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Re: I am REALLY trying to get an OLD SCHOOL 21 Mad Pofessor

Postby Bobby D » Mon Aug 30, 2010 9:07 am

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Re: I am REALLY trying to get an OLD SCHOOL 21 Mad Pofessor

Postby xtoby44x » Mon Aug 30, 2010 10:40 pm

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damn that is sexy :love4

the GAS is building :clap:

must RESIST :banghead

DO WANT !!! :music
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Re: I am REALLY trying to get an OLD SCHOOL 21 Mad Pofessor

Postby SteveA » Mon Aug 30, 2010 11:16 pm

Yeah that thing probably sounds DIVINE !
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Re: I am REALLY trying to get an OLD SCHOOL 21 Mad Pofessor

Postby Bobby D » Tue Aug 31, 2010 12:22 pm

nothing quite as sexy as a REDHEAD :love4
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Re: I am REALLY trying to get an OLD SCHOOL 21 Mad Pofessor

Postby melodichaotic » Wed Sep 08, 2010 11:12 pm

***Any other members out there who have this amp and have spent some time with it, have any more detailed impressions they can share, especially gigging players?? I know more than a few of us on this side of the lake would be interested in any feedback on the OS-21 :thumbup:
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Re: I am REALLY trying to get an OLD SCHOOL 21 Mad Pofessor

Postby mikepick » Sat Sep 11, 2010 3:17 pm

melodichaotic wrote:***Any other members out there who have this amp and have spent some time with it, have any more detailed impressions they can share, especially gigging players?? I know more than a few of us on this side of the lake would be interested in any feedback on the OS-21 :thumbup:



Well I did it. I was calling around for pricing last week for the OS-21 and left my number with a couple of shops and one of them called me up yesterday and said that they had one.

I went today just to play the amp and well you know how that goes.... :oops:

I played the amp for about 40 min in the shop through a tele before I closed the deal.

The clean on the amp is very nice almost vintage Fender nice. The tonal range is excellent especially with the Cut knob.

Let me make this clear that I do NOT like master volume amps, however this is the best master volume that I have ever experienced. Better than the power scaling that I had on my old Reinhardt 18.

I had the amp cranked all the way rolled back the volume and it cleaned up like an old vintage amp should. The amp had more overdrive than I expected and with a MP Ruby Red it should have more than I would ever need.

The overdrive on the amp is more of the crunch variety than the smooth creamy overdrive that the old fenders produce.

At some point I will pop in some the extra NOS tubes I have for my DR to see if it makes it any better.

The only thing was that the amp wasn't as loud as I expected it to be. I thought it would be comparable to my DR, but maybe with a different speaker it might get close.

Sorry guys I am not set up for recording and I can't play it too loud in my apartment so I will have to report back after I jam at my friends place later this week.
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Re: I am REALLY trying to get an OLD SCHOOL 21 Mad Pofessor

Postby SteveA » Sat Sep 11, 2010 3:22 pm

Congrats mike onb your score !!!!! Yeah I guess trying it is sealing the deal. I'm sure bobby will cave in too pretty soon and then we'll get youtube demos galore !!!
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Re: I am REALLY trying to get an OLD SCHOOL 21 Mad Pofessor

Postby mikepick » Sat Sep 11, 2010 7:49 pm

I took a look in the back and no rectifier tube :confusedq

I doesn't take pedals as well as my old fenders, but then again a good boost or tube screamer is all you need.

I have tried to boost it with my LGW and SYOD v1 both with great results.

There is something about the cabinet... I sounds very big for a combo.
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Re: I am REALLY trying to get an OLD SCHOOL 21 Mad Pofessor

Postby melodichaotic » Sun Sep 12, 2010 12:01 am

Mike...Awesome score! Best with the amp! Yes, let
us know your jam impressions :music
About how loud would you say it compares
with from what you have or have played?

I have two Gibson GA 20's and a '57 GA 40,
that sound killer, but of course I'm still intrigued.
So it sounds more Fender than Marshall, or
how would you qualify the clean and dirty tones?
On Bobby D's video, the proto overdriven
sounded ballsy and stout but not quite Marshally
to my ears--maybe Bobby can chime in as well.
Hey and FWIW, the B&W two tone looks great!
Enjoy the amp! :love4
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Re: I am REALLY trying to get an OLD SCHOOL 21 Mad Pofessor

Postby strings2wood » Sun Sep 12, 2010 8:16 am

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Poetry.
Enjoy.
The Zen point of choice Nirvana. :angel
Complete tonal enlightmentment.

Enjoy Mike and keep us posted honeymoon and beyond.
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