Egnater Tweaker Club

A Tweaker club didn't show up using the search so might as well get this started.

Might be a good place for everyone to share their favorite "Tweaks".

After going through the small amp merry-go-round, I have decided on the tweaker.

Was going to start this club earlier but I got lazy and you beat me to it. :mrgreen:

I needed to downsize my amp and looked around at a variety of 15 watters. Tried Princetons, Voxes, Traynors but I couldn't bond with any of them.

Heard about the Rebel 20 a while back and then stumbled upon the Tweaker. Reviews were universally positive and every sound clip I heard only reinforced how good this little amp was.

Went to a local guitar shop that carried the Tweaker, played it in a closed room with a Paisley Tele for about an hour and a half and couldn't get a bad sound out of the thing. I bought it right then and there, no hesitation.

Had it for about a week and couldn't be happier. The amp is very warm and punchy, especially in the bass registers. It's also very responsive to pick attack. Digging in to different spots you can conjure up a variety of tones. Just waiting on a Hardwire RV-7 Reverb and then the cleans will get even better :razz:

My favourite setting so far is Master dimed, Gain at 8:30, Clean setting, Modern, AC, Treble 3:00, Mid 11:00, Bass 11:00, Bright and Deep. Guitar is of course a Tele in the middle position with the tone knob varying between 50-100% wide open. Beautiful chimey cleans :cool:

I picked up this little gem today at GC with the 20 percent off coupon. I am lovin this thing already.I think it sounds awesome with my les paul but haven't had time to play it with the tele yet. I gat the head and 112 cab.

My new combo arrived today and I've mostly been playing with my Tele.

So far I've been using the stock 6v6 tubes. I may order some EL34's to see how that changes the sound.

i noticed that when i flip from standby to on the amp seems to kind of power up with a little hum then right back to quiet,is that normal.

Broncstomper, I have not noticed that with mine.

The only issue I've noticed is a "pop" sound when I switch between vintage and modern. Has anyone else noticed this?

yeah i get that pop also. When i flip mine on standby for a few moments then back to on,It takes about 2 seconds then sounds like its warming up or something.doesn't get loud,hardly notice but with the mic on it it will be audible.It only last for a second or so. not a big deal just wondering.

I replaced the V3 preamp tube and that stopped the hum. guess i got a bad tube but i'm back to good. Eganter was great and helpful.I ended up getting answers from Bruce Egnater,John Ewing and nate.I didn't make em mail a new tube but they sure would have.

I got a Tweaker head about a month ago. $339 shipped with a discount from MF.
It has been a lot of fun. I was using it with my homemade semi open back 1-12 cab with a Vintage 30 , and it sounds great through that.
I just got a Egnater 1-12 cab that has the Celestion G12H30.
I used it at rehearsal last night. I'll have to give it some more time before I decide if I like it any better than my other cab with the V30.
It's a nice size combo though, lightweight, and versatile, works well w pedals.
I did 2 gigs with the Tweaker and it sounded great , mostly using fairly clean USA / Vox tones. Last night I tried the Marshall tone clean and it sounded good too. The high gain tones are great but I don't play a lot of music that requires that tone.

I haven't tried any tube swaps yet, I got a long email from Bob at Eurotubes with info about the tonal changes using different power tubes, if anyone is interested I'll be glad to post it or forward it to you.
For now I'm happy with the stock 6V6s, but since I have some , I may try some different preamp tubes.

I picked up a padded bag at Target for about $20 that the head fits into , it has pockets that I can store my power cable and speaker cables in.

My other amp is a Z28 clone made by our local amp guru Robert Hinson. I will continue to use it and I don't think I'll ever sell it, the Tweaker didn't replace it, I just wanted another amp.
If I get a gig that is at a large enough venue I may use both of them.

I have been using the vintage side set on ac with treble and mids at about 11 o clock and the bass dimed. oh yeah on clean, bright and tight. seems to be working good for worship with my tele plus. I am using the 112x cab but would love another one. I am running a dd3 and digitech cf7 through the loop with a rat up front.

Here is the info from Bob at Eurotubes, well the power tube info anyway.

So yes, we have done a variety of tubes for these and here are most of the options for you. The Egnater Tweaker comes with a pair of 6V6’s and when we auditioned these amps at the 2010 NAMM show Bruce was kind enough to answer our questions about bias ands tube swaps. The amp is cathode biased with no adjustment so it will also accommodate EL34’s, E34L’s, KT77’s and 6L6GC’s.

The JJ 6V6's are a very full and round sounding tube and when pushed at higher volumes are a little crunchier in the mid and upper mids than a 6L6 is.

The standard JJ EL34 is just like the old European EL34's. These are a bit soft with a shallower low end and a smooth breakup with a nice crunch, a typical high quality EL34. Standard EL34 tubes are not real tight and are known for a slightly looser and more vintage feel.

The JJ E34L's provide a deeper low end and are more aggressive and punchy than an EL34. The E34L is tighter with slightly more headroom and power with a more aggressive crunch, a very articulate British tone.

The JJ KT77's have even a bit more low end extension than the JJ E34L's and they have a nice sizzle in the top end that is not brittle. The clean tone is very fat and full and the crunch at loud volumes has more of a chunk to it and it's very punchy but not quite as aggressive as the E34L, a great tube for rhythm and solo work if you like the pushed mid and upper mid tone that all EL34 type tubes have.

So for a comparison the JJ 6L6GC's have a little more low end than the KT77's, but are a cleaner tube with a later breakup and they are not as mid range heavy, more of a traditional Fender type tone. They will also give the fattest and most linear full spectrum sound of all the small bottle octal tubes which also makes them a great tube for just about anything from Rock to Jazz to Country.

Here is the info from Bob at Eurotubes, well the power tube info anyway.

So yes, we have done a variety of tubes for these and here are most of the options for you. The Egnater Tweaker comes with a pair of 6V6’s and when we auditioned these amps at the 2010 NAMM show Bruce was kind enough to answer our questions about bias ands tube swaps. The amp is cathode biased with no adjustment so it will also accommodate EL34’s, E34L’s, KT77’s and 6L6GC’s.

The JJ 6V6's are a very full and round sounding tube and when pushed at higher volumes are a little crunchier in the mid and upper mids than a 6L6 is.

The standard JJ EL34 is just like the old European EL34's. These are a bit soft with a shallower low end and a smooth breakup with a nice crunch, a typical high quality EL34. Standard EL34 tubes are not real tight and are known for a slightly looser and more vintage feel.

The JJ E34L's provide a deeper low end and are more aggressive and punchy than an EL34. The E34L is tighter with slightly more headroom and power with a more aggressive crunch, a very articulate British tone.

The JJ KT77's have even a bit more low end extension than the JJ E34L's and they have a nice sizzle in the top end that is not brittle. The clean tone is very fat and full and the crunch at loud volumes has more of a chunk to it and it's very punchy but not quite as aggressive as the E34L, a great tube for rhythm and solo work if you like the pushed mid and upper mid tone that all EL34 type tubes have.

So for a comparison the JJ 6L6GC's have a little more low end than the KT77's, but are a cleaner tube with a later breakup and they are not as mid range heavy, more of a traditional Fender type tone. They will also give the fattest and most linear full spectrum sound of all the small bottle octal tubes which also makes them a great tube for just about anything from Rock to Jazz to Country.

Great info.

Did you get any info on the preamp tubes? I just got a TungSol reissue for another amp but I'm tempted to put it in V1 and see how it sounds. But I'm happy with the sound and afraid to mess up a good thing. :grin:

well Bob is a JJ tube distributor so he recommends JJ tubes.
Justtry the Tungsol, preamp tubes can make a lot of difference in the tone of an amp, and there is nothing to adjust and nothing you can mess up, either you'll like it better or not, if you don't put the stock tube back in.

I've got a stash of assorted 12ax7s, USA ,Mullard etc... I'm going to try a few out and see what changes I notice.
I just want to play it stock for a while so I will be familar with the tone as it is.

A Tweaker club didn't show up using the search so might as well get this started.

