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Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: Telerocker on November 29, 2014, 05:38:07 PM

Title: NAD
Post by: Telerocker on November 29, 2014, 05:38:07 PM: I just scored this one! Now I have two. You can pick them up cheap and they sound very nice, also on low volume.

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Title: Re: NAD
Post by: littleredguitars2 on November 29, 2014, 10:45:15 PM: i was watching some live Rush footage recently. lifeson was using a H and K like usual. it sounded great but his tone with a les paul was a little too thick. not sure what kind he was using. did he have a signature model?

either way congrats!
Title: Re: NAD
Post by: Telerocker on November 29, 2014, 11:05:43 PM: The Statesman is not in production anymore, but I like the vintage tone. It sounds more old school than the Tubemeister-range. Clean is quite Fendery and with the twangbutton you can really funk. Drivechannel has a boost and gets you into classic Marshall-terrority, just a tad darker overall. The top has a solovolume too, which you can switch per footbutton. It's actually a simple plug- and play-amp. I have two Statesman EL34-heads now and a matching 2x12-cab, which give a lot of joy for no money.

Demo by Thomas Blug:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2KJN1FFx3I (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2KJN1FFx3I)

Alex Lifeson has a signature Triamp. Totally different amp.

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Title: Re: NAD
Post by: littleredguitars2 on November 30, 2014, 12:56:26 AM: i'm pretty sure you've recommended them to me in the past. how much did you pay for this one?
Title: Re: NAD
Post by: Telerocker on November 30, 2014, 01:34:20 AM: 375 euro, but in mint condition with a recent tube swap.
Yeah, I recommend the Statesman in the past. I had the 40 watts EL84 combo, which is a nice grab and go-amp. The head has quite some extra gain though and sounds a little smoother than the EL84-combo. I sold the combo to fund some pedals, but I regretted it after a while. So I've been watching if good used ones come by. The head has two plusses over the combo: a solovolume and a separate eq's for both channels.
Title: Re: NAD
Post by: Mr. Air on December 02, 2014, 09:58:09 AM: Congrats on the NAD. Seems like a great bargain :grin:
Title: Re: NAD
Post by: dave_mc on December 02, 2014, 05:22:28 PM: Nice :D
Title: Re: NAD
Post by: gordiji on December 02, 2014, 08:33:23 PM: congrats, lot of amp for little money.
Title: Re: NAD
Post by: Kiichi on December 02, 2014, 10:31:47 PM: Oh lovely. You make it sound as if I would be a fool if I did not keep an eye out for one of those.
Title: Re: NAD
Post by: Telerocker on December 02, 2014, 11:37:28 PM: Quote from: Kiichi on December 02, 2014, 10:31:47 PM
Oh lovely. You make it sound as if I would be a fool if I did not keep an eye out for one of those.

I think they are underrated amps and a bargain if you're looking for vintage sounds, from Fender-clean, tweedsounds to (hotrodded) plexisounds.
Title: Re: NAD
Post by: 38thBeatle on December 03, 2014, 09:59:49 PM: I like the demo very much. If I were looking for a new amp, this is a direction I think I would look at.
Title: Re: NAD
Post by: dvorak on December 05, 2014, 08:45:54 AM: Cool amp, if it sounds half as good as it looks you have a winner!
Title: Re: NAD
Post by: Telerocker on December 05, 2014, 10:01:48 AM: Quote from: dvorak on December 05, 2014, 08:45:54 AM
Cool amp, if it sounds half as good as it looks you have a winner!

It sounds better than it looks :grin: No really, I can't understand why they stopped the production. They have a place beside the Tubemeisters.