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So after reading many of the ancient posts on modding the LSC I decided to tinker a bit myself with my LSC 1x12 1st generation blue tolex amp.
I had my amp tech do the mod where the Gain and Master pots are swapped on Ch 2. When I got the amp back I didn't notice a change, although the "magic" I had heard when I got the amp a month before was gone. I kind of kicked myself for doing the mod, but overall not a big deal.
Then I decided to swap the Black Shadow for a Weber California Ceramic paper dome 80w speaker. I broke the speaker in, playing it a lot and even having a looper playback me playing for about 12 hours. Im sure it hasn't fully broken in, but I wasn't too happy with the results of the speaker swap. Although I loved the clean settings on the amp, the second I put OD and gain pedals in front of the amp or switched to Ch 2 I was getting a very fizzy OD and was hoping for more of a sweet overdriven creamy sound. After really trying to give it a chance and playing and tweaking for hours I decided to revert back to the Black Shadow for now....I'd rather not go through several speakers and would like to see what else is out there. I heard the WGS ET90 or ET65 could be a choice with a reasonable price tag and that the Blackhawk is really where it's at but more expensive.....Any thoughts?
Last issue is that overall I have not been pressed with the 50 watt settings on the LSC and have kept it on 100w almost always. I feel there's a major lack of tone when I switch to 50 watts. What am I doing wrong? Lol....I've also experimented a bit with the tweed setting but barely could tell a difference, same with the Silicon/tube tracking rectifier switch on back.....I've read through the manual as well as on some of these boards but could really use some direction and troubleshooting tips.
Overall I love the Fender clean tones of a twin reverb, super reverb bassman and I go into overdriven bluesy distortion tone as well as I play mostly Blues, Classic Rock, Hard Rock, some jazz and funk.
Any help is greatly appreciated!
Thanks
Ben
I had my amp tech do the mod where the Gain and Master pots are swapped on Ch 2. When I got the amp back I didn't notice a change, although the "magic" I had heard when I got the amp a month before was gone. I kind of kicked myself for doing the mod, but overall not a big deal.
Then I decided to swap the Black Shadow for a Weber California Ceramic paper dome 80w speaker. I broke the speaker in, playing it a lot and even having a looper playback me playing for about 12 hours. Im sure it hasn't fully broken in, but I wasn't too happy with the results of the speaker swap. Although I loved the clean settings on the amp, the second I put OD and gain pedals in front of the amp or switched to Ch 2 I was getting a very fizzy OD and was hoping for more of a sweet overdriven creamy sound. After really trying to give it a chance and playing and tweaking for hours I decided to revert back to the Black Shadow for now....I'd rather not go through several speakers and would like to see what else is out there. I heard the WGS ET90 or ET65 could be a choice with a reasonable price tag and that the Blackhawk is really where it's at but more expensive.....Any thoughts?
Last issue is that overall I have not been pressed with the 50 watt settings on the LSC and have kept it on 100w almost always. I feel there's a major lack of tone when I switch to 50 watts. What am I doing wrong? Lol....I've also experimented a bit with the tweed setting but barely could tell a difference, same with the Silicon/tube tracking rectifier switch on back.....I've read through the manual as well as on some of these boards but could really use some direction and troubleshooting tips.
Overall I love the Fender clean tones of a twin reverb, super reverb bassman and I go into overdriven bluesy distortion tone as well as I play mostly Blues, Classic Rock, Hard Rock, some jazz and funk.
Any help is greatly appreciated!
Thanks
Ben
