NAD (Yesterday)
Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 5:47 pm
As you may have noticed I've been whining about my difficulties with the Fender SuperChamp X2 warranty replacement for my sadly missed faulty discontinued SuperChamp XD.
Yesterday I recklessly took a trip to Edinburgh to GuitarGuitar.
I was able to confirm that their X2 sounded like mine - so the problems I was having weren't down to a faulty amp. I'd decided I wasn't sure about trying to get one of the last remaining new SuperChamp XDs as they could well be ones that have gone back to Fender for fixing that have been reissued.
So I tried a different amp. Very little in the way of added extras and no modelling. Bear in mind I'm in a flat and I'm limited for volume - so my choice is limited. When I end up with a big stupid grin on my face after trying gear I reckon it's worth the risk. I had one of those grins so I brought one home with me.
Once the replacement knobs stagger in for the broken ones on the X2 that'll be going up for sale.
Managed to play the new amp for a while last night and got that grin again - this afternoon I just put a microphone in front of it and recorded some very aimless and unformed solo noodling and bum notes. Not cranked up - that will only be possible on brief occasions when neighbours in the flats are out. So sort of demo of clean sounds (which is what I usually play anyway). I'm afraid there's some peaks on the recording that clipped - I've not got the hang yet of the wider dynamic range of the amp. No FX on the amp except reverb (OF COURSE! ) and no fx or eq tweaking in the DAW.
With the Strat : download/file.php?id=2478
The hike in volume at 1:50 was only 8 to 9 on the Strat volume control - but it certainly registered.
With the Hagstrom : download/file.php?id=2477
Pictures to follow. Could I at last have broken my run of bad gear choices / problems?
Yesterday I recklessly took a trip to Edinburgh to GuitarGuitar.
I was able to confirm that their X2 sounded like mine - so the problems I was having weren't down to a faulty amp. I'd decided I wasn't sure about trying to get one of the last remaining new SuperChamp XDs as they could well be ones that have gone back to Fender for fixing that have been reissued.
So I tried a different amp. Very little in the way of added extras and no modelling. Bear in mind I'm in a flat and I'm limited for volume - so my choice is limited. When I end up with a big stupid grin on my face after trying gear I reckon it's worth the risk. I had one of those grins so I brought one home with me.
Once the replacement knobs stagger in for the broken ones on the X2 that'll be going up for sale.
Managed to play the new amp for a while last night and got that grin again - this afternoon I just put a microphone in front of it and recorded some very aimless and unformed solo noodling and bum notes. Not cranked up - that will only be possible on brief occasions when neighbours in the flats are out. So sort of demo of clean sounds (which is what I usually play anyway). I'm afraid there's some peaks on the recording that clipped - I've not got the hang yet of the wider dynamic range of the amp. No FX on the amp except reverb (OF COURSE! ) and no fx or eq tweaking in the DAW.
With the Strat : download/file.php?id=2478
The hike in volume at 1:50 was only 8 to 9 on the Strat volume control - but it certainly registered.
With the Hagstrom : download/file.php?id=2477
Pictures to follow. Could I at last have broken my run of bad gear choices / problems?