NAD!

monquixote

After meeting up with @Travisthedog I am now the proud owner of an H&K Puretone. 

http://zkcd.net/_gfx/matos/dyn/large/hughes-kettner-puretone-combo_3.jpg

It's a bit of a flight into the unknown for me as I've used Fender amps pretty much forever and so something with EL34s is frankly a bit scary. Although it's a class A and not very "Marshally" by all accounts. Haven't had a go with it yet, but I'll report back when I have. 

Finding out Nile Rogers uses an EL84 based amp has opened my mind to the fact that funky sounds might not only be the preserve of 6L6 based amps. 

the_jaffa

Nice, did you trade your Supersonic for it or do you still have it?

monquixote

Traded the Supersonic for it. 

the_jaffa

Merde

monquixote

the_jaffa said:

Merde

Why, did you want to buy it?

the_jaffa

I am after one, yeah.  Tried one recently and it definitely seems to be the amp for me.  

monquixote

They are very good amps.

They have a couple of weird features, but there aren't many amps about that can do what they do.

the_jaffa

Just need to find one a little further north I think.

Travisthedog

I think you'll like the H&K mate

The least EL34 sounding EL34 amp you'll ever hear

Nice to meet you mate anyway!

monquixote

I gave it a little play this morning at very low volume. 

Very impressed with the clean tones. 

Hope you are equally delighted with the Supersonic. 

dindude

Cool amp. You know that with a different amp voicing your pedal search will start once again

Kebabkid

Nice one and there's a whole new "Clean Sound World" to discover away from Fenders, 6L6s, 6V6s. I was like you but just discovered in this last year how nice the EL84s are in my H&K Tubemeister 36. Nile Rodgers can't be wrong (ooh, interview with him in Guitarist mag next month).

Let us know how you get on and all the best - H&K amps produce nice cleans but the overdrive on these things is also meant to be very good!

monquixote

dindude said:

Cool amp. You know that with a different amp voicing your pedal search will start once again

I am already thinking about rebuying all those Fuzz pedals that hate Fenders

monquixote

Kebabkid said:

Nice one and there's a whole new "Clean Sound World" to discover away from Fenders, 6L6s, 6V6s. I was like you but just discovered in this last year how nice the EL84s are in my H&K Tubemeister 36. Nile Rodgers can't be wrong (ooh, interview with him in Guitarist mag next month).

Let us know how you get on and all the best - H&K amps produce nice cleans but the overdrive on these things is also meant to be very good!

It's surprisingly Fendery for an EL34 amp, which I suspect might be to do with it being class A. 

Cheers for the heads up on the Nile interview. I guess it will be about his Hitmaker sig strat. 

dindude

And his recent return the charts with Daft Punk.

Kebabkid

dindude said:

And his recent return the charts with Daft Punk.

He's had a lot of exposure this last year and a lot of the interviews are samey. I hope we learn something new or he gives us the skinny on his sound and how he records his guitar (heard all sorts on this = amp, DI to desk, amp & DI).