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Jouni
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Hi!
Yes, it is my 4. russian tube amp. My friends are laughing that I've been "endorsed by CCCP"
This thing rocks. At measely 350 bucks, 120Watts of point-to-point mastervolumed highgain terror!..
(2,93 for a tube-watt, beat that.
)
I believe this is made after the "Red Bear"-era by Novik, as my Spetel-head is made before, in the beginnings of the company.
Black cloth-finish, grilles in front and back, looks quite menacing.
I don't know what's in the preamp, assumably 6n2p-ev, but read somewhere that the later Novik's could have 12ax7:s..
Power tubes are 6p3c-e, four of them.
It was delivered two powertubes attached and the other 2 packed separately, which is fine by me since 120watts is WAY loud! (bought used)
Sounds good enough!!.. It will be my gigging amp.
(if I can't get the Sovtek mig-50H out of the buzz/fuzz territory.)
The cleans are great if I'd need them, but as a metalhead the highgain-department is my consern.
TMB-tonestack is very responsive and has good range, so does the preamp-gain. Plenty of distortion, enough for my metal, albeit a tad on the fuzzy side, but good enough.
(sample: me and drummer rehearsing a new song for the band, zoom h4 on the floor: )
As I said, the thing arrived straight to rehealsals, didn't have much time to experiment or tweak it, but on the other hand, I quickly found a decent sound from it.
I'm pretty happy with this one.
Yes, it is my 4. russian tube amp. My friends are laughing that I've been "endorsed by CCCP"
This thing rocks. At measely 350 bucks, 120Watts of point-to-point mastervolumed highgain terror!..
(2,93 for a tube-watt, beat that.
)I believe this is made after the "Red Bear"-era by Novik, as my Spetel-head is made before, in the beginnings of the company.
Black cloth-finish, grilles in front and back, looks quite menacing.
I don't know what's in the preamp, assumably 6n2p-ev, but read somewhere that the later Novik's could have 12ax7:s..
Power tubes are 6p3c-e, four of them.
It was delivered two powertubes attached and the other 2 packed separately, which is fine by me since 120watts is WAY loud! (bought used)
Sounds good enough!!.. It will be my gigging amp.
(if I can't get the Sovtek mig-50H out of the buzz/fuzz territory.)
The cleans are great if I'd need them, but as a metalhead the highgain-department is my consern.
TMB-tonestack is very responsive and has good range, so does the preamp-gain. Plenty of distortion, enough for my metal, albeit a tad on the fuzzy side, but good enough.
(sample: me and drummer rehearsing a new song for the band, zoom h4 on the floor: )
As I said, the thing arrived straight to rehealsals, didn't have much time to experiment or tweak it, but on the other hand, I quickly found a decent sound from it.
I'm pretty happy with this one.
