Hello to the forum,
My bandmates were laughing their asses off when I walked in with the amp sitting on top of a piece of wood - I just set it on top of my Mesa Maverick and plugged in the Maverick's speakers, a pair of Celestion Vintage 30's I put in there a while ago wired for 8 OHM's.
I am using Electro Harmoix 12ax7 golds and EF86 with Electro Harmonix EL84's, and a pair of 5V4 rectifiers. Using the EH as a reference before I switch to anything exotic...
I am running a VanAmps Sole-Mate spring reverb in effects loop 1, nothing in effects loop 2
My pedalboard consists of the following path:
Analogman NKT275 Sunface ---> Peterson Strobostomp ----> Teese RMC3 wah ----> Fulltone Deja Vive -----> EH nano Small Stone -----> Fulltone Full Drive 2 -----> Analogman modded Tube Driver ----> homemade a/b box -----> both inputs on the DC30
From the first note, the band was totally blown away. My guitar actually seemed easier to play for some reason. I have never heard my wah pedal sound so good. I even tried an old Buddah Wah and it sounded great.
I cannot believe how incredibly loud this amplifier is. It can peel paint. I never took it off of low power. I also never tried the master volume. It is very sensitive to guitar volume knob adjustment, just like the real thing. In fact, this thing somehow made me play better than I have in a long time. Nik was great. Can't wait to order that *umble...
Nobody was laughing at the end, and get this: My bandmates helped me carry my stuff out!
sweet