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Yamaha T50C.
Excuse me, I'm a bit busy playing it...
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Originally Posted by Rainer. Yamaha T50C.
Excuse me, I'm a bit busy playing it...
The wait is finally over...
Designed by Mike Soldano.....very nice.
Soundclips soon?
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Very soon, and yes, very nice.
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OK, so here's the rundown.
Yamaha T50C - 50 watt, 1x12
Designed by Mike Soldano, made in the U.S.A.
2 Channels: Clean, Distortion (Footswitchable)
Each channel has its own:
-Preamp Gain
-Bass, Mids, High
-Reverb
-Master Volume
Universal presence control
Speaker Out, 4, 8, or 16 Ohms (switchable)
Series FX Loop
"Slave Out" (Line Out) w/level control
Celestion G12M-70
Great little amp. The clean channel starts getting raunchy around 3 or 4, which is good (what's the point of having a gain control on the pramp if it just gives you a lotta different volumes of the same clean?). The EQ is responsive on both channels. The distortion channel is a beast! Heavy, heavy modern-toned distortion (think Mesa-Boogie). Soldano's signature. Simple, great sounding amp. The clean channel is great! It breaks up nicely, and has a great overdriven tone when pushed. If you keep it nice and squeaky clean, it's very chimey and sweet. The reverb is amazing. Lush heavy (when needed) reverb from an Accutronics 3-spring tank. The sound of the reverb is just awesome. Sound clips coming very soon!
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PIcs what a new amp without pics. that really cool Rainer
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Nice! I'm talking to ya on AIM as I type, so you know what I think.
I want one.
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Sounds like a nice amp, man! Congrats!
Can't wait for some clips.
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Pics!
1. Soldano Designed, for sho!
2. Now, that's what I call a combo.
3. The front.
4. The back.
5. The lamps lighting the way to good tone.
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6. The army of preamp tubes. This thing's got brutal gain!
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Nice. But wasnt your new amp a dsl40? or have u got yet another?
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You're a lucky boy.
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7-12AX7s...but why? haha.
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Congrats !
I'm sure that will be a great amp for you.
{insert caution about the evils of tube snobbery here}
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Originally Posted by dnl88 Nice. But wasnt your new amp a dsl40? or have u got yet another?
I ended up not getting the DSL401. I think this one suits me a little better, though.
Originally Posted by smashing guitar You're a lucky boy.
Quite, I've never heard of this amp before. It's a lucky find, though, only being manufactured for 2 years or so.
Originally Posted by thesteve 7-12AX7s...but why? haha.
I'll let you hear why as soon as I can record clips.
Thanks MT, I'll probably be asking about attentuation soon.
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Originally Posted by thesteve 7-12AX7s...but why? haha.
I'm guessing that each channel has its own preamp, so many of those would be for the gain stages... if you add in a tube reverb, that'll probably take a tube... and if the poweramp is a pushpull type, you need another 1/2 tube for a phase inverter. The rest are probably cathode followers (a funky type of gain stage... I'm still not sure exactly how they work). On a nice amp like this, preamp tubes are sure to add up.
Very sweet amp Rainer.