Dave da Dude Posted May 16, 2002 Share Posted May 16, 2002 Anybody out there ever use or hear a Pignose amp? The price looks attractive, it's a tube amp. The GV40 at 40W and $250 w/10" spkr looks like a great buy. Let me hear what you think of Pignose. Gotta' geetar... got the amp. There must be SOMEthing else I... "need". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salty Tonk Posted May 16, 2002 Share Posted May 16, 2002 I've played thru one of the portable pignose but not the 40w .The little pignose was good sounding.I would not be affraid of that deal.James jgc2002 is not responsible for damages ,injuries and or death as result of above post.Side effects include nasuea,dizziness,dry mouth,vomiting,blurred vision,nervousness,loss of memory and in extreme cases sexual side effects. www.mp3.com/salt_creek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave da Dude Posted May 16, 2002 Author Share Posted May 16, 2002 Hey, thanks for the info. It seems like a great deal. Thanks to other guys too for the suggestion about the Pignose. Gotta' geetar... got the amp. There must be SOMEthing else I... "need". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave da Dude Posted May 16, 2002 Author Share Posted May 16, 2002 I went to the Pignose site to look at the history of the amp. Founded / invented by Terry Kath and other members of Chicago! Also on the site, they're having a sale. The Pignose G-40V 40W for $219.9whatever. Cheaper than Musician's Friend! Just an FYI guys. P.S. Guess what I'm buying tomorrow (payday)!!! Gotta' geetar... got the amp. There must be SOMEthing else I... "need". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baronedo Posted May 16, 2002 Share Posted May 16, 2002 The only Pignose amp I have tried was the little battery operated job. Quite frankly, it left a lot to be desired and when turned up it fuzzed out entirely. There are much better portable amps available today. I have a Fender amp can which works really well for a 1 gallon paint can sized amp and it has a guitar channel which can be switched to either clean or distorted, and a separate mic channel for vocals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave da Dude Posted May 16, 2002 Author Share Posted May 16, 2002 The Pignose 40W is not a battery op amp. It's traditional 120 VAC. I can't seem to find any people that have played or heard the larger (40W) one. Originally developed by Terry ???? of Chicago Transit Authority though. How bad can it be for $220?! Gotta' geetar... got the amp. There must be SOMEthing else I... "need". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D_dup3 Posted May 21, 2002 Share Posted May 21, 2002 I think these are great, especially for "blues-rock"; FZappa used 'em a lot,too. But Originally posted by Dave the Dude: Founded / invented by Terry Kath and other members of Chicago! can this be true ?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mats Olsson. Posted July 11, 2002 Share Posted July 11, 2002 Hey, I just discovered the coolest FZ article. A lot of good stuff on guitars and amps and playing. Here's an outtake: ------------------- Q: Is this the same equipment you use for recording? FZ: In the studio most of the stuff is played through a Pignose. I've done all kinds of things with a Pignose; I've taken it and put it in a "live" chamber and taken an (ElectroVoice) RE-20 and stuck it right in front of the Pignose, and that will get one kind of sound. It's actually the sound of an amp, but you can hear that it's in a room, and the room is resonant, so it's a realistic sound. On Zoot Allures about the only thing I used the Vox bottom and the Marshall top for was to get feedback on a song called "Filthy Habits." There's another song called "The Torture Never Stops" where it's just Pignose. Another thing I've done with the Pignose is just put it out in the middle of a dead studio, put two mikes on it, and mike it in stereo. It gets a good sound. Put one mike behind the other so there's a slight spread to it. I've also put the Piguose in an echo chamber and miked it, but not too close, because the echo chamber is real resonant. Since the amplifier isn't real loud, if you put the mike a foot away from the amp, you're going to get a sound that really approaches what you hear in a hockey rink. Anybody who's working in a studio and wants to try this, just tell the engineer to disconnect the speaker cables in the echo chamber and put a plug (phone jack) on the end of the echo send, and plug the echo send into your Pignose. Then you can sit in the control room, plug your guitar directly into the board, send it to the echo chamber on the echo send, and hear yourself coming back - and it sounds like you're in a hockey rink. You can even make it feed back by long distance. I've been using a Pignose for about the last three or four years. I think I started using it the most on Apostrophe, but there is some on Over-Nite Sensation, too. ---------------- Full article is right here! /Mats http://www.lexam.net/peter/carnut/man.gif What do we want? Procrastination! When do we want it? Later! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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