Might be a good place for everyone to share their favorite "Tweaks".

After going through the small amp merry-go-round, I have decided on the tweaker.

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Not sure what that was about but I'm no longer a club member.

Sent it back and now have a PV C30.

Ok I broke down and ordered another Tweaker. I missed those Fendery cleans and tonal versatility.

As far as the problem with the effect's loop is concerned what pedals are a problem? I have a TWEAKER head on order and would like to use some reverb in the loop.

here's a pic.this thread needs a few pics. By the way I am running a dd-3,digitech CF7, and boss flanger through the loop with no trouble.
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l87/broncstomper/maggie-4.jpg

I have been looking at a Tweaker for a few weeks but no one in my neck of the woods is a dealer. So I have to go by what is said in forms like this one, so thanks for your input, it helps. I will use it with a 1X12 cabinet with a V30 so it should work out alright.
Cheers To All
Soon to be a member

I have been looking at a Tweaker for a few weeks but no one in my neck of the woods is a dealer. So I have to go by what is said in forms like this one, so thanks for your input, it helps. I will use it with a 1X12 cabinet with a V30 so it should work out alright.
Cheers To All
Soon to be a member

I ordered the combo. Not back in stock till mid August.

While I wait, I'm spending some time with other small amps to make sure I made the right choice. I'm currently enjoying a SCXD and I'm very tempted by the Class 5.

I ordered the combo. Not back in stock till mid August.

While I wait, I'm spending some time with other small amps to make sure I made the right choice. I'm currently enjoying a SCXD and I'm very tempted by the Class 5.

Yeah I am still looking at a Yorkville Traynor Dark Horse. At least I can get one of these in town.

I've used the M13 effects loop and a Digitech RP-1000 in the effects loop with no problem.

I got my Tweaker head and ran my Digitech Delay through the effect's loop, it worked without any problem.

Sign me up. Mine arrived yesterday. I've only spent an hour with it, but so far...nice! Running it through an Avatar 2x12 cab with '52 Tele RI Thin Skin. It seems to have all kinds of sonic possibilities. Once I figure out all the nuances, my hopes are to gig with it when appropriate, without any pedals other than a tuner. I don't want to rave about any piece of gear before I've put in plenty of time with it, but so far I'm smiling.

Combo finally comes back in stock in a week and I can rejoin the club.

Happy new member here with a small predicament. Seems I went home with the tweaker head but came home with the Rebel 20 cab (Celestion Elite 80) and not the tweaker cab (Celestion G12H 30). I am liking what I'm hearing and just did a gig last week, sounds great so far and my bandmates love the new depth of the sound. Other than it being the matching cab, am I missing much here. I suppose I should just pack it up and compare. I guess the G12H 30 is supposed to be more vintagey and the Elite 80 more modern? Either way I'm happy with how this amp and cab have been performing. I'm just kinda liking the matching cab,, DUH,

I would try the celestion and keep the one that sounded the best to me. Most of the time you ain't looking at it while you're playing anyway.

My combo is due to arrive tomorrow. Can't wait!

My combo is due to arrive tomorrow. Can't wait!

Same here.

can't wait to here some reverb reports.I still ain't sure that i should have got the head and cab. would have been easier to lug around in a combo. I never play it through any of my other cabs.

Come on brown truck...

can't wait to here some reverb reports.I still ain't sure that i should have got the head and cab. would have been easier to lug around in a combo. I never play it through any of my other cabs.

Yea, the reason I grabbed the combo was for portability. Though if I had a cab loaded with celestions, I might have just bought the head.

Same here.

Theoretically, I like the idea of the head/cab, but realistically the combo is probably better for me.

For rehearsals, I'm often toting my electric and pedal board in shoulder/gig bags, and carrying an acoustic guitar in one hand, which leaves only one hand free. It'll be more convenient to just grab the all-in-one combo rather than make more trips.

Mine is "out for delivery". With luck, it'll show up at home right after I get home from work.

Update: Email from my wife (who works at home) to say the amp has arrived. Stuck at work for another hour or so. ugh.

Arg mine is still on the truck and its getting close to the end of the delivery day. I guess my amp is the last package on the truck.

any reports yet or ya'll still keeping the neighbors awake playin them amps.

I've had this amp for a while now, but my question is...do any of you find it to be on the dark side at all? I've been thinking of selling it....or maybe doing a tube swap to brighten it up. I'm not really knowledgeable about tube swapping yet though.

Any thoughts?

I only had a chance to try it out at fairly low volumes for a half hour or so, but so far it sounds good--very good.

In terms of home use, I mainly wanted a good Fendery clean tone, and it's there, and dialed in easily. The tone shaping tools seem to give the flexibility needed to optimize it with different guitars and pickups.

Gain and Master controls seem to work in a nice, subtle manner so it's easy to dial in whatever level of dirt you want, and you can do it at nice low volumes for home practice.

It's clear though that the amp really seems to come alive with the master cranked up most of the way. It just takes on a whole other level of responsiveness and depth, even with the gain (and thus overall volume) set very low.

Some brief experimenting with the Marshall tone stack setting suggests it could work really well for a punchy clean/edge of breakup tone. I also have a feeling that I may end up using the AC setting (with just a bit of edge dialed in) quite a bit--sounds like it will work beautifully for edgy/jangly rhythm stuff, a la Tom Petty/Mike Campbell, etc.

For gigging, I use pedals into a clean amp for OD, so I'll be looking forward to seeing how the pedals sound into the Tweaker.

But I have to say, I'm thinking it would be fun to try the Tweaker live with a pared-down setup--setting the amp for some mild OD when the guitar volume is cranked, back off for rhythm, hit it with a boost for leads. I'm guessing it would excel at that.

Also looking forward to throwing my Vox Tonelab into the loop for some reverb/delay.

Will try to post a more detailed review after some time with it this weekend. So far, so good though.

I don't find my Tweaker head to be dark sounding, do you have the head or combo? if you have the head, what kind of speaker(s) are you using?
Changing tubes can make a lot of difference, I don't know what to suggest for a brighter tone, just find out which tube is #1 and try some different ones in there.
I'm still running 6V6s in mine, though I may try some 6L6s down the road.
And play with the tone stack and mini switches, between the vintage modern, deep , bright and adjusting the tone knobs I can get a very bright tone out of my Tweaker.

I've really been enjoying my combo since it finally arrived last night. The cleans on it are outstanding. I particularly like the AC setting, bright, tight, modern, clean with the master cranked/gain low using the neck pickup of my Tele.

I don't find it dark at all. Of course, I'm using the stock Cel 12H30 with no plans to change.

Edit:

I also put my RP350 in the loop for rev/delay and it works fine. But I'm enjoying this tone so much that I stopped using effects.

The only thing I don't like is the loud pop it makes when hitting a couple of switches, I think the vintage/modern and tight/deep.

Spent a bunch of time with it today. OD pedals work GREAT through this amp/speaker combination. Very pleased. Was using a Fendery clean tone for that. Also dialed in a pretty cool Brad Paisley style tone. Nice hair on the tone with the gain fairly high up, and then I could add a little dose of Barber Half Gainer (basically a two-setting Barber LTD pedal) for a bit "more", which really worked with nicely with that tone.

I did try both my Digitech Digidelay and my Tonelab in the loop. Both worked fine (I suspect non-buffered pedals may have issues based on some internet chat). But like hooch, I probably won't mess with running effects through the loop most of the time.

I did a side-by-side with my old green circuit board Blues Junior, which I'm planning to replace. I was actually pleasantly surprised by the BJ, which hung in there pretty well. Working with a basic Fenderish tone, though, I eventually realized the Tweaker as a much more defined bottom end, and a much sweeter top end. One of the issues with the BJ is that dialing in more treble in an effort to get more sparkle usually ends up giving you just too much harsh top end. Not so with the Tweaker.

On that note, I definitely don't find it to be dark sounding, but it's not super-bright either, which I find to be a good thing. The bright switch is actually even usable even with a Tele on the bridge pickup. But you can dial in a goodly amount of top end depending on the settings.

