NAD Montgomery Ward (Valco) GIM 9011a

[BFT Gibson]

Montgomery Ward GIM 9011a , PTP, 2 6l6 , 3 12ax7 Volume Bass Treble & the truth ! What a great amp ! The clean is huge and open & dimed its got that Valco/Supro aggression but cleaner.
As the recording pushes forward & getting very deep. The cleaner everything is getting except my bass. I have been over gained for a bit too long possibly & sacrificed tone nuance. It takes pedals very good. The lights , how cool ! Maybe best feature is the bass & treble ADD gain from 0. Huge to me in dialing in. Will do another thread on the killer Sunn open back cab it came with

 

[syscokid]

Now there’s something you don’t see everyday! Congrats…

 

[CabanaBoy]

Very cool. That's a nice find, man. Three alien thumbs up !!!

 

[BFT Gibson]

Now there’s something you don’t see everyday! Congrats…

Thanks ! I thought you would be on that, being an amp guru ! It is a simple circuit & sounds so good !

 

[BFT Gibson]

Very cool. That's a nice find, man. Three alien thumbs up !!!

Thanks ! 3 thumbs up ! Yes

 

[BFT Gibson]

Some observations:

The treble knob is F style up to just under noon, Glassy, toppy, full bottom, Then get the treble past noon , some gain comes on & the mids come up. Dimed it is darn right aggressive -- borderline fuzz but no fizz.

Bass knob, there is so much clean bass available on this it is sorta Super Bass like where you only need it at 9:00 for normal, After that it gets fuller but doesn't totally flub out but alters lower mids a tad. I think of lead lines & depth placement tone weapon now,

Ran the Supro Black Magick along side it. Great pairing, the Supro is tad darker & lower midish where the Valco mids seem just above it & the treble knob can make it almost like a treble booster,

What a blast Valco 3 knobs, Supro only has a tone knob & Volume, there is more tone available on these amp than amps with all kinds of gizmos.

It forces you , the player to extract exactly what you will the amp to do. Being a guitar knob rider this is pure bliss. Fortunate to play at volume, so the amps are where they are supposed to be by design to sound best,

Scored a pair of Jensen's to test them in the Sunn cab

Unexpected result. The Celestion 70 80's in the cab, i can not fault them. They are tight bottom,forward mids & not piercing highs. think i ordered the Jensen's out of habit. Already have crafted the tone desired with what i got. Why mess with it

oh yeah, the craziest doom sounds have ever made but was not going for that, but a Sunn cab, come on !!

 

[Thatbastarddon]

Congratulations!!!

 

[BFT Gibson]

Congratulations!!!

Thanks buddy, you would love this, it's a doom machine !

 

[Thatbastarddon]

Thanks buddy, you would love this, it's a doom machine !

Keep me in mind if you ever tire of it please.

 

[BFT Gibson]

Keep me in mind if you ever tire of it please.

I really should send you a piece of gear one day. I mean ya only saved me about $30k in studio fees teaching me to record.

 

[Robb]

Congrats, I love the sound them old funky amps delivered.

 

[BFT Gibson]

Congrats, I love the sound them old funky amps delivered.

Thanks, really enjoying these last 2 simple ciruit amps. Think am hearing more of the natural guitar tone come through. Pretty cool stuff

 

[Mitch Pearrow SJMP]

Congratulations on the score Den

 

[BFT Gibson]

Congratulations on the score Den

Thanks Mitch !