WHat should an ashdown fa60 (fallen angel) sound like

[Transcend]

my housemate has bought one a few days ago and with the gain up FULL the most distortion it gets is like a hard blues sort of breakup

and thats even using my mahogany LP with the miracle man with it

ive asked a few other people and they say it probably needs revalving as theyre sure it should be a lot higher gain than that.

[noodleplugerine]

Is it the normal one or the DSP one?

The normal one has been discontinued now - Not so normal anymore :p

[sambo]

my housemate has bought one a few days ago and with the gain up FULL the most distortion it gets is like a hard blues sort of breakup

and thats even using my mahogany LP with the miracle man with it

ive asked a few other people and they say it probably needs revalving as theyre sure it should be a lot higher gain than that.

well surely whether its DSP or original it should definitely be much higher than blues gain i should think....

[noodleplugerine]

my housemate has bought one a few days ago and with the gain up FULL the most distortion it gets is like a hard blues sort of breakup

and thats even using my mahogany LP with the miracle man with it

ive asked a few other people and they say it probably needs revalving as theyre sure it should be a lot higher gain than that.

well surely whether its DSP or original it should definitely be much higher than blues gain i should think....

+1.

I was just wondering :p

[Crazy_Joe]

I'm pretty sure this was named the nu metal amp so it sounds like some maintenance is needed.

[Sifu Ben]

No, it's just on channel A  :roll:

[LazyNinja]

I had a Ashdown FA60DSP half stack and it had no gain, exactly the same thing your housemate experienced. Does he also find lack of definition with the amp? Mine was all bassy and had no bite to the sound at all.

Using the effect return control on the back you can sorta increase the gain but it was still shitee.

[Sifu Ben]

Seriously, the sound he is describing is channel 1 with the gain all the way up.

[Transcend]

no i have tried the amp myself on both channels and it really doesnt have much gain but it does have good definition and its the old fa60 without dsp

[Transcend]

Seriously, the sound he is describing is channel 1 with the gain all the way up.

and he isnta  retard and neither am i.

[Davey]

Seriously, the sound he is describing is channel 1 with the gain all the way up.

and he isnta  retard and neither am i.

i'll give him the benefit of the doubt... you however ...  :roll:  lol .. kidding aside

check the tubes, and if they got a nice orange glow to them. he probably needs new tubes and a bias. get all the connections checked out to be sure too

[Transcend]

Seriously, the sound he is describing is channel 1 with the gain all the way up.

and he isnta  retard and neither am i.

i'll give him the benefit of the doubt... you however ...  :roll:  lol .. kidding aside

check the tubes, and if they got a nice orange glow to them. he probably needs new tubes and a bias. get all the connections checked out to be sure too

:D

well when ever he gets off his ass ill get him to check this thread as he actually does have an account on here he's just lazy.

[Sifu Ben]

Are you changing using the pedal or the amp?

[Tyrian]

Seriously, the sound he is describing is channel 1 with the gain all the way up.

and he isnta  retard and neither am i.

i'll give him the benefit of the doubt... you however ...  :roll:  lol .. kidding aside

check the tubes, and if they got a nice orange glow to them. he probably needs new tubes and a bias. get all the connections checked out to be sure too

:D

well when ever he gets off his ass ill get him to check this thread as he actually does have an account on here he's just lazy.

Just don't let them know who I am ok?

Also, I've had the damn thing on for about an hour now, on a reasonably low volume, so can't expect too much gain, but I have a considerable amount and my valves are glowing orange. They'd probably be bright if that light wasn't there though (The VU metre in the amp has a light which lights up all insides too lol.)

and to the other dude, I know the difference between channels. Cheers for patronising me though, much appreciated.

Cheers to everyone here.

[Sifu Ben]

I'm not trying to be patronising, it's just he perfectly described what channel 1 with maximum gain sounds like. A) the amp switch and pedal have to be set up just right initially else the pedal doesn't work properly, B) if your last amp was a single channel Laney, it would be an easy mistake to make. How low are you playing at? It needs to be 3-4 or more to come alive, otherwise it just sounds flat and muddy, without much gain.