Members 17 Tubes Posted October 3, 2005 Members Posted October 3, 2005 Give me some thoughts. One description said "it doesn't color your tone"... I would like my power amp to color a little bit. I need some tube warmth and tube coloration. If I didn't want "color" shouldn't I get a a SS amp?
Members 17 Tubes Posted October 3, 2005 Author Members Posted October 3, 2005 gonna bump 'cause I know there's some PV folk here. Damn...where's Thump when you NEED him?
Members GITTarzann Posted October 3, 2005 Members Posted October 3, 2005 I have one. I like mine, it has been solid as a rock. IMO anything you put in your signal chain is going to affect your tone some how, but this power amp definitely can color your tone...it has a presence and depth control that do work. To me it is a great bang for the buck power amp.
Members SeraphSlaughter Posted October 3, 2005 Members Posted October 3, 2005 I have a 60/60, which has less features... (just in/out, some other line outs, isolated inputs). It's been serving me well. I wanna either trade it for the 50/50 with the other controls OR a 120/120 for loudness... (spam?) Tonewise, it adds some real punch to your sound. I think the power amp sections in a lot of peavey amps are what drive a lot of the tone...and all the peavey amps i've played that are tube have a certain punchiness to them I love.
Members 17 Tubes Posted October 3, 2005 Author Members Posted October 3, 2005 I knew there were a couple! IS the $275 starting price what these are worth? These could go for 350?....400? even? Still makes it a good amp?
Members DirtyChains Posted October 3, 2005 Members Posted October 3, 2005 The level controls being on the back are the worst thing about any of that whole series.
Members GITTarzann Posted October 3, 2005 Members Posted October 3, 2005 My controls are on the front... Volume Presence and Contour or something like that. My direct out level control is on the back as well as the stereo mono switch the impedence switch and I think that is it.
Members GITTarzann Posted October 3, 2005 Members Posted October 3, 2005 275 is a lower end price I would think. maybe 300-375 would be more average
Members eor Posted October 3, 2005 Members Posted October 3, 2005 eor got one for less than $300, shipped. with an extra set of tubes! i went with the 50/50 for the knobs, which are handy. they don't make a drastic difference, but they help. love, eor
Members GITTarzann Posted October 3, 2005 Members Posted October 3, 2005 I have seen them for around 250 before, but not for a while.
Members 17 Tubes Posted October 3, 2005 Author Members Posted October 3, 2005 Originally posted by DirtyChains The level controls being on the back are the worst thing about any of that whole series. No. The worse thing about the series is mis-information.
Members 17 Tubes Posted October 3, 2005 Author Members Posted October 3, 2005 Looks to me like those are "line out" volume controls. For recording. Which isn't that big a deal...right?
Members DirtyChains Posted October 3, 2005 Members Posted October 3, 2005 Ah, maybe it is only the 60/60 and the 120/120 that have rear controls. It has been years ago a friend had one and I remember him bitching about it all the time.
Members 17 Tubes Posted October 3, 2005 Author Members Posted October 3, 2005 Originally posted by DirtyChains Ah, maybe it is only the 60/60 and the 120/120 that have rear controls. It has been years ago a friend had one and I remember him bitching about it all the time. Tell your friend that the best thing to do is crank the amp wide open...and use the preamp to control the volume. Almost all of them have an input/output control.
Members DirtyChains Posted October 3, 2005 Members Posted October 3, 2005 He got rid of it and I haven't seen him in over 2 years. It always bothered him so I have overlooked them ever since. I have thought a few times about building a rack so maybe I will take a look at them if I do.Originally posted by 17 Tubes Tell your friend that the best thing to do is crank the amp wide open...and use the preamp to control the volume. Almost all of them have an input/output control.
Members 17 Tubes Posted October 3, 2005 Author Members Posted October 3, 2005 I had a fairly reliable source (amp tech) tell me they are very good amps. Decent tube sound and very reliable...as comapred to say...Marshall monobloc. If that's all to fret over is the volume control placement, I'd be okay with it. Lots of poweramps have it in the back.
Members eor Posted October 3, 2005 Members Posted October 3, 2005 yeah, eor runs it cranked and controls the volume with the preamp. sounds fine and dander to me. love, eor
Members chubrocker Posted October 4, 2005 Members Posted October 4, 2005 To give a broader review, I use mine with a Bass POD as well. The 100 watts mono are more than enough for jamming with the guys---with one of the guitarists using a Mesa F-50. I think any tube power amp will color your sound to some degree. I'm getting new tube for mine (JJ's) and expect even greater tone than I have right now. I'm impressed with it overall===regardless of the price.
Members GITTarzann Posted October 4, 2005 Members Posted October 4, 2005 I had to look at my amp to see what the knobs are labeled. Volume, Resonance, and Presence.
Members Whoopysnorp Posted October 4, 2005 Members Posted October 4, 2005 Would a Rockmaster preamp into a Classic fiddy/fiddy be a pretty cool and low-cost rack rig? It seems like it would.
Members GITTarzann Posted October 4, 2005 Members Posted October 4, 2005 I think that would be pretty cool.
Members Gulliverseyes Posted October 4, 2005 Members Posted October 4, 2005 I have the Rockmaster pre into the 50/50, sounds great. I use just one side of the 50/50 with half the tubes pulled (2 out of 8). Makes for 20 watts and gets really explosive sounding. It has a bass and treble, called something else, both very functional. Bonuses; A flip of the bridging switch and it's 40 watts. bad things; the fan just makes for more noise. Also, it doesn't overdrive into clipping, like most tube power amps. On 10, it just gets kind of obnoxious. With preamp distortion and a more conservative setting, it adds awesome dynamics with just the right amount of compression. It was used in this clip with it's treble control all the way down for a more heavy blues type tone. Note the explosive nature of the carvin speaker...Clip
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