houseisland
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None of my functional amps give me a sound that I am completely happy with when used with my archtop.
Strangely and unexpectedly, the one that works best is an old Peavey Pacer 100 dragged out from under a desk where it has been long neglected. This very simple, basic SS amp has quite a lovely, nasty, harsh, in-your-face, el-cheapo garage rock sound, which is why I have kept it, and it is quite loud for its smallish physical size and it is built like a tank. Playing around with the tone, volume and master volume controls, I can get an almost nice jazzy sound out of it, but when I dig into the guitar with a heavier attack, the amp drops its sort of nice mannered facade and betrays its true gutter/back alley street-fighter punk nature.
So I am looking for something smallish, affordable and reliable. I have read a lot of nice press about the Cube 60, which a lot of people claim to use as a small gig jazz amp. But I do not know anyone who owns or who has owned one. My vintage amp restorer/collector friend, always an excellent source of info on all things behind or below the control panels of any name-brand gear, is not responding to email at present. So ......
Does anyone here any experience with the Cubes, 15, 30, 60 or the newer X series that they would be willing to share?
Strangely and unexpectedly, the one that works best is an old Peavey Pacer 100 dragged out from under a desk where it has been long neglected. This very simple, basic SS amp has quite a lovely, nasty, harsh, in-your-face, el-cheapo garage rock sound, which is why I have kept it, and it is quite loud for its smallish physical size and it is built like a tank. Playing around with the tone, volume and master volume controls, I can get an almost nice jazzy sound out of it, but when I dig into the guitar with a heavier attack, the amp drops its sort of nice mannered facade and betrays its true gutter/back alley street-fighter punk nature.
So I am looking for something smallish, affordable and reliable. I have read a lot of nice press about the Cube 60, which a lot of people claim to use as a small gig jazz amp. But I do not know anyone who owns or who has owned one. My vintage amp restorer/collector friend, always an excellent source of info on all things behind or below the control panels of any name-brand gear, is not responding to email at present. So ......
Does anyone here any experience with the Cubes, 15, 30, 60 or the newer X series that they would be willing to share?