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TheOutpost Joined: May 26, 2020 Posts: 241 Highlands Ranch	Posted on May 26 2020 10:49 PM What are some of the unconventional rigs you guys use? — Social Media https://www.facebook.com/TheOutpost/ https://www.instagram.com/theoutpostmusic/ Music https://theoutpostmusic.bandcamp.com/ https://soundcloud.com/theoutpostmusic/ Merch https://the-outpost-7.creator-spring.com/ Top
Sonic_Blue Joined: Feb 22, 2019 Posts: 190	Posted on May 27 2020 12:17 AM Supersonic 100 Top
WoodyJ Joined: Apr 05, 2006 Posts: 1532 Bethlehem, GA	Posted on May 27 2020 11:06 AM I'm not doing live gigs anymore, just home studio stuff. On my current instrumental project I'm mostly using a Vox AC10 and a '62 Fender Pro into a Mesa CabClone direct to the Allen & Heasth mixer. — Jack aka WoodyJ The Mariners (1964-68, 1996-2005) The Hula Hounds (1996-current) The X-Rays (1997-2004) The Surge! (2004, 2011-2012) Various non-surf bands that actually made money (1978-1990) Top
Ariel Joined: Aug 29, 2009 Posts: 1555 Israel	Posted on May 27 2020 01:45 PM That Fender Pro... Top
WoodyJ Joined: Apr 05, 2006 Posts: 1532 Bethlehem, GA	Posted on May 27 2020 03:34 PM Ariel wrote: That Fender Pro... LOL, thanks Ariel! It is all original except for an Eddie Katcher cap job and I changed the grill to a '60-61 oxblood one. I still have the original 'wheat' one. The previous owner was a collector who decided to sell his Fender collection and I had been looking for a brownface Pro for a long time when it popped up at a good price. This was 22 years ago. It is a unusual version that came with the optional factory JBL D-130F and a tube rectifier instead of a solid state one I've only encountered two other owners that have one so equipped. It sounds glorious and oh my, that tremolo....!! — Jack aka WoodyJ The Mariners (1964-68, 1996-2005) The Hula Hounds (1996-current) The X-Rays (1997-2004) The Surge! (2004, 2011-2012) Various non-surf bands that actually made money (1978-1990) Top
JonnyAngle Joined: Jun 21, 2012 Posts: 26 Maple Grove, MN	Posted on May 28 2020 06:58 AM — JonnyAngle.Bandcamp.com DroppingAcidPedalEtching.com Last edited: May 28, 2020 06:59:47 Top
DeathTide Joined: Apr 13, 2018 Posts: 1341 New Orleans	Posted on May 28 2020 08:04 AM That Pro! I wonder how different from a Vibrasonic it sounds? GAH! A dream amp for sure, and a unicorn! I can see selling your Double Showman and keeping that thing for life. Gah! Just lovely. It’s a bummer how few guitar amps use 15”ers. Dan Izen WoodyJ wrote: Ariel wrote: That Fender Pro... LOL, thanks Ariel! It is all original except for an Eddie Katcher cap job and I changed the grill to a '60-61 oxblood one. I still have the original 'wheat' one. The previous owner was a collector who decided to sell his Fender collection and I had been looking for a brownface Pro for a long time when it popped up at a good price. This was 22 years ago. It is a unusual version that came with the optional factory JBL D-130F and a tube rectifier instead of a solid state one I've only encountered two other owners that have one so equipped. It sounds glorious and oh my, that tremolo....!! — Daniel Deathtide Top
WoodyJ Joined: Apr 05, 2006 Posts: 1532 Bethlehem, GA	Posted on May 28 2020 10:26 AM DeathTide wrote: That Pro! I wonder how different from a Vibrasonic it sounds? GAH! A dream amp for sure, and a unicorn! I can see selling your Double Showman and keeping that thing for life. Gah! Just lovely. It’s a bummer how few guitar amps use 15”ers. Dan Izen Hey, Dan, I was in a downsizing mode when you got the Dual Showman. My live performing days were over and I really had no use for the big amps anymore. I am very happy it went to a great new home and caretaker! I did keep a '67 Dual Showman with a clone 1x15 bass cabinet that my pal Eddie Katcher built for me several years ago. It is set up for bass with an E-V 15BX 400w 4 ohm speaker. It has the best bass tone of any bass amp I've ever played through and it is total perfection in the studio. I just couldn't let it go. The brownface Vibrasonic is rated at the same 40w as the Pro but came with a more powerful output transformer, so it will have more headroom than a Pro. However, the Pro I have can get stupid loud with very little breakup, even with it's oddball tube rectifier. It has that big, fat yet super clean "tone for days" sound that is hard to describe without hearing it in person. I am a big fan of the 15" speaker in most any 40+ watt Fender amp, preferably a JBL or E-V. — Jack aka WoodyJ The Mariners (1964-68, 1996-2005) The Hula Hounds (1996-current) The X-Rays (1997-2004) The Surge! (2004, 2011-2012) Various non-surf bands that actually made money (1978-1990) Last edited: May 28, 2020 10:27:19 Top
