I am FINALLY part of the family (photos) Questions!!!

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So. A while ago, I noticed a fellow forumite on HCAF was selling his Einstein.
I had heard a few clips of the Einstein, and loved its thick, aggressive tone, so I messaged him to see what he wanted for it. It was a good price.

I then threw my Bad Cat Black Cat 30R up for sale. It quickly sold. From there, I bought the Einstein and began patiently waiting its arrival (it was coming from Washington DC, I am in Regina, SK, Canada). After near 2 weeks in transit (FedEx couldn't find the customs forms, customs took their sweet time clearing it, etc), the amp finally arrived last night.

I've been meaning to ask my questions and contribute to this forum earlier, but I had a really long running "Incoming New Amp Day" thread going at HCAF, where this amp was kept secret. haha.


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HOLY BALLS I love this amp.














Now, a couple questions...

I've noticed that when talking about the 100watt model, you can run pretty much any combination of pairs (EL34's, 6L6's, 6550's, KT88's, etc.), so long as they are matched pairs. But with the 50watt version (what I have), I see only talk about running either EL34's or 6550's. Does this mean 6L6's, KT88's, and so on won't work or aren't recommended?

Secondly, is there any way of making the loop (serial loop, specifically) footswitchable, or is it a significant amount of work?

Thanks
 
I would really like to know if you could make the loop footswitchable... I am thinking about getting one when the moneys right...

Matt
 
wow you are from regina! finally another person in saskatchewan that has a diezel amp that i know of. congrats on the purchase and welcom to the family :rock:

any pairs of tubes will work in your amp as long as you bias them i have six KT88's in my herbie. I don't know if the loop can be made switchable because the circuit would have to be messed around with
 
SpicedMuffin":169xuzef said:
wow you are from regina! finally another person in saskatchewan that has a diezel amp that i know of. congrats on the purchase and welcom to the family :rock:
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:D Actually, a friend of mine, Evan, has a VH4. He lives in Yorkton right now, but he's from Regina too.

As far as I know, I'm the only person in the province with an Ecstasy though. :facepalm:

Hahaha. Do you have a link to your band/music?

Mine's this: https://www.myspace.com/hoursisaband
 
i do have a website but there's nothing on it right now me and my bass player just reunited with our old drummer and started to practice
 
that track sounds not bad dood i can send you a ruff demo with our old singer if you give me you email
 
I could probably have saved you a pile of shipping dollars as I am from Ontario and I was considering selling my Einstein which like the one you received is dead mint.
Oh well.....sometimes timing isn't perfect.

Hey.....how do you like it in comparison to your Bogner XTC?
I was really interested in that amp....
 
PBGas":3vvhdw96 said:
I could probably have saved you a pile of shipping dollars as I am from Ontario and I was considering selling my Einstein which like the one you received is dead mint.
Oh well.....sometimes timing isn't perfect.

Hey.....how do you like it in comparison to your Bogner XTC?
I was really interested in that amp....
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I didn't actually pay very much in shipping. Plus I got a relatively good deal on this amp. Although I would have preferred a 100watt model, I'm not too picky. :] No regrets. :D

As far as how it compares to the XTC? The Bogner's got a more flexible and (to my ears, at least) better clean channel, for starters. On the dirt side, the Einstein is a bit darker, more punchy. With the Deep control set less than half, the Einstein is tighter than the XTC. It doesn't hide your sloppiness as much as the XTC, that's for sure. haha. Lead playing comes through better on the XTC, but it still sounds great through the Einstein, its just not as liquidy.

The clean channel's 3 modes are fucking unreal. Clean (setting 1) isn't bad, but its not AMAZING. Texas mode (2) is probably the most versatile mode I've encountered on any amp. It can go from a nice blues-y clean to a nice mid-gain rock tone. Sort of like my XTC's blue channel (but not really).

Mega mode (3) is nothing short of magic. Seriously. I can't even describe it.

The external bias points and the ability to run nearly any type of tube in the power amp is incredible though. I tried out a bunch of tubes this afternoon just by swapping and biasing. It took no time at all.
 
Great tube!

Have 4 of them in my Herbert and the sound is very clear, fat and punchy.
Also I noticed a big improvement in clean sounds and I have the feeling the highs over all channels are much clearer and more present :thumbsup:
 
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