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Drac

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« on: May 15, 2006, 06:04:08 PM »
Yeah-tube amps!

I collect 'em a little-
 try stuff, keep what works for me, and sell off the rest.

I've been pining for a Nano Amp for some time...
wanted to get a custom paint job,
Drac style: BlackChassis, with spooky icons, and bloody red letters...
 but got a email  from ZVex himself stating that they don't do that- "random customs for dealers only"-Damn.

Had my eye on a new custom SHO gold NanoAmp for sale by a dealer in the states, and after hearing back from ZVEX,
I decided to take the plunge.
Will be posting soundclips when it arrives, rest assured!

I made some good friends with the guys at Wolftone Amps over the duration of LGS lastlast weekend
 ( two wknds ago, right?)-was actually introduced by Feline Jonathan...
Working on hooking the Wolftone guys up with some dealers in Scandinavia, and pondering either a dealership , or an acquisition myself...

Their amps are great! Handwired class A tube amps/cabs , made in England-
 check out their website-
www.wolftone.co.uk

new amps!-WOOHOO!
- DRAC
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« Reply #1 on: May 15, 2006, 06:12:54 PM »
Drac, I too have been seduced by the Nano... mine should be arriving in a couple of days.
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« Reply #2 on: May 15, 2006, 06:27:55 PM »
what are you guys planning on using em for? just pure fun and maybe home-recording or something? am i right in saying theres no chance of em being used in a band situation? not at all?

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« Reply #3 on: May 15, 2006, 06:34:04 PM »
I don't even have the money to buy one let alone collect them!
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« Reply #4 on: May 15, 2006, 06:37:12 PM »
Sambo, bought mine for home recording and a bit of fun- I suppose you could mic it up in a live situation as they're seriously toneful.
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« Reply #5 on: May 15, 2006, 06:39:08 PM »
cool thanks dean... yer ive heard GREAT things about them, and they look cool too...

what sort of styles do they cover? im guessing nothing high-gain really?

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« Reply #6 on: May 15, 2006, 06:45:34 PM »
Sambo, Plexi Marshall-esque and Vox Ac30 depending on settings. See the clip below demo'ing the Nano- not brilliant quality but you get the idea...

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=321746
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« Reply #7 on: May 15, 2006, 06:47:24 PM »
wow.... that sounds awesome... nice one mate. how much do they cost? a few hundred isnt it?

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« Reply #8 on: May 15, 2006, 07:12:05 PM »
Wow, it does sound awesome! I want one for a practise amp  :D

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« Reply #9 on: May 15, 2006, 07:21:08 PM »
minimat?

it comes in red if you want it hehe

Drac

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« Reply #10 on: May 15, 2006, 07:58:47 PM »
The Wolftone is gigworthy-no doubt about that!

My favorite poweramp is a mesa 20x20, and that screams full hammer, driving two stacks, no problemos!-

With 20 watts, you can crank it enough to get shut down or arrested-
But you get into that power amp crankage tonezone where the amp is really alive-colosseum amps are dangerous at these levels, and  These days yer lucky to be allowed to carry on so loud-

Last month We were in  gigging with Boltthrower around Scandinavia, and in Sweden, there were cops with sound meters walking the floor in the venues to uphold the 100db volume level laws in the cities- at a Metal concert?!

The Nano is more for studio miking,  demoing, and have a special
' ambient coffeshop deathmetal 'project planned for the summer...
The idea is to play extreme music, no compromise, but at volumes where people can  still talk, hang out, without absolutely dominating like stage metal does
-sounds like a paradox, but the biggest drawback to living on extreme metal is the limitations and taboos associated with volume rather than talent, comicbook cr@p rather than anything clever to say, and many burned bridges and closed doors in regard to venues, based on the clich'e  'all or nothing"  "blast til you vomit yer soul"...

 Drawing from the way Jazz and Classical guys shred QUIETLY,
using dynamics beyond the stanby switch/ all knobs to the right,
Volume has little to do with great tone-usually the most abused element of good sound, and I anticipate using the Nano with a 2x8" speaker box, and getting that KREWL grind at volumes where I hope to be invited back for more music another day-

parties, coffeeshops, busking Danish streets,campfires,sewing groups, bat mitzvahs,samples at the supermarket-when's yer birthday ?
 paying jobs playing EVIL METAL hehehe-can it be done?
we'll see about that!

 cheers mates
 DRAC
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« Reply #11 on: May 15, 2006, 09:36:46 PM »
this is realy sad.



i can see going to a gig in a small 200 people venue, sit yourself down at the table and get a pair of headphones, while the band onstage is plaing into a pod straight into the mixer with in ear monitors.





mark my words, it will come to that. and my heart hurts cos that will take all that is fun at playing gigs. playing loud! (mind you, not ear shattering volumes)



all that political correctness and shite. let the fukkers know real music is in town!!! they can get through one night!



ok, back to the thread. i dont think anything below 15w is usefull for anything but the smallest of gigs. for recording i'd guess its cool since you can crank that sucker and let rip, but its not loud enough. maybe if you were blasting it through a 4x12.

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« Reply #12 on: May 15, 2006, 11:01:47 PM »
Gonna be running the Nano thro' a 2 X12  loaded with one celestion blue and one G12H which should be plenty loud enough for home recording and practice. At full chat it should be about half as loud as my Harly flat out.......

which'll be nice.
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« Reply #13 on: May 16, 2006, 12:01:25 AM »
IMHO...:roll:
who the heck will want "extreme" music in a coffee shop? There's different music for different parts of different people's lives. In a coffee shop or at a birthday party people just arent going to want take-no-prisoners metal :evil: they're going to want something that suits the occasion - isn't that what music is all about? If you are really the kind of person that wants to listen to all-out heavy scary music all the time, then you are one of a minority of predominantly really rather disturbed people. No-compromise metal is all about no-compromises, and it usually dominates the stage because that is what it is meant to do. The stage is the place for that kind of music, the coffee shop just isn't. Good luck anyway.
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« Reply #14 on: May 16, 2006, 09:58:11 AM »
Hey I was joking about the birthday party, but serious about street music, and convo-level music, and coffeshops-
Big sound in  a small package, for gigs.

I'm getting old, but I'm still bitter.

I agree the music becomes something else without the volume/racket, but I don't neccesarily think that's a bad thing.
Thinking about tasty riffage, and intense playing, at acoustic levels , or thereabouts, with an electric tone on the guitars- not compromising in regard to speed, tone, just at tactical volumes-as much as neccesary.

Tried this in a way, some time ago- Reno the drum monster has a electronic drum set- simply being able to turn the drum volume down makes an enormous difference- could turn the axes down, talk to each other while we played-" now do this...", "no, this", "get ready for the change..."etc.-
The music  was fast as it needed to be, and for all intent & purpose, was the same over-the-top music at low volume, and it was a kick to play this way-
drum volume set the volume standard,  and  we all left that session without being scrambled in the head & ears. This is perhaps where the idea came from-

I even think the pod & headphones thing is valid-It's still playing music...
Just on a smaller scale.
hehehe
-DRAC

hey indy-what kind of music you playing?
you think it could go 'small' like this,
or  wouldn't be do-able/worth it/missing something...
-just curious, mate-
-cheers
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