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Offline RadioComm

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Matchless Lightning 15 Home Built
« on: May 01, 2022, 02:29:33 pm »
Just completed Matchless Lightning 15 build (sluckey's layout), and played it this afternoon. It developed a rattle which sounds like it's coming from a tube... Will look into it during the week. If you listen carefully you can hear it in this short clip:

https://www.soundclick.com/member/playlist.cfm?memberID=7101084&playlistID=1211606

The recording was done with a Les Paul straight into the ML15.

Awesome amp!

ttfn
« Last Edit: May 29, 2023, 01:36:10 pm by RadioComm »

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Re: Matchless Lightning 15 Home Built
« Reply #1 on: May 07, 2022, 02:58:46 pm »
Tube rattle now gone. Swapped power amp tubes. There are five sound clips available. Just me noodling on the Les Paul and a Strat. Various settings and styles. In one of the clips I used a spring reverb pedal plugged into the effects loop. It's a Mosky. The pedal is dead silent and there's no loss in signal. It being *so* cheap, is a plus. Once again, an awesome amp!

Link to the sound clips:

https://www.soundclick.com/member/playlist.cfm?memberID=7101084&playlistID=1211606

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« Last Edit: May 29, 2023, 01:36:31 pm by RadioComm »

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Re: Matchless Lightning 15 Home Built
« Reply #2 on: May 07, 2022, 04:29:57 pm »
Very Nice work and sound.  I see you are an "Ampoholic" haha ;) 

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Re: Matchless Lightning 15 Home Built
« Reply #3 on: May 08, 2022, 07:04:18 am »
Very Nice work and sound.

Thanks.

I see you are an "Ampoholic" haha ;)

Yeah. lol. The collection didn't happen overnight though. It's been a while since I started. Many of those amps are as vintage as I am.  :smiley:


 


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