Meep! Gas!

Karl Hungus

Sweet ampage, sweet price!

That's the amp Opeth's Mikael Akerfeldt uses. Damn, I'd like it.

feylya

Gah, single channel. I say no to you sir!

Doctor J

Mmmmm Laney put out some nice stuff alright. Tasty.

Karl Hungus

Speaking of GAS...



7 String J Custom with vine inlay! :eek:

John

Get both Karl to go with your new found ability to play The Leper Affinity.

Karl Hungus

Money tbh.

I only just managed to scrape together enough spare cash for new tubes for my Mesa Boogie, so I think I'll be sorted with that.

John

Money, the eternal problem of guitar fiends. Unless your Doctor J in which case it's women.

Karl Hungus

John2 wrote:

Unless your Doctor J in which case it's women.

Oh, I'm still giggling at that "Bite the pillow and think of the Jems" comment.

Doctor J

Good to see a guitar with the right amount of strings. Good post KH, shame the rep system is gone :v:








Sorry, this was just a shameless excuse to roll out the new smilie again. Best smilie ever!

Karl Hungus

There's a new Smiley? :v:
Awesome!

:v: . . . . .

Hehehehehe, sweet.

Anywho, I cannot wait to get new tubes! I really hope they do the job, and I can say to hell with yer Laneys and ENGLs for the time being. A nice head and 4x12 setup is still tempting me a lot though. :v:

Doctor J

Beecher's 7420 in FS is GASsing me badly right now.

Stupid penis. LOOK AT THE TROUBLE YOU GET ME INTO!!! :v:

Karl Hungus

Aye, and that's a damned good price for it aswell, go for it man!

Doctor J

I can't. Honestly. Moidah. I would be killed in my sleep.:v:

Karl Hungus

Ah, the ****ing post is on strike now.
This might be problematic for my tube purchase.

:v: . . . . . . . . . .

John

Karl Hungus wrote:

Ah, the ****ing post is on strike now.
This might be problematic for my tube purchase.

:v: . . . . . . . . . .

Bollocks, I'm waiting for the latest Einstuerzende Neubauten DVD. It's got me performing with them and it should be delievered over the next few working days. Balls!

Karl Hungus

Gah, it's a kick in the head alright.

It wasn't me!

Heh, you finally learned it, eh Karl? It's not that difficult... I wants that J Custom. The Laney is nice, but not my JCM800, but that JC....

Karl Hungus

I'd take a Laney over a Marshall any day tbh. Speaking of which, omg. Bids are only at €300 now! :eek:

Ancient1

Karl Hungus wrote:

Speaking of GAS...



7 String J Custom with vine inlay! :eek:

Man, that guitar is so gorgeous i had to "quote" it, just so we can have the pic up twice! Damn, i think even i would put my strat down for 15mins and have a go on the J Custom!

Karl Hungus

Ancient1 wrote:

Man, that guitar is so gorgeous i had to "quote" it, just so we can have the pic up twice! Damn, i think even i would put my strat down for 15mins and have a go on the J Custom!

I'd be scared if that baby didn't make you want to put down your strat. You seriously need a 7 string man, and you damn well know it! :v: . . . . . . .

Mystic Fibrosis

:v: ?







:v: !

Karl Hungus

:v: I wonder how long it'll be before we get tired of this? :v:

fish-head

:v: It's like pac-man with eyes..
For some reason I just cant dig those kind of guitars..I'm a young old fart.
This is more like it....TWANG!

Doctor J

Thomann have the big Gretsch hollobodies for €700 or so. TWANG on! :v:

feylya

Use of that smiley is now a bannable offence on the Instruments forum.








:v:

Doctor J

Actually, I've heard it's a bannable offence not to use it, straight from one of those moderator fellows :v:

feylya

Don't listen to them, damn long hairs :v:

Doctor J

:v:

Ancient1

I think it's definitely a retard smiley. :v:

Rustar

It's a smiley who had his neck broken and half his face shot off in the war :v:

Steoob

haha looks like terrence and philip from south park:v:

feylya

I can only think of Terrance and Philip when I look at it :v:

Steoob

feylya wrote:

I can only think of Terrance and Philip when I look at it :v:

haha... great mind think alike ey? no... ok sorry *hang head*

feylya

You forgot :v:

Steoob

feylya wrote:

You forgot :v:

SH!T :v: sorry lol

Karl Hungus

Hmm... I've actually lost interest in that amp, I found out that Mikael Akerfeldt's distortion comes from his GT-6 and it's only the cleans he relies on it for. Don't think that's the kinda setup I'd like to have really.

fish-head

Doctor J wrote:

Thomann have the big Gretsch hollobodies for €700 or so. TWANG on! :v:

Ah but they're not the American made ones are they..
:v: ?

Doctor J

Does it matter?

fish-head

It does a bit, they dont have TV Jones pickups and they feel a bit crap..

Doctor J

Feel is usually down to a **** setup, which is fairly common in non top-of-the-range guitars, but is nothing that can't be very easily sorted out. Plus, does the cost of buying some TV Jones pickups and install them bring the guitar up to the cost of a US one (about €2500 I do believe)? Not quite. Worth a punt IMO if that's the guitar you like.

