FourT6and2":2qy541va said:
Ok, cool. Well i guess I'll find out when the amp gets here.
The 65s are smoother and darker than GBs. But they will handle more power and stay tighter. So that's a plus. But I heard the CCV is a dark, smooth amp (which is weird because Cameron is always associated with pissed off, angry tones).
I am a recent CCV owner and so far I have found that the CCV can be dark or bright.
pickup choice and guitar can make a big difference to how the amp sounds as well as the speaker choice it just depends on how you dial it in and what guitar and pickups and speaker combination you use and for myself I feel that this is a good thing
With the right or wrong combination of speaker and guitar and pickup the CCV can be bright enough to make your eyeballs explode..
so far I have tried BKP cold sweat in my lp custom with the CCV with creamback G12m25 75HZ speakers and that made CCV sound really bright and a bit scooped but it still produced some killer tones...
I then tried BKP rebell yell in my lp custom with pre rola G12m25 75 HZ which made the CCV sound much much fatter and smoother, very nice indeed...
I also tried a suhr aldrich in my lp custom with the ccv with both the creamback and the prerola greenback and I disliked the aldrich greenback combination it sounds too muddy
and the aldrich sounded ok ish with the creambacks.
The ccv is capable of some extreme sounds and a lot of stuff inbetween
I also tried my gibson custom shop R8 with the CCV and I hated the sound of that through the CCV and yet I love the sound of my LP custom through it
I definitely think the CCV is quite sensitive in how it responds to what is used with it which is definitely a strong point of the amp
preamp tubes can also make a big difference to how the ccv sounds and where the bias is set will also make a difference to how the CCV sounds and how it feels
they are great amps and I bet you will love it ....