Voxman's demo of Laney Cub 12R Part II with Les Paul and Quasi Tap pedal

The Quasi Tap is a very clever Californian made boutique pedal that gives your humbucking guitars 'coil-tapped' single coil like tones in all p/up positions with no need for any coil-tap rewiring. I've been using it with my LP Custom & Epiphone Sheraton II (upgraded with Seymour Duncan SH1 '59's) and I'm just loving the extra tonal versatility and 'snap' that the Quasi Tap gives me.

Hand built with quality components, the Quasi Tap is (genuinely) true bypass adding no noise to your set-up, and enables humbucking p/ups to retain their full hum-canceling characteristics. It can also be used with single-coil guitars too, to give additional tonal variation.

Invented by Bob Webb and hand-built at Joe Webb guitars, the pedal normally retails for between $120-$140. However, members of Valvetronix.net receive a substantial discount and can buy the pedal for only $80. See here for more details: http://www.valvetronix.net/forums/quasi-tap-pedal-t4389.html

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[Voxman5]

@bushibayushi Hi - glad you liked the vid. The Peavey Classic 30 is a nice amp (I used to have one) - 30w vs 15w of course, but they're over double the price of the Cub 12R. The Celestion Vintage 30 speaker makes a massive difference as compared to the stock Rocket 50 though, both in terms of tone & volume, upping it from a 95dB speaker to a 100dB speaker.

[bushibayushi]

this amp sounds killer! And I thought my peavey classic 30 was a good value for the money :) this one has much better tone

[Voxman5]

@solicitorgeneral2 Connecting to an extn cab will give more volume & a cleaner tone at higher volumes. A speaker with higher breakup may help a bit, as might changing the 12AX7 tubes to a 'u' lower gain version. But then you'd lose out on the crunch a bit...so it's all a quid-pro quo. But for me the V30 works well.

[Voxman5]

@solicitorgeneral2 There isn't really a headroom 'issue'. The amp is what it is - a single channel amp. Although it has separate volume & gain controls, if you max the volume dial and raise the gain to get more volume you'll lose 'clean' tone the higher the gain setting. A two channel amp with a dedicated clean channel is the only way to get high volume and keep a non-distorted tone at higher volumes.

[solicitorgeneral2]

@Voxman5 How can you resolve the headroom issue? Does changing speaker solve the problem or connect it to an extension cab?

[Voxman5]

@colinmortimore The Cub's a lovely class A/B all-tube amp & very different to a V'x. V'x has more tonal versatility + all FX built in but the cub gives great all-valve tone/punch/feel (you may want some pedals or an FX unit with it). Takes pedals brilliantly & sounds really good with my TonelabST too. As it's only single channel, clean headroom may be an issue for some. If you go V'x, maybe a lightweight VT30 or VT40+ could be a good way to go, or even a Tonelab through the PA?

[colinmortimore]

What do you think of the Cub Rich? I was thinkin of either a Cub or a Blues Junior to take to Jam Nights etc when I don't want to take the AD120VTX. Another alternative would be an AD60VT(X). What thinks you sire??