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I had a major revelation last night with the Custom 50. It has sat for weeks without being turned on, due to both the major breakthrough tube swap of the Mark V25 and Mark V, and more importantly, the acquisition of the amazing Archon.
I have said before that I really liked this amp, that it was clearly a high end amp, that I loved some of the tones I got from it, etc. I read a post about a year ago where someone said he eventually sold it because it was just too boomy and bottom heavy. I had always described it as fat and smooth gain.
Last night, I figured I'd better play it so it didn't feel neglected. The last time I had turned it on, I was really loving the sound of my OCD into it. My OCD is the 1.7 version which is by far the brightest version of that pedal (I've owned 4 versions). It hit me that if I was really liking the tone with the added crunch and sizzle of the OCD that maybe I should redial some of my other pedals. First, I tried the EP boost, since it already has a mild treble boost built in. The pedal sounded really good, but not enough. Turned the tone control way up on my Fulldrive 3. Also better than before, but it only added to the already heavy mids. Then it hit me... what boost/OD pedal allows tuning of the top and bottom AND doesn't boost mids?
You guessed it. The Timmy. The Timmy is a great pedal and I do play with the knobs but for some reason my quest last night led me straight to what I had been looking for. I turned the bass down on the pedal. I turned the treble up on the pedal. Added some boost and just a little gain. I was playing the NF3, which is a bit brighter than my other PRS guitars by nature.
The Result? Almost immediately I had holy grail tones. I mean blow me away to the point I had to question why I'd never gotten to this point prior to now. The combination of Custom 50 gain channel with Treble at 2:00, bright on, Bass around 9:00-10:00 and Timmy with bottom rolled down and treble rolled up is AMAZING! I almost hate to post such comments after 15-20 minutes of playing with that combination. I was getting the most amazing tones... I've always loved the feel and just the quality of the tones from this amp but always wanted more top end. The Timmy REALLY opened it up. Don't want to go nutso with comparisons to certain grail amps that rhyme with laying the pigskin on the carpet (that's FUMBLE for you non-jocks) but I was really into those fat but present, singing, sustaining, but super touch sensitive tones.
I better stop. I will definitely try this again tonight and even the mighty Archon will earn a well deserved night off. If it's less amazing, I'll say so. But last night I hit a new all time high for that kind of tones and it was absolutely fantastic!
I have said before that I really liked this amp, that it was clearly a high end amp, that I loved some of the tones I got from it, etc. I read a post about a year ago where someone said he eventually sold it because it was just too boomy and bottom heavy. I had always described it as fat and smooth gain.
Last night, I figured I'd better play it so it didn't feel neglected. The last time I had turned it on, I was really loving the sound of my OCD into it. My OCD is the 1.7 version which is by far the brightest version of that pedal (I've owned 4 versions). It hit me that if I was really liking the tone with the added crunch and sizzle of the OCD that maybe I should redial some of my other pedals. First, I tried the EP boost, since it already has a mild treble boost built in. The pedal sounded really good, but not enough. Turned the tone control way up on my Fulldrive 3. Also better than before, but it only added to the already heavy mids. Then it hit me... what boost/OD pedal allows tuning of the top and bottom AND doesn't boost mids?
You guessed it. The Timmy. The Timmy is a great pedal and I do play with the knobs but for some reason my quest last night led me straight to what I had been looking for. I turned the bass down on the pedal. I turned the treble up on the pedal. Added some boost and just a little gain. I was playing the NF3, which is a bit brighter than my other PRS guitars by nature.
The Result? Almost immediately I had holy grail tones. I mean blow me away to the point I had to question why I'd never gotten to this point prior to now. The combination of Custom 50 gain channel with Treble at 2:00, bright on, Bass around 9:00-10:00 and Timmy with bottom rolled down and treble rolled up is AMAZING! I almost hate to post such comments after 15-20 minutes of playing with that combination. I was getting the most amazing tones... I've always loved the feel and just the quality of the tones from this amp but always wanted more top end. The Timmy REALLY opened it up. Don't want to go nutso with comparisons to certain grail amps that rhyme with laying the pigskin on the carpet (that's FUMBLE for you non-jocks) but I was really into those fat but present, singing, sustaining, but super touch sensitive tones.
I better stop. I will definitely try this again tonight and even the mighty Archon will earn a well deserved night off. If it's less amazing, I'll say so. But last night I hit a new all time high for that kind of tones and it was absolutely fantastic!
