Got an itch for a 6G3 Deluxe

[CoyotesGator]

I'm trying to take every opportunity to play before my surgery.

I used a pedal for tremolo on/off,

I used scotch, and,

I turned it up.

Stratocaster on Normal and Bright,

Volume at 3/4.

Les Paul on Normal and Bright,

Volume at 5/8.

Rolled vol and tone to clean it up.

A very nice gritty and compressed tone from the ribbed Heppner when wide open that fell to a happy chime when volume was reduced.

I have no desire to try the smooth cone Heppner, well....

In Summary:

The 6G3 Brown Deluxe is a very versatile circuit,

I erased references to Booker T and Bad Co.,

I'll just leave it with a comment from my wife when I came to bed at 2am.

Mrs. Gator, "Damn, was that you?"

 

[CoyotesGator]

With the urging of others...


Well, I tried a Celestion G12-65.

It has been well pummeled in my Marshall 4010 for the last 33 years.

Mexican Stratocaster, normal and bright inputs.

3/4 volume and 3/4 tone.

Very loud, very little amp compression.

Loud hairy edges.

I had the tone closer to 7/8 w/the alnico Heppner speaker.

Great punch and power in this combination.

Sounds Really, Really Good.


Les Paul 2002 R8. Wagner Fillmores bridge and neck.

WOW!

At 3/4 volume with this is full on mean Rock and Roll.

With a little volume control, I can get great cleans with exceptional definition and attack.

What I lost with the G12-65:

Alnico chime,

Alnico compression,

Alnico warmth.

What I gained with the G12-65:

Spl,

Grunt,

Punch,

And a little Britt.



I'm probably going to give this one to my Mother.

She loves to fingerpick and sing old torch songs, so the Alnico will probably go back in.

If I was going to keep it, I dunno.

Might try an EV or a Black Shadow(gasp) before it goes.

 

[mistersnappy]

Thanks for the update. I love my old 6G3 and am thinking of getting a reconed Jensen P12Q to try in it. Mine came with an Oxford (which is in storage). The first Brownie Deluxe I played had the old Alnico Jensen and I liked how that sounded. Real broken in, too.