Fired it up with the Tele. REALLY like the clean tones on this - heaps of headroom, does the Fender-y thing well even at low volumes.
Drive channel - sounds awesome but not at low volumes. With the gain and master down it almost sounds like a preamp tube is on the way out - gave them a tap with a pencil and non are microphonic but might find a spare and swap them out one at a time.
But with a bit of volume behind it sounds absolutely killer. Real bummer I can’t crank it at home (upstairs neighbours) but am itching to take it to the practise room and turn it up.
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point of interest ...
Ive still got a Express 50 , 1 x 12 sitting in the closet gathering dust. Any offers considered - no rush to sell as such but Id rather see it used.
GrantB wrote:
“You might be cool, but you’ll never be playing a white Steinberger through a JC120, wearing a white jumpsuit with white shoes and sporting a mullet cool”.
Took the combo to a practise room so I could properly crank it and A/B test it with the Iridium, which I’ve been using for the last few months.
I love the convenience of the Iridium and being able to practise through headphones but man the F-50 just sounds exactly how I want it to….guessing I could get the Iridium sounding better if I was using a better powered speaker etc. but there’s something so satisfying about getting some tubes hot and letting rip.
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mine does not have the graphic. Great amp - just never use it.
GrantB wrote:
“You might be cool, but you’ll never be playing a white Steinberger through a JC120, wearing a white jumpsuit with white shoes and sporting a mullet cool”.
Jake wrote: ↑Sun Sep 12, 2021 11:01 pm
Took the combo to a practise room so I could properly crank it and A/B test it with the Iridium, which I’ve been using for the last few months.
I love the convenience of the Iridium and being able to practise through headphones but man the F-50 just sounds exactly how I want it to….guessing I could get the Iridium sounding better if I was using a better powered speaker etc. but there’s something so satisfying about getting some tubes hot and letting rip.
I agree. Its just the way tube amps cut through too. They have a presence and punch that most modelers cannot replicate. My Fm3 however has an excellent sound going through the PA which actually is pretty difficult to replicate when mic'ing a cab.
Jake wrote: ↑Sun Sep 12, 2021 11:01 pm
Took the combo to a practise room so I could properly crank it and A/B test it with the Iridium, which I’ve been using for the last few months.
I love the convenience of the Iridium and being able to practise through headphones but man the F-50 just sounds exactly how I want it to….guessing I could get the Iridium sounding better if I was using a better powered speaker etc. but there’s something so satisfying about getting some tubes hot and letting rip.
You should try running the Iridium into the effects loop, with the pedals power amp and speaker modelling turned off. That'd be an interesting test.
Jops wrote: ↑Sun Sep 18, 2022 7:46 am
Spring is the comic sans of reverbs anyway.
There's nothing quite like a power amp pushing speakers, and I'm a big fan of modelling gear. I've run the Iridium through my Marshalls effects return with cab modelling off and it does sounds really good.
I'd love a nice Mesa 1x12 to play in stereo with my Marshall but that's probably never gonna happen haha.
