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Last night after engaging in threads about amps, cabs and speakers I got the itch to play.
As I've mentioned many times I have 5815LT pickups in an older McCarty and decided to play that one. I've also mentioned many times that I have several 4x12 cabs, one of them being 1960a with g12-65 celestions that I haven't played much.
I picked up a weber attenuator a while back and have grown to like it.
Switchable 4,8 and 16 ohm. Has a bypass switch and 3 position high cut switch.
Since wife was home I opted for the weber and plugged G12-65 cab into jcm800 studio head and grabbed the McCarty.
I think I had master on 9 and gain on 4-5 or so. Neck pickup is flush with rings but bridge pickup is set higher than I normally have it. Straight in, no comp no dirt pedal no delay.....straight in.
Sounded fantastic! I played for a couple hours at least. Really had the urge to throw i mic at it and lay down some tracks on a piece of music I've been sitting on but figured wife would want to go to bed too soon to make it worth the effort.
I just can't say enough good things about neck and middle position tones these LTs produce. Super thick, super rich. Neck has this weird softness which adds to the pleasure. Not sure how else to explain it?
Bridge pickup is maybe the weak link in this whole equation although it's coming around. Definitely have it higher than I normally run a bridge pickup but I see pics of all these 594s that are set up the same way so........
Did play my mt15 for a while yesterday morning. Not sure about it yet. The gain channel tones are too sharp or square sounding???? Same thoughts I get when I try a prs with hfs pickup, needs to soften up or something? Not 100% sure how to explain it correctly.
Clean channel i find interesting. Will try some dirt pedals through it and see how it goes.
Don't have any plans today till 5:00 so I think I'll play around with jcm800/g12-65/McCarty equation and see if I feel the same way today.
Next week is Vegas..........
As I've mentioned many times I have 5815LT pickups in an older McCarty and decided to play that one. I've also mentioned many times that I have several 4x12 cabs, one of them being 1960a with g12-65 celestions that I haven't played much.
I picked up a weber attenuator a while back and have grown to like it.
Switchable 4,8 and 16 ohm. Has a bypass switch and 3 position high cut switch.
Since wife was home I opted for the weber and plugged G12-65 cab into jcm800 studio head and grabbed the McCarty.
I think I had master on 9 and gain on 4-5 or so. Neck pickup is flush with rings but bridge pickup is set higher than I normally have it. Straight in, no comp no dirt pedal no delay.....straight in.
Sounded fantastic! I played for a couple hours at least. Really had the urge to throw i mic at it and lay down some tracks on a piece of music I've been sitting on but figured wife would want to go to bed too soon to make it worth the effort.
I just can't say enough good things about neck and middle position tones these LTs produce. Super thick, super rich. Neck has this weird softness which adds to the pleasure. Not sure how else to explain it?
Bridge pickup is maybe the weak link in this whole equation although it's coming around. Definitely have it higher than I normally run a bridge pickup but I see pics of all these 594s that are set up the same way so........
Did play my mt15 for a while yesterday morning. Not sure about it yet. The gain channel tones are too sharp or square sounding???? Same thoughts I get when I try a prs with hfs pickup, needs to soften up or something? Not 100% sure how to explain it correctly.
Clean channel i find interesting. Will try some dirt pedals through it and see how it goes.
Don't have any plans today till 5:00 so I think I'll play around with jcm800/g12-65/McCarty equation and see if I feel the same way today.
Next week is Vegas..........