I wouldn't think tube swaps would fundamentally change the EQ of the amp (unless one of your tubes is going bad). I'm sure it can make a difference, but probably not enough to turn what you perceive to be a dark amp into a bright one. If you really are looking for a big change, a speaker swap would probably accomplish a lot more.

But, boy, with all the flexibility in this thing, I'd thing you should be able to get some sufficiently bright tones out of it. What kind of guitar and pickups are you using, and what sort of tone are you going for?

How many of you gig regularly with the Tweaker? I'm looking for something to replace my Marshall DSL (just too damn big) and I've heard good things about that amp, but I'm concerned about how it would hold up in a gig situation.

Thanks in advance. :smile:

Finally got to spend some real time with the Tweaker head yesterday. The setup was Reverend Jetstream with dual humbuckers direct into Tweaker, to Avatar G112 Vintage cab with Celestion Classic 30 and G12; no effects. I checked out the full range of sounds at various volumes from bedroom level to rattle-the-windows and was highly impressed. This combination can produce fantastic sustain and nicely defined crunch, as well as glassy Fender cleans. The one thing that really struck me was how transparent the Tweaker is; at the expense of sounding hokey, even with overdriven tones, I could hear the character of the wood and metal and strings of the guitar come through the speakers in ways I never can with my other amps (DRRI, '59 Bassman RI, etc.). I'm itching to take this combination out gigging where appropriate.

Anybody figured out a road case for the Tweaker head?

Just a response to those who commented on my "this amp sounds dark," comment....

Yeah, I play through a typical Egnater speaker cab, which I have played other heads through(vox blackstar etc), and they all sounded fine. My Tweaker head just has that dark vibe thing going on. Tubes are all fine, everything in working order, and of course, I've tried all the switches etc, but still the same.

I actually will probably sell it. If anyone's interested, pm me.

Just got my Tweaker son Saturday, practiced with it, played it for the Worship set Sunday morning. I loved it, & my wife (& the other guitar players) said it sounded great. I was going for a darker heavier sound, as I usually play blues jrs. Very impressed so far. Love the bottom end & adjustability. Anyone need a BJr? (I have 2...I'm keeping one, LOL)

I've gone through 2 low watt tube heads in the last 2 years.
1st was a Blackheart BH5H. I replaced the tubes and built in a Bitmo 10-uator. It was nice and sounded okay, but, limited versatility..........so I sold it!
2nd was a Jet City JCA20H. I replaced the V1 and V2 W/ JJ 12AX7's and did the Bitmo SufraJet mod. The Jet City was a much more usable amp w/ more juice and better versatility. I was able to gig small clubs w/ it, but I got bored w/that one too...........so I sold it!
Tried out the Tweaker @ GC last weekend and really liked it, but they only had the beat up floor model, so I ordered one on line from someone else and they matched GC's 10% discount.
So by this coming Thurs afternoon, I too will be a member of the prestigious TDPRI "Tweaker Club"!
I'll be experimenting with mine using a 1x12" cab loaded w/ a Eminence Texas Heat and a 1x10" cab loaded w/ a Celestion AlNiCo Gold 10.
Can't wait! Maybe the 3rd time will be a charm!!!

Just ordered my today. Got a MF 20% discount and had a $20 credit so shipped was $299! I'm putting my HT-5 head on CL for $200 this weekend. I'm stoked!!!!!

Taking my combo to band rehearsal for the first time tonight--should be a good test.

One of the things I like a lot so far is that you can dial in the gain for nice, smooth sustain. I think this has a lot to do with the way the gain control is setup--i.e. with the "hot" switch basically set up to give you two ranges of adjustment with the knob.

In the clean mode, you can dial in a nice, small amount of gain to get some warmth and compression without adding a lot of grit. I'll be testing that out more tonight.

Sent my second combo back. It too had a problem. The gain knob had static when turning and the volume would drop out at points.

Anyway, not sure if I'm going for a third.

Tweaker combo sounded great at rehearsal last night. I didn't have any time to mess with settings (er, to tweak it, I guess).

Just dialed up a basic Fender clean tone, master most of the way up, gain at maybe 9:00 if that. Plenty of volume for a rehearsal with a second guitar, bass, drums, two horns, and a singer. Nice big fat clean tone. Way more bottom end than my Blues Junior could offer.

Used my pedals for overdrive, sounded great. Very pleased.

I only had a few minutes last night to play around w/ my new Tweaker that arrived yesterday. I had practice, too, but didn't feel comfortable to take and use it before I had time to fool w/ it. Maybe next time.

The nice thing is, tweakability aside, it seems to be a pretty plug-and-play amp.

Set the tone controls around half way, Clean mode, gain somewhere between low and half way, adjust master as needed, and you're pretty likely to get a good tone regardless of how everything else is set. Maybe a little tweaking of the tone-shaping choices depending on the guitar you are using and the volume you are playing at (Fletcher-Munson effect and all), but that's easy enough.

I think the higher-gain settings probably require more care in terms of tone shaping, but at least in the clean mode, it's hard to go wrong.

Which makes me wonder why most of the sample settings in the Egnater manual have the Bass setting wound up so high? That almost made me pass on the amp--figuring there must be something off in the design if you always have to have the bass cranked to get good tone.

I wonder if they changed something in the tone stack design after printing those manuals, because I'm not finding any need whatsoever to crank the bass all the way up. Anyone else?

The nice thing is, tweakability aside, it seems to be a pretty plug-and-play amp.

Set the tone controls around half way, Clean mode, gain somewhere between low and half way, adjust master as needed, and you're pretty likely to get a good tone regardless of how everything else is set. Maybe a little tweaking of the tone-shaping choices depending on the guitar you are using and the volume you are playing at (Fletcher-Munson effect and all), but that's easy enough.

I think the higher-gain settings probably require more care in terms of tone shaping, but at least in the clean mode, it's hard to go wrong.

Which makes me wonder why most of the sample settings in the Egnater manual have the Bass setting wound up so high? That almost made me pass on the amp--figuring there must be something off in the design if you always have to have the bass cranked to get good tone.

I wonder if they changed something in the tone stack design after printing those manuals, because I'm not finding any need whatsoever to crank the bass all the way up. Anyone else?

Yea, I agree that the cleans are easy to dial in and are very good. Even the gain on the AC mode is very convincing of a cranked AC15.

However, I'm having trouble finding a good El84ish bluesy tone I like even in Brit mode. It does modern gain very well but classic gain or bluesy tones just aren't sitting well with me. Maybe a tube change would work here.

Great little tube head. Fun to try all the different variations.
Get some killer tones using my Firebird through a chorus pedal. I like the AC mode the best so far.
Seems to take pedals well. I've only been playing through my 1X10" cab at low to medium volumes. I haven't had a chance to run it through my 1X12" cab, or to play it loud yet.
Over all I'm pleased and I'll definately be keeping the Tweaker for the time being.

Just a response to those who commented on my "this amp sounds dark," comment....

Yeah, I play through a typical Egnater speaker cab, which I have played other heads through(vox blackstar etc), and they all sounded fine. My Tweaker head just has that dark vibe thing going on. Tubes are all fine, everything in working order, and of course, I've tried all the switches etc, but still the same.

I actually will probably sell it. If anyone's interested, pm me.I just got my Tweaker and I totally agree with you. There are no glassy Fender cleans in my Tweaker. All the gain tones sound like they need something to brighten (open?) them up. I decided to use my pedals for distortion and just keep use it clean.

If I use my gnx4 I run it into the return to bypass the preamp. IMO your comment was spot on.

I just got my Tweaker and I totally agree with you. There are no glassy Fender cleans in my Tweaker. All the gain tones sound like they need something to brighten (open?) them up. I decided to use my pedals for distortion and just keep use it clean.

If I use my gnx4 I run it into the return to bypass the preamp. IMO your comment was spot on.

Finally! I am vindicated. :lol:

Seriously though, I know this is a pro Tweaker thread. You can't expect much negativity. What I was hoping for, was at least some admission that the amp is a bit dark. I mean, it sounds good. It's high quality and all, but it's no Vox Night Train, in my opinion. Maybe that isn't a fair comparison, but it's the only comparison based on my experiences that I can speak from honestly.

