My new amp :)

Sexy, huh?

 

Well basicly I went into the shop to buy a Peavey Valveking royal 8, which is basicly a little 5 watt valve combo with an 8" speaker, but there weren't any in and the assistant mentioned they had a deal on the Blackheart heads - down from £150 to £100, so I had a go with an SG off the wall and it blew me away.

Came back the next day and bought it along with the cab you see, which I got for £80 second hand (they're about £180 new). What a mission getting them home on the train though! Ouch! Shoulders were killing me lugging it through the city centre of Glasgow.

Its basicly a little two valve head, one preamp tube (an 12AX7) and one power tube (an EL84). Its actually very very sweet, it has a 3watt / 5watt switch which allows natural distortion on the 3watt setting at a lower volume (still fuccking loud though) compared to the 5watt, which has much much more headroom. Roll down the volume and its a beautiful clean tone (begging for me to replace my pickups for P90s tho!)

The other thing I was really impressed with was the speaker outputs - its got a 16 ohm, two 8 ohm and two 4 ohm outputs - which allow a nice range of cabs to be attached - but I'd have to say the marshall 1912 is more than enough for me

Anyway it sounds beautiful. I got out of bed this morning, switched it on, let it warm up, cranked it to 10 and blasted out some Neil Young followed by one of my favourite riffs.. Megadeth - Tornado of Souls:

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I almost came - it sounded that good.

My neighbours are going to hate me

Oh! And I love that Grateful Dead poster, too. Probably my favourite poster, actually.

 

I'm dry. What I'd give to be able to have a smoke and then just play guitar for a few hours.

The only problem with the amp setup is that its an absolute PAIN to move. Its impossible to lug the head, cab and guitar case (I don't have three hands), and even worse because I don't have a freakin' car.