What Amp Are You Playing Today?

[bikescene]

Multiwatt into V30s yesterday

That’s the amp I’m playing most these days too.

I was playing an Strat into the Raw and Pushed modes last night for a change of pace. I’ve been fooling around with P90s in Vintage mode, so that might be for tonight.

 

[Mongillo19]

MW Recto for me as well recently!

 

[EOengineer]

Jeez guess it’s time to pull the Recto out of the basement. I didn’t know it was a party.

That’s the amp I’m playing most these days too.

I was playing an Strat into the Raw and Pushed modes last night for a change of pace. I’ve been fooling around with P90s in Vintage mode, so that might be for tonight.

What guitar are you rocking with the P90s? I keep meaning to try my LP Special with my Recto. I bet it’s cool.

 

[bikescene]

Jeez guess it’s time to pull the Recto out of the basement. I didn’t know it was a party.


What guitar are you rocking with the P90s? I keep meaning to try my LP Special with my Recto. I bet it’s cool.

I have a Squier Cabronita Baritone Tele that I put Wolfetone P90s in. I’ve been happy plugging in guitars with all types of oddball pickups into the MW.

I started fooling around with the pairing after I saw some photos from the early 2000s Jerry Finn productions using P90 guitars, and those had featured Rectifiers in some capacity.

That and I can tolerate the noise of single coils through a Recto.

 

[HomespunEffects]

 

[la szum]

The ED is a beast! In both tone and weight!

I am SO curious how it will translate for you in a 2 guitar band mix. I found it a little thick---which
was great on its own---but with another guitar player wasn't "cutting" it for me. Pun intended.

Obviously, a lot of variables to consider, but I am curious how you will feel about it if you end up
trying it out at a rehearsal.

Plenty of volume on hand. Just wanted less low end and a but more upper mid bite.... because
my ears are wired for Marshalls.... apparently!

 

[HomespunEffects]

My intention for tonight is to pull the Electra Dyne out and swap it with my EVH. No band practice until next week so I have some experimentation time, I want to try running the ED as a clean-ish pedal platform while using the FM9 for all the drives. Might be a good time to try using some amps as dirt pedals by disabling the cab/amp.

I don’t need the super tight aspects of the EVH for this band, boosted JCM800 territory will work just as well and might fill things out better.

Dang, man. I really want an Electra Dyne head. They are superb.

 

[la szum]

Amp I have been using all week, straight in, no effects, MV 4, PA 7, and attenuated
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What I am going to play this weekend. Our Singer let me borrow it to check it out
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Cool beans! Any thoughts on their differences/similarities?

 

[DrewJD82]

I am SO curious how it will translate for you in a 2 guitar band mix. I found it a little thick---which
was great on its own---but with another guitar player wasn't "cutting" it for me. Pun intended.

Obviously, a lot of variables to consider, but I am curious how you will feel about it if you end up
trying it out at a rehearsal.

Plenty of volume on hand. Just wanted less low end and a but more upper mid bite.... because
my ears are wired for Marshalls.... apparently!

These are my exact concerns, so I’m just as anxious!

I’ve got that Mesa/C90 2x12 that will definitely bring some mids to the discussion (and as much volume as I want), but that bass knob most certainly won’t be above 3! Definitely going to be relying on the Fractal drives to give me everything counter to the amp, but I think if I can pull it off, it’ll be a pretty fucking monstrous tone.

My hope is to come up with a rippin’ tone that’s got a bit more character to it than your standard high gain/5150 family chug tone. I still have to have the other guitarist bring his Royal Atlantic in and start working with him on his tone. It’s definitely nice having the band essentially say “Dial us in” and they’re all cool enough that I don’t think they’ll mind if we try a couple different things at each practice until we hone something in that really works.

 

[spawnofthesith]

Haven't played an emp yet today but last night was time to bust out the trusty '76 deluxe reverb. Last time I rehearsed with this band I was just running HX dirt models in front as I didn't have any real dirt pedals on my board. Had much more fun last night with an SD-1 and SUF dire wolf hitting it

 

[RaceU4her]

Randall Century

 

[Mongillo19]

Maybe I'll switch over to the SLO 30 tonight the recto is just very addicting to play

 

[EOengineer]

I have a Squier Cabronita Baritone Tele that I put Wolfetone P90s in. I’ve been happy plugging in guitars with all types of oddball pickups into the MW.