I wonder if there is in fact something wrong with my amp. Maybe I'll drive over to Egnater and swap it for another one if no one wants to buy it. I'd rather simply sell it. I'm sure it's just my ears that have the problem. :roll:

Hmm, not sure if we all just have different ideas of glassy Fender clean, or if your amps sound different than mine.

As a reality check, take a listen starting around 1:55 (through at least 3:50 or more):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYkhasnP8CA

Bright? Dark? What do you think?

The cleans don't sound bad, but not as bright as my SCXD on the Blackface settings. My real complaint is the higher gain tones. Maybe there is something funky with my amp. When I run my GNX4 into the FX return bypassing the preamp it sounds great. And when I use my pedals into the front with the Tweaker clean I have no complaints.

I joined this club over the summer, but it doesn't feel like it yet.

I live in Japan, where the Tweaker head is going for about $600 and the cab is about $400 (the combo is not even available). While I was in the States during the summer, I bought a head and lugged it back on the plane, but obviously couldn't do that with a cabinet, so I decided I'd build one myself. It's just a box with a round hole in the front, right? How hard could it be? (Yeah, I know. . . :rolleyes:)

Anyway, I'm deep into building the cab now, and not really saving any money, but it's a fun project.

In about 2-3 more weeks I'll finally get to hear it!

Jupiter, I don't think I could hold out like that. I would just make a speaker cable and run it into the speaker of any old combo I could find.

Yeah, I thought about dragging out my old Yamaha SS 30-watt, but I was afraid it would just turn into a whole 'nother side project. The cab would never get built....

And so I've arrived.

Got my Tweaker combo yesterday.

What a great amp! The tones and tweak-ability are fabulous.

Playing a 52 reissue through it and it sure does sing.

The various settings are great and it really is hard to find a bad tone.

Nice gain and lovely interplay between amp and guitar controls.

Single channel but that doesn't really matter for my use.

Loving it so far. Am keen to see what some NOS 6V6's in it sound like.

Cheers!

I am joining the club very soon. Ordered from Musician's Friend with the Labor day sale. Got the tweaker head and separate cab. Finally back to some tubes after solid state since the 80's. Wish I never had sold that Princeton to pay for tuition. What you gonna do?

Will probably build another head with a Ceriatone kit. Also, would love to hear what tubes people have liked to replace the stock tubes.

Just got it today.

Superior tone thru my Epi So. Cal. four by twelve Lady Luck speaker equipped cabinet. The partner to this amp, a brand new Agile AL 3100 I just got yesterday, is humbucker equipped and sounds more than incredible thru this head.

I'm going to plug a strat with Fender Custom Shop Fat '50s single coils in right now and will get back with a summary of my opinion as to how good single coils sound thru my rig.

Yeah, I thought about dragging out my old Yamaha SS 30-watt, but I was afraid it would just turn into a whole 'nother side project. The cab would never get built....

...and now it's done. Fired it up for the first time this afternoon. Whee!:grin:

Fired it up for the first time this afternoon.

Today after everybody went home, I took it into the theater at my school and CRANKED it. I'm pretty sure that's the loudest I've ever played guitar. My tele stays at school, so that's the one I used, and that was definitely the nicest that guitar has ever sounded to me. Since the Tweaker has no reverb, it was cool to hear it with "real" reverb.:smile:

I usually play at home through headphones, but that little cranked tube amp is pretty addicting. I can't wait until my new speaker gets more broken in and I learn how to handle the tone controls.

I have not been able to get a decent telecaster tone out of my new tweaker, using a stock new MIM Fender Telecaster.

I might be missing something and I'm going to try some other settings on the amp.

The amp sounds awesome with my Agile alnico V humbucker guitar as well as my Micheal Kelly Patirot Custom HB guitar. Also it sounds great with my strat with Texas Special pickups in it.

Any suggestions on how to rig it to work better with the Fender tele standard with ceramic pickups?

It seems like the amp should deal with the hot ceramic single coil pickups real well.

The main manifestation of the playability problem is the loud hissing noise that the amp makes, not diminished in the middle position, must not be hum cancelling. Very loud humming secept at very low gain levels and low volume levels. Hve not been able to get a quiet cranked sound out of the telecaster like I can with my other guitars.

Maybe I need noisless pickups.

Any ideas appreciated.

What kind of Tele tone?

Although I haven't had a lot of chance to experiment with it at anything above bedroom levels, I can get a nice Paisley-style overdriven Fox tone pretty easily. Vox tonestack setting, tight switch on, bright switch off, clean mode, gain up around 1 or so. Sounds very "Paisley" to me.

The Fender settings seems to work just fine with my Tele (a Glendale with Nocaster pickups) as well.

You can definitely get some hiss and noise with the master and gain knobs opened up a lot, but nothing that seemed out of the ordinary to me. There's a lot of gain on tap on this amp, so it's certainly possible for any noise earlier in the chain to end up being amplified quite a bit.

If it's quiet with the humbucker guitar and loud with the Tele, it's presumably an issue with the guitar not the amp (if the noise was inherent in the amp, it shouldn't matter which guitar you use).

I have noticed a lot of noise through my Tele if I lean in close to the amp with the guitar strapped on (i.e. when adjusting settings), so maybe make sure you are sitting at least a few feet away. Maybe try different cables?

I have not been able to get a decent telecaster tone out of my new tweaker, using a stock new MIM Fender Telecaster.

I might be missing something and I'm going to try some other settings on the amp.

The amp sounds awesome with my Agile alnico V humbucker guitar as well as my Micheal Kelly Patirot Custom HB guitar. Also it sounds great with my strat with Texas Special pickups in it.

Any suggestions on how to rig it to work better with the Fender tele standard with ceramic pickups?

It seems like the amp should deal with the hot ceramic single coil pickups real well.

The main manifestation of the playability problem is the loud hissing noise that the amp makes, not diminished in the middle position, must not be hum cancelling. Very loud humming secept at very low gain levels and low volume levels. Hve not been able to get a quiet cranked sound out of the telecaster like I can with my other guitars.

Maybe I need noisless pickups.

Any ideas appreciated.

I have the same guitar and it is very noisy compared to my other guitars. First I thought it was because of cheap pots but when I removed the control plate to see what's there, I found full size CTS pots. So, maybe it is the pickups?

Totally agree it's the tele, probably the hot single coil pickups.

Plus I play into a Bad Monkey overdrive pedal going to a stereo digital reveb pedal.

I should try turning down as many gain knobs as I can find and disconnect the overdrive pedal. I'd like to keep the reverb. Turn down the gian and master volume knobs and try the switch settings that have been suggested.

Probably will be able to get an acceptable sound, but I'm not sure how loud it will be capable of going. I like to play loud.

I would probably benefit from some telecaster vintage noisless pickups. I think I can get them installed fairly cheap.

It is funny that my strats don't hiss and humm like this tele, but they have custom shop Texas Specials and Fat 's in them. I should try a stock Squier Classic Vibe '50s and see what I get, or another stock telecaster to see if the alnico pickups are any less noisy.

I really like this amp, however, and have plenty of guitars that sound really superior thru the Tweaker. I have other amps that the tele sounds real good thru. Maybe this amp just has the capability of gett MUCH higher gain out of it.

Do you think that the Tweaker is capable of generating VERY HIGH LEVELS of gain compared to a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe or Peavey Delta Blues?

The high gain nature of the amp could be the reason the tele sounds hissy and humms so loud. What do you think?

My 52 Reissue sounds divine through my Tweaker 112.

I've a FRV-1 in the loop just to add a nice verb.

I tried the settings out of the manual and they are all nice with the Tele.

The Fenderish setting doesn't hit a Blackface tone spot on but it's not far off the mark.

I do so like the Vox setting with the bass rolled to around 1300, mid at 1300 and treble at 1200. It's a thin classic sound that reminds me of some of the early punk sounds.

