Mine is a "standard" 50w OTS with an external OD pot on the back and a half power switch, I'm running it thru an Avatar, open back, 1x12 with a WGS G1265 clone which needs more time on it to break in. Some of the cleans I'm getting out of the amp, especially in 1/2 power mode, are stellar -- clear and very articulate with some hair around the edges that can be controlled with attack or guitar volume (lovvvvve that), the only thing missing is some reverb.

So probably safe to assume that in 1/2 power mode the OD will be more sensitive than in full power?

Ill keep working on the OD thing, I know the right mix is in there, the problem is the user. 


OK, to further demonstrate my ignorance, are both tones tacks wired into the tone dials? Man that would be confusing for the uninitiated, sounds like I great feature tho'. Also, do the tone dials add gain like a Dr. Z Galaxie?

Maybe these will help?

Love it! Great tone and excellent playing

Thanks for the heads up sduck -- so I checked with the seller, apparently the trim pot was added by Nik as an option, it also has the half power option. I'll keep messin' with the PAB and settings, feel some OCD setting in with all these knobs and switches.

Appreciate the input guys.

I downloaded the manual, it was helpful and a good foundation to build from, although there is no reference to the trim pot on the back. I will try the 10:00 suggestion as a starting point. I know that as I was experimenting, (you know, jacking the dials to extremes just to see what happens) sometimes the OD would be very harsh. I read on another site that setting up the clean channel first was critical to dialing in the OD tone and ultimately balancing the channels.

One thing I struggled with yesterday was kicking in the boost and OD. I don't remember where the knobs were set, but at one point if the OD was on and I kicked on the Boost the volume dropped.

Also glad to know the true purpose of the "D-C-K-lators" is compression, smoothing and tonal enrichment.

Thought I might try one of these Wet reverbs from Neunaber, http://www.neunabertechnology.com/wet-reverb

Thanks again for the insights!

I have 2x10 golds hooked to a Carmen ghia head, for me they started out very good and then at about 20 hours of varying volumes, chording and leads, they just blossomed, absolutely stellar sound. Good luck.

Hello all, I picked-up an 8 month old OTS with 1/2 power switch of The Bay and its paired up with a G12-65 clone. Dialing this baby in will be a challenge. But so far, as you know, the tones are great! Having difficulty understanding the relationship of the clean and overdrive knobs especially keeping levels consistent when switching them in and out.

There is an overdrive knob on the rear of the amp; does this control the flavor of the OD or simply raise the level of OD?

Also curious about the effects loop. I've read some of the threads on the C-lator and Klein, but what I don't understand is, are one of these is required to run effects in the loop?

Apologies for my ignorance, and thanks for your help!