I started fooling around with the pairing after I saw some photos from the early 2000s Jerry Finn productions using P90 guitars, and those had featured Rectifiers in some capacity.

That and I can tolerate the noise of single coils through a Recto.

I LOVE my tele with single coils through my revision G. The fatness of the amp offsets the thinner tone but the teles snap still comes through nice and aggressive.

Another Tele/P90 player I can think of is Jim Adkins of Jimmy Eat World, who has awesome tone.

Haven't played an emp yet today but last night was time to bust out the trusty '76 deluxe reverb. Last time I rehearsed with this band I was just running HX dirt models in front as I didn't have any real dirt pedals on my board. Had much more fun last night with an SD-1 and SUF dire wolf hitting it

I think we’ve talked about this before, but the late 70s Silverface amps are such sleepers. People are catching on now but they are still a good deal especially if you have access to a competent tech.

 

[GuitarBilly74]

 

[spawnofthesith]

I think we’ve talked about this before, but the late 70s Silverface amps are such sleepers. People are catching on now but they are still a good deal especially if you have access to a competent tech.

For sure, this one has relatively recently been recapped and some light mod work done by Superfine Ampworks in Durham. Bought it a few years back from Hiss Golden Messenger when they were here in CO on tour

I like it even more now that I swapped out the 90s jensen speaker that was in there with a creamback

 

[EOengineer]

For sure, this one has relatively recently been recapped and some light mod work done by Superfine Ampworks in Durham. Bought it a few years back from Hiss Golden Messenger when they were here in CO on tour

I like it even more now that I swapped out the 90s jensen speaker that was in there with a creamback

What did you do for mods? I had mine recapped and converted the pull boost to a pull bright so I can toggle the bright cap. I may blackface it later this year, haven't decided. I'm almost certainly going to add a PPIV master to it.

 

[spawnofthesith]

What did you do for mods? I had mine recapped and converted the pull boost to a pull bright so I can toggle the bright cap. I may blackface it later this year, haven't decided. I'm almost certainly going to add a PPIV master to it.

The mods were done prior to me as requested by the HGM dude when he was taking it out on tour, but after I bought the amp I called the shop up to chat about what they were specifically. Super cool guy, spoke for quite a while. There's an added knob on the back thats something of a mid frequency knob. It's fairly subtly but I like what it does. For the most part everything else he did he referred to "grayfacing" the amp. Changing certain values back to blackface spec, but not all of them. Don't remember the super specifics but he went into a great level of detail at the time of the what and why

 

[duzie]

@duzie We want to Know what amp and drives the Cheechster is using

Hahaha
I tinker here and there with blocks in the Fractal .
Not totally aimlessly but…
I have no idea
Since I have no real world experience with amps and such I just end up with something I think sounds good

 

[EOengineer]

The mods were done prior to me as requested by the HGM dude when he was taking it out on tour, but after I bought the amp I called the shop up to chat about what they were specifically. Super cool guy, spoke for quite a while. There's an added knob on the back thats something of a mid frequency knob. It's fairly subtly but I like what it does. For the most part everything else he did he referred to "grayfacing" the amp. Changing certain values back to blackface spec, but not all of them. Don't remember the super specifics but he went into a great level of detail at the time of the what and why

That makes a lot of sense and is line with the direction I’m looking to go with mine if I mod it at all. It’s not uncommon for people to revert the phase inverter and some preamp values to blackface but leave the rectifier and power section alone. Switching these 70s models over to the blackface rectifier apparently produces ungodly high plate voltages that few 6v6s can handle.

 

[la szum]

That makes a lot of sense and is line with the direction I’m looking to go with mine if I mod it at all. It’s not uncommon for people to revert the phase inverter and some preamp values to blackface but leave the rectifier and power section alone. Switching these 70s models over to the blackface rectifier apparently produces ungodly high plate voltages that few 6v6s can handle.

I run all my Vintage Amps at 115V.

Some of these damn wall voltages in the modern world are pushing 130v. I consistently am at 125-6v here.

Any and all precautions I can take to ensure their safety and long life I am going to use.