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gball said:
Rivera, Mesa Boogie, Marshall JVMs. Quite a few others will give you incredible clean, crunch and overdriven tones with one box, and let you switch between them with a footswitch. Won't let you blend them the way a multi-amp setup will, but for gigging there is nothing better than a good channel-switching amp.
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I've seriously been looking for a 1x12" combo, two channel, no silly-ass programmable banks or huge footswitches. Simple and reliable.

The Mesa Fillmore 50 Combo keeps coming to mind and it's only 45 pounds, vs. my DSL40C's which weighed 64 pounds each when fitted with 50 Watt WGS Reaper 55Hz speakers...

Hmmmm....
 
Robert Herndon said:
I'm converting a DSL40C to a head (for a client) with a Mission Engineering Cabinet. They are great channel switchers and I've been playing around with it here at home. The cleans are great, and with ECC823/B759/ECC82/ECC83S x 6CA7 tube combo, it really mellows the gain structure on the ultra gain channel.

It might not be a bad move to get back to a single amp....
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So the question is, DSL40 or your HF modded ORI50 ?.
 
old rocker said:
So the question is, DSL40 or your HF modded ORI50 ?.
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Well, the DSL40C conversion is for a client, so it's just something I'm messing with.

I've kinda created a rig that I can't transport (complete) in my car, so it's kinda had me rethinking things in terms of reducing a bit.

I tend to go down the Rabbit Hole quite often.
 
Robert Herndon said:
I've seriously been looking for a 1x12" combo, two channel, no silly-ass programmable banks or huge footswitches. Simple and reliable.

The Mesa Fillmore 50 Combo keeps coming to mind and it's only 45 pounds, vs. my DSL40C's which weighed 64 pounds each when fitted with 50 Watt WGS Reaper 55Hz speakers...

Hmmmm....
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My buddy has the Mesa Fillmore, just loves it.
 
Robert Herndon said:
I've seriously been looking for a 1x12" combo, two channel, no silly-ass programmable banks or huge footswitches. Simple and reliable.

The Mesa Fillmore 50 Combo keeps coming to mind and it's only 45 pounds, vs. my DSL40C's which weighed 64 pounds each when fitted with 50 Watt WGS Reaper 55Hz speakers...

Hmmmm....
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The Fillmore 25 watt head is something I’d be interested in. Well, maybe not now! But you know what I mean. It has 6V6 tubes and at around $1400.00 it’s in a respectable price range.
 
smitty_p said:
Yeah, now that I’ve had a chance to really listen to it with its speaker, I’m really happy with it.

Based on the difference I hear with my guitars, I’ll go out on a limb and say that the single most significant thing affecting a person‘s guitar tone is the amplifier. I suppose drastic pickup changes, like going between Strat-type single coils to humbuckers, offer as significant a change. I mean, I’m not saying other changes aren’t important or have no effect, but there’s only so much you can change with your sound within the capabilities of the amplifier.
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Can you switch between the two channels, or are you still waiting on the footswitch? How is the difference between the two regarding headroom of the clean channel, and then the dirty channel compressing. Is there a noticeable volume or headroom drop, or does it switch smoothly with no real difference?
 
SG John said:
Can you switch between the two channels, or are you still waiting on the footswitch? How is the difference between the two regarding headroom of the clean channel, and then the dirty channel compressing. Is there a noticeable volume or headroom drop, or does it switch smoothly with no real difference?
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Yeah, you can switch from the front panel. Plus, I do happen to have another footswitch that works.

But, to answer your questions, both channels are individually customizable. Each has its own volume and EQ controls. So, when switching from one to the other, it can be as abrupt or noticeable as you want it to be! I currently have it set so the tone is pretty much the same, but that the overdrive channel is just slightly louder and noticeably more overdriven (obviously!) than the clean channel. This is becoming a new “must-have” criteria for me with two channel amps - I want each channel to have its own EQ section.
 
Robert Herndon said:
I've seriously been looking for a 1x12" combo, two channel, no silly-ass programmable banks or huge footswitches. Simple and reliable.

The Mesa Fillmore 50 Combo keeps coming to mind and it's only 45 pounds, vs. my DSL40C's which weighed 64 pounds each when fitted with 50 Watt WGS Reaper 55Hz speakers...

Hmmmm....
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Fender HRD / Fromel Kit / some better speaker probably.
I would put a 75-80 watt celestion in there.
 
Mom's new SWR has never left the studio since brand new. Her band (Wild Rose) was sponsored by Peavey and she's got a couple of new ones too.

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