wanna rip apart my ghia and build something else .. but what

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paisley_tele
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wanna rip apart my ghia and build something else .. but what

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i want to tear down the ghia and build something else. something more fender like. a john mayer clean tone. that i can use with a nylon acoustic. what would be good.
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Re: wanna rip apart my ghia and build something else .. but what

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What didn't you like about the Ghia? I was thinking of building one.


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jaysg
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Re: wanna rip apart my ghia and build something else .. but what

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Isn't the Ghia a 2x el-84 amp? I wouldn't say that's a great configuration for a clean machine. Rebuilding it like an AC-15 or one of the smaller Matchless amps seems like your best bet.
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Re: wanna rip apart my ghia and build something else .. but what

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The cleans in an AC15 are wonderful, but not very Fender-like. Also, it gets meaner and meaner as you turn it up, and that is a good thing :D
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Re: wanna rip apart my ghia and build something else .. but what

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anyone got the layout for the ac15 with out verb or vib
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I don't have a layout, but here is the scheme I followed. I only built the EF86 channel.
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