MikeyG happened to mention that the Groove Tube amps are great on another thread and I agree. Seems that there isn't to much discussion about these amps. Their trio preamp and Solo 75 amps are real nice amps. The 2 channel Solo 75 amp can switch between Class A and Class AB. The clean channel is real clean. Almost 63 Bassman clean. Groove Tubes Legacy Owner's Manuals Vipre Package.pdf. 3 MB Download. The Brick Operators Guide.pdf. 80 KB Download. Groove Tubes Legacy Mic Owner's manuals. Works with my Gretsch & Strat very nicely. The mean or gain channel is 80's brown. Both channels can be blended(clean & mean). Over all a nice amp. Sometimes they pop up on ebay at a reasonable price. It's funny, I had a Soul-O 75 and was somewhat underwhelmed. Kumpulan wallpaper kartun. That's when I was looking for Fender cleans and Marshall crunch in one box. I now have a Soul-o Satellite (basically a single preamp tube and the power section from the 75) and it's a killer clean amp-power switchable from about 15-75w, nice crunch when you wind it up and takes pedals very well. I'd be interested in trying another 75 if one turned up, but for now I'm running my PSA1 into the Satellite for crunch/drive and using the amp straight for clean. I've had a Solo 75 head and 1x12 cab since '94. IMO, the clean channel is far superior to the scream on these, great headroom although it can be a bit bassy- I've never been able to put the clean's bass past 9:00, even with a tele. The clean makes it an excellent pedal platform, don't know how it compares to the 45. It has a great series/parallel loop, big output tranny too. These amps take a variety of output tube types, but put over 500 volts on them, which rules out lots of NOS choices. I bought this for the clean sound. The scream channel has always seemed kinda harsh regardless of the brand or gain of the preamp tubes, it has so much gain it swamps the eq section (the clean ch. Uses 1/2 of V1, the scream uses that and 2 additional tubes for gain). For me scream has been unuseable by itself, but at minimal gain and stacked with the clean it gives a good light crunch. I understand that Voodoo amps says he's modded several of these to address the bass response. I'm tempted to talk to him about some tweaks- reeling in the scream, or duplicating the clean and using it for jazz tones. If anyone does any themselves, please post the experience. The solo 75 was my first 'boutique' (=expensive) amp, also, like Gary, bought around '94. I liked the sounds but the scream channel was impossible to control. The volume setting had a useful range of about 1mm. Groove tubes tried to address the problem, without success. I eventually brought the amp to Bill Krinard to fix and while chatting with him about it and their new Emerald 50 amps, I was cajoled into trying one. Within a week, the solo was gone and the Emerald was mine. Long time ago at this point. I first found out about the Soul-O 45 at a Guitar Center when I was checking out guitars. The sales guy said plug into this, so I did. Street fighter 4 volt apk free download. Nero express 6 download burn free. I left the guitar there, but took home the amp. I eventually bought a second one, because as they say, the Soul-O 45 was designed to take pedals and man does it. I also have the Soul-O 30 1-15 combo and that is another winner, everything they say in their advertisement is true. I alos have a Trio preamp and a D75 power amp. Groove Tube stuff is top shelf if you ask me. I know this thread is about the Soul-O 75, but that is just another amp on my short list of to get amps. I've owned my Soul-O 75 since '94 and gigged heavily up to 2001 (2-3 times a year since then). Never had a problem. Here's the way I get close to 'Howie's' tone. My PRS bolt-on into a Barber Small Fry (gain at 10 o'clock, dynamics wide open) in to a Zvex Super Hard On (based on an late '60's Neve console circuit design I'm told - aural enhancer extraodinaire!) into the 75 set on both channels (clean gain at 10 o'clock, low mids, vol up. Scream gain at 10 o'clock, mids way up, vol at 9 o'clock, FAT switch on. I run an old Lexicon Alex in the FX loop for reverb but will be swapping for a VanAmps rev pedal.
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