More Greer Thunderbolt Clips: Strat and Buckers.

[big mike]

Same hack player..LOL Few rattles in the room I couldn't track down though.
BUt hopefully a decent representation.


With Strat (For you Pete!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSAGtaC23l4


With Thorn Artisan Deluxe 140:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ly-NG3W0PCY

Little longer, but I do cleans and a quick sweep of the guitar at the back 1/2.

[trisonic]

Thanks, Mike!
Sounds like a good amp that just sounds great with the minimum of bells and whistles (you know where I'm coming from....) I really like that in an amp and the Greer excells at it.

Best, Pete.
PS Not listened to the Thorn Artisan clip yet but I will tomorrow. Thanks again.

[big mike]

Yeah I'm with you Pete, I want to get cool tones with a minimal of stuff in between. Love that about Nick's amps. I just cannot get comfortable on this strat. Arrggh!

Still kicking myself for selling a MIM 50's that was fantastic. But you know, it was MIM, so I could do better right? Wrong. LOL

[JMarck]

Damn Mike, that sounded really good!

--Josh

[joek86]

Mike, Bite me! Don't post clips before I get my amp, it makes me want it even more!!!!!!!!!!!!

PS sounds great and very nice playing.........

~Joe

[big mike]

Sorry Joe!

[Aardvark]

Nice playing and tone!

[big mike]

Thank you sir!

Couple people asked...
Tube compliment in all the vids:

Sovtek 5AR4
GT labeled E34L's. (Pretty well used...a few gigs and a bunch of practice on them)
Sovtek LPS 12AX7 in the Phase Inverter
Tung Sol RI 12AX7 in V1

I actually tried some NOS stuff in the pre at one point....and I prefer the TS/Sovtek right now. A good EH12AX7 will drop the gain a bit and smooth out the cleans.

[Casey]

Sounds good Mike....FWIW....in my Thunderbolt I'm running

Sovtek 5AR4
GT labeled JJ E34LS
JJ ECC83S 12AX7 in PI
TAD 7025 in V1

[big mike]

Cool. I was running KT77's for awhile. I like that a lot, but it 'cleans up' the amp a bit. Fine with pedals, but when I'm wanting more amp dirt, I like the E34L's.

[Casey]

Yeh....I really like the E34L's too....the 7025 really was a nice tweak for my style. Might do some further experimenting in that slot. The Tung Sol you are rockin sounds really good. And I really like the new TS 6L6's....so I'm sure their preamp tubes are no exception.

[big mike]

T bolt sounds really good with those TS 6L6's in it. Completely revoices the amp of course.

[AnthonyL]

Sounds good Mike!!

I've heard some good things about the Greer Master Volume... How would you rate it? Can you really get a decent sound at low volumes?

[big mike]

It works very well. The T Bolt still needs a bit of juice to get really big sounds but it's not bad choked down. At home I have it on around 2 MV and 7 Channel, and that's a lot of dirt. Not cranked plexi DiMartini dirt, but good amount of drive.

[Wallace]

Mike, The T Bolt is at its best with an "m" speaker and single coils!! Articulate and spring-y but a smooth top end.

.....but, ya know, thats just my opinion and you know how I am...:hide

That strat clip reminds me of the Tbolt/M75/ASAT tones!

My 2 favs: Strat clip; Thorn Jr 90 clip.
Thanks again Mike!

[big mike]

For you're playing, absolutely! LOL

Thanks Wally!

[decay-o-caster]

Didn't know you even owned a Strat! You been hiding some guilty secrets from us? :)

Nothing to say - great playing, great sounding amp. Is it an artifact of the video recording, or is there kind of a vibe-y/modulated thing happening on the first part of the Strat clip? Whatever, it kills!

[big mike]

No vibe..Hmm...wonder what that was. funny string maybe?
Dunno.

Thanks for the kudos Dave! Yeah I got a partscaster. But...I hate it. LOL