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Johnny Mac

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Re: What has Twinfan just bought?
« Reply #30 on: March 05, 2012, 07:54:48 PM »
Nice one Dave. I did have to type that though.
The finish on that single cut is gorgeous.  :D

I've never known anyone get through so much gear! Are there still tones in your head that you haven't found yet Dave?
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Re: What has Twinfan just bought?
« Reply #31 on: March 05, 2012, 07:57:43 PM »
The Empire is a 6v6 powered amp that is designed to sound like old Marshalls.  I've got to say it's a pretty interesting design and a great tone!
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Re: What has Twinfan just bought?
« Reply #32 on: March 05, 2012, 07:58:41 PM »
As a further time saving measure, maybe we could have a sticky called 'what has Twinfan bought this week'   :lol:

If you can do a wee video of the 65 Amps rig I'd love to hear it, they have some badass tones.
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Re: What has Twinfan just bought?
« Reply #33 on: March 05, 2012, 08:11:34 PM »
Unfortunately for me, i do love all of your new stuff  :(...Beautiful SC 245 !What are the specs? 57/08 pu's? Braz board ? Do you feel something specific about the Pernambuco neck? I've never tried a 65 Amp but i love 6V6's... 8) You very lucky  :)! Braz,Sinker Mahog,and Pernambuco necks  :shock:!
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Re: What has Twinfan just bought?
« Reply #34 on: March 05, 2012, 08:14:49 PM »
The SC245 has a pernambuco neck, old growth honduran rosewood and 57/08 pickups.  It's a very sweet sounding old-LP-style tone.  The neck rings like crazy.  I timed the green Signature at 35 seconds of sustain and the SC245 at one minute  :o

Johnny - no, there's nothing else left for me to try until Paul Smith comes up with something new.  Which is good, as it gives time for my bank balance to recover!  I've spent a stupid amount on gear recently, and I need to start sprucing up my house now instead.
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Re: What has Twinfan just bought?
« Reply #35 on: March 05, 2012, 08:22:38 PM »
Quote from: Twinfan on March 05, 2012, 08:14:49 PM
The SC245 has a pernambuco neck, old growth honduran rosewood and 57/08 pickups.  It's a very sweet sounding old-LP-style tone.  The neck rings like crazy.  I timed the green Signature at 35 seconds of sustain and the SC245 at one minute  :o
How did you time /measure that? Want to do that to some of my axes too, but donīt know how to about it. Just by ear or feel, or rather record and see? Single string, chord or all open?

Also...my god that is a nice guitar. Looks divine.
 No idea about the amp, but with your taste it probably is top stuff too.
I too am interrested about that neck too, if there is anything you noticed about it.
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Re: What has Twinfan just bought?
« Reply #36 on: March 05, 2012, 08:47:34 PM »
I timed it by resting the guitar on a chair so that the neck was free to vibrate, then plucked the bottom E and timed until I couldn't hear it through my Bogner XTC set at TV volume.

The neck is definitely doing something good, and not just the sustain part.  It feels alive and the guitar really likes to feed back in a musical way, even at low volumes.  There's definitely something going on with it.

I need to try it at a bit more volume really to see what it's like when everything's cooking...
« Last Edit: March 05, 2012, 08:50:53 PM by Twinfan »
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Re: What has Twinfan just bought?
« Reply #37 on: March 05, 2012, 08:48:29 PM »
Quote from: Twinfan on March 05, 2012, 07:57:43 PM
The Empire is a 6v6 powered amp that is designed to sound like old Marshalls.  I've got to say it's a pretty interesting design and a great tone!

It's the one amp of rheirs that IU have lusted after the most and being born in 1965 like 65Amps owners : Dan Boule and Peter Stroud it appeals to me on that level too.

here is the first clip of it i saw: http://youtu.be/X2sRYz4wBbk
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Re: What has Twinfan just bought?
« Reply #38 on: March 05, 2012, 08:59:12 PM »
And I got cr@p off my Mrs for spending Ģ340 on an LTD!  :lol:
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Re: What has Twinfan just bought?
« Reply #39 on: March 05, 2012, 09:01:00 PM »
:lol:

That's a great clip Jon, you need to have the amp with a reasonable amount of volume to get those tones.  Hence the need for me to get out somewhere to crank it a bit!
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Re: What has Twinfan just bought?
« Reply #40 on: March 05, 2012, 10:57:46 PM »
Quote from: Twinfan on March 05, 2012, 06:29:31 PM
I bought a 65 Amps Empire when "bad man" PhillyQ egged me on into buying it in GuitarGuitar Epsom:

i've seen a few references to this Epsom guitarguitar. Epsom is my hometown and I find it astonishing there is a big guitar shop there now! how times change.
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Re: What has Twinfan just bought?
« Reply #41 on: March 05, 2012, 11:03:25 PM »
Quote from: Twinfan on March 05, 2012, 06:29:31 PM


I think you are missing a few PRS's!  Don't you have 2 of the limited editions and a Chris Henderson, or I have I missed a sell off? 

How do you like the pickups on the Limited?  They look strange but get a good write up.
« Last Edit: March 05, 2012, 11:08:26 PM by PhilKing »
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Re: What has Twinfan just bought?
« Reply #42 on: March 05, 2012, 11:07:50 PM »
Quote from: Twinfan on March 05, 2012, 06:29:31 PM
I bought a 65 Amps Empire when "bad man" PhillyQ egged me on into buying it in GuitarGuitar Epsom:

Oh that's it, blame me!  :roll:

 :lol:

I only said it sounded better than the Bogner Goldfinger(?)  And it definitely did!



gwEm, it is a bloody big shop!  Check it out (they have the korina Fireman in there....!)
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Re: What has Twinfan just bought?
« Reply #43 on: March 05, 2012, 11:14:23 PM »
Quote from: Philly Q on March 05, 2012, 11:07:50 PM
gwEm, it is a bloody big shop!  Check it out (they have the korina Fireman in there....!)
i'll have to go there next time i see my folks.

when i was growing up there, the town didn't have much to recommend it - now it has a proper guitar shop, a cinema and a half decent nightclub.. all since I left!
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Re: What has Twinfan just bought?
« Reply #44 on: March 05, 2012, 11:16:06 PM »
That is a great clip indeed.

It's a little known fact that Philly is a shareholder in 65 amps.
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