I got a set of the ac30 amphones and they surprisingly sound alright for what they are so I'm tempted to (Once they kick the bucket) take them apart and see how they work and might consider doing something like that to some higher end headphones and seeing how it gose.
Yeah I have a AC100 and I love the clean as well as the sound of a fender clean too I just wish I have a set of 4, 12 inch, celestion greenbacks instead of the 5150 4x12 cab I have as it makes the clean a little dark but that will come later I guess. .
I wish I was giging haha but it worked out cheaper for me to get a ac100 and the 5150 4x12 then for me to get an ac30 and but funny thing is it's quieter then my little 15 watt solid state marshall which I'm pretty pleased with the dirt channel on.Seems like we have similar tastes, but I do like the Marshall sound too.
AC100. Now I am jealous (EL34s). You must do some big gigs. By the way, if you ever need new valves (tubes), Karltone on Ebay are good- reccommended by my mate in the country house- he knows the score. He played a Strat through a Peavy valve combo: nice singing sound and not expensive, but not AC30. He has the Peavy in his work shop for testing guitars etc. It was a scrapper but he rebuilt it.
Celestion greenbacks... nice! Why they cost so much I just dont know. They are dirt cheap to manufacture: pressed steel chassis, old type magnet, and cardboard cone. It does not make sense.
From what I remember the greens are what go in the cheaper VOX ac amps but to me they are the creme dala creme.Complete sense- unless I am getting confused, the greenbacks are the creme dala creme. I will check to make sure. Jensen (I think that is the correct name) make some speaker chassis that would suit your clean Vox sound, but they are hellish expensive, even compared to greenbacks.
I'm trying to figiure your guitar from your avatar, but can't quite make it out- looks tasty though.
The loudness of a system is all down to speaker chassis efficiency. Guitar speakers are much more efficient than hifi types, and distort like hell- that is their appeal. I expect your 15W Marshal has an efficient speaker. If you are playing both through the same speakers, there is something odd going on; the AC100 should be loud, loud, loud.
In general, the less distortion the lower the efficiency with speaker chassis. In the 1970s they moved over from efficient speakers, which matched the low wattage of valve amps, to very low efficiency speakers. That is why the typically 50W to 100W solid state amps started appearing.
From what I remember the greens are what go in the cheaper VOX ac amps but to me they are the creme dala creme.
It's an Ibanez six28fdbg with a few mods installed for good measure. Here's a better photo **broken link removed** and here's her wiring if you're interested in that too **broken link removed**.
I think the 15W Marshall has something wrong with the volume pot and it has a different speaker built into it but the Vox can go extremely loud but it can also be used at bedroom levels fine as well which makes it really nice for those lazy days haha.
So if I want a nice clean sounding speaker I should look for lower the efficiency ones? Interesting I can see why though.
Mostly because I don't have the money also if I did I would get in trouble with the missus for getting another guitar.. But I do have another guitar that's very similer that can sound a bit like a Tele it's my other moded Ibanez **broken link removed** I don't have a shot of the insides but it's very similar to the other one.Yes, thought they might be good
Ah, Ibanez- my country genious friend speaks highly of Ibanez. He has a bass made by them and I have had a strum on a few. I will have a look at your axe and mod
Going by the type of sounds you like- why no Tele as well?
Volume control probably needs cleaning. AC100- nice
No, afraid not. In the guitar world 'clean' does not mean low distortion and level frequency response as in hi fi. Instead it means clean sounding distortion (if that makes sense) and peaky, to a degree, frequency response. A guitar amp/speaker contributes to the sound of the instrument. With Hi Fi that would be anathma. I got caught on this one- if you put hifi speakers on a guitar amp they sound boring and, like the hifi phones, clinical, dead, and out of control. What you can do is to fit a high power midrange speaker (sqwuaker) with a simple capacitor xover to sweeten up the high frequencies. You can also fit a hifi tweeter. A good guitar lead speaker coupled with high fi speakers and some amp frequency response tweaking, should make a sweet engaging sound- like the Shadows- my target sound.
Mostly because I don't have the money also if I did I would get in trouble with the missus for getting another guitar.. But I do have another guitar that's very similer that can sound a bit like a Tele it's my other moded Ibanez **broken link removed** I don't have a shot of the insides but it's very similar to the other one .
Yeah, that's what I was thinking. Do you know if I can use WD40 to clean it?
With you there, spec.Same here. I can only deal with abstract ideas by making them real in my mind, I still can't handle j (i). The idea of the root of a negative number is beyond me.
From an earlier post:
With you there, spec.
First got introduced to the idea (40+ years ago) as it related to a rather complex formula for determining some OPA characteristic (don't remember what except it was an oscillator application).
At the front end of the formula "i" (or "j" in electronics) was introduced and then later it was re-introduced such that the result was i squared, thus resulting in the entire formula being multiplied by -1. I asked the professor; "Why the imaginary ruse? How about just put the whole formula in parentheses with a -1 in front?". Turned out to have something to do with phase. There were other ways to get the answer.
The theoretical electronics I leave to the engineers; I'm a technician....
I guess what I should do then is get a multimeter. Do you think this one would be good ( https://www.jaycar.co.nz/Test-&-Measurement/Multimeters/Digital/Cat-III-Multimeter-with-Temperature/p/QM1323 ) to get me started or is it something that I need to spend a bit of money on?
I have one now and honestly have a lot of fun with itMy advice is, purchase the best DMM you can afford.
A good DMM will not only be accurate and have significant protection, but will measure capacitance, frequency, transistor's Hfe and other parameters.
It will be, by far, the piece of equipment you'll use the most.
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