Thought I'd share a few tracks with the 100w '67 Superbass Metroamp kit that was built by one of George's employees. Tracks 1 (Building the Stone Again), 2 (The Island Song), & 5 (Oralius) all feature the amp. Other songs on the album are played on my old Fender Twin or a few late 50's Gibson amps.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTGEMIb7 ... plpp_video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zAlO8CO ... _tdgE39Rq_
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4sQk8Dg ... _tdgE39Rq_
Track 2 is actually a '68 BF Twin Reverb up until about 4:50 when I switch to the Metroamp with everything but the bass on 10. The amp is being played through a StoneAge 4x12 loaded with Weber ceramic Michigan speakers. Pretty much everything is straight into the amp with no effects. Played these in a big warehouse which added a lot to the sound. I always have the eq settings dimed on this amp (except the bass).
The amp runs on a variac set to 110V has old mustard and Lemco caps. I run it with the following tubes:
V1: Mullard I61 12AX7
V2: Tungsram 12AX7
V3: Mullard CV4024
Power Tubes - Mullard xf2's (except the solo on track 1 which are Siemens EL34's)
Really great amp! Now I need a JTM100...
10,000 Series Metroamp cranked
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10,000 Series Metroamp cranked
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Re: 10,000 Series Metroamp cranked
Nice tone and songs.. I must build myself a 10k series some time too. But beware. If you get famous you will be sued. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w79Jpl6WXFE" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Thanks! What do you mean about getting sued though?jimmyride wrote:Nice tone and songs.. I must build myself a 10k series some time too. But beware. If you get famous you will be sued. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w79Jpl6WXFE" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Re: 10,000 Series Metroamp cranked
It was a joke. Well... partly. The second song of yours includes that descending part like the one I posted. Frumpy - the german band from the 70s. Don't worry about it. Finding these similarities is kind of an obssesion of mine. I don't do it consciously. It just happens.
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Ah ok, I was trying to find any similarity's and couldn't put my finger on anything. Good ear!
Hadn't heard of Frumpy before either. Pretty interesting stuff.
Hadn't heard of Frumpy before either. Pretty interesting stuff.
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nice tunes! i especially liked the dirty part of the second track (musically and tonewise).
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Re: 10,000 Series Metroamp cranked
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed itVintageCharlie wrote:nice tunes! i especially liked the dirty part of the second track (musically and tonewise).