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« on: June 17, 2011, 11:50:02 AM »

I am thoroughly convinced that these OTS amps are alive and have moods. Anyone else ever get that feeling?


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Re: Moody

« Reply #1 on: June 17, 2011, 01:12:35 PM »

Glad to hear I'm not the only one !


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Re: Moody

« Reply #2 on: June 17, 2011, 01:16:45 PM »

I had to make mine sit in a corner for an hour in time out... I said I'd turn it back on when it had a better attitude.


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Re: Moody

« Reply #3 on: June 17, 2011, 06:38:39 PM »

My BM is very happy til I plug the strat in. The cleans are beautiful, but I still can't dial in the OD channel with the strat. I was thinking maybe it was single coils, but the Dano sounds great. Garr


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Re: Moody

« Reply #4 on: June 17, 2011, 10:44:20 PM »

I probably will get shouted at for this Tongue

but I find I need to use some kinda of booster or tubescreamer pedal Embarrassed

to get a nice smooth OD sound with my strat Undecided

It's a shame because my tubescreamer clone is very noisey....

I think my amp gets travel sickness, it seems to respond different at every gig I play!


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Re: Moody

« Reply #5 on: June 18, 2011, 12:49:28 AM »

I have to do the same thing! I use either my boosta grande, tube screamer, or fulltone 2 .If I turn the drive up enough to get a good overdrive goin it gets way too compressed sounding. My strat seems to have particularly weak pickups in it, kinda like how SRV's lenny guitar was, bright and sparkly and beautiful for clean tones, but not so much for OD, and not just with the BM either. I may try some hotter pickups in her, maybe some Fralin vintage hots or blues specials.


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Re: Moody

« Reply #6 on: June 18, 2011, 06:26:15 AM »

I've been using a variac lately, even at gigs. It will make the supply voltage consistent making the amp's tone more consistent. No wonder why Robben Ford uses one.


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Re: Moody

« Reply #7 on: June 18, 2011, 07:24:40 AM »

I was thinking along those same lines, and thinking about getting a voltage regulator. Also, since I was bored, I switched the power tubes back to the JAN Phillips 6L6WGB's, switched the sag resistor on, which i'm starting to treat more like a hi/lo switch like on the univalve amps, to drop the plate voltages down to 430 like I usually do to run those tubes and i got "my" sound again. They really tighten the bass up and accentuate the mids nicely. I keep going back to em, so I think I'll prolly stick with em. Also, I'm sure that the voltage drop throughout the amp affects things as well and helps get the sound I want. Who knows? I'm just glad I got it back


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Re: Moody

« Reply #8 on: June 18, 2011, 04:29:19 PM »

I can get a fatter tone with my Strat if I use the clean channel on my Bluesmaster with a boost from a Zendrive- still haven't managed to get a sound with Strat and O/D channel that cuts through in a live situation as good.


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Re: Moody

« Reply #9 on: June 18, 2011, 10:14:29 PM »

Using a strat for the first time in my life ('96 American Standard) and it sings with the Bluesmaster. The amp is 100w, don't know if that has anything to do with it. However, I did find that the pickups weren't driving as hard as I wanted them, which I expected. There are 2 good options for this. One is to use a line buffer or a clean boost pedal at the beginning of your pedal chain to fatten up the pups. I have a Smart People Factory Ego Boost (which I think it out of production), but a Keeley Katana or Analogman boost would work really well. Or, you could try this:
http://this1smyne.com/shop/mb-mini-buffer/
Dan at T1M is fantastic and his stuff is really really cheap, all things considered.

The other option is to increase the level knob on your compressor, if you are using one. Either way works well and I've gotten good results with them.

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Re: Moody

« Reply #10 on: June 19, 2011, 12:01:42 AM »

Well, I played the strat all morning long, thru the BM, my sovtek, and my ampeg tried boosting the compressor and the tube screamer etc, and I've decided that after two years, I'm just not a strat guy. I went and traded it in on an Epi Les Paul standard. The strat was great for cleans, but I just can't get the OD sounds I wanted out of it. I played les pauls most of my life anyway, so it's kinda like coming home


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Re: Moody

« Reply #11 on: June 19, 2011, 02:07:15 AM »

I can relate to that - I prefer my LP too but I keep a Strat for 3 big reasons - Jimi, SRV and E flat tuning - nothing beats the sound of a loud snarling cleanish neck pickup on a 6L6 amp that's ready to explode Wink


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Re: Moody

« Reply #12 on: June 19, 2011, 02:33:15 AM »

I feel the same way, that's why I picked up the strat again. I may build a guitar with just middle and neck single coil pickups just for that purpose

but then again I used to play jimi and srv and tune down a half step on a les paul too.


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Re: Moody

« Reply #13 on: June 19, 2011, 12:30:26 PM »

Out of my 5 guitars my Tele is the only one I keep in standard tuning - the others are kept in E flat - helps our singer but I just love E flat anyway


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Re: Moody

« Reply #14 on: June 20, 2011, 03:19:29 AM »

I'm not a strat guy either, but strangely enough today my Eric Jihnson strat was sounding killer through the HRM-50!

Related to another thread, I've been digging having the OD trim control on a remote box with a big dial so I can dial in OD level with my foot!

Moody, yes! In a good mood today for sure!
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