I'm not one to play too loud. I bought this amp for practice at home.

Actually, it is like a Sansamp Classic or GT2 with valves it's so versatile!!

Just wondering if any others have had to dial in their tele's with it.

I must admit, I have not read the manual where it suggests settings. Obviously that would be a good place to start.

I'm pretty sure the noise I'm betting is because it's a high gain capable type amp and that I am amplifying all the single coil noise because of the way I have it set. Back to the manual.

Sounds like this is normal for a tele with the gain settings turned way up.

You can sure get some saturated sounds with high gain with a good humbuckiing guitar though, I must say.

I really like the amp, especially with humbuckers; and maybe I will perfect its approach to single coils before too long.

Thanks for the feedback.

Yeah, tons of gain on tap, especially in "hot" mode.

Note that the gain and master controls are tapered so that they come on slowly (making it easier to dial in lower gain and lower volume settings), but them ramp up pretty quickly during the latter part of rotation.

So, you may notice that in "clean" mode, the amp stays fairly clean up to about 1:00 on the gain knob with single coils, but then the OD starts to come on pretty quickly. Somewhere in there, you should find a nice "edge of breakup" tone.

For clean tones, I like to start with gain all they way down, master all the way up, and then slowly bring up the gain to the desired volume. You'll get some noise with the master up that high, but you get a really punchy, responsive clean tone (or OD tone if you really wind up the gain).

For a basic Fendery tone, I tend to have the bass and treble a bit above 12:00, and the mids a little below 12:00. Usually in vintage mode.

Note that the effect of the bright switch depends heavily on where you have the gain set--it has much more effect at lower gain settings than at higher gain settings, so keep that in mind.

Yes indeed, reading the manual and using the suggested USA settings, blues deluxe, and soft blues, jazz settings produced noise free sounds with great tone and room for tweakability in all of them.

I even turned on my Bad Monkey overdrive pedal with the USA suggested setting and got some decent OD plus adding my reverb pedal gave me some good twang with no noise added, to speak of. This is just for playing in the bedroom. If I want to play outside or with a group I will use one of my big amps like my Hot Rod Deluxe or my Delta Blues. I'm used to them and keeping them under control. Even my AC15c1 handles the tele hum fairly well on top boost and I can dial out the noise and get real loud, but this amp doesn't come close to having the gain of the Tweaker, by any stretch of the imagination.

This Tweaker gets some very high gain and apparently when you get into that territory you need some nice humbucking pickups like SD JB and 59 to really take advantage of the sound. Or else if you are using single coils you must have to have noisless single coils or a noise gate or something like that to really get high gain. Noisless single coils I would expect.

I picked up my combo this past Saturday and I am very happy so far. I'm able to get real close to my blackface Princeton sound and get a really nice clean and over driven blues tone. I'm not playing with any effects just the pure sound from the amp and my tele.

I think it would be really hard to play out with the combo without miking it but that's not what I bought it for.

I haven't taken the Tweaker to a band practice yet. We are auditioning drummers, so it would add another layer of confusion at this time. I think it's work for our practice, but probably not for gigs.
Anway........I have a F'Bird w/ Duncan SM-1 mini's in it and it really rips on the Tweaker.
Settings on AC, Modern, Bright on, Hot on,Treble @ 6, Mid @ 5 and Bass @ 3-4.
Gain on 4-5. I'm running it through a 1x12 enclosure loaded w/ a Jensen p-12n and it kicks ass.
W/ a MXR CC delay set for low slap and Dano Cool Cat Chorus, it produces a convincing J. Winter mid 70's tone. Aggresive and in your face. I'm lovin It!

i have had my tweaker now for about a month - love the tonr and versatility, thinking og getting another one and running them in stereo

I hear they (Egnater) are coming out with a 30 watt switchable and I think another model fitted with el88's (?) also switchable. I came across it the other day on the GearPage.

Tweaker 88 and Tweaker 40, two channels, footswitchable. Thread I read on TGP said that Egnater was using KT88's...not much more info, sorry.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmZUcbDqmwg

Nice. Well I'm back in with a Tweaker.

Just bought Flyingbananas's Tweaker head he's has had for sale in the classifieds for a bit - hemmed and hawed over it for a bit, but have really wanted one since playing one a few months back.

Can't wait to get it and give it a run in the confines of my home where I can really dig into it and the various tones it can create.

Just bought Flyingbananas's Tweaker head he's has had for sale in the classifieds for a bit - hemmed and hawed over it for a bit, but have really wanted one since playing one a few months back.

Can't wait to get it and give it a run in the confines of my home where I can really dig into it and the various tones it can create.


Be getting it out to you soon enough. Hope you enjoy it!

Woohoo, the brown truck just brought me my new Tweaker.

Be getting it out to you soon enough. Hope you enjoy it!

Received my Tweaker from Flyingbanana this past week and can't say enough about how well this transaction went and how pleased I am with my new Tweaker. I've been trying out all the setting that are on the Egnater site and crafting a few of my own along the way.

Received my Tweaker from Flyingbanana this past week and can't say enough about how well this transaction went and how pleased I am with my new Tweaker. I've been trying out all the setting that are on the Egnater site and crafting a few of my own along the way.

:mrgreen:

Congratz Jind!

The Tweaker is a great amp. My only problem is that I'm spending too much time trying different tones. :)

Here is the info from Bob at Eurotubes, well the power tube info anyway.

The JJ 6V6's are a very full and round sounding tube and when pushed at higher volumes are a little crunchier in the mid and upper mids than a 6L6 is.


I bought my Tweaker when they came out. The baggage apes at UPS killed the 6V6's during shipping, so Egnater's repair center shipped out 2 replacements. I also ordered and installed 2 6V6 JJ's from Eurotubes, and later some JJ 12AX7's. The Ruby tubes are nice, but I'm enjoying the increased warmth of the JJ's at lower gain, and the extra "rip" when pushed, especially in Brit (Marshal) mode. I spend plenty of time at cleaner gains with the AC setting, which really sings.

I have nothing but positives from the Tweaker head. I'm running it into an EVJ 1x12 cab (excellent match!), an MXR Carbon Copy delay in the effects loop, plus my BYOC Boost/Tube Screamer clone and Rat clone into the amp. It also takes the Line 6 POD HD500 really well.

This has got to be the best low watt tube amp under $500 available.
It loves humbuckers and single coils alike, and the adjustably makes it an incredible value.

Ok, I can officially join the club as I got mine yesterday and bought it from good things I have read from this website. I played my Agile Harm w/ P90s through all the different combinations and all I can say is WOW! I wanted an amp that was a Swiss army knife and this is it! It's hard to believe the different amp simulations it gets without sounding "digital" like all the other amps. I've found my nirvana and can now sell my other amps as this one does everything I want and more.

I too have had a Tweaker since they were first released. I gig this thing 4-6 times a month and have had a lot of time to explore the tones in there. The AC tone position is where it's at for me, especially when getting the drive out of the amp itself. It just tightens and focuses the mids so that you get really smooth drive through throughout the range from semi-clean to singing...love it! With some of my previous amps, the best results for getting drive was with pedals....I have some nice overdrive pedals, and I'm not knocking the use of them at all. The Tweaker's own drive is just so much sweeter and dynamic that even my "best" OD pedal that I don't have to use them if I don't want to. I still use an OD pedal set to low gain/high output to push the front end of the amp and give a little mid boost for lead work.

This is also the first amp head that I have owned. I have gotten a chance to try it out with a couple of different speakers - Weber Blue Dog, Vintage 30, a G12M Greenback. The Blue Dog has Vox chime all over it. It was a toss up between the Vintage 30 and Greenback. I liked both, and would have like a little more time to work with the amp to see what I could get out of them. Ironically, the one speaker that I haven't tried that I would like to is Egnater's stock choice of the G12H-30...I have heard nothing but good things about that combination.

Hi Guys, first post on here... Just got me a Tweaker and cab at the weekend.... WOW!!!!! blown away by the tone, sticking my Rick 330, my LP Custom or my guitar of choice my Electrical Guitar Custom 50 through it and all sounding great. Have to say that we do seem to get more than a little shafted price wise £550, for head and cab in Scotland....

