celestion Alnico Blue in it that is just magic. It came with a Greenback in it and sounded very good but the Blue made it grow fangs. An SM57 with a R121 through a pair of API 312's is to die for. Just about anything I would want depending upon how hard I push the front end. Double track that with my Twin Reverb with 64 vintage C12N's in it, on about 7 and the combination is awesome. Who needs pedals?! An alnico blue is a much better speaker for an AC than a greenback, and yes, the combo of a 121 and 57 is also my favorite choice for recording one. |
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Post by Tbone81 on Oct 31, 2023 13:23:42 GMT -6
Now THAT's an amp, but only if you have the studio or farm to use it... are you using an attenuator, or just a really well acoustic treated studio? I have actually quite a small studio. I never use attenuators. I usually use either ribbons or a fet47 clone or such on it. I hardly ever track guitars with 57s or similar, I want the spaciousness captured. I can anyway open it up pretty well in that environment, even to the point of distorting it. BUT here comes the fun part. This is also one of my best sounding amps at decent volume, since it is the only amp I ever had with an amazing master volume that actually works like it should. I used to gig with this amp playing in a stoner band, and it is perceived very loud when cranked due to it’s mid punchy frequency response and clean head room. But I’ve come to enjoy it’s bell like tone on lower volumes as well. ofcourse also these early ones made in dave reeves basement by dave himself are all a little different from each other as they often were custom ordered in those days. Mine brakes up slightly earlier than they normally do due to a custom wiring it came from the basement. I don’t know whom it was made for originally. But it is hands down the best sounding and most reliable amp I have ever had the joy to play and own. And I got it in literally mint condition after it had lived most of it’s life in a studio. Hiwatts are glorious. Wish I had one… |
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Post by theshea on Oct 31, 2023 13:54:32 GMT -6
I have actually quite a small studio. I never use attenuators. I usually use either ribbons or a fet47 clone or such on it. I hardly ever track guitars with 57s or similar, I want the spaciousness captured. I can anyway open it up pretty well in that environment, even to the point of distorting it. BUT here comes the fun part. This is also one of my best sounding amps at decent volume, since it is the only amp I ever had with an amazing master volume that actually works like it should. I used to gig with this amp playing in a stoner band, and it is perceived very loud when cranked due to it’s mid punchy frequency response and clean head room. But I’ve come to enjoy it’s bell like tone on lower volumes as well. ofcourse also these early ones made in dave reeves basement by dave himself are all a little different from each other as they often were custom ordered in those days. Mine brakes up slightly earlier than they normally do due to a custom wiring it came from the basement. I don’t know whom it was made for originally. But it is hands down the best sounding and most reliable amp I have ever had the joy to play and own. And I got it in literally mint condition after it had lived most of it’s life in a studio. Hiwatts are glorious. Wish I had one… tried only once a hiwatt years ago. think it was a custom 50 - what a bone dry crunch sound! you could hear every nuance and also every mistake. you have to be a good player with good touch but if you get it right the amp rios like no other. |
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Post by Ox Han on Dec 18, 2023 10:43:51 GMT -6
I really like the low watt Swart amps like their atomic jr head or their 5w 12” STR tremolo. I’m not sure they are as versatile as an AC15 or deluxe reverb or blues jr. I think they sound awesome and are a perfect studio amp. Their dark tweed looks rad.
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Those suckers are L O U D. 