DeathTide Joined: Apr 13, 2018 Posts: 1341 New Orleans	Posted on May 28 2020 10:46 AM Great, now I want one even more. It kind of sounds like I personally would get a lot more out of the Pro than the Vibrasonic! Currently I pulled two tubes on the ‘62 Twin for quiet practice. But I will never stop dreaming about an amp like that. — Daniel Deathtide Top
remora1 Joined: Jan 04, 2008 Posts: 1267 San Pedro, CA	Posted on May 28 2020 04:11 PM I've posted mine before but I think it qualifies to be put here - Quilter Pro Block 200 mounted in a head cab with built-in SurfyBear reverb, SurfyTrem pedal, delay, EQ,EP Booster clone, and TurboTuner pedals.Plus a 15" Quilter Steelaire speaker in a Sub-Z cabinet. — Bill S._______ HELLDIVER on Facebook Last edited: May 28, 2020 16:12:54 Top
RobbieReverb Joined: Feb 28, 2006 Posts: 2252 San Jose, Ca.	Posted on May 28 2020 05:36 PM Bill, that is so cool!!! Thanks for sharing it again. — Bob Top
remora1 Joined: Jan 04, 2008 Posts: 1267 San Pedro, CA	Posted on May 29 2020 08:36 AM Thanks Bob! — Bill S._______ HELLDIVER on Facebook Top
LosVenturas Joined: Feb 10, 2011 Posts: 443 Antwerp, Belgium	Posted on May 29 2020 03:54 PM Hi all, Not that my rigs are unconventional but since some time I play guitar on 'bass' heads and bass on a 'guitar' head.. Guitar into bassman 100 or studio basses. All with 15" jensens. Basses into a non-reverb super twin, paired with a 70s bassman 215 cab. I have lots of love for the Ed Jahns designs. IMO he created some true masterpieces which are often underrated. Cheers all, Andy — www.LosVenturas.be Top
RobbieReverb Joined: Feb 28, 2006 Posts: 2252 San Jose, Ca.	Posted on May 29 2020 11:24 PM Andy, I like your choices of gear. Speaking of Ed Jahns, designs, I bought a Fender 75 in 1979 and gigged with it throughout the 80's. It was Ed Jahns' attempt to produce a Fender alternative to a Mesa Boogie. It was 75 watts, switchable to 15 watts by shutting down two power tubes; clean and lead channels, a 15" speaker, nice sounding on board reverb, and it weighed a ton! Mine was plagued with issues, massive cold solder joints, a toasted transformer, erratic noise issues and more. A major design flaw was that the reverb dropped-out when the lead channel was engaged. I ended up using it as a great clean amp, and pedal platform. I still have it, buried in the garage somewhere. LosVenturas wrote: Hi all, Not that my rigs are unconventional but since some time I play guitar on 'bass' heads and bass on a 'guitar' head.. Guitar into bassman 100 or studio basses. All with 15" jensens. Basses into a non-reverb super twin, paired with a 70s bassman 215 cab. I have lots of love for the Ed Jahns designs. IMO he created some true masterpieces which are often underrated. Cheers all, Andy — Bob Top
DeathTide Joined: Apr 13, 2018 Posts: 1341 New Orleans	Posted on May 30 2020 07:53 AM A non-reverb Super Twin?!! Huh? LosVenturas wrote: Hi all, Not that my rigs are unconventional but since some time I play guitar on 'bass' heads and bass on a 'guitar' head.. Guitar into bassman 100 or studio basses. All with 15" jensens. Basses into a non-reverb super twin, paired with a 70s bassman 215 cab. I have lots of love for the Ed Jahns designs. IMO he created some true masterpieces which are often underrated. Cheers all, Andy — Daniel Deathtide Top
LosVenturas Joined: Feb 10, 2011 Posts: 443 Antwerp, Belgium	Posted on May 30 2020 08:05 AM Hi Bob, Sorry to hear you had less luck with the build quality and other issues. Mine do all work terrific. Of course, they did have the maintenance they needed.. Caps, tubes,.. A non-reverb twin indeed. Approximately 180 to 200w pushed by 6 6l6 tubes. The beast Ted Nugent once used. I put the chassis in a portable head ;) I didn't need the reverb version as I have separate units and I use it for bass.. Plenty of power, no need to worry. — www.LosVenturas.be Top
JimSnyder Joined: Nov 04, 2018 Posts: 10	Posted on May 31 2020 09:22 PM The Dr Z Maz 18 through a single 12” greenback is working well in my little group — https://ifmarshadwaves.bandcamp.com/releases Top
JimSnyder Joined: Nov 04, 2018 Posts: 10	Posted on May 31 2020 09:22 PM — https://ifmarshadwaves.bandcamp.com/releases Top
LosVenturas Joined: Feb 10, 2011 Posts: 443 Antwerp, Belgium	Posted on Jun 01 2020 04:48 AM That speaker cab looks very neat, somehow like a 50s radio. I like! Cheers, Andy — www.LosVenturas.be Top
JimSnyder Joined: Nov 04, 2018 Posts: 10	Posted on Jun 01 2020 11:44 AM Thanks Andy, J Design Speaker Enclosures made the cabinet from a cool bamboo plywood and the grill cloth is a hemp fiber similar to burlap. — https://ifmarshadwaves.bandcamp.com/releases Top

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