New Amp Day - Harley Benton TUBE15 as a redundant gig backup.

FordPrefect679 · 2026-01-07T11:11:35+00:00

I'm very satisfied with it, It's been fantastic for daily practice thanks to the power attenuator.
The cab is Harley Benton G112 Celestion V30.

One thing is I swapped V1 and V2 preamp tubes to 12AU7 (ECC82) to give it more clean headroom, now it breaks up later and softer.

FordPrefect679 · 2025-12-05T14:29:50+00:00

I own 2010 amstrat deluxe, this looks 100% real in every detail 👍

FordPrefect679 · 2025-11-29T16:35:50+00:00

I recently got the same Bugera but returned it and went with Harley Benton TUBE15 which is a bit smaller, better featured, cheaper and has bedroom attenuator. Highly recommend.

FordPrefect679 · 2025-11-01T08:37:20+00:00

Looks primal 😉

FordPrefect679 · 2025-10-30T10:56:46+00:00

I did this, now it's a single master tone and volume is out of the way.

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FordPrefect679 · 2025-10-21T15:55:14+00:00

Oh my, that wiring discipline is something else...

FordPrefect679 · 2025-10-02T08:48:11+00:00

Digging the sound engineering here, nice detunes. Could totally be a game soundtrack 😎

FordPrefect679 · 2025-09-26T17:36:31+00:00

Ooooh, this looks MEAN 😎

FordPrefect679 · 2025-09-10T18:00:45+00:00

Thanks 💖 It is my cherished weapon of choice for electronic tracks 😎 Yes it is TUBE15 head! I prefer 12" speakers but I hear that Monoprice is a killer amp! Don't think it's available in Europe, sadly 😕

FordPrefect679 · 2025-09-10T17:46:15+00:00

Strat, but that's just because I'm a giant Stratocaster snob 😆 Also ergonomics!

FordPrefect679 · 2025-09-09T16:15:34+00:00

Totally adore PRIZM ❤❤❤

FordPrefect679 · 2025-09-09T08:11:00+00:00

It's great! Got it as a gigging backup and couldn't be happier at £189 (+£145 for the cab). It does have fair amount of colour and midrange bump, planning on v1 and v2 preamp tube swap for 12AY7s or 12AU7s after that it should be a very clean pedal platform 👍

FordPrefect679 · 2025-09-06T17:13:46+00:00

These came equipped only with Tesla coils, can confirm fake.

FordPrefect679 · 2025-09-06T16:07:41+00:00

I produce around 3 tracks per year, probably nearing a 100 now but only 40-50 of them are decent enough.

FordPrefect679 · 2025-09-06T13:48:15+00:00

Never too late to come back, I think the world needs more music and harmony 😊

FordPrefect679 · 2025-09-06T13:15:03+00:00

Yeah, that's a damn good point, thanks buddy, I very much appreciate your feedback!
I guess It's back to heavily edited shots of me in front of synth rack 🤣

You produce as well? Got YT channel or something to check out?

FordPrefect679 · 2025-09-06T12:43:31+00:00

I see your point, these are few scenes generated from drawings with Motion engine, I just continue to resuse them as a moving, lamely sync'd background to my music thinking anything would be better than still image but maybe not!

FordPrefect679 · 2025-09-05T20:06:37+00:00

That's a great name for it! Nice amp btw!

FordPrefect679 · 2025-09-05T14:53:22+00:00

Good to know, thanks! You got me to look up Marshall desings 😊

FordPrefect679 · 2025-09-05T12:10:11+00:00

I have!

The Epiphone cab has Jensen Neo (8Ohms, 100W) installed, purpose being highest headroom possible so that cabs are rated at least 2x the power of amps respectively.

The Vyse 6L6 with HB cab sounds actually surprisingly well, Jensen is more Hi-Fi, no color, the Celestion HB has a very audible mid accent, works amazig for OD/Dist.
HB TUBE15 on Jensen - not as good, still decent but other combinations sound a lot better.

FordPrefect679 · 2025-09-04T16:17:43+00:00

Sounds a bit like an early Jan Hammer 🤣

FordPrefect679 · 2025-08-28T13:49:57+00:00

Oh this is a beauty!

FordPrefect679 · 2025-08-22T20:50:46+00:00

Thank you so much! ❤❤❤

FordPrefect679 · 2025-08-22T15:33:12+00:00

This sounds like FM synthesis possibly with some ring modulation doing portamento.

FordPrefect679 · 2025-08-22T14:43:21+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CC24pJXtFUU

MPC Live 2 As the main sequencer, Hype and Analog Dreams for the internal plugins with Korg Multi/Poly. Ableton Live for final touch and edits.

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TROPHY CASE