A Cusack Screamer has been my favorite. It stays fairly transparent, tightens the low end adds a bit of boost and saturation but it doesn’t totally compress and mush out the tone like a lot of TS pedals. The Friedman Buxom Boost is a killer transparent boost pedal but for me was a bit too noisy
I'm with fusionbear, I don't care for TS pedals with these amps. Too much mid range for a mid heavy amp. I'd rather use a treble booster for that or I just dial the bass back on my Timmy or RC Booster.
Ok, same here I never use gear 2 and always in full power. That's a good idea for outdoor gigs, never thought of using it for that.
LOL are you guys trying to make me buy a Timmy(again)I’ve had good luck with the RC Booster in the past. I’ve haven’t tried the one with the dual foot switch’s though
Timmy is a great tool to have! I’ve never had an amp where it didn’t work. RC Booster sounds better with the Splawn to my ears, just love what it does with that amp, but that pedal generally works with everything too. I have no use for the extra gain stage, I barely use any extra gain from it, mostly volume, and no way I would be able to navigate that second footswitch with my big feet.
LOL, my used Nitro was the same scheme of gold + white, what I call the Liberace theme. I’m not a fan either. I found a used black head shell for sale locally and switched it out until I sold the amp. I still have the black one if you want it, but it seems to be a diy thing instead of made by Splawn.
Yep, JJs are darker sounding, I never liked them in these amps, I only use Chinese tubes , mostly Ruby’s. I tried the Millard and Tung Sol reissues too and still prefer the Chinese tubes.
Check tubes. I had one of those for a while. The StreetRod is not dull sounding. Should be as bright as a Quickrod...
The Timmy is a pedal that just never did it for me , I've tried in on a bunch of different amps and was never too crazy about it but that was always using to push a dirty amp.Ive never used it into a clean amp to add a little grit.
Negative, not fixed bias, I believe this head is upside down right? tubes are hanging? I don't know where the bias control is on this model, I'd call or email Scott, he can walk you through what to set it at and where the knob is to set the bias. (just power tubes you can swap the pre amp tubes to your hearts delight)
Yes, tubes are hanging.
Gotcha, That is what I thought as well. Thanks
I almost gave up on the Timmy until I learned that the treble and bass controls work backward on it. The more you turn those controls up, the more they cut those frequencies.... It was a startling revelation! I felt pretty stupid....lol.... Mine has the three-way switch that affects the feel and clipping characteristics....
Sounds almost like the treble is turned all the way down. Almost like a mid scooped sound but not in the good way. Sounds just like spikey Marshall, just kinda cloudy if that makes sense.
Presence knpb cranked by previous owner sounds to me like the power tubes are shot and needs a fresh pair. I know I start creeping up on the presence knob once my tubes get old and dull. They will need to be biased once you install the new pair.
That's where it shines, into a dirty amp. I think it sort of sucks going into a clean amp, never liked what I heard there. Its supposed to sound like your amp, just with more gain and saturation (because of driving the amp input) if set up right. Like FB said, maybe you missed that the eq controls work backwards?
