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Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: juansolo on April 23, 2011, 05:22:45 PM

Title: ickle NAD
Post by: juansolo on April 23, 2011, 05:22:45 PM

It's a 5w 6V6 MJW Goldstar with a solid state buffered loop. A bit cut down in that it doesn't have the extra gain stage (didn't want it). What I was after was a Fenderish, low volume amp for home only use. It's bloody marvellous and responds really well to pedals both in front and in the loop (v. important for me). Does exactly what I wanted it to do. I'm chuffed to bits with it.

Here's a pic from earlier when I carted it around to Cleggy's and we had a bit of a play with all the amps. It would have been rude not to.

Gives me an excuse to make some high gain pedals too as I'll be losing that when the Blackstar goes. The Shredmaster worked particularly well on the front of it for this. But I've ordered a few boards from Madbean, for a bit of variety ;)

(http://www.juansolo.demon.co.uk/misc/NAD.jpg)

Title: Re: ickle NAD
Post by: marauder on April 23, 2011, 05:31:16 PM

The pedals are still an untidy mess, CBA to tidying them up today!

Great sounding amp!

Title: Re: ickle NAD
Post by: dave_mc on April 23, 2011, 05:36:05 PM

very nice :D

whatever you do don't let cleggy intern with you for free while you're building those pedals ;)

Title: Re: ickle NAD
Post by: juansolo on April 23, 2011, 05:47:11 PM

Quote from: dave_mc on April 23, 2011, 05:36:05 PM

very nice :D

whatever you do don't let cleggy intern with you for free while you're building those pedals ;)

LOL, he's a vital part of the process (I can't spray paint to save my life!).

Though he has made a couple of boards recently. He's been getting ideas! One of them works really well ;)

Title: Re: ickle NAD
Post by: sgmypod on April 23, 2011, 05:50:13 PM

odd amp set but like it.....what is in orange cab

Title: Re: ickle NAD
Post by: d1dsj on April 23, 2011, 05:51:40 PM

Cool looking amp but you're giving me GAS for one of Martins amps.

Title: Re: ickle NAD
Post by: juansolo on April 23, 2011, 05:55:37 PM

Quote from: sgmypod on April 23, 2011, 05:50:13 PM

odd amp set but like it.....what is in orange cab

I think he's got the a Heritage in there at the moment (nice with the Goldstar but lacking in bottom end). The Laney has a Heritage and a Gold in it (fills in that bottom end nicely), the MJW has a Hot100 in it (mine, works really well as an allrounder), Recto has a Black Shadow in it (actually a lot like a more open Hot100).

The orange cab is actually my old one. It's a MIC job and it's shiteee. The lowest grade ply you can possibly imagine. Rattly horrible thing. I almost consigned it to the bin, but cleggy re-covered it, stuck a port in it and a bass driver. It sort of worked... Currently is somewhere to put the surplus heritage and, along with the crate (not shown) something to test pedals on when I'm over there.

They're all usually in different rooms over there, we just dragged them all together to dick around with them. As you do :) Probably why it all looks a bit wierd.

Title: Re: ickle NAD
Post by: Telerocker on April 23, 2011, 11:49:54 PM

Nice amp. I love 6V6-tones.

Title: Re: ickle NAD
Post by: juansolo on April 24, 2011, 06:41:03 AM

Better pic now I've got it back home and set up

(http://www.juansolo.demon.co.uk/misc/NAD2.jpg)

Title: Re: ickle NAD
Post by: hunter on April 24, 2011, 06:44:50 AM

Looks very nice indeed, great collection of tone machines you got there!