Look forward to spending time with the amp and sharing any stories with you good folks.

OP

Dgami, I wouldn't sell all my other amps - I didn't. As much as I like my Tweaker head, you never know when something might blow out in it and you would be without an amp. I'd always have a good backup amp around, or two, at least. Plus I really enjoy some of my other amps anyway.

Right now I'm not playing my Tweaker, althought it sits in my bedside amp stack; I'm playing my new Vox AC15c1 that is under my bedside homemade stand built to accomodate it. I also have my Hot Rod Deluxe upgraded edition next to my Tweaker and my Blackheart Little Giant modified head under my Tweaker, hooked up to a separate cab from the Tweaker which is hooked up to an Epiphone So. Cal. four by twelve cab. On top of it all I have my Fender SCXD.

So I have some amp variety close at hand and like to use them all. But I will agree that the Tweaker is an awesome sounding amp and I especially like it with humbuckers and using the high gain, highly overdriven tone settings, they just sound so good, better than pedals. I put a reverb pedal in front of the Tweaker for effect and the amp rips. I was going to spend a lot on a Marshall Dual Super Lead one hundred watt head, way nice; but the Tweaker sounded like a more reasonable substitute for home use and from what I read it had the ultra overdrive of the Marshall without the vast amount of power or expense. So I bought the Tweaker sight unseen just from what I read, something like some of you guys, and I am VERY happy.

A lot of people around my location are talking of getting Tweakers, its reputation precedes it.

I'm wondering, after all, is there anything digital in the signal path or is everything analog? I'm thinking that everything is analog and tube circuitry.

Hey Duffy,

I wasn't going to sell all of them. I had a Blackstar 5h I sold and have some practice amps I'm putting up and A PV Classic. Keeping my vintage stuff and a couple of practice amps. The USA setting is nice on the tweaker but it's not like the clean on a SF Fender PR/DR or the BF on the SCXD for that matter (unless someone has a particular setting they'd like to share that gets close).

I pulled the trigger for one of these yesterday at GC. It should be at my door in about a week or so. The combination of a price match and MF coupon got me the head for $348 including tax. Not bad, I think.

A question for the users. I've never owned an amp with an effects loop, and have three pedals that go into the front of my other amps: An Analogman "Comprossor", a Red Snapper OD, and a Hardwire RV-7 reverb. Should I try all of these in the current chain directly into the loop? OD into the front only?

Thanks for any and all answers.

I think you'd want at least the compressor and the OD in front of the amp. Probably want the reverb in the loop. I've run my Digitech Digidelay in the effects loop and it works great. The reverb would work in front of the amp if you're running the amp clean, might even sound interesting when running the amp dirty, but I would guess reverb in the loop would be the way to go.

By the way, how do you like that RV-7? I've been thinking of getting a reverb pedal for use with the Tweaker, and that one sounded great in the demo on proguitarshop.com.

had one for months, just now decided to reply to this thread...

as of late the tweaker has taken a back seat to my other egnater, a Rebel 20...

tweaker is smoother and more versatile, but that lil Rebel has a nice raunchy gain that has suited me lately...

...how do you like that RV-7? I've been thinking of getting a reverb pedal for use with the Tweaker, and that one sounded great in the demo on proguitarshop.com.

I'lll give your suggestions first shot. Thank you.

Regarding the 'verb, I've tried several others. Two from Boss, Hermida, Chicklet, and I borrowed a couple of homebrews. None satisfied me like the plate reverb in the RV-7. This one's a keeper. Andy's demo was influential, as always. Too bad Hardwire doesn't have a talent pedal using his skills for the firmware. :wink:

I found it online for $105 from a small retailer in NY, and MF matched the price. I don't have the link any longer, but I'm sure it's out there.

I'm only a charter member as I just ordered my Egnater Tweaker yesterday. Before going for it, I contacted Egnater about output tube swapping. "Can they really take any output tubes?" The reply from Eganter was, "Any that will fit."

So, I will follow this up with a battery of tube tests. The NOS one's I'm sitting on are:

RCA 6L6GA coke bottle
Sylvania 6L6GB
Mullard KT66
various 6K6GT
Tungsol 5881
RCA 5881
RCA 6F6GT coke bottle
Tung Sol 6F6GT
RCA 6V6 metal
GE 6W6GT
GE 6Y6GT

This will be fun way to spend an afternoon.

I will follow this up with a battery of tube tests.

I have similar NOS plans, including:

RCA and U.S. Tung Sol 6V6s
GE, Sylvania, and RCA 12AX and AY7s in v1 through 3.

But I'm probably going to play with the stock tubes for a week or so before rolling anything.

I've been really enjoying my Tweaker....until last night. Stopped working.

Back to the retailer to fix and send back.

Damn!!!

I've been really enjoying my Tweaker....until last night. Stopped working.

How long have you owned it, frequency of use, etc.? Just curious.

How long have you owned it, frequency of use, etc.? Just curious.

Had it 3 months.

I think a preamp valve might be dead.

Could change it but I would rather let the pros do what they do and check it to be sure before I toodle around in there.

Using it daily.

It's a nice amp.

I'm liking it a lot!

My Tweaker arrived last night, surviving the UPS gauntlet. Hooray!

Only got to play it 20 minutes but I can see that my Jet City JCA20H head is gonna be collecting some dust. The amp has a small plating flaw on one strap handle end and a poor touch up on the black paint on the front panel. A tiny spot and nothing I'm gonna fret over as it is a sweet little amp.

I'm surprised how small it is. Smaller than an Epi Valve Junior head. It's like a shoebox. It might even fit in my gig bag.

Tube tasting will begin this weekend!

Mine arrived this morning. I haven't received the Scumback speaker for my Mojo cab yet, so I borrowed a friend's EVM12L cab.

This thing is going to take every spare moment I have just to play with the various tones available. I'm impressed with this little amp to say the least.

My Tweaker arrived last night, surviving the UPS gauntlet. Hooray!


UPS killed one of my tubes, but Egnater Service had their California repair shop/contractor ship out replacements. I keep them as spares since I'm using JJ's.

You're gonna' get many hours of grin induced playing! :grin:

Played with the Tweaker last night. Some old coke bottle tubes were too tall and stood out the top. In particular, some old coke bottle RCA 6L6G and my English Mullard Kt66's. The Mullards were THE BEST sounding tubes.

I verified what other forums say, in that 6V6's are the best all around tube. 6L6GC and EL34 sound better for particular settings. I'd stick with these three. Testing was with my ash Tele with SD vintage style PUPs.

Others I tested:

RCA 6V6GT - Very nice all around tube.

RCA 6F6GT - sounded mushy.

RCA 5881 - On Fender mode (American) it sounded like a Bassman.

RCA 6K6GT - I thought the plates were going to glow red on these but they did not. Like the 6F6, they sounded mushy. The bottles got hot as hell!

6BQ5/EL84 - I installed these using a homemade pair of 6BQ5 to 6V6 adapters. They barely cleared the top grill. Made the Tweaker sound more like my Jet City JCA20H. Nothing worthwhile here. Stick with 6V6, 6L6 & EL34 types.

V2 is the loop driver tube and I checked to see if there was any gain here by installing a 12AU7. I noticed no preamp gain difference and left it in as the amp sounded less congested.

With gain and master dimed, my amp seemed to oscillate a little. I installed a 12AT7 driver in V3 and the squeal at full volume went away. The oscillation was affected by the vintage modern switch.

All the preamp dirt seems to be managed by V1. I used a Sylvania long plate 12AX7A here. This one is a high gain tube that almost pegs the meter on my Hickok tester. A 5751 sounded nice but did not deliver the gain & grit when needed.

I did the small tube swaps before the output tube testing mentioned above. If someone made a taller substitute grill for the top, big fat tubes could safely be used. (The going rate for British Kt66's is as high as $500 a pair for used tubes!) Even with the big KT66's, the transformers never got too warm in the Tweaker. It handled them with aplomb and was a lot of fun!

