BKP Abraxas set, AC30CC (with Mercury Magnetics O45RS-L OT upgrade), Muddy Water blues

[Seeyahomies]

Do you remember, if he combined the speakers in serial or parallel?

[TeleCustom72]

@Seeyahomies: can't remember if the speakers were series or parallel, but they were in the stock configuration (whatever that happens to be).

[Seeyahomies]

@TeleCustom72 I believe it was in series. I just putted 1 blue alnico and 1 G12H30 in my AC30 6tb in series, and it sounds like a dream! Its a very, very nice mix!

[TeleCustom72]

@Seeyahomies That would be a nice combination I'd imagine, nice job dude.

[rw5791]

people say these x-formers are not true to the originals but I say the harmonic content cannot be denied.

MM radio spares..If lovin' them is wrong then I don't wanna be right.

[aaronettlin]

So was the Mercury a drop-in replacement, or did you have to mod the chassis?

[TeleCustom72]

@aaronettlin: Its a while back, but I seem to recall it was a drop-in replacement. However, there was a small amount of wood that needed chiselling away in the cab as the OT was bigger than the stock one in the AC30CC. Nothing that five minutes with a chisel didn't solve.

[nolanderskidaddy]

I have an ac30cch and id like to swap out the stock output transformer. what do you think of heyboer transformers?

[TeleCustom72]

@nolanderskidaddy: I like Heyboer a lot, I use one of their plexi OT's in my gigging amp (the HTH AMPS hotrod 100). I haven't tried their AC30 transformers though, so can't comment on how Heyboer will sound in your AC30.

I've tried the MM Woden repro too and it was SWEET. warmer and more compressed than the RS, but equally nice in it's own way.

[bootlegapples]

@TeleCustom72

Hi,being a tone/timbre nut I must ask.

I noticed that modern amps generally have a harsher upper mid response than vintage amps (1960's and older) and the new Vox's are no different(Night Train comes to mind).

In your experience do the MM OT's smooth out these upper mid spikes?

MM claims to use vintage correct alloys and at least one transformer expert is on record stating that modern alloys create harsher upper mids (like I observed independently).

Your thoughts?

Thanks

[TeleCustom72]

@bootlegapples There is definitely something that MM do where all their OT's have a very musical top end - I can only put it down to the alloy in the laminations.

[spentonmediocrity]

@TeleCustom72

I have my 1965 Univox U45b,the notes bloom and the amp sounds warmer than any new amp I've tried including boutiques,NO harshness anywhere whatsover with tone cranked(again,vintage alloy),just lacks punch when cranked due to puny OT size.MM offered to modify the winds on their Gibson equivalent and the service was stellar.I may take them up on it,10 watts is giggable when miced and i can always get the cranked amp tone,no worries being told to turn it down.

Thanks again.

[2latuile]

Dude, pure tone heaven and lot of feeling. Got your mojo working...

[systemloc]

Wow, I love the nice ringing highs. I just can't get 'em out of my Les Paul. Can you comment on the effects you were using? Sounds like some tremolo and reverb in there?

[TeleCustom72]

@systemloc: its just the amp's own reverb and trem - AC30s are great little amps and these Chinese-made ones have some cool tones in them.

[Desu2009]

They sound great, but how come they don't sound anything like Santana? What do you have to do to make them sound like that?

[Luca1411987]

AWESOME!

[TeleCustom72]

cheers, glad you liked the vid. have a look at my other videos for heavier tones with the Abraxas pickups.

[Elazul451]

Man, those Abraxas' sound FANTASTIC!!! I was planning on getting set of VHIIs or Black Dogs, but I think you just changed my mind!

[tjrvntman]

........COOL......I like those pups too thanx!