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Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: choucas09 on March 13, 2010, 08:02:33 PM

Title: NP&AD
Post by: choucas09 on March 13, 2010, 08:02:33 PM
Because I sent back the Alchemist and am most definitely keeping the V22 and had saved £350 I decided I'd get an AC4 head and a nice mic preamp. Check this bugger, it's a valve preamp, can be used as an overdrive pedal and the icing on the cake it's a recording valve head giving 2 watts into 16 ohms and I've got a 16 ohm 1x12 cab doing nothing. Can't f**king wait.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260565159566&_trkparms=tab%3DWatching#ht_1200wt_1167
Title: Re: NP&AD
Post by: Fourth Feline on March 13, 2010, 08:47:32 PM
Because I sent back the Alchemist and am most definitely keeping the V22 and had saved £350 I decided I'd get an AC4 head and a nice mic preamp. Check this bugger, it's a valve preamp, can be used as an overdrive pedal and the icing on the cake it's a recording valve head giving 2 watts into 16 ohms and I've got a 16 ohm 1x12 cab doing nothing. Can't f**king wait.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260565159566&_trkparms=tab%3DWatching#ht_1200wt_1167

Great find !  :)

I love the way it looks the 'Retro' part as well as being built like a brick shed and doing the business. You can just Imagine that pre-amp being lifted from the Sun studios,  or in the control room at the BBC / RKO pictures - back in the day.   Beautiful.  :)    I have also just 'Googled' the ( outgoing ) Alchemist , and present / imminent V22 and AC4 - to better understand the aesthetic context ; all very nice .  :)  

What speaker do you have in that 1 x 12 cab ?  Do tell all.  :)
Title: Re: NP&AD
Post by: choucas09 on March 14, 2010, 03:20:51 PM
The cab is only a humble Epiphone, but it has impressed me with it's honest neutral sound.
Title: Re: NP&AD
Post by: Fourth Feline on March 14, 2010, 06:23:02 PM
The cab is only a humble Epiphone, but it has impressed me with it's honest neutral sound.

Interesting to hear, as I nearly went down the small solid state head - and 'donor' / budget 1 x 12 cab some time ago. The Epiphone cab also looking nicely retro.  An Eminence speaker too ! Nice  :)