'66 JTM 45 block end vs GPM 45040

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Re: '66 JTM 45 block end vs GPM 45040

Post by VelvetGeorge » Tue Oct 29, 2013 3:59 pm

The pots were quite different. Old ones are much higher. You have to measure and compensate. I run a 1k sine into the amp and take db readings at the pots. Usually with them all on 5.

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Re: '66 JTM 45 block end vs GPM 45040

Post by VelvetGeorge » Tue Oct 29, 2013 5:50 pm

Couldn't resist another clip. This time with the DI guitar tracks.

Sometimes they sound spot on alike and other times a little different. The old ones, just like in the 12,000 series clips, seem to have a randomness that the replica does not.

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Re: '66 JTM 45 block end vs GPM 45040

Post by NY Chief » Tue Oct 29, 2013 7:19 pm

The original sounds just a little bit more open, clearer, wider freq response? Not as compressed? I'd be happy with that tone! Wait I have Metro 45 in a BB cab! Time to bust it out and start sourcing mustards!
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Re: '66 JTM 45 block end vs GPM 45040

Post by Ferrari-Dude » Wed Oct 30, 2013 11:07 pm

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Re: '66 JTM 45 block end vs GPM 45040

Post by jimmyride » Sun Nov 03, 2013 4:01 pm

When you hit that G note in 0:25, I thought of Heartbreaker instantly. :-) BBC Sessions version? I like it!!

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