Recent content by ranchak

I’ve played with the Fillmore some more and I am not fond of the Mesa distortion. I did pick up a 2 Channel Custom 50. This amp is much closer to what I’m looking for. I still need to spend more time with it, but I think l may have a keeper

That would be great, but I'm not fond of the price.

Ok, here’s an update. I got a Mesa Fillmore 50. I’m very disappointed with this amp. I bought it through the store in Hollywood. I mentioned to the guy on the phone that I really don’t care for the Rectifier sound. He said that this amp didn’t have that and it had the classic rock tone. I would...

I’ve spent a fair amount of time with the Archon since my last post and I do agree that this is not the amp for me. I ordered a Mesa Boogie Fillmore 50, hopefully this will give me what I’m looking for. I’ll be putting the Archon on Reverb soon. Thanks to everyone who has made suggestions and...

Did you check the fuse that is located below the socket for the power cord?

My 212 cabinet I bought used. It had some time on it and it seams to be smoother than my 412 cab. I'm going to spend time over the weekend with both of them and see if maybe it's just my imagination. I'm also going to try my Marshall SC20 (small version of JCM800) again. I'm going to see if I...

I have not tried a Mesa. I am leaning towards a Revv Dynamis 7-40. I had a G20 that I liked. I was just trying to get my distortion from the amp, not pedals. Although the Archon has great distortion, but like DTR says, it's a High Gain Monster and it might not be the right amp for me.

When I say low volume, I'm still in the 90-95 dB range, so it's not exactly quiet. But the Archon sounds really great at 100dB, which won't work with the neighbors and also a few of the venues we play at, or used to play at. I haven't found any of the pedals that I have that I like with the...

I may do that. I also am going to try a few different cabinets that I have. I think some of the harshness that I'm hearing is coming from the speakers. I'm thinking about breaking them in and see what happens

Ok, so I got some tubes in yesterday. Not really sure what I was thinking (or lack of thinking), I ordered a 12AT7, two 5751s and two 6L6s. Why did I order 6L6s? I have no idea why. The Archon has 6L6s in it already, so..... Strike 1. I installed the 12AT7 tube in the PI, it really didn't do...

The opening chords of Can’t Get Enough is the tone I’m seeking. I know it’s going to be hard to get due to the fact it’s a Marshall cranked. I’m going to try the tubes and see what I can come up with I did try the OCD on the clean channel, but that’s doesn’t seem to be the right pedal for...

I may not be able to tame the lead channel and actually if I can get the right pedal to use on the clean channel I should be able to get what I'm looking for. I'm going to try the tube swaps and see what happens. Now if someone would open up a pedal rental store modeled after Netflix (when they...

I'm not familiar with either of these pedals. I'll do some research and maybe give one or both a try

One thing I can’t try is getting the master volumes up. This might actually help the amp, but I have neighbors so.....

I’m around 8:30 on the gain channel. I like what I’m getting from the amp. What I don’t like is the huge difference between the clean and gain channel. I want something in between. Hopefully the 805 or Burnley can fill the gap. Or if I can tame the gain channel I might get what I want.