dstroud
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yeah I had treble on 0 for the one I had. But I do that with pretty much very amp
glpg80
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I absolutely loved the clean channel on the blue voodoo. I didn’t care for the gain.
Speaking of memories that clean channel was spanky clean clean. All it needed was a good blues overdrive and it was hard to beat. It seemed like it had headroom for miles. I started out in blues with fender guitars before discovering EVH, then eventually went down the path of Becker, Friedman, Dime and then Gus G.
Speaking of memories that clean channel was spanky clean clean. All it needed was a good blues overdrive and it was hard to beat. It seemed like it had headroom for miles. I started out in blues with fender guitars before discovering EVH, then eventually went down the path of Becker, Friedman, Dime and then Gus G.
midnightlaundry
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Techdeth
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I like treble . But the highs on blue voodoo are brown doodoo . Nor the brown sound Eddie searched for
Techdeth
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Hey I didn’t say she did lol
CEG85
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My buddies and I used to rent lockout rehearsal
spaces in North Hollywood for a few hours. This was in the mid 2000’s.
I was in my early 20’s and the only amp I had back then was a small solid state crate.
My first ever experience with a real tube amp was the Blue Voodoo.
If we were lucky enough, they occasionally had rooms with a Dual rec or JCM 2000.
spaces in North Hollywood for a few hours. This was in the mid 2000’s.
I was in my early 20’s and the only amp I had back then was a small solid state crate.
My first ever experience with a real tube amp was the Blue Voodoo.
If we were lucky enough, they occasionally had rooms with a Dual rec or JCM 2000.
Techdeth
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Those were the days
JackBootedThug
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I have wanted a bv300 forever…
Techdeth
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I never tried that one
JackBootedThug
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I’ve never seen one…
cobrahead1030
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I remember in high school, a local pawn shop had a BV 1x12 combo that I drooled over for the longest time. I never actually played or heard one, but the ads in whatever guitar magazine I had convinced me that it would be great.
MadAsAHatter
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I have 2 of them plus a BV150.
The 50 & 60 watt Voodoos deserved their reputation of sounding like a can of angry hornets. They were a big fizzy mess. The BV120; which most people had, wasn't horrible. But it wasn't that great either. Though it was an affordable gateway into tubes for a lot of people.
The BV300 & BV150 were different animals than any other ones in the Blue Voodoo series. They were designed and made in the USA when St. Louis Music owned Crate & Ampeg. The BV150 and BV300 share some preamp design elements with Ampegs of the time. I don't remember which ones they were taken from. I do know the BV300 had the same power section as a SVT.
As far as tone goes, the 150 & 300 sound similar but aren't exactly the same. Mostly due to the power section. They don't sound anything like the 120 either. To me they sound kind of like Recto with a hint of Marshall in there. Unless you were running the presence at max they weren't fizzy like the rest of the Voodoos either. I'm not going to pretend they could smoke any of the other popular amps of the time, but they could hold their own when put side by side. I gigged with my BV150 for years and never had any complaints. The other thing I can say is they're built like tanks. My BV150 was high enough to not get wet, but the BV300 sat under water for 3+ days during a massive area flood. After fully drying out it fired up right up.
A fun little tidbit about the BV300. I'd run it during practice and sneak the volume up to a little over half way and start drowning out a 5 piece band, even the drummer. All you could hear was a hint of ping from the crash cymbals. Everyone would bitch at me and I'd just laugh.
rsm
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My first real amp was a Univox. Matching tube head and 2x12 cab. It was blue, dark blue on the cabs, light blue on the front, with blue and red fabric over the speakers. I painted it black.
Replaced it with a pre-CBS Bandmaster head and Fender 2x15 cab, which was replaced with a brand new Sunn Beta Lead and 2x12 cab, then on to a Marshall then racks...
Found a pic of the Univox model I had, same colors and all,
Replaced it with a pre-CBS Bandmaster head and Fender 2x15 cab, which was replaced with a brand new Sunn Beta Lead and 2x12 cab, then on to a Marshall then racks...
Found a pic of the Univox model I had, same colors and all,
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Panhead5
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I lived in that place when I went to OSU.I saw Gary Wolfe a few years ago when he came into our shop to get his car worked on !!. Small world !
ZEEGLER
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I played a BV120 for a while. I bought it brand new after trying one out at Steve's Music in Toronto. It sounded good to me at the time as a 20 year old. I just wanted an amp with a shit ton of gain.
At the same time, my buddy bought a brand new 5150. I made the wrong choice. It was okay playing by myself, but in the band, it was nowhere near as loud as the 5150. He'd have his volume at 2, mine would be at 7 and still struggling to not be buried. The problem with the Blue Voodoo is that is has this fizzy high end, decent low end, but lacks any useful mids. It just can't cut through. You can cut the treble, turn the mids up, turn the gain down, and it helps, but I was always struggling to get a decent tone at band levels.
I didn't have the knowledge at the time, but I'll bet an EQ in the loop would do wonders for that amp. That, and of course lower the gain and put a boost in front.
I'd like to pick up another one at some point just to mess around with.
I'm almost positive that I heard Lee Jackson designed the BV120. Not sure though.
At the same time, my buddy bought a brand new 5150. I made the wrong choice. It was okay playing by myself, but in the band, it was nowhere near as loud as the 5150. He'd have his volume at 2, mine would be at 7 and still struggling to not be buried. The problem with the Blue Voodoo is that is has this fizzy high end, decent low end, but lacks any useful mids. It just can't cut through. You can cut the treble, turn the mids up, turn the gain down, and it helps, but I was always struggling to get a decent tone at band levels.
I didn't have the knowledge at the time, but I'll bet an EQ in the loop would do wonders for that amp. That, and of course lower the gain and put a boost in front.
I'd like to pick up another one at some point just to mess around with.
I'm almost positive that I heard Lee Jackson designed the BV120. Not sure though.
headlessdeadguy
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I've been in the Columbus metal scene off and on since 1987 and I work in the automotive industry. We have probably crossed paths at one time or another.
MadAsAHatter
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This is where the BV150 and BV300 had an advantage over the other models. The highs aren't fizzy and Ch1 & Ch2 has a mid frequency boost knob. It gives about a +5 db boost to the selected frequency which helped it cut better into the mix. The way I utilized it was if the other guitar had low-mids I boosted a high-mid frequency and vice-versa. Made it where we didn't overlap and each could be heard.
Lee Jackson designed the GT50/100 Stealth, not the Blue Voodoo.
thegame
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Date crate. That’s why it ended. I knew you were a monster
ZEEGLER
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Fusionbear
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No idea who designed it, but it was a nightmare to work on. I gutted one and turned into a JTM45/100 clean channel and hot-rodded plexi in the OD Channel. It actually sounded pretty amazing after the conversion....