Duff
November 25th, 2007, 02:37 AM
This V8 Palamino has only three knobs on the control panel; but, I bought a Digitech RP350 and now I use this little five watt tube amp ALL the time to practice. Hardly ever do I use other amps. Tonight I experimented with my Behringer gm110 analog modeling amp and it is thirty ss watts. It sounded good after some adjusting and selecting and I'm sure I can get even better sounds out of it. But the V8 is so simple. Just plug in and worry about how I have the floor processor pedal set.
I can't say enough good things about that Crate V8 Palamino. I don't think they make them anymore but they did reduce their price to 100 at the big online music places like MF, etc. You might still be able to find one.
What a great sounding amp with a ten inch Celestion speaker.
I've got to say it is my favorite amp right now. I have a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe that I should use more, it is a tweed edition with a Jensen speaker. 40 tube watts. It is brand new. I am going to take it in to the auth. Fender repair place and the guy is going to tweak the tube bias and resolder any cold solder joints as recommended warranty service. No cost to me. I'm going to try to get him to change out that volume pot so it doesn't go from zero to 10 between zero and 2.
Anyway, a decent guitar processor pedal can really make a high quality small tube amp extremely versitile. I get sounds out of that V8 that you would never be able to get any other way. Even if you chained pedals you would get additive noise or loss of tone. This rig is awesome.
I have been playing my new Epiphone 1966 SG copy G400 with heritage cherry, highly varnished. What a nice guitar. Got it for 265 at GC during the two hour twenty percent off special, plus it was already marked down to 299. This is a very, very nice sounding guitar.
Duffy
Winfield, Pa
mbolduc@dejazzd.com
I can't say enough good things about that Crate V8 Palamino. I don't think they make them anymore but they did reduce their price to 100 at the big online music places like MF, etc. You might still be able to find one.
What a great sounding amp with a ten inch Celestion speaker.
I've got to say it is my favorite amp right now. I have a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe that I should use more, it is a tweed edition with a Jensen speaker. 40 tube watts. It is brand new. I am going to take it in to the auth. Fender repair place and the guy is going to tweak the tube bias and resolder any cold solder joints as recommended warranty service. No cost to me. I'm going to try to get him to change out that volume pot so it doesn't go from zero to 10 between zero and 2.
Anyway, a decent guitar processor pedal can really make a high quality small tube amp extremely versitile. I get sounds out of that V8 that you would never be able to get any other way. Even if you chained pedals you would get additive noise or loss of tone. This rig is awesome.
I have been playing my new Epiphone 1966 SG copy G400 with heritage cherry, highly varnished. What a nice guitar. Got it for 265 at GC during the two hour twenty percent off special, plus it was already marked down to 299. This is a very, very nice sounding guitar.
Duffy
Winfield, Pa
mbolduc@dejazzd.com