Yet another video of me being an assclown with a few different mics thru my new and still-stock Epi Valve Jr(only changed the 12ax7 to a 12ay7) hooked up to the Epiphone extension cabinet. It's got a Eminence 12 in it, and sounds pretty sweet. I can't wait til my combo is modded!
---------- Todd L. Greene, V.P.
Last Edited by on Feb 13, 2010 7:52 PM
thats why I kept the head version and sold the combo. The electronics are exactly the same you can slide out the whole chassis in a head and put it into the combo. Todd, next opportunity get a y cable and hook both the 12" and the 8" into the 8 ohm plug and crank it. Let me know what you think. ----------
The Original Downtown Philadelphia Fatman... Accept No substitutes!
I'm planning on purchasing a 10-125A Harp speaker from Weber. I have an epi valve junior with 8 inch 4 ohm eminence. Can anyone suggest what ohm I should get (4, 8, or 16) for the 10A-125, keeping in mind that I would like to connect both speakers with a y cable to my epi.
Sounds great Todd.....See you at Roosters ! ---------- Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn. They teach you there's a boundary line to music. But, man, there's no boundary line to art. - Charlie Parker
Okay, this is my VERY first ever vid with the Zoom Q3 I got for my birthday a couple days ago. There's not enough light, but what the heck. I'll do better next time. I'll get more vids at the Blues Jam we host at Ziggies tonight.
I'm playing my 1953 Masco ME-18 amp (2x6L6, 20 watts) into a stock Epiphone Valve Jr cab. It looks a little different because I popped off the plastic "Epiphone" thing and put a cool old metal thing on it. It says "Soulkicker."
I'm using a Front & Center microphone with crystal element and a stock Hohner Marine Band Deluxe harp. I start out with a hard bend on 2-draw, with some spit gurgling in the back of my throat to get the raspy sound.
The Zoom Q3 vid recorder is supposed to have better sound, and I'll let you be the judge of that. The Epi cab has good tone for being so inexpensive. I like it.
Rick, Great tone! This is the sound I would strive for in an amp and without an amp. No harsh distortion. Pure vintage. Excellent. Too much distortion detracts from the tone and is simply not pleasant to the ears (and especially to those who don't play the instrument). Some distortion around the edges of the notes is nice and highly desirable, at least to me.
Blueswannabe, thanks for the kind words. That tone is what Gerald Weber of Kendrick Amps calls "a little hair on the notes." It's my favorite harp sound, too.
One thing I'll be happy about after the mod(besides the overtone being warmer)is being able to dial in the dirt separate from the volume. ---------- Todd L Greene. V.P.
i enjoyed the demo with the masco18. very nice tone with your style of playing. A few times, you did some non pucker/single notes, and I liked the roar. Do you tongue block or do chords. I was wondering cause sometimes masco roar too much when you do hat. I won't ask if you overblow!
You better..DUCK !! ---------- Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn. They teach you there's a boundary line to music. But, man, there's no boundary line to art. - Charlie Parker
Hi Rick, I didn't hear any 1-4 chords or any tongue blocking . A couple twp holers.
What I heard was pucker/single notes sounding full or "hairy". And that's what a masco is suppose to do.
When I do a scale of TB chords or a 2 note draw, I can a get a "tube ping" , an overdrive. Sounds too dirty (if that is possible) or the "marbles in the mouth" tone as my Lee Oskar, overblowing friend tells me. I have to dial it back and clean it up.
6sn7- no, a Masco is not "supposed" to make notes sound full. That comes from the player. Amps like the Masco have a unique attack/decay pattern that gives the notes a vintage character. The soft distortion makes well-played notes sound fuller, but poorly played notes -- no matter what technique you use -- cannot be rescued by the Masco or any other amp.
Okay Rick, I was joking , not being snarky. Chill. we are all friends here.
I said you played well and sounded good.
Then you decide to school me. I know where good tone comes from. Are we all suppose to sign a waiver before we come on this site of the ten commandments of harp playing?
You have described eloquently what a Masco Amp does. No sense me repeating it.
You posted a video. I commented on it. Isn't that what is suppose to happen here? Would you care to comment about "tube ping." That's something I have a question about and would be interested in a response from the forum.
I thought about what I'm doing to get what I call a "tube ping." I am tongue blocking a 1-4 chord, with the left side of my tongue and bending it. The tone is distorted, but something sound overdriven to my ears. That's about the best I can articulate it...
