HAHA dont go there mate, take it from me

then  can someone give the proper answer to it then instead of saying "wait until you get the amp" because i certainly won't be getting the amp unless i get that information straight to the point.

I'll let you know in a couple of weeks. Got my overtone arriving soon. (It just arrived !) in bits package 2.

I have a BF Vibrolux 2x10 and an old AC-30 to compare.

I'm hoping that it will be able to cover the bases of these amps clean sound. Not clone them but have a clean sound that is usable but different. Its clean sound is of primary importance to me.

Speakers will make a huge difference, A celestion v's a jensen will change your sound and 10" v's 12" will too.

Early Marshalls are a bassman style circuit. The speakers and cab used has allot to do with the character of these amps. I shopped around for AC-30s years ago I found that the Blue/sliver speakers in the old amps gave the vox sound. The re-issues with greenbacks at the time didn't sound right.

I think find where the Overtone sits sound wise first. Play it, gig with it, find a speaker you like with it. Then find a amp that will fill the hole. Could be even be something like an AC-15, Matchless, or  trainwreck.

Last note on the Fender sound. A tweed deluxe is a completely different sound to a twinreverb and the new "hotrod" Blues Jr style amps are a different thing again.
You can't compare apples and oranges. From my understanding you can't even compare 2 *umbles.

What would be nice, is to get an insight into is how these  *umble style amps are changed to suit different players.
Nick

OK just for the record...

I played my Overtone next to SF Twin Reverb, next to DRRI and my moded 5E3.

I always wanted a Twin but 'cause it's such a heavy animal I always decided against it. Once I heard my Overtone next to that Twin my Twin GAS stoped right there. Does it sound just like Twin, no it doesn't but it's close enough if you ask me.
Regarding Tweed Deluxe sound the story is similar. With the deep switch on and some tone stack tweaking you can get close. Just for the record, I'm using a Greenback with my 5E3 and a G12-65 with my Overtone. The difference is still there, 5E3 is much more focused and a mid hump is a little different but hey, sound is in the fingers isn't it.

 

Heres a question:

how does the OTS go when you dial in a nice clean tone and put a pedal like a tubescreamer or something to that effect in front of it? has anyone here done this? how does it sound?

i say this because i think you would get a completely different overdriven sound to the one produed on the OD channel, but im curious as to what it would be like...

Cool thanks man, i thought it might

how would you describe the sort of sounds it throws out?? in the theme of this thread, would you be confident in being able to dial this sort of stuff in whilst using the clean channel through one of those pedals?

that makes sense the OTS is probably known for smoothing out....

as far as im aware the amp in that clip is a deville 4x10, so a loud tweed fender, which is where that harshness comes from, the "twangy" clean that the amp would produce without the pedal is just amplified, to create that harshness...