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Had it for over a week now, but not spent tons of time. Two main observations so far are that the jumper options are varied, and that when you get the crunch sound, it does it very well.
I’m using the cheap Burega attenuator, which seems fine (but maybe it’s not?) but to get it below 80db (on my phone), the attenuator is down at 10%. Running it up at 30% definitely gives more body, but it’s still pretty damned loud. Run it without, and it’s ear splittingly loud!
Been predominantly using my strat, and been able to dial in for neck and bridge well enough. Had a blast with my lp, which was pure rock but didn’t spend much time dialling it in.
I come from either big fender amps, or a laney VC15 at low volumes. I’ve always got my sounds from pedals, and so far I’ve not really to them playing nice with this. I’m probably running it with too much amp saturation, then overwhelming it with the drive pedals. SD-2 sounds ok, silicone fuzz face not so much. Goes very mushy. Any tips on how to get the fuzz to not go crazy compressed would be much appreciated. Pics of settings below.
More time needed for sure, but having a very specific sound being dictated by the amp is new to me. It was what I wanted to try, but definitely a culture shock.
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Can confirm they sound utterly epic with a silicon fuzz face. Most of the fuzzy gold is at 9 on the guitar volume. 10 should be reserved for bridge pickup or phat mushy neck.
My normal vol is on 2 and high treble one is on 4. All through an attenuator. Dial out some bass on the amp if using a fuzz face. Prescence past halfway
Been uploading old tracks I recorded ages ago and hopefully some new noodles here.
Can confirm those settings are great for the natural OD. Volume on the guitar needed to be about 7/8 for me before the fuzz stopped being massively over compressed/ synth like.
My SC20H had a very high value bright cap on the gain control which made it tricky to balance low gain settings - I ended up having a 3 way micro switch fitted to the front channel with stock, reduced and no bright cap, which makes it much easier to dial in low gain sounds without overbearing treble.
Maybe you just need to break your speaker in a bit? Also how close are you to the amp? I am to side the of mine about 3m away and it is warm and rounded. Directly in front it's a lot harsher
Been uploading old tracks I recorded ages ago and hopefully some new noodles here.
Been uploading old tracks I recorded ages ago and hopefully some new noodles here.
I ended up selling it for £250.
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this clip is me having a little jam with a Fuzzface into the SV20 with a 1x12 cab with a creamback
https://youtu.be/KQokTIZlmPA?si=7EJEalKQsoqd0ywY
As the previous owner of Gusman's amp I used it with my Marshall PowerBrake and the difference is night and day, even down to very low levels.
https://imgur.com/a/MDCmARn