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They kill...
I don't have any first-hand experience with the Beagle (I'd like to check one of these out) or the Black & Tan, but I have a Redbone Special and recently sold a Redbone Coonhound. The Redbone amps are skull-splitters, sorta like Plexi meets Trainwreck meets flamethrower. They kill with a 'Paul. Heard good stuff about George's EL84 amps, but haven't tried one. Yet...
I don't have any first-hand experience with the Beagle (I'd like to check one of these out) or the Black & Tan, but I have a Redbone Special and recently sold a Redbone Coonhound. The Redbone amps are skull-splitters, sorta like Plexi meets Trainwreck meets flamethrower. They kill with a 'Paul. Heard good stuff about George's EL84 amps, but haven't tried one. Yet...
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Have a Bloodhound with 6550's and and English, love them to death. The BH does the VH1/Moore thing and the English does bell like chime, couldn't be happier. No experience with the Beagle or B&T, but I'd figure they're pretty good considering the source.
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V-verb has an English for sale over in the marketplace.
V-verb has an English for sale over in the marketplace.
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I do have an English for sale over at the members section.
TheEnglish and Beagle are basically the same, except that the Beagle has 2 EL84's for 10 watts, and the English has 4-EL84's for 20 watts. Thse ratings are misleading as well, since George A rates his amps before any significant distortion, so they are MUCH louder than the ratings would indicate.
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Nigel
TheEnglish and Beagle are basically the same, except that the Beagle has 2 EL84's for 10 watts, and the English has 4-EL84's for 20 watts. Thse ratings are misleading as well, since George A rates his amps before any significant distortion, so they are MUCH louder than the ratings would indicate.
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Nigel
I would like to have V-verbs English but I think it is too loud for my purposes? I have been using 20 watt amps and they are plenty loud enough. Everyone tells me that the English is almost as loud as an AC30? I already have an AC30 that is a perfect amp except it's too loud. I don't like attenuators. I expect to like the Alessandro amps? But I need one about the volume of a 60s AC15.
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What about the Plotthound? Isn't that ten watts? It seems like a cool little amp. but I never see them used. New, they list for $2400.00 which is way too steep. Or, find an old beat champ/vibrochamp which is class A and can be surprisingly loud thru a 2x10 4ohm cab.
What about the Plotthound? Isn't that ten watts? It seems like a cool little amp. but I never see them used. New, they list for $2400.00 which is way too steep. Or, find an old beat champ/vibrochamp which is class A and can be surprisingly loud thru a 2x10 4ohm cab.
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Yes but the English does start to get "crunchy" at about 11 o'clock on the volume control - much lower in volume than my Vox AC10 had to be before it started to overdrive.
As the AC15 is louder than an AC10, I would bet that the English would overdrive at a much lower volume than an AC15. You basically have to listen to the amp, but I was surprised at how gainy the amp is and how nicely it cleans up with the guitar's volume control being rolled up.
The Plott is a 6V6 amp which would have a different character than the EL84 English and Beagle.
Sorry about the spam. Too bad George's amps aren't better known though.
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Nigel
As the AC15 is louder than an AC10, I would bet that the English would overdrive at a much lower volume than an AC15. You basically have to listen to the amp, but I was surprised at how gainy the amp is and how nicely it cleans up with the guitar's volume control being rolled up.
The Plott is a 6V6 amp which would have a different character than the EL84 English and Beagle.
Sorry about the spam. Too bad George's amps aren't better known though.
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Nigel
Nigel, I am tempted. I would bet the English is everything I have heard about it? The JMI AC15 has a good thick sound from 0 all the way up. The only complaints I have about it are that the tone controls do not do much so it is hard to clean the amp up for a humbucker in the neck position. What it does, it does perfectly. The other problem is that they are old and I had rather haul around a newer amp for gigs.
I am interested and still thinking about your amp but I hate to have you send it and then I send it back. I hate to do that as I am not sure the amp will work for me?
Larry, I have a blackface champ, 3 tweed champs and a Vox tube Pathfinder. These amps don't do much for me. They record well but when compared to a 10 watt amp such as an AC10 or tweed Harvard they sound woefully thin. The 10 watters are not much louder and are way better amps to my ears. I tend to like the champs until I plug into something a bit bigger and then I put the champs up for another good while.....
I am interested and still thinking about your amp but I hate to have you send it and then I send it back. I hate to do that as I am not sure the amp will work for me?
Larry, I have a blackface champ, 3 tweed champs and a Vox tube Pathfinder. These amps don't do much for me. They record well but when compared to a 10 watt amp such as an AC10 or tweed Harvard they sound woefully thin. The 10 watters are not much louder and are way better amps to my ears. I tend to like the champs until I plug into something a bit bigger and then I put the champs up for another good while.....
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At lower volumes the vibro can sound thinner, but at higher volumes I think the most limiting factors are the size of the cabinet and the 8" speakers. This was demonstrated to me when I ran my vc through the 2x10 speakers of my vibrolux. It really opened up the sound and made it much fuller and LOUDER. I also can hear a little bit of Marshall swirling around in my stock vc which is why I posted the question I did on the other thread. I have no experience w/ original ac15's or ac30's but I would love to get my hands on a watkins dominator.:smokin
At lower volumes the vibro can sound thinner, but at higher volumes I think the most limiting factors are the size of the cabinet and the 8" speakers. This was demonstrated to me when I ran my vc through the 2x10 speakers of my vibrolux. It really opened up the sound and made it much fuller and LOUDER. I also can hear a little bit of Marshall swirling around in my stock vc which is why I posted the question I did on the other thread. I have no experience w/ original ac15's or ac30's but I would love to get my hands on a watkins dominator.:smokin
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I have a Plott and Bluetick (4x6v6 - an English w/ 6v6s.) Great amps. Got the Bluetick because I needed more clean headroom.
You may want to consider the Black N Tan - sounds like a killer amp. 15w, optimized for 2xEL34, cathode biased. You can use various output tubes: EL34, 6L6, KT66, 6V6. I will probably be replacing the Plott with a BnT.
Kevin
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I have a Plott and Bluetick (4x6v6 - an English w/ 6v6s.) Great amps. Got the Bluetick because I needed more clean headroom.
You may want to consider the Black N Tan - sounds like a killer amp. 15w, optimized for 2xEL34, cathode biased. You can use various output tubes: EL34, 6L6, KT66, 6V6. I will probably be replacing the Plott with a BnT.
Kevin