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Lew

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« on: October 30, 2008, 05:55:53 PM »
New Martamp day!! ... well, I'll be picking it up tommorow morning actually but Martin sent me some teaser shots this evening so had to share ;)

I know he will be gutted to see it go because the colour scheme matches his carpet, skirting and door so perfectly.



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Re: NMAD
« Reply #1 on: October 30, 2008, 06:06:28 PM »
Milky Milky!  8)
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Re: NMAD
« Reply #2 on: October 30, 2008, 06:11:30 PM »
I do like the white.

How come custom builders don't build metal amps? Or at least, I haven't seen any. And by metal I mean the br00talz!!!(etc.)
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Re: NMAD
« Reply #3 on: October 30, 2008, 07:26:28 PM »
^ i don't want to put words in anyone's mouth, but i'm guessing because they're generally a much more complicated circuit, which'd take a lot more time (and hence money) to make. Most of the high-gainers aren't handwired... (bar stuff like cornford)

that's a really nice amp, by the way, white is awesome.
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Re: NMAD
« Reply #4 on: October 30, 2008, 07:53:17 PM »
Me too! I just need to wire in the speakers.
Mine's just a cab though.
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Re: NMAD
« Reply #5 on: October 30, 2008, 07:57:43 PM »
Quote from: Will on October 30, 2008, 07:53:17 PM
Me too! I just need to wire in the speakers.
Mine's just a cab though.

ancient alnico goodmans going in there for the vintage tone will?
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Re: NMAD
« Reply #6 on: October 30, 2008, 08:14:59 PM »
Lovely amp! Love the colour. :)
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Lew

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Re: NMAD
« Reply #7 on: October 30, 2008, 08:59:49 PM »
Nice one Will, thanks for the comments. Martin was a bit concerned that the white will not age gracefully and will look grubby fast but I bullied him  :lol:
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Re: NMAD
« Reply #8 on: October 30, 2008, 10:26:22 PM »
Wear gloves when touching it. That'll stop it getting grubby :lol:
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Re: NMAD
« Reply #9 on: October 30, 2008, 10:29:21 PM »
Quote from: gwEm on October 30, 2008, 07:57:43 PM
ancient alnico goodmans going in there for the vintage tone will?

Oh, and it took aaages to find the 10 inch variety ;)

Martin's backgrounds for his pics are matched to the colour scheme :lol:
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Re: NMAD
« Reply #10 on: October 30, 2008, 10:42:53 PM »
Quote from: Jonny on October 30, 2008, 06:11:30 PM
I do like the white.

How come custom builders don't build metal amps? Or at least, I haven't seen any. And by metal I mean the br00talz!!!(etc.)

The trouble with very high gain amps is noise and having to be so very careful with signal paths to keep noise etc to a minimum
It is very hard to do with a hand-wired amp - so much easier to control with a PCB and that usually lends itself to larger makers.
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Re: NMAD
« Reply #11 on: October 30, 2008, 11:15:57 PM »
Quote from: FELINEGUITARS on October 30, 2008, 10:42:53 PM
Quote from: Jonny on October 30, 2008, 06:11:30 PM
I do like the white.

How come custom builders don't build metal amps? Or at least, I haven't seen any. And by metal I mean the br00talz!!!(etc.)

The trouble with very high gain amps is noise and having to be so very careful with signal paths to keep noise etc to a minimum
It is very hard to do with a hand-wired amp - so much easier to control with a PCB and that usually lends itself to larger makers.
Well that's lame :(
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Re: NMAD
« Reply #12 on: October 31, 2008, 12:09:28 AM »
S'true though.
The other reason I wouldn't do a metal amp, is that when you have that much gain, the subtle nuances of a hand wired amp get overwhelmed by the sonic carnage.
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Re: NMAD
« Reply #13 on: October 31, 2008, 12:13:44 AM »
Quote from: Jonny on October 30, 2008, 06:11:30 PM
I do like the white.

How come custom builders don't build metal amps? Or at least, I haven't seen any. And by metal I mean the br00talz!!!(etc.)

because metal doesnt require good tone, obviously! :P

Seriously though, that amp looks great :D I really want a martamp build of some kind, a Ceriatone Bassman is currently on my gas list after listening to a lot of Social Distortion :)
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Re: NMAD
« Reply #14 on: October 31, 2008, 01:17:26 AM »
Quote from: Ben_W on October 30, 2008, 10:26:22 PM
Wear gloves when touching it. That'll stop it getting grubby :lol:

hahaha

Interesting  reading about high gain amps, I know it's not exactly 'handmade' or maybe even not a high end bit of kit in some people's opinion but I LOVE the 5150 high gain tones.
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