Tested today. For now, this tube compliment stays:

V1 - GE 12AY7
V2 - RFT (east German) 12AX7
V3 - GE 12AX7 long plate
V4, V5 - RCA 6V6GT grey glass black plates

There's a noticeable improvement over the stock Sovteks, but in my opinion, if you don't have some NOS tubes lying around, use the stock tubes up first. They're not bad at all in this amp.

RCA 6V6's sound sweet in my Tweaker, too. Just some NOS gray plates but much better than the stock Ruby's.

RCA 6V6's sound sweet in my Tweaker, too. Just some NOS gray plates but much better than the stock Ruby's.

I have some RCA 6V6's around too.

But....I was told by the distributor here in New Zealand that using valves that don't meet the spec of the amp that the warranty on the amp becomes void.

I'm a bit confused with his statements. You would have thought that with Egnater pushing it as a "tweaker" and that they have all ready said it will take any octal power type valve, it should do the business.

I hope he is stood corrected. I've emailed Nate at Egnater and am awaiting a response.

At the moment, not keen to put those 6V6's in!

For your reading enjoyment, there is long tweaker user thread at TGP fourm
http://www.thegearpage.net/board/showthread.php?t=789495

For your reading enjoyment, there is long tweaker user thread at TGP fourm
http://www.thegearpage.net/board/showthread.php?t=789495

As well as the older one that spawned yours:

http://www.thegearpage.net/board/showthread.php?t=647574

But....I was told by the distributor here in New Zealand that using valves that don't meet the spec of the amp that the warranty on the amp becomes void.

Not if it is a feature touted by the manufacturer. Its like your distributor is saying the warranty on your desk lamp is void if you replace the bulb with a different brand.

Naturally, you would not want to use tubes that do not meet the specs of the amp; many tubes, however, meet the specs specified for the tweaker. These should not be a warranty problem, but if you start using tubes that are out of the parameters of the specs for the amp then you definitely are walking on dangerous ground, be it in terms of destroying the amp or voiding your warranty.

So the key here is to know the Tweakers tube specs and definitely stay within them. This only makes sense. You would not want to damage your nice amp.

I'm in. Got a head and tweaker 1x12 cab with the 15% off at GC. So far I'm really liking this amp even though I've not been able to really push the volume much. After reading many of the threads on TGP about tubes, seems like the stock tubes actually are the best match so I'll leave it at that. I have thought about putting an Eminence Reignmaker or Maverick in the cab though.

Naturally, you would not want to use tubes that do not meet the specs of the amp; many tubes, however, meet the specs specified for the tweaker. These should not be a warranty problem, but if you start using tubes that are out of the parameters of the specs for the amp then you definitely are walking on dangerous ground, be it in terms of destroying the amp or voiding your warranty.

So the key here is to know the Tweakers tube specs and definitely stay within them. This only makes sense. You would not want to damage your nice amp.

Yeah, I hear you Duffy.

Thing is, I said I had some RCA vt107-a 6V6's on there way.

The using of he said would void the warranty.

Tell you the truth, the Egnater is my first new amp purchase.

I'd forgotten what's it like dealing with those that are in the business of making a dollar at any cost as opposed to offering a quality service with good backup support.

At least when I buy used, I know I'm opening a potential can of worms with the purchase - just didn't expect that sort of crap when buying new.

Oh well, live and learn.

At least when I buy used, I know I'm opening a potential can of worms with the purchase - just didn't expect that sort of crap when buying new.

Oh well, live and learn.

Exactly. With that in mind, I'd like to "learn" what problem Egnater has with the use of NOS RCA 6V6s. What makes them "out of spec"? Does that mean you should only use Ruby 6V6s?

I hardly think so.

I just joined the club. I got the Head. I played it thru my Peavey Classic 115E cab with the stock 15" Blue marvel, sounded great. I also played it thru my Epiphone Valve junior ext cab loaded with a Soldano XL12000 16ohm, that sounded awesome as well.
I love the AC voicing.

I played it thru my Peavey Classic 115E cab with the stock 15" Blue marvel, sounded great. I also played it thru my Epiphone Valve junior ext cab loaded with a Soldano XL12000 16ohm, that sounded awesome as well.

Congratulations on your new amp. I've been using a borrowed 1x12 with an EVM12L. Not a good match, IMO. Too dark.

Today I received my "pre-broken-in" Scumback H75 30W. The specs have it a replacement for the G12H30 that Egnater uses in their cab, but has a slightly smoother top end. I loaded it in a Mojo cab and couldn't be happier. This is the best sounding speaker I've ever owned.

My wife walked in last night and said, "Wow. That amp sounds great." :grin:

So I'm pretty excited to announce that I've just joined the club. I've been gigging as a part time career for the last 3 years (about to make it full time), while also going to school. Long story short, 700 mile weekends do not mix well with going to class the rest of the week. That and I like the idea sleeping next to my wife every night. Basically that life just isn't for me, and I'm pretty good at what I'm going to school for.

So I quit the band and music as a career, and I decided I needed to downsize my rig. The amp had to be something professional grade, b/c I still perform once a week and I can't stand the thought of going backwards in gear quality.

I was running an American made Hot Rod Deville 4x10 (one of the few cherry ones). I love this amp, but it is just unusable outside of gigging. It just plain won't be quiet, a common complaint about these amps. I played it 5 times in the last 6 months outside the band. It is just too loud, too heavy and too bulky (110lbs in the road case). I wanted something smaller but tonally awesome and versatile. Thus the tweaker!

I got the combo b/c it means less to carry, and dognmoon on youtube told me it sounded bigger. Only problem is, I had it shipped to my house and I'm at college and God decided that the last day of the semester would be a good day to dump 6 inches of snow! To those of you from colder climates, 6 inches in KY, OH and WV is a lot. We rarely get that much, so the road crews aren't prepared to handle it. So here I sit, dreaming about that box sitting at home, waiting for me to come open it....

On a side note, I picked up an Electro-Harmonix Holier Grail for reverb of musiciansfriend. I mention it b/c MF is selling them for $90 due to their discontinuation. They were $200. EH is going to a modelling pedal to replace it. IDK about y'all but I am all about analog warmth for my FX loop fx's.

Welcome to the club, Rex!

I got to use mine in a band setting for the first time last night. My Tele, into the Tweaker head, into a Celestion G12M was a righteous tone! Just a Dunlop high gain volume pedal in the effects loop. I can't wait for the Christmas gigs this weekend!

D

Sounds like a good time. I'm just pumped to hear the thing! Youtube can only do so much for a guy, ya know.

Anyone ever tried a fulltone fulldrive 2 or big muff pi with theirs? I'm curious as to how it handles pedals out front, especially the muff.

SO I made it home finally and busted out the new amp. Basically, I'm happy with just about everything I hear out of this amp. It's not perfect but it sounds better than the modeling amps out there. It's a tube junkie's modeler!

Anyone had any luck finding a case beside the $50 ebay vinyls?

Anyone had any luck finding a case beside the $50 ebay vinyls?

http://www.studioslips.com/clamshell.php?ManID=88&CabID=3997

They do cases and covers.

I use a tool bag that fits the head perfectly. Found it at Big Lots.

I have the combo, and both of those wouldn't work. Anyone else?

You could build a wooden drop on type one with locks on the bottom and wheels, heavy duty handles, padding inside and waterproof it with several coats of good deck stain, etc.

Just an idea.

I could, and it would work, but I really wanna keep the amp as light as I can. I'm over the heavy amp thing-my hotrod deville 410 in its road case weighs 115lbs. I just want a cloth one to keep it from getting scratched and torn in my car. It won't see the back of a trailer. Right now I made a cardboard slip on-shout out to the guys in The Machine who cased all their gear like this.

http://i1196.photobucket.com/albums/aa420/Rex_McKinniss/DCAM0047.jpg

I could, and it would work, but I really wanna keep the amp as light as I can.

Same place:

http://www.studioslips.com/estimate.php?

They'll make one to your specs.

