quote:Originally posted by bembambooeric johnsons lush cleans are incredible.
quote: I've been searching for my new main amp for a while now especially after I got my Custom and the Mark V might just be the right one. From the clips I've heard it has incredible cleans.
The cabinet came from an 80 yr old woman in Wisconsin who played accordion at state fairs for a few years in the 60s and had the 2x12 Altec 417 cab built by a music store there in the 60s as an extension cab for her Magnatone amp because she was playing a lot of raised, open-back stages, she needed a beefy closed cabinet. And this think is bomber and heavy and awesome, pristine early Altecs preserved perfectly after only several performances over a short time span. And it really does smell like Liquorice when the tubes get all hot. (the head that is)For the best clean tones for sparkle i actually don't have the bass channel jumped into the main channel like it shows in the pic. But for great overtones and dynamics jumping the older tweed Bassman circuit we installed in the bass channel livens things up in a subtle yet significant way.