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5E3 + ts808 + 4X12 = ?...

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9/10/1999 12:14 PM
Fj	5E3 + ts808 + 4X12 = ?... I'm curious if I'm the only sap that carries on in this way?...Is it wrong to fathom the application of a "stomp-box" with an amp known to sound "killer" in its original form!...GOTTA try this setup!...speakers are EMINENCE "BR-8'S"...Frank. http://www.blast.net/fjr/Toaster.html

9/10/1999 12:17 PM
Fj	anyone know of where-abouts on finding NOS TUNG-SOL 6V6-GT's? (grey-glass)...

9/10/1999 1:39 PM
Doc	Just off the top of my head, have you checked with Triode electronics, or SND tube sales? They're two places I would try. Angela instruments is another possibilty.

9/10/1999 12:25 PM
SpeedRacer	I know of a guy who toured (a major lbl nat'l tour of medium size clubs) using a champ thorugh a 4x12 with a LP. Nothing wrong with that! I do this sort of sillyness in the studio a lot. Some of my best moments were just plugging stuff in randomly and whipping the knobs around until something wierd happened.. ps: try 2 ts808's in a row.

9/10/1999 2:24 PM
Joe Z.	I've never had good result with the 5E3 in conjunction with the tube screamer. It just seems to make the amp go to mush. When I do manage to get a good sound with the 808, I realize it's a cheaper version of the cranked deluxe with the tone set higher. I do think the 808/ts-9 sound great with larger tweed amps, but I've switched to fuzz pedals for use w/the 5E3.

9/10/1999 3:02 PM
Ted Matsumura	Joe, I agree. The TS9 just doesn't do anything with a tweed deluxe except thin out or veil the tone I prefer the Fulltone '69 pedal, but realize they may be in "different categories" to me they're just pedals, to some the TS9 is an overdrive and the '69 is a fuzz. whatever.

9/10/1999 3:24 PM

fwiw I don't use pedals with the 5E3 much at all either. I use a dynacomp every here & there, but mostly I just dig the sound of the amp into different cabs or with alternate tube complements. At the moment it's running a Mullard GZ34 and a pair of Svetlana 6L6GC's with some nice old 12AX7's in the preamp. I agree that with the simpler amps, the tone straight through is much fuller and any pedal seems to just be "less" when you A/B. A Deluxe Rvb or a Super Rvb is a much better place for pedals IMHO.

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