John

fish-head wrote:

:v: It's like pac-man with eyes..
For some reason I just cant dig those kind of guitars..I'm a young old fart.
This is more like it....TWANG!

I wouldn't kick that out of bed in the morning

dabhoys

Karl Hungus wrote:

Money tbh.

I only just managed to scrape together enough spare cash for new tubes for my Mesa Boogie, so I think I'll be sorted with that.

Where are you getting your tubes chief? I just ordered a full reset for my rectifier from eurotube after someone telling me about it. There supposed to be class!! I'll let ya know the whole lot was only 140 yoyo's. Should be here this week...

dabhoys

Heres a selection of some for the Nomad. The mesa tubes are ****. I've never ever been happy with them. Groove tubes are a joke too. This dude was recommended to me through a friend.

https://ssl.eurotubes.com/cart/index.php?page=view_products&category_id=6&sub_category_id=51

I can't wait for mine to show up. I got this one after chatting to Bob...

Mesa Dual Rec 6V6 - GZ34 - High gain pre option
DESC: Want power tube breakup at a little less volume? How about a great warm clean tone? Want the punch of playing in the solid state rec mode but the warmth of playing in the tube rec mode without the mush? This kit may be your answer! A quad of the JJ 6V6's which are fat and full sounding with a little less power, a pair of the JJ GZ34's along with 5 JJ ECC83S's, 3 hand picked high gain tubes for V1, V2 & V3 and balanced PI tube for V5 will get you the warmest tone I've heard yest from a Dual Rec and a chunky fat rhythm & rippin lead!! These should be run in the EL34 mode and tube rectifier mode which will get the bias just right!

Also ordered a new tube for my fender Roc Pro

fish-head

Doctor J wrote:

Feel is usually down to a **** setup, which is fairly common in non top-of-the-range guitars, but is nothing that can't be very easily sorted out. Plus, does the cost of buying some TV Jones pickups and install them bring the guitar up to the cost of a US one (about €2500 I do believe)? Not quite. Worth a punt IMO if that's the guitar you like.

Yeah but if I was gonna go with a Gretsch I'd like to go the whole hog.
Though I wouldnt pay that much cash, I'd buy second hand from yankland.

Karl Hungus

dabhoys wrote:

Heres a selection of some for the Nomad. The mesa tubes are ****. I've never ever been happy with them. Groove tubes are a joke too. This dude was recommended to me through a friend.

https://ssl.eurotubes.com/cart/index.php?page=view_products&category_id=6&sub_category_id=51

I can't wait for mine to show up. I got this one after chatting to Bob...

Mesa Dual Rec 6V6 - GZ34 - High gain pre option
DESC: Want power tube breakup at a little less volume? How about a great warm clean tone? Want the punch of playing in the solid state rec mode but the warmth of playing in the tube rec mode without the mush? This kit may be your answer! A quad of the JJ 6V6's which are fat and full sounding with a little less power, a pair of the JJ GZ34's along with 5 JJ ECC83S's, 3 hand picked high gain tubes for V1, V2 & V3 and balanced PI tube for V5 will get you the warmest tone I've heard yest from a Dual Rec and a chunky fat rhythm & rippin lead!! These should be run in the EL34 mode and tube rectifier mode which will get the bias just right!

Also ordered a new tube for my fender Roc Pro

Yeah Dabhoys, those are indeed the very tubes I'm going for. Or rather would be going for if it wasn't for the damned postal service. I'd be afraid of them getting to Ireland and then be stuck in some warehouse for a few months. :v:

dabhoys

Karl Hungus wrote:

Yeah Dabhoys, those are indeed the very tubes I'm going for. Or rather would be going for if it wasn't for the damned postal service. I'd be afraid of them getting to Ireland and then be stuck in some warehouse for a few months. :v:

Why you afraid they'll get stuck in a Warehouse?

dabhoys

I'm going to do a before and after recording comparison. I was trying to record the other nite with my rectifier as is and it was terrible. There was no good tone to be obtain!!! I'm so pissed off. I know this amp is capable of so much better. I was chatting to your man Bob. You run the 6v6 tubes with the Bias set to EL34 and with the rectifer in Vacuum Tube with the certain order of pre amp tubes. It seems to me like this guys has tried and tested and has come accross a good combination. I've replaced the tubes before but with stock mesa stuff and I've never been impressed. Especially the pre amp tubes. Its time for change and I hope this will help my problem. When I'm recording its nice to have the good gear. I'm eyeing up a 5150 aswell for my collection

Karl Hungus

dabhoys wrote:

Why you afraid they'll get stuck in a Warehouse?

Ok, I'm afraid they'll end up in a ditch somewhere in Finglas with all the other mail piled on top. Who can tell with the postal service in Ireland?

I am really looking forward to getting the tubes at some stage though, a lot of the people at sevenstring.org who have Nomads, got the JJ tubes off Rob, and absolutely swear by them, so I'm quite eager.

fish-head

I've Groove Tubes in my Blues Deluxe, should I change 'em?
Why are they 'a joke'?

Karl Hungus

fish-head wrote:

I've Groove Tubes in my Blues Deluxe, should I change 'em?

If you think they sound good, don't bother. I'm only planning on changing mine, because I think the distorted channel is lacking.

fish-head

Ah I see. I dont use the drive channel on my amp..