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Escribano -> That sweet valve/tube amp sound (Dec. 13 2013 18:21:31)

Been looking for a cheap all-valve amp for my Strat and found a Fender Excelsior on eBay just down the road, so I will be picking it up soon.

Anyway, one of the guys reviewing the amp on YouTube also posted a performance using the amp live. I was quite taken with the sound and also these guys' combo. The guitar work and vocals are quite beautifully measured.




Pgh_flamenco -> RE: That sweet valve/tube amp sound (Dec. 13 2013 18:35:11)

Congratulations on your purchase, Simon. I'm a big fan of tube amps and own a hybrid modeling amp that has one 12ax7 and two 6L6's.



Arash -> RE: That sweet valve/tube amp sound (Dec. 13 2013 18:57:19)

just watched this german review and its seams that it has a fantastic price performance ratio (i assume you paid something around 150 pounds for a used one?) and interesting sound colors which you can achieve simply through those 3 different inputs (one is accordion ;) and the volume knob (simply more compression/distortion with higher volume)...... The design is "interesting" :)




Escribano -> RE: That sweet valve/tube amp sound (Dec. 13 2013 20:30:01)

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i assume you paid something around 150 pounds for a used one?


A bit more than that, but there are none for sale in the UK at a sensible price and it is discontinued, so I think I did ok. Haven't got it yet but I will be upgrading the tubes and speaker and installing a proper tone pot.



tri7/5 -> RE: That sweet valve/tube amp sound (Dec. 13 2013 23:38:21)

Forget the digital modeling amps... tewwwwwwbs are where it's at! I don't care how high the fidelity goes in the digital world, never will it match a saturated tube tone.



Escribano -> RE: That sweet valve/tube amp sound (Dec. 15 2013 13:32:19)

I picked it up today and got lucky. Just over a year old, unmarked and boxed. He had already swapped in a matched pair of ECC83 tubes which saves me £20 and as it was a pickup, there were no shipping costs.

So far, very happy. The 15inch speaker helps with the low end and the tube sound is very warm after my Line6.



c -> RE: That sweet valve/tube amp sound (Dec. 15 2013 14:36:24)

What a great deal
Less is more with that amp
Last year I picked up a DrZ ..great tube sound
http://www.drzamps.com/amp/maz18jr/



Morante -> RE: That sweet valve/tube amp sound (Dec. 15 2013 16:56:31)

Great if u live in the fabulous USA[:@]



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