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janalon · Joined: 03 Mar 2007 Posts: 4

I "thought" that I found the perfect amp tone in the Hughes & Kettner 25w Puretone (http://www.hughes-and-kettner.com/products.php?mode=prod&id=5). As an upgrade from a Peavy Classic 30, this amp had that clean, glassy, chimy, biting tone, and ran dead silent. Or perhaps it was German Engineering and that cool neon blue glow.

But, the honeymoon is over. I'm wondering if I fell in love with the first Class A amp that I came across. Seriously thought, there are several issues that are nagging me. The combo weighs 60 lbs., and is killing my back. Secondly, I've fallen in love with the H&K Rotosphere and Boss DD-20 pedals that prefer to be placed through an effects loop (the puretone has no loop). Finally, the volume moves from the first and second notch, where it is barely audible, and jumps to the point where neighbors are knocking down the door.

I already know enough that the bi-valve has a loop, can run one tube as 15w, and weighs considerably lighter. What I need to know is this: will I get a comparable tone if I use the same Ruby EL34str power tubes?

the recluse · Regular Member Joined: 14 Jun 2006 Posts: 52

If your primary reason for buying a BV is the effects loop, it is probably not what you are looking for. Unless you run the amp clean, and use pedals out front for your distortion/overdrive, it is unlikely that you will yield good results with the delay in the loop because the distortion is going to come from the poweramp section of the amp. Search this forum and the old one about using delays with the UV/BV for more info.

janalon · Joined: 03 Mar 2007 Posts: 4

G-Log · Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 10:04 pm Post subject:

I am extremely happy with the Rotosphere in the effects loop.I had previously stopped using it because of the noise when I ran it into the front end.I think Benttop was talking about the loop ,so I tried it out again,and now my BV doesn't leave the house without the Rotosphere tagging along!
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janalon · Joined: 03 Mar 2007 Posts: 4

joej14701 · Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2007 8:46 am Post subject:

the only thing I use in the BV effects loop is a seymour duncan pick-up booster.

...for clean to the edge of grit,I really like using a single low output power tube...like a 6v6,6k6 or 6f6 with a mullard ecc83 driver and a 12at7 or 12ay7 input. ...old RCA tubes sound the best to my ears. (and a single tube wont wake the neighbors!)

single-coil (or coil-tapped) pick-ups work best for me with this tube arrangement and a 1x12 cab w/celestion

at home, I use the line out into a digital reverb (for now) into a '67 Fender Champ.

when playing with a drummer/stage I've had very good results using two Svetlana "flying C" 6550's and two 4x12 cabs @ 4 ohms ... ...thats with a (blasphemy!) guitar processor in front of the BV. (what I do is set up the processor to duplicate my natural guitar sound...then add effects,reverb or distortion.) ...with this much clean headroom the processors can really shine while still retaining the 'tube output' sound!

t0aj15 · Senior Member Joined: 16 Feb 2005 Posts: 107

joej14701 · Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 4:21 am Post subject:

That pedal was designed to go in front of the amp not in the loop!

...I know,but it was clipping really bad...like way overcompressing.

...I tried it in the loop and it works great! ...really comes to life for solos!

...I'm not recommending this pedal,tho...it sounds great but its built cheap and the footswitch has serious reliability issues.

joej14701 · Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 4:22 am Post subject:

That pedal was designed to go in front of the amp not in the loop!

...I know,but it was clipping really bad...like way overcompressing.

...I tried it in the loop and it works great! ...really comes to life for solos!

...I'm not recommending this pedal,tho...it sounds great but its built cheap and the footswitch has serious reliability issues.

t0aj15 · Senior Member Joined: 16 Feb 2005 Posts: 107

t0aj15 · Senior Member Joined: 16 Feb 2005 Posts: 107

t0aj15 · Senior Member Joined: 16 Feb 2005 Posts: 107

t0aj15 · Senior Member Joined: 16 Feb 2005 Posts: 107

Wow this board is seriously screwed up now, sorry about the multiple posts it wasn't intentional.

Tarzanalog · Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 1:35 pm Post subject:

joej14701 · Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2007 5:33 am Post subject:

not to turn this into a thread about an effect,but...

I got my seymour duncan pick-up booster from musicians friend a few years ago... it's anything but a tank!(wish it was!)

...dont knock using it in the loop without trying it!