![]() The bass is reasonably thick and it doesn't go flat at lower levels. ![]() The hemp cone helps smooth the treble, so you don't get the ice picky bright tones. I'm using a Weber British Series 16Ω 10VS Speaker with the Hemp Cone, housed in a home made Pine and Birch open-back cabinet. ![]() Combine that with the fact that the guitar is a mid-range instrument and guitar speakers (especially British voiced speakers) are designed to operate at those mid-range frequencies, the lows and highs can get overcome by our hearing sensitivities. heir ears are more sensitive in those ranges. Just like dogs can hear higher frequencies than humans can. Add to that, the fact as the volume levels get lower the human ear is less sensitive to high and low frequencies (more so on the lower frequencies). It's just a trait of that speaker's design. The Celestion G12M Greenback, while it has great tone at moderate volume levels, it falls flat at lower volume levels. I also tried the JJ ECC99, it gave a bit more thickness than the 12BH7, but was too much amperage draw on the Power Transformer of my other LNT and burnt out the heater voltage coils after a longer session. I've used an Electro-Harmonix 12BH7 with good results, but it wasn't as warm toned and deep as the ECC802S. Many others use a 12BH7 with similar results. The ECC802S did quite a bit to thicken up the output. The JAN-Philips 12AT7 helped smooth out the distortion and slightly thicken up the tone, beacause of the higher amperage going to the output. The 12AY7 help reduce the gain to a manageable level, including in the THICK Mode. I'm currently using a 12AY7 in the preamp, a JAN-Philips 12AT7WA in the PI and a JJ ECC802S inn the output position. After the C19 mod, the right tubes really help. Got myself an old tube based PA amp with master volume and use that for home practicing. but: it is a toy, not a proper guitar amp. Looks absolutely stunning in the living room (your girlfriend will love it). It's as if everything below 100 Hz (guesstimate here) is filtered out (as those frequencies would suck the 2W quickly leaving very little clean headroom. It may have the volume level one would want from a late nite practice amp, but it has no bottom end, at all. The main reason my Lil' Night Train is now for sale is: it is, and sounds like, a small amp. The clean channel is really nice, though. very fizzy even if I did the C19 mod (made it switchable). I personally do not care for the other "channel". The Lil' Night Train in itself has that Vox clean and semi-clean tone. Add a little extra money and get the 112 cab! My input may not be too helpful as I only know the Lil' Night Train and the matching 110 cab. So, can anyone comment and give me any direction as to which of those options would be the best? Thanks! If I end up really liking the amp and saving up some more buck I think that I'd change the stock 10" for a G10 Greenback. The 1x10 cabinet seems to be the seeling point here - it's bigger than the AC4 combo cabinets, therefore I think that it will deliver fuller, nicer sounds. ![]() The Bright Cap mod seems unavoidable, but that's not new to me - I've done it to my AC15 too. The Lil Nigh Train has some nice features - low wattage, master volume, thick switch for potential Led Zeppelin riffage. I played the 15 watt Night Train - it was really sweet until I compared it directly to my AC15 through the same Greenback speaker. On the other hand I think it's the closest thing to my AC15.ġ) NT2H+matching 110 cabinet - This is a very interesting setup. Youtube clips kinda contradict each other - there's a guy playing a strat who sounds full, big and epic, and there is another chap playing an LP who sounds really thin and ugly. But that unfortunately costs money and kills mu budget.Ģ) AC4C1-BL - again, I am afraid that it would sound VERY boxy. Recordings on YT show that this amp has some serious recording potential, though.ģ) AC4TVH + cabinet - A great thing to have, but when I buy a 1x12 I'd like it to be Greenback - loaded so that I can use it as an extension for my future gigs with the ac15. I remember it sounded kinda boxy, so I am not that crazy about buying it. There are 3-4 candidates I have in my head, I will assign them to places according to how much I am leaning towards buying each one of them.Ĥ) AC4TV combo - not much to say. I want it to sound good with my pedalboard and I want it to be low wattage. I want it to be a vox and have those characteristic vox features when it comes to sound. That's why I am looking for a nice tube amp to playing at home. 20km from my house, it discourages me to get the amp back home after each time we rehearse. Three weeks ago I finally joined a band and my AC15 became a full-time resident at our excellent rehearsal place.
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