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Title: Re-Start Post by: Hayden on April 16, 2010, 12:32:40 AM Hi all
I am in line for a 50watt OTS from Nik and I have never played a D Style amplifier before. I have watched all of the clips and read through most of this forum. (So an excited noob in limbo with too much time on his hands!) My question is to those who have lived with their amp for a while. What is the most important thing you have learned about owning this amplifier and wished you had known from the start? This could be from always setting the Bass higher than the Middle control or the type of speaker you have connected to it or always having the presence on 8? What has experience taught you and what would you want to tell someone before they turn one on for the first time? Thanks Title: Re: Re-Start Post by: Nairbr on April 16, 2010, 01:35:24 AM Hi
The most important thing I have found with these amps is burning them in. I got mine and was really eager to play it and was really happy with it, but only gave it a short burn in. Then I turned it on 1 day and left it on for 3 days straight and what a difference to the tone, best sounding amp I have owned ;D The next most important choice is speakers. My cab had Celestion Vintage 30's and now I have Warehouse Guitar Speaker ET-65's which are a clone of Celestion G12-65's and these sound so much better than the V30's with this amp. I haven't tried EV's yet but they seem to be a very popular choice on this site. Good luck with your new amp Title: Re: Re-Start Post by: bobgoblin on April 16, 2010, 03:56:45 AM I've owned my OTS since summer of '08. Things I've come to learn:
I like the bias set a little "hot" on EL34 tubes (6L6's sound great, too, but I really like the EL34's) I like the clean gain (first knob on the left) up at least 6 on the dial. I like the treble & bass knobs a little lower than noon. I like EVM-12L's, ET-65's, Eminence RWB's (right now I have 1 RWB & 1 ET-65). I like closed-back, front-ported cabs (currently using a Hermida 2x12) I like the amp at 4 ohms. I like the OD section knobs at right around noon. I like the PAB a lot, but I try to only use it for solos. I don't like turning the presence knob up at all. I like the loop ONLY with a Kleinulator or a Fuchs Tube-FX-Loop (currently using only the Fuchs) I only play humbucker guitars with this amp, and I always have a Rocktron Intellifex going through the loop & Fuchs interface for flanged delay. Title: Re: Re-Start Post by: Hayden on April 19, 2010, 01:34:14 AM Thanks for the replies
bobgoblin you say you like the amp at 4 ohms is that a matched load or a mismatch into an 8 ohm cabinet? Title: Re: Re-Start Post by: bobgoblin on April 19, 2010, 02:07:54 AM Matched, both the ET-65 & Emi RWB are 8 ohms each.
Title: Re: Re-Start Post by: roadapple on April 22, 2010, 08:23:17 PM The one player is correct... Burn in for a minimum of 48 hours SOLID... 3 or 4 days is best. A week wouldn't hurt even. I burned mine in for about a week and it was very nice tonally.
This does several things. It "burns in" all the components, levels off the tolerance. If any parts are going to go, they should burn up during burn in, not during a live show or practice. I've Tubes need to be burned in good so they mellow a little. Plug your guitar (with NO effects/ guitar straight into the amp) in without burn in and record some rhythm chops and lead. Write down or don't change your settings in any way for the comparison. Then after it burns in for 4 - 7 days, record the same rhythm/lead chops and you'll hear a huge difference, mellower, much more clarity/definition, huge difference in sustain. You will be blown away by the difference. |