Guitar Nerds Anonymous

Ordered a secondhand Yamaha THR5 for £130 . Didn't want the bells and whistles on the tiny Vox and it didn't sound that good in the demos I watched. The cushiony Vox one sounded ok but seemed a bit more beefy than I need and it looks like a cushion so no sale there. Much as i'd like another little valve amp, i'm not sure the AC4 is what i need for whisper quiet evening noodlings right now. I know it does 1/4 of a watt but i'm not convinced it'll sound much cop throttled back to conversational levels. Plus i'd want a bit of reverb or slapback which means pedals down here and... nope. Yamaha it is. Shall report back.

In proper amp news, had a bit of time to plug in this morning and have been playing with my electrical guitar and pedal board into the SF Champ (5w of window rattling welly even with the volume on 3 or 4). Basic sound is good but some things have to change. The following are getting benched:

1. Dan-Echo. (seems to have developed an issue with the delays being distorted, plus it takes up a lot of board space and the little tape-machine does most of what I need right now).
   
2. Holy Grail mini. Was only ever a stop-gap and it's just sat there for years now. Sounds fine in its one useable setting as a bog standard spring but need more tweakability.
   
3. Z-Vex Fuzz Factory. It's just too fucking bananas for me. Even with the gain all the way to the left and every control set to minimum it's fucking insane. Not in a good way. Cannot find a setting I like.
   
   

Tuner, T-Rex Trem, Arc Klone and Tape Machine are staying for now. The shopping list is therefore:

Overdrive
Classic Fuzz
Reverb
Compressor

Gonna start with OD. I like the Klone with the gain flat out but I love it even more as a clean boost or even "on on-all-the-time box". That means I need a new straight up-overdrive. Given that I'm a fender amp and tele guy I'm looking for a TS9 type overdrive to add back that scooped mid. I used to love my old the TS9 and been hankering after a replacement for ages. Turns out you get a Re-issue TS9 for £100 these days so. TS9 it is!

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