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Audio Kitchen. The Big Trees.

ourmaninthenorth

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This could go here in the Amp section, or equally in the Pedal section....it's like a swiss army knife....although it gave me the silent treatment when I suggested that it put the kettle on....

An Audio Kitchen The Big Trees, a little 2 watt practice amp/preamp/Drive pedal/Clean Boost (the Small Trees)/buffer/line driver...and I'm sure other things that I've not yet sussed out.

Been hunting one for years, and the planets at last have aligned., just in time for me birthday too, which is nice - if you like that sort of thing!!

Runs on single EL84, with ECC83 & ECC82.


Wot larks!!!

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J T

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Root, Branch, Dirt. Careful you might attract squirrels and birds.

Looks cool.

Hey Happy Birthday!
 

ourmaninthenorth

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To the valve stash was the cry...out with those JJ's and in with BVA's....that EL84 is from 59, well used but as sweet as a nut!!!

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How do you like Big Trees? Gotten a chance to give it a good spin?
It's an astonishing piece of kit Jim, it really is.

Not a single thing about it that I don't like and can't use, I've barely scratched the surface of it.

Running the Super side of my amp - a wonderfully full voiced chimey amp in it's own right - with the Small Trees side of the Big Trees engaged* takes a brilliant amp up another level. I then engaged the new EAR delay, and there it was...one of the sounds I've had in my head for some time that I've just not been able to quite get right.

I have it.

A small thing but immensely satisfying when something actually comes together like this.

The next mission is to use the Big Trees as an amp through a Marshall 4 x 12 that I've got, stacking my Castledine Rams Head with a BAE Hot Fuzz ( essentially a Rangemaster on one side and a ToneBender Mk 3/4 ish on the other ) both channels on and see if I can't cause an international incident.

Wot larks this dodge is Jim...bloody hilarious I am in making this shit up as I go along.... :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:

* Having a look at Audio Kitchens website may help those that wonder what the bloody hell I'm talking about!!


Here's the stuff in question, sans 4 x 12 and EAR ad4096.

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J T

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Ha sounds like the 80/20 rule. You learn 80 percent of what it can do but only wind up using 20 percent of what you learned. Or something like that I think.

The interesting thing about that Big Trees is that is is an amp OR a pedal. That is just mind blowing. Like a Swiss army knife.
 

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A floor cleaner AND a dessert topping (old SNL bit).
I love pedals. Even if they only do one tiny little thing. The problem is sometimes they only do a tiny little thing at really loud volume.
 

ourmaninthenorth

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A floor cleaner AND a dessert topping (old SNL bit).
I love pedals. Even if they only do one tiny little thing. The problem is sometimes they only do a tiny little thing at really loud volume.
Yep.

I'm late to the tap dancing club, so I'm literally starting out with very little idea of what I'm doing.

I'm currently down the rabbit hole on power supplies, I really need to get over my initial reaction of " how fecking much????!!!!"

Some of the buggers are dearer than the pedals...Cioks, Strymon, Truetone etc etc.

I've even bought a pedal board, a bleedin pedal board.....

Where's it all gone wrong Lads?

It used to be simply turning the guitar up or down on an amp whose settings hadn't been touched for years.

No wonder that Dave Gilmour only plays three notes per album, too busy pissing about with all these dials and stuff...

I need a Flanger, no idea what a flanger actually does, but I like the word...Flanger...

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J T

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Well it's quite simple, a Flanger, flanges the guitar tone. :sneaky::cool:
 
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