What Next for Hamfist?

[Twinfan]

Fair-ish point.

I'm thinking sparkly cleans and big venue volumes.

[martinw]

Big venue = mic up.

[hamfist]

Jtm45 doesn't have enough volume for me. Al English's amp is my old amp, so I do have a reference point to compare things to. When I run a pedal-based rig, I like to keep the amp pretty pristinely clean. the pedals I seem to like (like the Box of Rock, the Blackstar pedals, or the Blackstone) always seem to sound better into a completely clean amp to my ears. Even just a bit of hair on the amp, loses clarity and note definition.
 Dave, I'd love one of the new Hiwatts, but they are just too pricey for me. I could pick up a High gain head used, within my budget, but they are PCB amps. The Custom 50 is hand-wired, but costs about £1300.

A fender twin would work well, but the big problem is that I am not prepared to lug a 2x12 combo around. I'm looking for a head. Fender Twin heads are as rare as hen's teeth. Did they even ever make any - I'm definately no expert on Fenders.

[Twinfan]

I was thinking of a Twin head Alan.  You could get a clone built?  Maybe Martin or Nik can build you one, as the schematic will be available somewhere?

Oh, and Martin?  Told you a '45 still wouldn't suit in this case 

[headtheball]

There are super Reverb heads from the Seventies around, plus there was an eighties rackmount version of the "Evil" Twin as well.

What about a Bandmaster or Bassman head?

[martinw]

Al English's amp is my old amp....

I knew that. :)
For that level of clean you need at least the 60W clean you'd get from 2xEL34, but I'd suggest a 100W 4xEL34 would be better. The best option here, after a Hiwatt (which I don't like, because althought the cleans are ok, the distortion isn't, IMO) would be a Marshall 1959 Superlead clone.
A fairly gainy amp, but quite simple to clean up and "ease" the preamp a little.
I could do you one of these, or the 50W version, with FX loop, PPIMV (with a proper dual 250K pot ) for a good price.

[martinw]

Oh, and Martin?  Told you a '45 still wouldn't suit in this case 

No you didn't, you said "not loud enough and doesn't do big cleans".

[Twinfan]

Err, yeah?  So I was right!

[hamfist]

Al English's amp is my old amp....

I knew that. :)
For that level of clean you need at least the 60W clean you'd get from 2xEL34, but I'd suggest a 100W 4xEL34 would be better. The best option here, after a Hiwatt (which I don't like, because althought the cleans are ok, the distortion isn't, IMO) would be a Marshall 1959 Superlead clone.
A fairly gainy amp, but quite simple to clean up and "ease" the preamp a little.
I could do you one of these, or the 50W version, with FX loop, PPIMV (with a proper dual 250K pot ) for a good price.

PM sent !

[martinw]

Err, yeah?  So I was right!

(sigh)  :(  No. The first post I addressed and you conceded I had a "fair point".
The point then became clarified and specified, coming down on your side of the converstaion, but to claim rectitude after the fact is fallacious, presupposing knowledge on the part of the reader of what you had meant by your general statement, and relying on hindsight. Much like a gambler saying "See! I knew that horse would win!"

 :lol: :lol: :lol:

[horsehead]

what did he say?

He lost me after sigh!

[Twinfan]

I said fair-ish point as I guess it could be open to subjective opinion in the wider scheme of things.  One man's dirty is another's light crunch and all that.

However  ;)

In this case, and I would say also in the case of the majority of people in the guitar world, a JTM45 does not do "big cleans".

Anyway, you cheated by saying mic up.  That's the biggest cop out ever  :lol:

[sambo]

Oh do shut up, the pair of you!!!! :lol:

[Twinfan]

OK  :lol:

But I was right, wasn't I?  ;)

[hamfist]

OK  :lol:

But I was right, wasn't I?  ;)

I'm staying out of it !