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Re: Small 5 Watt GAS (Swift Clip added!)
« Reply #30 on: October 05, 2008, 08:08:25 PM »
Ta,
TBH the only thing wrong with the powerscalling is the more you turn it down the more compressed the sound gets and there's a littl bit of fizz. Small price to pay to be able to 'crank' the valves without divoce.

The clip isn't as bad as I first thought its just sloppy as hell, then again I was sloppy when I played in bands properly 10+ years ago  :P

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Re: Small 5 Watt GAS (Swift Clip added!)
« Reply #31 on: October 05, 2008, 09:02:30 PM »
Philip, I've lost the link to the Ebay shop that had those amps - can you post it?

Ta.

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Re: Small 5 Watt GAS (Swift Clip added!)
« Reply #33 on: October 05, 2008, 10:59:57 PM »
Ta.
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Re: Small 5 Watt GAS
« Reply #34 on: October 06, 2008, 12:45:02 AM »
BKPz: Nailbomb+VHII, more to come...

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Re: Small 5 Watt GAS (Swift Clip added!)
« Reply #35 on: October 06, 2008, 11:22:47 AM »
Nice clip, and that's a really great sound from that setup.  Makes me think that there is some real mileage in a 5 watter, currently I am leaning towards tinkering myself, but that sound makes me think that Andy has really sorted these little fellas out so maybe that's the way to go!

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Re: Small 5 Watt GAS (Swift Clip added!)
« Reply #36 on: October 06, 2008, 11:56:22 AM »
Yeah he's done a great neat job, it's got a good range of quality tones given the price and simplicity of the design. I'm still stunned at how loud it is fully cranked without the power scaling on. OK I have it in a small room but it would render me deaf in no time in there, plus it sounds great like that.

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Re: Small 5 Watt GAS (Swift Clip added!)
« Reply #37 on: October 06, 2008, 12:03:54 PM »
TBH the only thing wrong with the powerscalling is the more you turn it down the more compressed the sound gets and there's a littl bit of fizz.

Nice clips, shows well what Power Scaling can do.
The slight fizziness and compression, at very low levels, is caused by the signal from the preamp becoming relatively larger as the output stage becomes effectively smaller.
It can be avoided by fitting an extra volume control (what KOC calls drive compensation). On amps with more complex preamps, this is easier, but on simple stuff like the VJ, Deluxes and 18 watters, it's trickier to find a suitable insert point. It's not a big problem, as you said, and often reducing the guitar volume a tad will do the same job.
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