rockabilly69

Yes the RE20 is in the Reverb/Delay mode. The reverb in it just seemed to work for this song, but typically I use the Dr Scientist "Reverberator" for most of my reverbs. When my band took off I was mostly using the Boogies, a DC2 in Rehearsal, and my Fillmore 50 live, with very few pedals. But since I got the second cabinet for the Marshall I've been falling in love with it. And it requires me to have a pedal board. It sounds especially good with the Original Effects Revival Drive Custom. The "Custom" has special voicing controls that make it work with any good amp. And it wasn't until I really learned how to use those controls. that I got a great overdrive sound for the Marshall. It doesn't sound like a pedal, it just sounds like my amp getting progressively dirtier and slighter louder with each channel. And then the Red Witch Fuzz just takes it over the top for the leads. I am getting the best rock sounds I've ever gotten, and that's saying a lot. And I'm getting them with the least amount of dancing on the pedals. As for the song, I'm excited to hear this with my band, but unfortunately I can't rehearse for a few weeks because I two skin cancers that needed surgery (face and arm), and I need the stitches to heal before I can rehearse! On the plus side they got all of the cancer:)

that's exactly what I like about them!

Just re-did my pedal board with a Origin Effects Revival Drive and a Red Witch Glassio Fuzz and then wrote and recorded this song as a demo. Just got the Teye Fox a few months ago and loving the low gain pickups (SD Jazz in both positions). Also completely re-tubed my Marshall with TAD Red Base tubes! Marshall JCM800/2204 Style two closed back 1X12 cabinets with Celestion Cream Alnico speakers. I love this combo for straight up rock, reminds me of AC/DC.. Rhythm guitars through the Revival Drive silver channel Lead guitar solo through the Revival Drive orange channel and Glassio Fuzz All guitars through Boss RE20 Space Echo pedal

I have two close friends that are both, amp builders, and first rate repairman, and both of them recommend Tung Sol 6V6 tubes. I have used them in my Victoria Regal II, and my TopHat Club Deluxe, and I like them. My favorite 6V6 tubes are NOS Sylvania (I also love green label Sylvania 12AX7s) as it seems they last forever and sound great, but I could easily use TungSols and not feel like I'm losing any tone.

To be clear, not JJ regular 6V6 tubes I'm talking specifically about the 6V6S tube

If he put JJ 6V6S tubes in there, I can tell you from experience they do not sound like 6V6 tubes. They are way more 6L6 like. Whether you like them or not is comes down to the individual, and what they are looking for,and perhaps even the amp they are used in can make in difference. In my TopHat amp I did not like them one bit, and couldn't yank them fast enough. But that is the only amp that I gave them a try in, so maybe, it was just the way that amp reacted to them.

Did you buy the JJ 6V6S? Some people love them as they have 6L6 properties. I tried them in my TOPHAT Club Deluxe, they didn't work for me, they were very stiff sounding! I tried Gold Lions and they actually sounded pretty good. Most of my 6V6 amps though have NOS Sylvania or RCA tubes, and they always sound good.

Another thing a lot has to do with biasing which you can't adjust with the Mesa, that's why Mesa insists on using their tubes, as they fall within acceptable bias ranges for their amps. I know that some tube sellers can find non mesa tubes in the right range for Mesa though. The less musical tone and harder distortion tone of the JJs could just be cold bias.

Although I am fan Of Mesa Boogie, I could never find my tones in the Lonestar that I find so easy to get with the Fillmore. In this comparison I prefer the Cali Tweed. But although I like the tone of the Cali Tweed, I need two channels, as I'm plugging straight in on stage. And I need to get a good rhythm tone with the ability to switch to a good lead tone without pedals. That's why I love the Fillmore. The two identical channels make it easy to dial in a great lead tone that works with the rhythm tone. In the past all the mesa amps that I've used were voiced to middy on the lead channel. And I like the bigger 6L6 tone over the 6V6 tone. Which is funny because most of my amps are 6V6. My favorite tone in this video is the ES335 with a bit of reverb.

I also think it's cool that he found the right amp! I love the Fillmore but I can see why he likes the tweed. Got to give it up to Mesa for introducing better amps for us guys that like vintage style tones. Their other amps are pretty cool too but just a little too high gain for my style.

