AC30H2L Late Night Jam

Hello, Just recorded a quick jam with a backing track and my Strat. Not perfect, but gives a good example of the tone of the Strat and the AC30H2L.

American Standard Strat, HSS.
Vox AC30H2L Limited edition African mahogany
Volume Maxed out
Bass 3 o'clock
Treble 1 o'clock
Top Boost side
EH EL84's
JJ ECC803s x 3
JJ EF86 ( not used )

Hotplate at -16db with rotary switch set to about 10 o'clock so is just about speaking level.

For the last section I switched on the Boss CS-3 Compressor, settings are Level maxed out, Tone about 10 o'clock, Attack maxed out, Compression around 1o'clock. Mainly used as an extra boost.

I have added a touch of echo post take using Ntrack Studio and the Ntrack Echo plug-in.

Let me know what you think. More about the tone and less about the sloppy playing :).

Category:

Music

Tags:

• ac30
• ac30h2l
• Ac30h2
• cs-3
• strat
• stratocaster

[BayouBluesMan]

i bought a fulltone fulldrive 2 and an mxr 10 band eq for this amp got them today , i'll let u know how it goes , played it for like 40 minutes and it sounds promising (i got jj's in the preamp (think the tung sol? it had were better for clean)

[SimonNQ]

@BayouBluesMan

Sounds good mate, I thought the tun sol's had a bit of a mid range dip, I like their sound, the JJ's have a bit more drive. I have the ECC803's in mine, they are a touch brighter than the standard ECC83, probably around mid way between the tung sol and the JJ.

I am looking forward to a video of your sound

[BandWagonDisaster]

Mmmm gratz. Beautiful jam. You say it's not perfect, but it's more perfect than an overproduced recording, which is perfect in my book. I like to know that there is someone actually playing behind an instrument, so a little lack of perfection is actually perfect.

I came here in search of the ECC803s tone, as I wait for a shipment to come. They (along with combo of guitar and amp etc) are a great combination.

[SimonNQ]

@BandWagonDisaster

Thanks mate much appreciated :).

Love the ECC803's, one thing to look out for is that they can get a bit microphonic/noisey especially in a combo. I use the damper rings to reduce a lot of this noise, in fact I run the dampers on every tube except the Rectifier Tube, no point as it doesn't do any amplification etc...

[sgthies]

great song! : )

[BayouBluesMan]

@SimonNQ

voxac30 h2l +fulltone fulldrive+american deluxe strat hss youtube.com/watch?v=6VqMsAB2r_­I&feature=related  amp running 3/4 on the triode mode

youtube.com/watch?v=-HsfeQYg5e­Y&feature=related regular video cam though the clean part of this amp is the best i've ever heard , the overdrive though is missing some frequencies i really dig , jtm 45 ones...

[kissrocks45]

@BayouBluesMan tungsol for sure

[BayouBluesMan]

@SimonNQ i'ain't got a proper mike or good recording setup yet , i did a gig with the H2L last night (fulltone overdrive 2 mosfet) i carried the thing in the rain (covered), it played on the triode mode full power (eq-less channel) for 3 hours , not a single problem and rocked the house, i'm thinking of getting a les paul custom for this thing what do u think? cause i've got a feeling it loves single pickups

[SimonNQ]

@ADOPTmeBITCH

Great buy mate :), I know you will be very happy :).

Yes the JJ's have a bit more gain, both the pre-amp tubes and power tubes. I am currently running some of the new Mullard re-issues, they drop the gain a bit and are not quite as sweet as the ECC803's, but have a touch more bite to the sound. The JJ's seem to have a more even sound etc.

[ADOPTmeBITCH]

@SimonNQ u made me buy the only H2L in Greece , now pennyless (1800euros)

i've finally found the tone i was looking for, thanks simon.

Btu the original tubes sound awesome to me the ones u put are higher gain -more distortion when cranked?

A nice drive pedal can send you to space with this baby , i had it working on 15w

volume dead center it made the whole house move VERY powerful