Here's a few shots of the session today. No clips yet, we were too busy playing and having fun. It was a revelation to hear this against the real McCoy. I waited patiently and finally heard my fave - Rickenbacker hollowbody with the Tone Tubby Alnico. Clean and loud so daddy was proud!!
Below, Phil discusses TRIWATT circuitry with Brent and compares it to Brent's 103.
Not surprisingly, Brent wants tweaks. We remove the chassis and oblige. Snip a cap here, substitute a tube there. Results - more punch, more clarity, more volume. Perfect says Brent who then puts his magic hands and ears to work while Rob plays.
Brent plays with the Overdrive and
Rob likes it!! We end up playing at least 7 different guitars (Fender, Gibson, PRS, Rickenbacker, Danelectro single coil, humbuckers etc. etc.), 4 pedals, Wah and 3 cabs. There was no problem handling the multitude of inputs - very nice. The HIWATT 412 cab had fanes, the Marshall 412 cab had Greenbacks and the Trinity 212 cab Tone Tubby Alnicos. My fave was the TT of course.
The effort today was well worth the drive to Trenton and the bgroup studio. The opportunity to compare to a real Hiwatt made us realize how close we had really come. After we removed a cathode cap on the Normal channel to reduce gain and increase clarity, and subsituted a 12AX7 for the 12AT7 in the PI position, the result was a clean, punchy and loud amp.
Brent started to smile.
The tone controls were very close in settings to the HIWATT as was the presence control.
The Pull-On overdrive control was something not on the HIWATT and when it was engaged, the control was terrrific. You can go from jangly clean to more OD than you can imagne. Even so, the sound clarity hung in there although our little PT was struggling at times! Brent spent a lot of time usingthis control. We didn't expect that as the big guy didnt have one. But it proved to be a well worthwhile addition. Just ask Brent.
Great bass response on this amp with the 36W OT. The link input was another feature that was very useful, although Brent stuck to the Normal & Bright inputs.
For me, after I heard a Hollow body Rickenbacker into the 212 Trinity Tone Tubby cab, I was convinced. This amp can do loud & clean and be taken to the edge of break-up as much as you wish. In fact, it could be so loud, that, as Phil said, my ears were ringing. This in a good sized studio (see pics) with 14 foot ceilings. What will it sound like in a club? I have no doubt it will broadcast extremely well and easily cut through the mix. In my shop? Oh My!!!
Brent will no doubt have a more to say about the adventure. Put me down for #1 Production Brent says! A new member of the bgroup Trinity family?
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