Headphones and valve / tube amps

[Joe Garfield]

Well, what can I say - I've always liked the Aussies I used to hang with the Aussie internationals when I taught skiing in Vermont. Every year it was a different group but they always immediately felt like friends.

Here's another great video. His 'grain channel' is nice and clean with 50% guitar volume, starts to drive with more volume, then his moderate overdrive channel rips. Really nice!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59ZDQiyLKu4&t=13s

[Oby]

Good choice. I've made the same mistake many times trying to save a few bucks and later wishing I bought the more expensive unit.
I was just about to buy some cheap speaker units to build a cabinet but now I think I'll wait and save up for some Celestions or WGS.

[Joe Garfield]

I wonder if this is what they call a ‘mid life crisis,’ lol! I think the next thing on the list is the Two Notes C.A.B. M. That combo would be quite a bit more than I thought I would spend, but the CAB M not only has the cabinet simulation, it also has independent reverb, equalization (equalisation down under??), dedicated headphone out, etc.

The whole rig would be tiny and light, and play nicely with my headphones, headphone amp, and powered studio monitors.

[jugglindan]

I wonder if this is what they call a ‘mid life crisis,’ lol! I think the next thing on the list is the Two Notes C.A.B. M. That combo would be quite a bit more than I thought I would spend, but the CAB M not only has the cabinet simulation, it also has independent reverb, equalization (equalisation down under??), dedicated headphone out, etc.

The whole rig would be tiny and light, and play nicely with my headphones, headphone amp, and powered studio monitors.

I thought it was called GAS

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[Joe Garfield]

Whew, thanks Doc! I’m glad it’s nothing serious!

[jugglindan]

Whew, thanks Doc! I’m glad it’s nothing serious!

Oh, it can get pretty serious. And there is no known cure.

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[Joe Garfield]

(I know, I’m not that kind of artist!)

[jugglindan]

(I know, I’m not that kind of artist!)

That would be cheaper than severe GAS. Original Klon and a Dumble amp anyone?

[king casey]

Reading through this thread was bringing on a case of GAS.

I spend most of my guitar playing through headphones as I have partner that's allergic to the sound of
somebody trying to improve their lot.
After marching through several youtube reviews I was concerned that the sound I want required the spending of hard-earned cash.

Today I decided to dial in the best sound possible on my el-cheapo NU-X PG-2.
I then set my Vox Pathfinder 10 dials to half way ...except the volume (I'm not suicidal).
Voila!! my GAS is cured!


cheers, Mark

[Joe Garfield]

While we’re confessing...

I basically haven’t touched a guitar in years, don’t even own any, but I have 3 kits + accessories on the way, am building workshop and jigs, buying tools, and now buying pedals, lol. But that said, I’m a craftsman at heart, traded my old guitars for a piano, and have been studying theory. So it’s not random, just sudden.

My first guitar was a compromise, and pretty much every purchase for the next 15 years was a compromise. I eventually got tired of the compromises so I took a break. I wasn’t going to get back in until I could justify a PRS Hollowbody (hence the theory), but being a craftsman, once I found the similar PitBull kit I’m all in.

Hi, I’m Joe, and I’m a gear-o-holiic.