Rhino Madness

Since this is a friend of yours and not just a pic found on a random website, I wasn't too sure if I should have brought the mistake up... but I guess I couldn't help it. I hope he can take it with a laugh, too (and remedy to the situation)!

It's really too bad your friend has to walk around with a spelling mistake for the rest of his life . If anyone is thinking about getting a new tattoo with words, please bring a spellchecker (not all tattoo artists are spelling bees). I didn't even notice that - "Life's toShort" Uh-oh. This space is too small for two o's Ribbon's to short for good spelling .

It's really too bad your friend has to walk around with a spelling mistake for the rest of his life . If anyone is thinking about getting a new tattoo with words, please bring a spellchecker (not all tattoo artists are spelling bees).

That makes sense. I thought maybe the color or richness imparted by the 12AX7-M could have been more rewarding but I don't have any experience with them as you guys do. Thanks for your expertise ! LOL! :grin: Useful info and funnily put to words! Again, thank you for your insight! Best regards, Rhino

http://www.groovetubes.com/product.cfm?Product_ID=1737 http://www.groovetubes.com/product.cfm?Product_ID=2170 in a #6 rating biased at 36mA I am not a fan of short plate tubes in this amp for the PI Myles, Thanks for the speedy response! Lots of interesting reading at the GT site (and I can easily spend hours on your GAB site, too)! Why is the GT-ECC83-S used in V1 and V2 instead of the GT-12AX7-M in the SAG Marshall Kit? I'm not criticizing the choice but mostly wondering as both are individually priced the same but the 12AX7-M is described with lots of superlatives. Thanks, Rhino

Hello Myles, I would appreciate your tube reccommendation for a metal-face 4-input non-master volume 50 watt Marshall. My typical setup is a stratocaster into an OD pedal (DOD250 or TS-808 for sustain) into the Marshall. Both channels are bridged and set to 5-6 with the mid and treble fairly high. I'm using JJ ECC83S (balanced for PI) and E34L now. I'm looking for a similar tone but with added expressiveness and touch sensitivity without losing the sustain (I do mostly soloing with this setup). I would really appreciate your thoughts on tubes in production for preamp, PI and power (and the suggested rating if GT tubes). Best regards, Rhino

Hey Ricardo, don't you think there are better places on the internet to post and look for risqué pictures than on a guitar forum? Society does accept it when in the proper channels. This forum is frequented from all kinds of places that can not allow such demonstrations (such as workplaces, households with young kids, etc.) Sure we can turn off avatars as a preference but it does make following threads more difficult. IMHO this is just not the proper place for that. Pssst! You can still click on the links in Myles's sig and get your fix!

You can find some info about the ADA Mods here . You could probably also contact Voodoo Amps and talk to them as they offer some mods for ADA preamps. I am in no way recommending for or against these mods, I'm just offering sites with some more info as I only have experienced their stock preamps.

It could be that this is the first amp you're using that does not mask the difference in tone when the pedal is engaged. Or the fact that you are now using more of the power tube distortion. Some food for thought: 1. When the power section is already saturated, sending a hotter signal mostly gives you more gain (as opposed to more volume); 2. Depending on the amount of power tube saturation you're using, putting a delay pedal before the power section might send everything to mush (you're sending twice the signal for the power tubes to distort). You might have to rethink your signal chain so you have time-based FX (delay/reverb) after the power amp (either by using the included HotPlate signal out or by micing your speaker and then using an outboard processor and the PA or a second amp, etc). YMMV but it's a different world out there once you're using power tube distortion as your main tone.