corpse
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The Super arrived yesterday- the date code on the tag is JL which is Dec 1960. It is in very nice shape. The color is mocha not the cocoa brown and except for a burn on the top near the handle the tolex is really good- there is a knot shadow nearby as well.
For comparison my 62 VL.
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The Jensens have been reconed- last week in fact, as one of them was giving off a rattly death knell. The tubes are Ruby 5881- and there are a ton of 12AX7's (six to be exact). The clean tone is wonderful- I spent more than half my play time last night on the neck pick up of my '18 59. I think the 6G4 is very similar to the VL- it has that "swallowed" sound. I run it through a Tone Preserver dropping the voltage to 117V- these things predate UL so there is no comment about voltage or wattage on the back. Of primary note is the "harmonic" Vibrato- quite different from the VL or the Deluxe. With the speed and the rate at about 2/3 it is really similar to a leslie.
I need some more time with it to get some range ideas; I haven't even plugged into the Normal channel yet.
Wally or Sonar- the Presence knob does something- brightens the tone I want to say- but what is it actually doing? No where near as dramatic as a Marshall- but like the '63 Bassman I used to own- it's not that big of a deal- or is some cap out of spec?
For comparison my 62 VL.
The Jensens have been reconed- last week in fact, as one of them was giving off a rattly death knell. The tubes are Ruby 5881- and there are a ton of 12AX7's (six to be exact). The clean tone is wonderful- I spent more than half my play time last night on the neck pick up of my '18 59. I think the 6G4 is very similar to the VL- it has that "swallowed" sound. I run it through a Tone Preserver dropping the voltage to 117V- these things predate UL so there is no comment about voltage or wattage on the back. Of primary note is the "harmonic" Vibrato- quite different from the VL or the Deluxe. With the speed and the rate at about 2/3 it is really similar to a leslie.
I need some more time with it to get some range ideas; I haven't even plugged into the Normal channel yet.
Wally or Sonar- the Presence knob does something- brightens the tone I want to say- but what is it actually doing? No where near as dramatic as a Marshall- but like the '63 Bassman I used to own- it's not that big of a deal- or is some cap out of spec?
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