What is the depth of a Sweet Sixteen, and how wide is the waist and the lower bought? I'm wondering because I need a case for my Guild X175 and I was hoping a sweet 16 case would fit it.

Great looking guitar, congrats!

yep subjective, there's too many variables in what we all listen for.

I had an original Mark series amp, and I was always twiddling knobs to get a tone I liked. I just don't get along with that type of amp. I almost gave up on Boogies 'till I found a used Studio 22+ that sounded great, unfortunately someone stole that amp out of a club I played at (we were the house band and would leave our equipment there and I will never do that again). I tried a bunch of smaller Boogies (Studios, DC, Nomad, Blue Angel,etc) and wound up with a particularly good sounding DC2, which I still have, and that is the amp that I use when rehearsing with the band in my studio. I have a Weber 12A125 speaker in it and it really sounds great. But like most Boogies the dirty channel is just a bit too middy. But the Fillmore to me sounds lot different to me than any other Boogie. The middle position has the most wonderful tweed like sound and the reverb is great. You can get high gain out of it when you need (high as I need anyway), and the low gain position is scooped and does the blackface Fender thing. But the best thing is having two identical channels making it very easy to dial a lead tone that works with your rhythm tone. The best of any Boogie I've ever tried!

1/2 of a preamp tube shorted out and it took out a JFET in the reverb circuit. the repair was done in one day. I ran it pretty hot today and compared it to my Marshall it was a fun day of rocking. I've said it before but I think the Fillmore is the best amp that I own, and I own quite a few good amps (Victoria, Clark, TopHat, Marshall, Vox, Vintage Fenders, Dirty Girl, Ampeg).

Actually I didn't send it to Mesa. I wanted my amp back quick so I had a local guy (who is Mesa certified), fix it for me. The guy is a great tech, and immediately got to work on it. If I would have sent it to Mesa I would have never got it back in time for my next gig. Not that Mesa wouldn't have stood by their amp, it's just I wanted it back asap.

Congrats on the new California Tweed. I would like to try one of those too!!! Good news on my Fillmore, one half of one of my 12AX7s shorted out and a new tube fixed that. In the process though, a JFET in my reverb circuit was taken out. The whole repair only took two days and it's now good as new!

My Darkburst H150 is probably my favorite, It's just a great sounding, great playing guitar!

I can almost hear it from hear! Looks great!

Oh bad news, my Fillmore died today, first the reverb wouldn't work, then all the volume went away. Tried new tubes in every spot and nothing worked. It's under warranty, I hope the repair is solid and doesn't take to long. I'll talk to Mesa tomorrow. It's a bummer, because I was testing a guitar that I just got today, another Teye, a Fox...

I've owned the Mesa Fillmore 50 combo for about a year and I can say the first position on the gain switch gives up the glassy tones with ease, the second position gives up the tweedy tones, and the third position is classic Boogie. Randall Smith has said he based the tone stack on the vintage tweeds, but with the mid control down low, and the gain switch at the 1st position you can easily get the classic Fender clean tones. Another thing these amps are louder the most people give them credit for.The problem is the most people are running the preamp gains too low. When they preamp gains are above the halfway mark which is still very clean on position one, and the master is cranked they are very loud. The volume on the master doesn't really come on 'till the last third, it's way different than most amps which develop most of their volume in the first two thirds of their travel. I have no problem getting clean above some hard hitting drummers.

nice looking top on that one Will!

I use plain Zippo lighter fluid, non-diluted, and it works great! My guitar not only smelled of smoke, but of of dank basement. And now it smells fine (like old nitro)! This is the guitar I'm referring to...

Yes stay away from flames!

Wipe the entire guitar down with naptha. I've done this to a few smokey guitars. and it has helped immensely. Naptha is safe for nitro finishes! I'm personally not a fan of the ozone generator or fabreeze. I tried that many times and either didn't work (ozone genrator) or my guitar smelled like Fabreeze, which I find almost as unbearable as smoke! Leaving my case out in the sun did help immensely help. but I had to leave it outside in my backyard every day for almost a month before it took hold. The little fan trick sounds like it would work for hollow body! And I also thought that was the charcoal sounded like a good idea! Good luck!