F30 cranked for the first time!!

[vulture2600]

I just auditioned for a new metal bad thursday night and it was the first
time i got to hear my f30 in a band setting. even the 1x12 held its own
against a 5150-2, and a VERY loud drummer. not alot of bass, but it
screamed very nicely. they asked me back last night so
i decided to bring my 4x12. for some reason, the whole night, no matter
what i tried, it sounded farty and flubby and not very loud. so after rackin
my brains with different speaker combos and eq settings i finally gave up.
after we were done practicing i looked in back and noticed one of my
power tubes was half way out of its socket! it was at an angle so like
2 or 3 of the pins were out, but the rest were in. shut down the power,
popped it back in and WHAM, sounded GREAT again. TIGHT bass and
about 3 times louder. i love this amp......

 

[andershoeg]

WEEE! When I started to read your post I thought "hey, nice that the f-30 works in a band-situation!"......read a little more......."SH..!" .......and a little more.......once again; GREAT! About a week ago I bought an f-30, and I have only played it once with a drummer. Sounded fine, but we were not playing that loud. Good to hear real world experience with the f-30! Also got a single recto, which I use with my band (rock). The combo is more for practising at home, or to take with me gigging small places when I have the ability to mic it. But good to hear it works for you!

B.R. Anders

 

[dylan7620]

my friends f 50 1x12 is very loud as well and we're about the loudest band around here. good thing ive had my mesas to keep up with him.

 

[billbones]

Have been using my F30 in a band setting for about 6 months......play with a REALLY heavy handed drummer and I have always had more than enough volume and lots of head room........only problem i have encountered is cutting through on the neck pickup.......but thats probably got more to do with the fact that i play through an archtop with the tone rolled almost off more than any problem with the amp. After playing a few balls out metal numbers and then switching over to a jazz standard at the same volume i have to leave the guitar on the bridge pickup....thus dont nail the dark jazz tones.....but then again i am confident that anyone playing jazz at metal volumes would experience the same issues.......