So, I've been playing with my Blue Angel for about 1/2 an hour now.
I can't seem to get a bad clean tone out of it. It just seems to love my PRS McCarty guitar.
I'm trying to decide which pedals to get rid of. I got a few Carl Martin & Fulltone pedals in a trade for my Soldano Lucky 13.
Here are the pedals so far that I love with the amp:
Fulltone Fulldrive II the one with the 3-way switch. Very full and sweet with lots of sustain when Boost is on.
Fulltone Fat Boost. Can really push the amp into natural overdive. Very nice.
Marshall Jackhammer (I really didn't think I would like this one, but it rocks). It's remarkably tweakable and very smooth. I was able to get a good Metal tone out of a Blue Angel and it doesn't color the clean tone.
Here are the pedals that I didn't like:
Fulltone '69 Fuzz (sounded very thin or too thick, but always fuzzy) Not my tone.
Carl Martin Hot Drive-n-Boost II. I've been trying to like this pedal since I got it. The Drive alone is too thin for my taste, no matter which pickup I'm on. In fact, there is very little difference between the pickups unless the Boost is also on. I ended up with the tone knob all the way down and it was still too thin for me.
Still to try:
Maxon AD808
Maxon Compressor - the little black one
Homebrew Treble Booster with fat switch
I do have a question though:
Does your Blue Angel hiss?????
Here are my settings:
Fat-Bright switch FAT
Volume 9 o-clock
Treble 12:30
Middle 11:30
Bass 1:30
Reverb 9:15
Power amp Simul-link
1x12 combo with Celestion 70th anniversary Heritage 30, 8-ohm speaker.
I just noticed that the speaker was plugged into the 16 ohm jack, so I'll have to play with it some more on the proper impedance setting.
The hiss is not overbearing and cannot be heard when playing, but it is very noticeable when the guitar is turned down. It is a bit surprising since the amp is only on 3 or so, and not extremely loud.
It is present no matter which power tubes I am using.
I can't seem to get a bad clean tone out of it. It just seems to love my PRS McCarty guitar.
I'm trying to decide which pedals to get rid of. I got a few Carl Martin & Fulltone pedals in a trade for my Soldano Lucky 13.
Here are the pedals so far that I love with the amp:
Fulltone Fulldrive II the one with the 3-way switch. Very full and sweet with lots of sustain when Boost is on.
Fulltone Fat Boost. Can really push the amp into natural overdive. Very nice.
Marshall Jackhammer (I really didn't think I would like this one, but it rocks). It's remarkably tweakable and very smooth. I was able to get a good Metal tone out of a Blue Angel and it doesn't color the clean tone.
Here are the pedals that I didn't like:
Fulltone '69 Fuzz (sounded very thin or too thick, but always fuzzy) Not my tone.
Carl Martin Hot Drive-n-Boost II. I've been trying to like this pedal since I got it. The Drive alone is too thin for my taste, no matter which pickup I'm on. In fact, there is very little difference between the pickups unless the Boost is also on. I ended up with the tone knob all the way down and it was still too thin for me.
Still to try:
Maxon AD808
Maxon Compressor - the little black one
Homebrew Treble Booster with fat switch
I do have a question though:
Does your Blue Angel hiss?????
Here are my settings:
Fat-Bright switch FAT
Volume 9 o-clock
Treble 12:30
Middle 11:30
Bass 1:30
Reverb 9:15
Power amp Simul-link
1x12 combo with Celestion 70th anniversary Heritage 30, 8-ohm speaker.
I just noticed that the speaker was plugged into the 16 ohm jack, so I'll have to play with it some more on the proper impedance setting.
The hiss is not overbearing and cannot be heard when playing, but it is very noticeable when the guitar is turned down. It is a bit surprising since the amp is only on 3 or so, and not extremely loud.
It is present no matter which power tubes I am using.