Members potaetoes Posted January 22, 2010 Members Share Posted January 22, 2010 http://cgi.ebay.com/Aerosmith-Zinky-Whitford-100-Watt-Fender-Prosonic_W0QQitemZ270508830841QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item3efb953079#ht_668wt_1163 whaaa....??? damn! while i'm a huge fan of the 30-watt class A setting, the thought of a 100w with reverb is pretty that has to be a f'n monster! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nibsborg Posted January 22, 2010 Members Share Posted January 22, 2010 Probably the worst sounding amp I have ever owned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members potaetoes Posted January 22, 2010 Author Members Share Posted January 22, 2010 Probably the worst sounding amp I have ever owned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nibsborg Posted January 22, 2010 Members Share Posted January 22, 2010 Ok, I know that you loved yours....maybe mine was a fluke but after a tube change, re-bias, it still sounded like ass. Clean side way to dark and gain way to bee-buzzy. The reverb was one of the best I have ever heard though....give it that. Maybe I should have kept it awhile longer..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MattACaster Posted January 22, 2010 Members Share Posted January 22, 2010 The power section of the Tone Master combined with the Prosonic!!!! OMG!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members peavey_impact Posted January 22, 2010 Members Share Posted January 22, 2010 Niiicee. I'll never forget when a friend of mine called me to come check out his new amp, several years ago. I get there and hear this insane {censored}ing metal tone, coming from a little Fender Prosonic combo. Blew my mind... Unfortunately someone broke in to his home and stole the majority of his gear, including that amp He bought a Mesa Rect-O-verb combo to replace it which completely paled in comparison, IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nibsborg Posted January 22, 2010 Members Share Posted January 22, 2010 Right now: Crate V8Fender Acoustisonic 30 DSPFender Blues Jr. NOS Tweed/GreenbackVox AC15 CC1/Emminence Red Fang AlnicoRoland JC 77 stockCarvin X100B head EL circa 1984 or soRoland Cube 30XSovtek Mig 60 head (rock and roll)Avatar 2X12 with Celestion V 30'sPeavey Classic 30...older one maybe 1997?Beringer 4X12 straight cab with who-knows what speakersFender Bandmaster head 1968 (not working) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nibsborg Posted January 22, 2010 Members Share Posted January 22, 2010 Right now:Crate V8Fender Acoustisonic 30 DSPFender Blues Jr. NOS Tweed/GreenbackVox AC15 CC1/Emminence Red Fang AlnicoRoland JC 77 stockCarvin X100B head EL circa 1984 or soRoland Cube 30XSovtek Mig 60 head (rock and roll)Avatar 2X12 with Celestion V 30'sPeavey Classic 30...older one maybe 1997?Beringer 4X12 straight cab with who-knows what speakersFender Bandmaster head 1968 (not working) Holy Crap....most are in the big closet space except for the Crate and the Cube.......C30 in the garage. Should have kept the Prosonic for a bit??? Retro-GAS dammit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members potaetoes Posted January 23, 2010 Author Members Share Posted January 23, 2010 Ok, I know that you loved yours....maybe mine was a fluke but after a tube change, re-bias, it still sounded like ass. Clean side way to dark and gain way to bee-buzzy. The reverb was one of the best I have ever heard though....give it that. Maybe I should have kept it awhile longer..... yeah, the reverb is the bomb. they're weird amps to dial in. for starters, they have a ridiculous amount of gain, so you have to keep both gain knobs pretty low (like on 3), also gotta keep the bass way down, mids way up, and treble in just the right spot to balance the channels. but there's a use for all that gain, for really low-volume stuff. with all the tone controls at zero and the gains and master dimed, there's no sound... then you can just barely crack open the tone knobs a tiny bit to add in some signal, and the most glorious fat waves of high-gain awesomeness spill forth at super-low volumes. it's insane how huge those things can sound at whisper levels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tacdryver Posted January 23, 2010 Members Share Posted January 23, 2010 A friend has one, it's what he gigs with...it's pretty nice...if you look at how it was designed, and why...if you find one, grab it. It's basically a custom shop Boutique Fender. