Soultone 45PS

[jmcerlain]

Hey All,

Mickey at Soultone was way cool enough to let me demo his 45ps SuperPlexi. I brought it to a recording session and you can hear those tracks at www.soultoneamps.com under the sound clip section. The tracks are rough mixes and very minimal overdubs, nothing added so you can really hear the amp shine. No guitar solos, just great rhythm sounds. The guitars were my trusy Michael Tuttle 60's Classic S and T. The base tracks were live with the band. I really love this amp! It was a 2x12 combo with Gold speakers. I hope you like them. More to come sooner than later...

[CALI68]

Originally Posted by jmcerlain

Hey All,

Mickey at Soultone was way cool enough to let me demo his 45ps SuperPlexi. I brought it to a recording session and you can hear those tracks at www.soultoneamps.com under the sound clip section. The tracks are rough mixes and very minimal overdubs, nothing added so you can really hear the amp shine. No guitar solos, just great rhythm sounds. The guitars were my trusy Michael Tuttle 60's Classic S and T. The base tracks were live with the band. I really love this amp! It was a 2x12 combo with Gold speakers. I hope you like them. More to come sooner than later...

Coool! Is this my amp? The black croc combo?


-Chris

[tfunster]

That crunch clip was killer!

[jmcerlain]

Originally Posted by CALI68

Coool! Is this my amp? The black croc combo?


Nope but I think it is the same setup. This one is a green croc combo (The Green Monster). It is the same amp Jack reviewed in TGP webzine. Do you have your amp yet?


-Chris

Originally Posted by tfunster

That crunch clip was killer!

Thanks man. Went for that Keith/Faces thing. Open G on a tele bridge pup.

A note, I didn't use the power scaling on the clips because I didn't need to! But I must saw it works very well. The amp is also really quiet, a real plus.

[Stormbringer]

Super Cool!! Man, these Soultones are fantastic. Just got my 1987ps and it is an amazing sounding amp.

[jmcerlain]

I'm sure it does! It's a tough call on which direction to go. I love 1987's and 1986's AND 45's... I can say that the 45 is a heck of a lot of fun. I hope Mickey's amps really catch on, great stuff.

[jackaroo]

I think the amp we used Jeff got sent back to Mickey and put in a new croc cab and was sold in the dealers emporium. So I think it is the same exact amp that was used on the clips on the Soultone site. Ask Mickey.

Congrats!

Jeff...sounds really nice man...like the strat/univibe sound a lot.

[jmcerlain]

Thanks Jack. I liked that track as well. The tune actually came together in the studio. There will be vocals and overdubs etc. But Mickey liked the basic raw tracks to show the amp.

The amp that we both had is not the amp that was sold on the emporium, I sent that on off for another demo in all it's green glory.


Enjoy the amp Chris!!

[Mickey_C]

Originally Posted by jackaroo

I think the amp we used Jeff got sent back to Mickey and put in a new croc cab and was sold in the dealers emporium. So I think it is the same exact amp that was used on the clips on the Soultone site. Ask Mickey.

Actually that's not the case.

Just wanted to state clearly that the black croc amp, while being exactly the same model and feature wise, other than speakers, is not the amp that's making the rounds on the east coast. Both Jack and Jeff had the green amp, which is fully intact and currently demoing in Athens Ohio, and heading to Florida for a session afterward. I haven't seen it since it was boxed up and sent to Jack Devine, and looking at the schedule problably won't for some time to come! I am leaving that amp as is for a dedicated demo amp - I have no intention of parting it out.

The black croc amp was the one demoed at the Los Angelos Amp show - there's a clip out there somewhere with a couple TGP'ers jamming through it and a Superbass 1986PS.

Thanks for the many kind words everybody - and thanks Jeff for cutting these monster clips!

[Mickey_C]

Try adjusting the drive control as you lower the power - you can do it to ear.

I've now played with both in my shop, and honestly - the UA is good, but the Power Scaling works better to my ear. The UA advantage is it just adjusts with one knob. The disadvantage to me is I think the amp loses some bass and mid response through it. It's a pretty audible difference to me - to some players they won't care at all.

The disadvantage to the power scaling if going for rock star tone in your bedroom is you need to fine tune the amp at each level change, if you're super picky. This adjustment is a lot of the drive control, and a bit of the channel volumes and tone stack too. For your average sound attenuation (with a band, or on stage or studio to appease an engineer or nail the mix), the Power Scaling is really handy, and needs very little if any fine tuning.

Still, I'd try working with the power scaling, and adjusting the amp at different volumes, before springing for the UA for bedroom. That and think real hard about what your bedroom goals are really about.. is it practice or what?

Of course, more tools = more power!

-- ENJOY AND CONGRATZ ON THE AMP

[jackaroo]

I see. I read that wrong...LA demo amp...Duh!

I'm glad folks are getting into these.

Best to all-


J

[CALI68]

It's been two days of really diggin' in to this amp and I must say I am truly blown away. To have such jaw dropping vintage tone with such astounding control options is something that I personally have always wanted. Sadly in the past I have found many amps that have great switching options but the tone is just too "modern" and or sterile.

At first I wasn't sure If I could make it work for my live needs with different gain requirements all over the map but after a fairly quick learning curve I'm seeing now just how simple it is to dial in whatever I need.

This amp is everything it's said to be. Organic, vintage, and just plain sweet as hell! Oh yea, it looks cool too!

Money well spent!


-Chris

[jmcerlain]

Originally Posted by CALI68

It's been two days of really diggin' in to this amp and I must say I am truly blown away. To have such jaw dropping vintage tone with such astounding control options is something that I personally have always wanted. Sadly in the past I have found many amps that have great switching options but the tone is just too "modern" and or sterile.

At first I wasn't sure If I could make it work for my live needs with different gain requirements all over the map but after a fairly quick learning curve I'm seeing now just how simple it is to dial in whatever I need.

This amp is everything it's said to be. Organic, vintage, and just plain sweet as hell! Oh yea, it looks cool too!

Money well spent!


-Chris

Yup.

[amp boy]

Glad Mickey's get it his dues.

Great clips and info Mr. Jack Devine.
Dig'n that soul of tone in the playing Jeff.

[playon]

I got my 1987SP about 6 weeks ago, and am really digging it, although I'm still looking for the perfect speaker for it... I'm running it with a single 12 cab & have a Scumnico coming in a few days to try out with it. I put NOS GE 6L6GC power tubes in and I prefer them to the 6550s it shipped with. I'm not really trying to "nail" a particular classic Marshall tone, just want to have a sound that works for the different things I do that has some of that unique brit-amp character. I LOVE the way you can quickly bias the amp with so many different tube types.

For gigging it's pretty easy to get a great basic sound out of the amp, but as Mickey says, it takes more tweaking to find the sweet spot if you are trying to play quieter. The interactions of channel volume, drive and power controls is quite sensitive but there are a lot of great sounds in there.