Members lolque? Posted April 9, 2011 Members Share Posted April 9, 2011 New Pharaoh, toobz, and repaired amp day. Mmmm, it's good. Got my ampeg V4 back from the tech. Complete cap job, some things fixed in the phase inverter section, and JJ 6550s installed. Sounds n times better than it did before . Also, got a NOS tung-sol 12ax7 for V1, and a NOS GE 12AU7 for the phase inverter. Vintage toanz. I'm hearing a lot more clarity from the amp, and a hell of a lot more low end (like it needed it). I'm liking the pharaoh this far. I will admit that I wasn't a fan for the first hour of playing it, but after some time I've gotten some pretty solid sounds out of it. As of right now though, it isn't kicking the Russian big muff off the board for non-downtuned stuff. It might in time though . Anyone have any recommended settings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Naterel Posted April 9, 2011 Members Share Posted April 9, 2011 Best Settings Ever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 I will admit that I wasn't a fan for the first hour of playing it, but after some time I've gotten some pretty solid sounds out of it. It can do solid, but I couldn't get anything...impressive out of mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Naterel Posted April 9, 2011 Members Share Posted April 9, 2011 So is it a Muff? or not Cause I hear two different things all the time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 So is it a Muff? or not Cause I hear two different things all the time Sound-wise? Eh, kind of. It's more of a big open-sounding distortion to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Naterel Posted April 9, 2011 Members Share Posted April 9, 2011 Sound-wise? Eh, kind of. It's more of a big open-sounding distortion to me. Cool, have you ever played a EQD Tusk Fuzz? Im thinking of getting one of thems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Cool, have you ever played a EQD Tusk Fuzz?Im thinking of getting one of thems I have not. What about it appeals to you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Naterel Posted April 9, 2011 Members Share Posted April 9, 2011 I have not. What about it appeals to you? I heard its just a really gnarly distortion type sound I used to have a big box Flying Tomato which I got rid of, it had an awesome overall character You know, fat bottom and nice high end without being too shrill sans mid scoop Hoping the Tusk is like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Andmoreagain Posted April 9, 2011 Members Share Posted April 9, 2011 How do you afford this {censored} man? Not that I'm one to talk about irresponsible collegiate spending. NAD 4 me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lolque? Posted April 9, 2011 Author Members Share Posted April 9, 2011 How do you afford this {censored} man? Not that I'm one to talk about irresponsible collegiate spending. NAD 4 me Not irresponsible at all, I work three jobs, and don't have a car . Well, fully repaired and what have you, that amp has cost me $400. I traded a hot rod deluxe I had about 5 years ago to this kid down in the cape, and he gave me the V4 in kind of beat up condition, and a JCM 900 1960B. Sold the 1960B for $400, and the amp repairs were literally $399.95. The pharaoh I just wanted to try, and could probably flip for some money if I wanted to. The tubes were too good of a deal to pass up. /endrant. To natty, I wouldn't call it a muff at all. While it can get some sounds out of it, it dosen't go anywhere near my Russian big muff (purchased from Amherst Music House, andmoregain. He was selling it for $35 ) However, the sounds that come out of it are good, but I'm not blown away . The tone controls also have a bit of a learning curve from my ~4 hours with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Andmoreagain Posted April 9, 2011 Members Share Posted April 9, 2011 Not irresponsible at all, I work three jobs, and don't have a car (purchased from Amherst Music House, andmoregain. He was selling it for $35 ) There it is! I spent quite a bit of this months gas $ on my new amp, and then found out my last paycheck bounced And yea amherst music house is a weird shop. Half the stuff is seriously over-priced but they often have no Idea what they have which can definitely be a good thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lolque? Posted April 9, 2011 Author Members Share Posted April 9, 2011 There it is! I spent quite a bit of this months gas $ on my new amp, and then found out my last paycheck bounced And yea amherst music house is a weird shop. Half the stuff is seriously over-priced but they often have no Idea what they have which can definitely be a good thing. For sure. The guy in there's nice enough, but I'd rather not pay like $1200 for an AC30CC2 . He also had la '66 champ there for a bit, he wanted about a grand for it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lolque? Posted April 10, 2011 Author Members Share Posted April 10, 2011 So, after spending about 5 hours with the pharaoh, I've found that while I like it, it just hasn't floored me yet . I do like the wide range of sounds it can do, though. Quite impressive. It hasn't kicked my russian big muff off the board though, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Poltergeist Posted April 10, 2011 Members Share Posted April 10, 2011 try this with more volume. left tone knob is almost all the way down and the right almost all the way up. bottom switch is up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lolque? Posted April 10, 2011 Author Members Share Posted April 10, 2011 Yeah, that's the setting I've found I liked the most. I play with the left tone knob a bit, but I find it gets to too quickly. At leas with my rig, anyway. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RoboPimp Posted April 15, 2011 Members Share Posted April 15, 2011 so hows it goin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lolque? Posted April 16, 2011 Author Members Share Posted April 16, 2011 Oh fantastic, robo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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