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sc4589 Posted January 24, 2010 Members Share Posted January 24, 2010 I've been keeping an eye on that for quite a while... I think it's very expensive for what it is though. OK, it's cool that Brad Whitford owned it... but I'd rather have the combo and then upgrade it, whilst still spending less. Nonetheless, kudos for the idea! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sc4589 Posted January 24, 2010 Members Share Posted January 24, 2010 yeah, the reverb is the bomb. they're weird amps to dial in. for starters, they have a ridiculous amount of gain, so you have to keep both gain knobs pretty low (like on 3), also gotta keep the bass way down, mids way up, and treble in just the right spot to balance the channels. but there's a use for all that gain, for really low-volume stuff. with all the tone controls at zero and the gains and master dimed, there's no sound... then you can just barely crack open the tone knobs a tiny bit to add in some signal, and the most glorious fat waves of high-gain awesomeness spill forth at super-low volumes. it's insane how huge those things can sound at whisper levels. This! Active tone controls are an excellent idea, but sometimes difficult to get to grips with. I think they're an excellent idea though. As for the gain, yeah, it's insane. I never really go above 2, and I don't ever, ever use Gain 2. And yes... the reverb is amazing biggest reverb tank I've ever seen on an amp. Awesomeness defined. Perfect recording amp as far as the tone controls controlling the volume goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cibyl Posted January 24, 2010 Members Share Posted January 24, 2010 Sorry, but 3,000 is still too much for that amp. The reverb tank bolted to the outside of the head shell looks trifling. That said I'm sure it sounds great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NaturalBornBoy Posted January 24, 2010 Members Share Posted January 24, 2010 Sorry, but 3,000 is still too much for that amp. The reverb tank bolted to the outside of the head shell looks trifling. That said I'm sure it sounds great. But it's got massive bottom end gain out the WAZOO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members potaetoes Posted January 24, 2010 Author Members Share Posted January 24, 2010 This! Active tone controls are an excellent idea, but sometimes difficult to get to grips with. I think they're an excellent idea though. As for the gain, yeah, it's insane. I never really go above 2, and I don't ever, ever use Gain 2. And yes... the reverb is amazing biggest reverb tank I've ever seen on an amp. Awesomeness defined. Perfect recording amp as far as the tone controls controlling the volume goes. well, the tone controls on the prosonic are not active. the actual tone stack isn't that unusual at all... just your basic T-M-B arrangement. it's not even a cathode follower, so it's about as non-active as you can get. the thing that makes prosonics weird to dial in is that several of the knobs do two things at once, not just what they're labeled to do. for example, the master volume knob controls both the signal coming out of the tone stack (pretty normal) *and* that same knob controls the input impedance of the third gain stage, which is well before the tone stack (totally weird). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sheik_Yerbouti Posted January 24, 2010 Members Share Posted January 24, 2010 Probably the worst sounding amp I have ever owned. Either your ears, your amp or both were broken! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members grunge782 Posted January 24, 2010 Members Share Posted January 24, 2010 god wtf is with all these 1 or 2 channel clean amps costing 3000... They sound awesome but what warrants them costing this much? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members /pepi\ Posted January 24, 2010 Members Share Posted January 24, 2010 People are dumb as {censored}. Look at this one. These go on Ebay for less than 100 bucks most of the time http://cgi.ebay.com/Smashing-Pumpkins-Digitech-Valve-FX-Guitar-Processor_W0QQitemZ270518000427QQcmdZViewItemQQptZGuitar_Accessories?hash=item3efc211b2b Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tetaJ Posted January 24, 2010 Members Share Posted January 24, 2010 sold this, one of the first 250 ever made, now i got it back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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