Mk 1 Boogie?null_pointer wrote:... a Princeton that didn’t flub out at higher gain levels .....
Any "forever" amps?
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Re: Any "forever" amps?
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Re: Any "forever" amps?
How high gain are you talking? Olde school Prnceton's don't flub on full...with the right sort of speaker. I think the new ones tend to want to stay cleaner longer and that might be some of the issue?null_pointer wrote:Haven’t met the forever amp yet. I think I’d need to consolidate what I want to play to a more narrow field before I can land there I suspect. I know I need an AC-derived amp at the least (Matchless, Badcat, etc), and I would *like* a Princeton that didn’t flub out at higher gain levels in the nose.
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Re: Any "forever" amps?
Surely you mean Boss GT-1000?slash-ed wrote:Also, just to be a dick (but to also participate in the thread), my forever amp is my Fractal AX8 lmao
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Re: Any "forever" amps?
I’ve had a couple (reissues, the 65 and the 68), with the 65 having a Mercury Magnetics OT upgrade and a Celestion Gold. I found over about 3 1/2 on the volume if I hit it with my usual level of gain from pedals it blurs out. Not high gain, more level jump from the pedals. Which is a shame as I loooove the clean.GrantB wrote:How high gain are you talking? Olde school Prnceton's don't flub on full...with the right sort of speaker. I think the new ones tend to want to stay cleaner longer and that might be some of the issue?null_pointer wrote:Haven’t met the forever amp yet. I think I’d need to consolidate what I want to play to a more narrow field before I can land there I suspect. I know I need an AC-derived amp at the least (Matchless, Badcat, etc), and I would *like* a Princeton that didn’t flub out at higher gain levels in the nose.
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So the compression is too much? Next TronFest (which is overdue) I'll bring my vintage one...I think it does what you want...lifts up with clarity, but I do find you need to lower the gain on pedals a tad than say vs a big bottle Marshall clean.null_pointer wrote: I’ve had a couple (reissues, the 65 and the 68), with the 65 having a Mercury Magnetics OT upgrade and a Celestion Gold. I found over about 3 1/2 on the volume if I hit it with my usual level of gain from pedals it blurs out. Not high gain, more level jump from the pedals. Which is a shame as I loooove the clean.
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Re: Any "forever" amps?
forever foreverever:
the trusty Marshall Mk 3. made for one year. huge amount of tones from a single channel amp, super simple circuit. misunderstood by most. no its not the dual reverb.
the trusty Marshall Mk 3. made for one year. huge amount of tones from a single channel amp, super simple circuit. misunderstood by most. no its not the dual reverb.
There are still some that think the neck PU is moved to accommodate the extra frets which only proves they cannot detect the difference in length of each.
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Re: Any "forever" amps?
Ah, did you see that Princetonish listing Codedog had up--my old amp...a Princeton with 6L6s. I think he has sold it now, but it solves that problem exactly.Slowy wrote:Mk 1 Boogie?null_pointer wrote:... a Princeton that didn’t flub out at higher gain levels .....
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I've had this Bogner Mojado head for 10 years now... and during that time I've also owned (And sold) a Soldano, AC30, Rivera, Tamerlane, Wolverton, a Boogie Mk. 3 and countless others. It has no master and no practical EQ (although the Schizo switch does change the voicing nicely) but just sounds great. My recently acquired '65 Bandmaster is also in the "forever" camp however but is very different, in the best possible way.
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Re: Any "forever" amps?
Aah - so I need a vintage rather than a reissue it seems...olegmcnoleg wrote:Ah, did you see that Princetonish listing Codedog had up--my old amp...a Princeton with 6L6s. I think he has sold it now, but it solves that problem exactly.Slowy wrote:Mk 1 Boogie?null_pointer wrote:... a Princeton that didn’t flub out at higher gain levels .....
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Re: Any "forever" amps?
Surely someone can think up a more original joke to makeStratMatt wrote:Surely you mean Boss GT-1000?slash-ed wrote:Also, just to be a dick (but to also participate in the thread), my forever amp is my Fractal AX8 lmao
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Re: Any "forever" amps?
What happens when AX9?slash-ed wrote:Surely someone can think up a more original joke to makeStratMatt wrote:Surely you mean Boss GT-1000?slash-ed wrote:Also, just to be a dick (but to also participate in the thread), my forever amp is my Fractal AX8 lmao
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Why would they add another button?JHorner wrote:What happens when AX9?slash-ed wrote:Surely someone can think up a more original joke to makeStratMatt wrote:
Surely you mean Boss GT-1000?
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Re: Any "forever" amps?
I should have been clearer, you need the 6L6snull_pointer wrote:Aah - so I need a vintage rather than a reissue it seems...olegmcnoleg wrote:Ah, did you see that Princetonish listing Codedog had up--my old amp...a Princeton with 6L6s. I think he has sold it now, but it solves that problem exactly.Slowy wrote: Mk 1 Boogie?