Rondo
2 posts
Mar 22, 2015
10:31 PM
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This is for those guys that are using solid state amps and fx:
-what amp are you using?
-what is your signal path?
-are you satisfied with your tone?
-what would you change or do different?
Note: I am not interested is starting a flame war, I like tubeyness fine, but I see more and more guys using s.s. or going direct to the PA and would like their take on the gear they are using. TIA.
Rondo
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Meaux Jeaux
58 posts
Mar 23, 2015
9:12 AM
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The Quilter Amp is by far the best solid state amplifier I have heard for a fat warm tone for harmonica. A lot of power in a small package.
Pricey tho.
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isaacullah
2964 posts
Mar 23, 2015
10:05 AM
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Just bought a 1983 Peavey Studio Pro 40 for guitar, and discovered it has a very good harp tone too. It actually gives my modded Epi VJ a run for it's money in the tone dept., and provides A LOT more volume range and color possibilities. This amp is basically the same as the Bandit 65, and both are predecessors to the Transtube era Bandit's. I'd assume that most any Transtube SS Peavey would be equally (or better) amenable to harp.
I also have a Zoom G3, with which I can get a range of cool amped tones (and FX). Haven't tried it with the Peavey, but use it all the time with my street rig, which a battery-powered 10-watt SS amp that's now out of production, but was called the "Pyp PB-1". Pretty good, and more versitile than the Pignose 7-100 I used to have.
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rogonzab
674 posts
Mar 23, 2015
6:47 PM
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I love the Roland Cube 15 of my guitar player! Good tone and no mayor fb problems.
For playing gigs I use a Lone Wolf harpbreak and a DIY delay, and then to the PA. Good tone and lighter than a tube amp!
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Littoral
1227 posts
Mar 23, 2015
7:56 PM
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Lone Wolf Octave.
Really.
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Rondo
3 posts
Mar 23, 2015
8:32 PM
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Cool, thanks for the replays... Anyone else?
Rondo
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nacoran
8359 posts
Mar 23, 2015
10:04 PM
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Out of necessity I'm using a little Park amp (basically a Marshall). Also using a cheaper Shure Prologue mic, but still, if I dial everything in right I can get pretty good sound. I turn the treble down and the bass up, and mess with the gain knobs and master volume to get pretty good control of the distortion. (I also use the built in reverb which I set just a little way up for most things). I've played with a vocal multifx pedal, but for most things I don't bother. I do have a gain pedal so I can toggle between two volume levels quickly for vocals and harp.
I'd like to try a reverse echo. Most of the time when I play out it's through the PA though. On recordings we do a lot of post effects.
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MindTheGap
591 posts
Mar 24, 2015
3:22 AM
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I use a Harp Break or Joyo American Sound pedal into the PA. The priority is have access to enough volume to be heard properly in an electric group without having to shout. I think the alternative would be a powerful amp like a Bassman. I don't have enough experience to know what that would give over and above the PA, for an amateur. All I can say is that using the PA is a much more satisfying musical experience than playing with an underpowered tube amp, however nice it sounds at home.
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