Members Ron Burgandy Posted March 23, 2011 Members Share Posted March 23, 2011 Let's start with the TH30: transformer set from the Dual Terror. white chassis: they didn't bother cleaning up the pcb's where they had been snapped out of the mold: and one big pcb: reminds me of my old Tweaker. not a bad thing, but holy shit is it busy in there. next, the AD30. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ron Burgandy Posted March 23, 2011 Author Members Share Posted March 23, 2011 orange chassis: two PCB's connected together: not sure if it shows in the pics, but the AD30 PCB board is definitely higher quality. thicker traces, thicker board, much neater, etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ***1776*** Posted March 23, 2011 Members Share Posted March 23, 2011 Thats not bad looking at all, yea its a lil busy but looks like its decent amp build and quality I think Orange was one of the first MAPS to do the asian build thing and do it in small tube maps/wattage, i have played the Tiny Terror on several occasions and it sounds like a real nice british grind to me, im not sure how liked or loved the amp is but damn that thing sounds great on a 2X12 or 4X12 Looking foward to the other pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ron Burgandy Posted March 23, 2011 Author Members Share Posted March 23, 2011 as far as I know, the PCB's for both were made in China. the AD30 was assembled in the UK while the TH30 was assembled entirely in China. they both pretty different from the Tiny Terror, however if I had to choose I'd say the AD30 is actually closer in tone. the TH30 was a modern high gainer, with a dedicated clean channel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ***1776*** Posted March 23, 2011 Members Share Posted March 23, 2011 Oo ok i just saw them, it looks like the english made are meatier and slightly better components I played a AD 30 head at my local G.C. recently and it was a inconsistent bitch for sure, one day it would sounds like pure tits and the next day it would be meeehhh/so-so/whats all the fuss about. I wish it had a loop also Hey Dave Have u made any clips of the newer guy AD30 yet? and whats going on with your just aquired TH30? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jimSG Posted March 23, 2011 Members Share Posted March 23, 2011 Looks like it is maybe three years older than my AD30HTC. Wow -- I just looked at the price for a new one: $1379 discounted at Humbucker. I picked mine up, used only one month, for $900 + shipping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ron Burgandy Posted March 23, 2011 Author Members Share Posted March 23, 2011 I sold the th30 a couple days ago. Was too high gain for me. I was having good luck with it, but this worked out right. I wasn't opposed to keeping it by any means and I'd gladly play through one again. I never made a fuss over the clean channel because it was too clean for me. However, in my realm, the ad30 is a better fit. Had nothing to do with made in china vs Britain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ron Burgandy Posted March 23, 2011 Author Members Share Posted March 23, 2011 Looks like it is maybe three years older than my AD30HTC. Wow -- I just looked at the price for a new one: $1379 discounted at Humbucker. I picked mine up, used only one month, for $900 + shipping. Dang, that's a good deal. Mine was $720 but it's been loved on quite a bit Cigarette burn, tolex is faded orange (not highway dept orange like the th30 was!) and dirt/grime. Last week I told my drummer to take his beer off my th30. I felt so lame because I had never cared before due to never owning new amps. With the grungy ad30 I can go back to not giving a shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Orbis_Mortis Posted March 23, 2011 Members Share Posted March 23, 2011 :love: the AD30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members abecon5 Posted March 23, 2011 Members Share Posted March 23, 2011 Last week I told my drummer to take his beer off my th30.. you told him?? or did you take the beer and stick it up his ass and then told him?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TU BE Posted March 23, 2011 Members Share Posted March 23, 2011 I thought you hated the ad30? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ron Burgandy Posted March 23, 2011 Author Members Share Posted March 23, 2011 you told him?? or did you take the beer and stick it up his ass and then told him?? My maps (normally) = beer coaster But i don't have pretty maps like you do All my stuff now is back to looking old and grungy. Except my Daphne Strat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ron Burgandy Posted March 23, 2011 Author Members Share Posted March 23, 2011 I thought you hated the ad30? I thought I did too. Turns out I still just hate v30's I can't tell you how close the twin channel is to the single channel because I've never played em through the same type of speakers. They're supposed to be identical, but which channel on the tc is like my single channel? Eh, fuck it, I was just wrong again. I like it a whole bunch now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Orbis_Mortis Posted March 23, 2011 Members Share Posted March 23, 2011 I thought I did too. Turns out I still just hate v30's I can't tell you how close the twin channel is to the single channel because I've never played em through the same type of speakers. They're supposed to be identical, but which channel on the tc is like my single channel? Eh, fuck it, I was just wrong again. I like it a whole bunch now. Channel 1 on the AD30HTC should be the same as the single channel AD30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ron Burgandy Posted March 23, 2011 Author Members Share Posted March 23, 2011 :love: the AD30 Did you get an Orange yet?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Orbis_Mortis Posted March 23, 2011 Members Share Posted March 23, 2011 Did you get an Orange yet?? Yep, just got an AD30HTC today. Haven't had a chance to take pictures and post NAD yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jimSG Posted March 23, 2011 Members Share Posted March 23, 2011 Channel 1 on the AD30HTC should be the same as the single channel AD30 Beat me to it -- yes, channel one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TU BE Posted March 23, 2011 Members Share Posted March 23, 2011 The only difference between the two channel on the TC is channel two has a bit more gain and is a little brighter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ron Burgandy Posted March 23, 2011 Author Members Share Posted March 23, 2011 Yep, just got an AD30HTC today. Haven't had a chance to take pictures and post NAD yet Nice Mine feels like the Tweaker on the AC30 low gain setting with vintage switch on. But louder and fuller Happy NAD!! Make thread post pics NAO!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ron Burgandy Posted March 23, 2011 Author Members Share Posted March 23, 2011 Which input does the twin channel have? The hi input is harsh with my Fenders. Overly bright and a bit too much high end. Lo is just right with bite but not harsh. Not a huge difference but the hi is just a bit too much. I might just need to revisit the twin channel head through a familiar cabinet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jimSG Posted March 23, 2011 Members Share Posted March 23, 2011 Which input does the twin channel have? Good question. I'm going to guess the low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ron Burgandy Posted March 23, 2011 Author Members Share Posted March 23, 2011 Good question. I'm going to guess the low. I played around a bit more and I think my fuzz sounds better through the hi input. just tele/strat in to amp though, and the lo input is where it's at. for me at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members unadan Posted August 27, 2011 Members Share Posted August 27, 2011 Honestly I see no evidence of "thicker traces" on the AD30 board. I'd say the internals look about equivalent in quality to me. Which sounds better? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members HKSblade1 Posted August 27, 2011 Members Share Posted August 27, 2011 My bud and I repair some of these. Biggest faults are the lack of solder on the higher power resistors. The 470 and 150 ohm ones heat up and get loose. One was loose enough to burn the pc underside. Some are intermittent enough to just burn open the resistors which are not near the quality as other vendors imo. FWIW I find the same problems on the newer Fender RI amps, Peavey VK and Classic Series. Lots of bad connections and cheaper selections of components. My bud calls most of these amps "job security" for his shop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members unadan Posted August 27, 2011 Members Share Posted August 27, 2011 ^That said I'd put up the clean channel on my TH30 up against almost any boutique EL-84 amp. The TH30, even the clean channel, is that good. Also, on the first page of this thread, in the picture of the TH30 board where it says "one big PCB" - look at the lower right corner of the picture. I think that is a second PCB inside the TH30. As far as build quality - I think it is very good and the likelihood is that, if something is going to go wrong, it's going to go wrong within the 2 year warranty period. I'm not worried about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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