LSS Voicing

[Iceman 420]

Well, it uses EL84's, but all the info on it is all 'bout Texas sounds and such which is American-voicing, so what is it? Is it a blend of the two?

 

[ylo]

It's an EL84 amp with an extra gain stage that switches in when you engage the CH2 switch. It has a Fender Blackface tone stack, more or less, but adds a presence control. As far as I can tell, unlike the old Fender presence controls, this one is a treble bypass on the master volume control instead of a treble cut in the feedback loop of the power amp section.

So, it sounds very Fender like, but gets dirty and then nasty when you engage the extra gain stage and push it.

 

[Iceman 420]

It's an EL84 amp with an extra gain stage that switches in when you engage the CH2 switch. It has a Fender Blackface tone stack, more or less, but adds a presence control. As far as I can tell, unlike the old Fender presence controls, this one is a treble bypass on the master volume control instead of a treble cut in the feedback loop of the power amp section.

So, it sounds very Fender like, but gets dirty and then nasty when you engage the extra gain stage and push it.

So...it can get a nice SRV, general Texas blues sound? Can it handle Santana-ish tones?