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giogolf · May 5th, 2008, 09:41 AM

Hey all,
As most of you all saw in my other thread "Speakers for a 5e3", I was getting a Lil'Dawg Deluxe. Well its here and she is oh so pretty. But, I am a bit confused with her sound...

I plugged her into the only speaker that would support her power (that I have), a 1990 Fender special design (I believe emenince) 100 Watt I had laying around. If you remember from the last thread my Lil'Dawg Deluxe was 35 watts do to the larger tranny Jim put in for me, thats why the high power speaker. Ok so, I was messing around playing some Zeppelin riffs, and for the life of me of me I could not brighten her up. I am playing a MIA Tele Standard straight into the bright channel 1. The amp sounds like if you where to use your neck pickup, and turn the tone knob all the way down, cutting out the highs. I thought these amps could be ice picks. Am I missing some thing? Oh, and the bass, just crazy, you could probably play a bass through this thing.
FYI: I am using these tube: RCA 5U4G, 2
Sylvania 6L6WGB/5881, 1 GE 12AX7, and 1 NOS GE 12AY7

Your input is much appreciated...

May 5th, 2008, 09:41 AM	#1 (permalink)
giogolf Tele-Meister Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: NJ Posts: 196	What is a 5E3 supposed to sound like; because....? Hey all, As most of you all saw in my other thread "Speakers for a 5e3", I was getting a Lil'Dawg Deluxe. Well its here and she is oh so pretty. But, I am a bit confused with her sound... I plugged her into the only speaker that would support her power (that I have), a 1990 Fender special design (I believe emenince) 100 Watt I had laying around. If you remember from the last thread my Lil'Dawg Deluxe was 35 watts do to the larger tranny Jim put in for me, thats why the high power speaker. Ok so, I was messing around playing some Zeppelin riffs, and for the life of me of me I could not brighten her up. I am playing a MIA Tele Standard straight into the bright channel 1. The amp sounds like if you where to use your neck pickup, and turn the tone knob all the way down, cutting out the highs. I thought these amps could be ice picks. Am I missing some thing? Oh, and the bass, just crazy, you could probably play a bass through this thing. FYI: I am using these tube: RCA 5U4G, 2 Sylvania 6L6WGB/5881, 1 GE 12AX7, and 1 NOS GE 12AY7 Your input is much appreciated...