I sold my '59 a couple of years back (I just wasn't using it very much and decided someone that would should have it); picked it up in '79 for $25, sold it for $6K, and they've gone up quite a bit since then. She was an awesome amp...
I have a reproduction of a tweed vibrolux, which is supposed to be like a Harvard but with tremolo. Their circuit is similar to the deluxe, but they are single channel amps with fixed bias instead of cathode bias, so the volume and gain ramp up differently. I’ve not played a deluxe style amp; the only other tweed style amp I’ve played is a champ. I’ve read the deluxe isn’t as good for low volume and/or clean playing. The vibrolux has to get pretty loud before it breaks up, so i usually use pedals. It sounds amazing, and cured me of a lot of GAS!
Nice amp! I have a boutique clone (CLARK) and I do find the sound on 12 just gets really compressed, so 10 works better. The interactive volume and tone controls are wild, and really make this simple amp quite versatile, and then even jumping the channels adds even more. I love it. I can only imagine a genuine vintage example, but I'm quite happy with my Clark.
I like how you described the function of a (full bridge) rectifier as running the power "around in a circle" ... I don't think I have heard anyone describe it that way yet. :)
The channels are interactive. You can get the amp very clean by maxing out the volume on the unused channel. One of the best clean tones you'll ever hear is plugging into the Instrument input with the volume of that channel on 4, and the Microphone channel volume on 12. And yes, these amps go to 12 - take that Nigel [Spinal Tap]! According to his guitar tech (interview online somewhere), Neil Young generally has the unused channel around 10 (before the level where you lose gain), then uses the volume of the channel he's plugging into to adjust the gain. He does occasionally play clean. Great amp. Great crunch tones. Great cleans once you know how to dial them in.
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Great presentation, love all the videos. Thanks for the great content.
I sold my '59 a couple of years back (I just wasn't using it very much and decided someone that would should have it); picked it up in '79 for $25, sold it for $6K, and they've gone up quite a bit since then. She was an awesome amp...
great explanation and video!
Cool! Thanks for the informative talk!
I have a reproduction of a tweed vibrolux, which is supposed to be like a Harvard but with tremolo. Their circuit is similar to the deluxe, but they are single channel amps with fixed bias instead of cathode bias, so the volume and gain ramp up differently. I’ve not played a deluxe style amp; the only other tweed style amp I’ve played is a champ. I’ve read the deluxe isn’t as good for low volume and/or clean playing. The vibrolux has to get pretty loud before it breaks up, so i usually use pedals. It sounds amazing, and cured me of a lot of GAS!
Nice amp! I have a boutique clone (CLARK) and I do find the sound on 12 just gets really compressed, so 10 works better. The interactive volume and tone controls are wild, and really make this simple amp quite versatile, and then even jumping the channels adds even more. I love it. I can only imagine a genuine vintage example, but I'm quite happy with my Clark.
I enjoyed that video! Thanks a lot!!!
I like how you described the function of a (full bridge) rectifier as running the power "around in a circle" ... I don't think I have heard anyone describe it that way yet. :)
gotta make is dizzy so it forgets that it's AC
I agree with your comparison with pro junior volume and tone control with a boss blues driver really nice tone
I'd love to try her out...
The channels are interactive. You can get the amp very clean by maxing out the volume on the unused channel. One of the best clean tones you'll ever hear is plugging into the Instrument input with the volume of that channel on 4, and the Microphone channel volume on 12. And yes, these amps go to 12 - take that Nigel [Spinal Tap]! According to his guitar tech (interview online somewhere), Neil Young generally has the unused channel around 10 (before the level where you lose gain), then uses the volume of the channel he's plugging into to adjust the gain. He does occasionally play clean. Great amp. Great crunch tones. Great cleans once you know how to dial them in.
very interesting thanks!
They are great
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I was hoping we would hear it
put on a Neil Young record to hear it.
you never show the inside