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Post subject: Re: Your last gear purchase?
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2017 9:34 am
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Post subject: Re: Your last gear purchase?
Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2017 9:38 pm
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Just picked up a small National by Valco for $100 on E-Bay. Not sure of the age or model: its got a 5y3,6sl7, 2x 6v6 topology w/ a 8" Rola speaker. Looking forward to tinkering w/ it. Should have it by months end.
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Post subject: Re: Your last gear purchase?
Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2017 10:36 pm
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fasteddy333 wrote:
Orange Crush 35rt


How do you like that amp?


I have the predecessor, 35LDX, and had a 35RT for a week before returning it, keeping the LDX. They're both analog solid state amps (unless you engage digital effects) with a pretty beefy gain stage for SS amps.
The main difference is that where you earlier had a large number of ho-hum digital effects, of which you could pick just one, they have now picked it for you - it's digital reverb. And it now has an effects loop instead of a line out. But the biggest change is that the 35RT is a closed back.

That said, they're both good practice amps. The RT is better at low volume, but doesn't handle higher volumes as well as the LDX, presumably due to the closed back. They're both relatively low powered at 35 solid state watt, which is probably around what a 5W tube amp can give, so not a lot of clean headroom. The built-in headphone amp takes a full sized plug, and is strong enough to drive most headphones.
The overdrive is dirty, as you'd expect from a British amp. I like it.
The clean channel does not roll off on the treble side as quickly as most amps, so you can use it with an acoustic. As long as you don't dial in the reverb, because it is craptacular on both models. Use anything[*] else.
The built in tuner (same for the entire Crush line) is also rubbish, but better than nothing, I guess. It'll get you within a quarter note, at least.
But for practice use with some dirt and gain, or a garden party, they're both quite good value for the money. Easy to carry, and a good in-your-face sound.

[*]: A copper pan placed behind the speaker would be a better reverb than the built-in. The RT only has one of the four reverb models of the LDX (the "spring" one), but that's no big loss, because they're all bad, in my humble opinion.

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I've been thinking about a replacement guitar amp to where I don't have to gig with my 1982 Fender Super Champ, if I have to play guitar live. It's 18 watt tubed, with a 150 watt EV Force 10 speaker equipped, so something with comparable volume would be ideal for my purposes

It's certainly not a tube amp, and you won't get nearly as much clean headroom, but if you want a gain knob that actually does a lot to the sound, and a good dirty channel, this is a great little amp. It weighs very little, and you can leave the boost and drive pedals at home (but bring a reverb pedal).


Thanks for the info on this. 8)

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Post subject: Re: Your last gear purchase?
Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2017 10:37 pm
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sfceric64 wrote:
Just picked up a small National by Valco for $100 on E-Bay. Not sure of the age or model: its got a 5y3,6sl7, 2x 6v6 topology w/ a 8" Rola speaker. Looking forward to tinkering w/ it. Should have it by months end.

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Cool amp. 8)

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Traded in my Princeton Chorus for a new Deluxe Reverb.

Very happy with the upgrade, now shopping distortion pedals.

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Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2017 5:50 pm
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sfceric64 wrote:
Just picked up a small National by Valco for $100 on E-Bay. Not sure of the age or model: its got a 5y3,6sl7, 2x 6v6 topology w/ a 8" Rola speaker. Looking forward to tinkering w/ it. Should have it by months end.

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Nice Score! Once it arrives make sure you give us a tone report.
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Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2017 6:35 pm
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1980 Fender Lead II.

Very proud of it. Very happy with the feel and the sound.

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bugera t50 head. hooked up to a 112 cab I had sitting around, with an eminence texas heat speaker inside. sounds good to me!


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Post subject: Re: Your last gear purchase?
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Post subject: Re: Your last gear purchase?
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2017 9:11 pm
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Am. Std. Jazz.

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Post subject: Re: Your last gear purchase?
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2017 9:29 pm
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There it is. 8) Nice looking Jazz.

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Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2017 6:10 pm
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Well...before Christmas I ordered an Acoustic A1000 acoustic/electric amp.
First one arrived, looked good, sounded good, but one of the LED FX display (channels 1 & 2) screens did not light up about 75% of the time---so I sent it back for an exchange.
Second one arrived, looked good, sounded horrible. Tremendous buzz. Tried everything....shut off all possible household items that may have been interfering electronically, and tried several different outlets linked to different breakers...no help, it IS the amp...messing with knobs I deducted a bad solder on the Frequency pot for channels 1 & 2. Sent it back for ANOTHER exchange.

Well...the gear site I used dragged their feet on the second exchange just long enough for me to completely change my mind. Told them to forget the Acoustic A1000 and give me a Fender Super-Champ X2 head and Fender Super-Champ 112 cabinet instead.
Unfortunately these items are on "back order" so I won't have them until first week in February...fortunately they are Fender.

I'll continue to play my electric/acoustic through my 20 watt Acoustic amp, and PA system until Acoustic can iron out the issues with the A1000.


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Post subject: Re: Your last gear purchase?
Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2017 7:00 pm
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Hopefully, you won't have issues with the Fender amp. I know that sucks when you have to return defective gear.

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Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2017 8:09 pm
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PaulLF wrote:
There it is. 8) Nice looking Jazz.


It plays really nice, I'm not regretting getting it one bit. The Rosewood does nice with the CS60's pups. And it plays well through the SB/SVT212. :mrgreen:

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