NAD Montgomery Ward (Valco) GIM 9011a

BFT Gibson

BFT Gibson

Ambassador of Originality
Country flag
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 Valco fr.jpgValco rear.jpgValco & BM.jpgValco fr cab.jpgValco stk rear.jpgit came with
 
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 !! :bash::bash::BH::BH:
 
Upon further review: Peeping around, finally got time, it is 2 Realistic 6l6 , then it in V1) Grove tube 12ax7 the V2) Westinghouse 12at7 3) Sylvania 12ax7

Now its v 1) Westinghouse 12at7 v2) Sylvania 12ax7 v3) GT 12ax7

It is not even the same amp now. If i would had patience, (yeah right) and learned the amp first, might not of ordered the J.ensens

Reasoning on the Jensens was slight older school tone & the inefficient 93db sensitivity to allow me to just leave the volume dimed all the time like i prefer.

Well the 12at7 absolutely accomplished that and also the touch sensitivity what was great to begin with is incredible now. Pedals breathe into it. way better, all harshness on attack gone.

Now, the way it was before, it can be a doom machine & heavy as heck amp . Which is absolutely going to used that way. making some of the heaviest music this weekend in ages with, got the RAT boosted into it.

Got 2 flavors in this amp & might find another Sunn matching cab & have it viewed as 2 dif amps because, i like the Celestion 70 80's a lot in this amp, think because its small magnet & not really a 'coloring" speaker which the Jensens will be.

Impressed by this simple tone machine. The recording mix will be the real test this week.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top