Members andtrea Posted November 24, 2007 Members Share Posted November 24, 2007 I have a Fender Jazzmaster (CIJ but soon I'll replace the pickups with Novak Vintage and P90).I use a Fulltone Ultimate Octave for dirty fuzzy things, and an Electro Harmonix English Muff'n, that is very warm and works well as overdrive (now I put one 12ay7 and one 12ax7), but tends to be too thin at medium-high gain.I'm looking for a good half-way solution that sounds FAT, incandescent... even in the ultra definite Bassman LTD. I was thinking to a Crowther Hot Cake (used by best Jazzmaster tone and player of the world, Nels Cline).Most people says that Hot Cake works better with Vox style amps, any experience, suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jonny starky Posted November 24, 2007 Members Share Posted November 24, 2007 I had one that I ran with a vibroking and two jazzmasters, vintage and a recent one with antiquity's. I never though it sounded good with the gain over 2, 3 max. It seemed to get muddy when it was cranked up. I kinda let it drive the amp witch worked for a while. I sold it a few months back and have the cash set aside for a Klon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members telepete Posted November 24, 2007 Members Share Posted November 24, 2007 the hotcake is great with el84 amps, and the drive is best used down, but it does sound really great for slight to medium breakup/overdrive. my fave OD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members andtrea Posted November 26, 2007 Author Members Share Posted November 26, 2007 But listening the second part of (from 2:00 til the end) it seems to have a big gain reserve and a wonderful tone, even pushed hard, like a tubescreamer with more distortion range. My real BIG doubt now is the recurring adjective "fizzy" for the Hot Cake, because the Bassman is often too fizzy from its own I think... :| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RUExp? Posted November 26, 2007 Members Share Posted November 26, 2007 Have you considered a Crunch Box? The OceanEFX Rockin' Horse sounds pretty cool too.http://www.oceanefx.com/Rockin-Horse.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mad Hatter Posted November 26, 2007 Members Share Posted November 26, 2007 The muff'n is better to plug direct into a power amp, a tube power amp. It is aweful in front of my SS amp, but it is lovely plugged directly into the tube power stage of my monster Ampeg head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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