Celestion Trainwreck Demo

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Celestion Trainwreck Demo

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Thanks for posting that. My Express pretty much sounds like the one in the vid, so I think I did OK.
Once I took the KT77's out and put in proper EL34's all the Trainwreck goodness was there!!!

Talk about amp gas, I'd sure like to bulld a Rocket, Liverpool, Komet and on and on.
Very addicting......

What I really need to do is practice more and a good thing about the Express is how revealing it is of bad technique ( maybe not so good in my case) and how it inspires me to play more ( a very good thing).
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Very nice! Thanks for the link; excellent amps, playing, sound & video.

That is how a demo is done. Some legendary amps there, and an excellent player. You gotta love that beater Tele :)
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That Dumble kicked ass on all the other amps. :)
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all the amps were dead sounding

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all the amps were dead sounding , must be because of that low gain telecaster .
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Not to rain on anyone's parade, but the Express and Tan Dumble were not all that impressive in person. The Dumble was in need of a serious retube and tune up, and sounded nothing like it did at last year's show. It was outclassed by a number of different Dumble type amps. We did a direct A/B with a 100W Welagen ODS and a Bludotone ODS, and they both put the real Dumble to shame. The Express was tubed wrong (Mullards) and sounded thin and one dimensional. The Liverpool sounded nice though.
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The Dumble really seemed to lack the clear midrange of the Wrecks.

Not too inspiring, doesn't make me come down with GAS.
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The Dumble lacked overall clarity and was really loose in the bottom end. It also lacked punch and the output was low. Last year it was really good, so I bet with all the studio rental time and demos at Ultra Sound have worn out the power tubes for sure. It's a good amp, but it wasn't setup for a show. The Express was about the same as it sounded last year. Same wrong tubes, same thin tone. It was cool to see and play the real deal; however it was pretty anticlimactic.
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dartanion wrote:Not to rain on anyone's parade, but the Express and Tan Dumble were not all that impressive in person. The Dumble was in need of a serious retube and tune up, and sounded nothing like it did at last year's show
No rain at all. I was disappointed that they did not crank that Express and the Liverpool. Why pussyfoot around? Interesting that you mention Dart that the Dumble needed a retube. I was just commenting to Mark Fowler this morning that I thought it sounded like an anemic Marshall. I much prefer an ODS with 6L6s.
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I must need better ears and/or CPU speakers because those amps did not sound good at all but the Dumble had a better tone then the others.

Also, I hate a tele into anything, not my type of guitar.

What did you guys think of the Komet 19 and the Bruno? Or dare I ask :D
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Bruno didn't strike me at all really.

I agree with the tele, clean tones are nice and spanky, but pretty much not my cup of tea, though I did like that very last note he hits on the Express.
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Did that Bruno have tremolo? I'll have to listen to this video again.
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Mark, I think the K19 sounds really good. But the demo tracks on the Komet website do a much better job of conveying its capabilities than the Premier Guitar video, IMHO. Paired with a G12H30 Heritage, man, it sounds pretty darn good to me. Really got the chimey thing going on in clean mode. The Heritage does a nice job of rolling off some of the top end.
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I'm never impressed with the sound I hear from PremierGuitar amp reviews but..................man that Dumble sounded good. :D :D :D
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M Fowler wrote:I'm never impressed with the sound I hear from PremierGuitar amp reviews
+1, never heard a video review that blew me away. Need to work on their recording technique.
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