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I think the amp we have heard mainly with Slacktone is that Slacktone
amp. I don't know the wattage on that. Can anybody at the show confirm
if he was running the two amps at the same time? I've never directly
tested a tube recitifier vs. a solid state rectifier but I have heard
the solid state ones are cleaner as well.
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<supertwangreverb@y...> wrote:
>
> > The amp on top is Dave's custom Slacktone Amp. We don't know very
> much
> > about it except there is a built in reverb unit. We think. And the
> amp
> > on the bottom I would have to assume is a Super Reverb. The videos
> > don't really show it clearly enough but I do know Dave has played
> > those in the past.
> >
> > That version of Misirlou is my favorite version I have ever heard.
> > Those chords he tosses in really makes it work. And all the stuff
> he
> > does at the beginning and when he goes for the tremolo bar with the
> > open E to do the hammering on and off thing in the middle of the
> song.
>
> I've often wondered how Dave get's such a clean tone out of a
> Super. What alterations has he made to it? I know the Super Reverb
> and Bandmaster are "essentially" the same chassis and are both 40
> watts. One major difference would be the solid state rectifier vs.
> the tube rectif
ier. I've been told that the solid state rectifier
> keeps things cleaner than the tube rectifier. It seems like its
> more than just the speakers when it comes to my Bandmaster's 40
> clean watts, and my Super's 40 blues breaker watts.
>
> Bill