D2F

http://www.d2fcovers.com/Guitar_Amps_Inventory.htm

All Tweaker types available.

About $60 which is way cheaper than Studio Slips or Tuki. I have several and they are well made. The owner Tom is a good guy too.

Evening all... hope this finds you well...

I feel I just have to chime in with my thoughts on the "Tweaker", I picked mine up on the 16th of November and have been nothing but impressed with the whole deal... I play a variety of guitars in a variety of styles from rock to punk, blues to funk and all points in between and have yet to find a bad tone in this amp. I don't have many pedals, but as of yet I have still to put one in front of this amp. At present there is simply no need!

Orangepeel,

I have noticed that some of my individual pedals degrade the natural soun of my Tweaker head when I put them in front of it. It help to make sure that you keep the "level" knob turned down and also be careful not to add too much gain or the sound degrades immediately. So using the pedals, such as distortion, conservatively can add to the tone but can also very easily overdo it if the level or gain is turned up too far.

I just bought a Line six HD500 and I might try it in the effects loop instead of straight in. You might try placing your appropriate pedals in the effects loop for a possibly better result. I have not done this yet, but have read that it can be effective with the type of pedals that do better inserted after the pre amp.

Just learning the intricacies of my HD500, I bought the floorboard pedal instead of getting a modeling amp. I figure I can turn any of my amps into a modeling amp by using this pedal. This assumption is proving to be at least partially true.

"Anyone had any luck finding a case beside the $50 ebay vinyls?"

Yep: A padded camera bag I found lying around fit the Tweaker like a glove.

"Anyone had any luck finding a case beside the $50 ebay vinyls?"

Yep: A padded camera bag I found lying around fit the Tweaker like a glove.

When I had mine, I simply went to a local auto upholsterer and had them make on out of some leather they had lying around. It cost me 45 bucks. After I sold the amp, I sold the leather cover on Ebay for 95 bucks. It was a full on bidding war. Quite funny actually.

Had my first problem with my Tweaker at a gig tonight. I run the head through two 16 ohm 1X12 cabs. When I got to my gig and was hooking up the cables, my power cord looked funny. The ground pin from the power receptacle had pulled out of the socket of the amp! I jammed the cable in firmly to make a good ground contact, which got me through the gig. However, I'm ticked off at the low quality of the Chinese part.

I love the Egnater design, tone & concept. But the shoddy receptacle leaves MUCH to be desired. :mad:

I just got the combo Friday. I've just scratched the suface of it. I've already got a bunch of cool tones out of it. My fave so far is based on the "Blues Deluxe" setting in the manual. Just flip the amp to the Brit setting (From the USA one) and flip back and forth between the vintage and modern. Pretty much all of my guitars sound good to me on that one. I find setting the gain control is key for bedroom use (well, actually my garage) and you can use it to dial in a great low volume tone.

I've got it sitting next to a 5E3 clone, and I've managed to dial in a sound that's pretty close to the 5E3. The Deluxe clone IS more touch sensitive and a little more raw, but on stage or in a recording, you could come fairly close. I've also noticed it's the same width as the 5E3. HMMM. BOTH of them together sound amazing, and it's been fun to experiment with that, as if the Tweaker by itself doesn't present enough tonal options.

I'm wondering if any of you have experimented with different tubes in the combo, as it looks like there maybe some clearance issues with 6L6's or El-34's, but I haven't opened it up and checked.

I've tried a Fulldrive 2 and a Mod Tone Lemon Squeezer in front of it with good results, and I've used both a Biyang reverb pedal and a Mod Tone Delay in the effects loop, where they sound great. I'm also going to try my Guyatone reverb tank in the effects loop to see how it sounds.

I'm wondering if any of you have experimented with different tubes in the combo, as it looks like there maybe some clearance issues with 6L6's or El-34's, but I haven't opened it up and checked.

I could not keep the top vent off using some old Mullard large bottle KT66 tubes. They stuck out the top. But even some old Coke bottle 6L6GA tubes fit okay.

Got the head on wednesday and the cab on friday playing it with a 72 custom love it !!

Any ideas for brands of EL34 Tubes???

Got the head on wednesday and the cab on friday playing it with a 72 custom love it !!

Any ideas for brands of EL34 Tubes???

The general consensus on The Gear Page is that the Tung-Sol EL34B is best, unless you've got a nice set of NOS tubes lying around. :wink:

The top vent cover will go back on after installation of the tubes.

Well, I'll be joining the club in about 12 hours! I played through a Tweaker Head earlier in the week, and I didn't want to turn it off. The tone that this bad boy puts out is amazing! anyway, long story short, I'm going to GC later and trading in my HR Deville for one. I never really felt like my Deville fit me very well, but the Egnater fits me perfect. The lower wattage also lets me dial in the tone I want without blowing the windows out of my house, or making my bass player deaf. I'm gonna be running the Tweaker through 3 different cabs (1x12, 2x12, 3x10, one at a time, of course) in order to get even more versatility. I just hope they have one in stock , so I dont have to wait for one to be delivered......

Hey ya'll!!

Stumbled upon this forum looking for tube choices for my brand new Tweaker head. Just wanted to chime in and express my love for this tiny monster!

I'm runnin' this with 2 Fulltone OCD's, an Xotic EP Booster, Fasal Wah and a Line 6 m13 and i couldn't be happier!!

I haven't got a chance to play it in a band setting yet but i have practice on Wed and we will see how it goes.

Oh….USA, modern, clean mode, tight on, bright off, Master at 1 o clck, gain at 10 o clock, treble at 11 o clock, mids at 11 o clock, bass at 2 o clock OCD in low gain mode and diggin' the tone!!

Hope you guys are enjoying your Tweaker as much as i am!!

~Marshall

I've got it sitting next to a 5E3 clone, and I've managed to dial in a sound that's pretty close to the 5E3. The Deluxe clone IS more touch sensitive and a little more raw, but on stage or in a recording, you could come fairly close. I've also noticed it's the same width as the 5E3. HMMM. BOTH of them together sound amazing, and it's been fun to experiment with that, as if the Tweaker by itself doesn't present enough tonal options.


Would love to know your settings for the close to 5E3 sound?

Cheers

vintage

I am liking mine. I have done some basic recording with it so far.

Blues-rock type of thing...
http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=10330670

Country type of thing ...
http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=10338144

I finally got some 6L6s in there and I really do prefer the sound vs. the 6V6s.
It seems to me that they give a fatter, bigger-amp sound.

NM

I'll join, got mine yesterday (it turned up at 8.30am at work and I had to sit there until 5pm with it on my desk). Raced home, gave it a quick blast and then the rest of the band came round for rehearsal,,,,I love it,,,,,just used the reccomended "blues deluxe" setting and tweaked it a bit for the guitar I was using and it sounded great. It took pedals well. Should be able to get more playing done this weekend and really put it through it's paces.

Hi all, I'm thinking about pickup up a Tweaker combo and want to know if this amp can be set for bedroom volume levels. How low can the volume be set even with overdrive tones. Thanks for any info provided!

Hi all, I'm thinking about pickup up a Tweaker combo and want to know if this amp can be set for bedroom volume levels. How low can the volume be set even with overdrive tones. Thanks for any info provided!

Yes, it can be set for very low volumes.

The tapers on both the gain and master volume knobs ramp up very slowly, so that it's easy to dial in low gain and low volume settings. This, along with the ability to switch between the clean and hot gain modes, makes it pretty easy to dial in just about any level of OD at any volume.

That being said, the Tweaker (lost most amps) sounds better with some volume going. In particular, the Tweaker really starts to fill out and start to sound good with the master volume up above halfway.

If you're running the amp clean, with the preamp gain turned way down, you can get into that sweet spot without being terribly loud--quiet enough for bedroom practice, and still sounding quite good.

But if you want some dirt (or a lot of dirt), you'll have to roll back the master volume quite a bit for bedroom levels. The Tweaker still sounds good this way, but nowhere near as good as it does when it's wound up a bit.

I do use mine a fair bit for home practice (literally in our bedroom, actually), usually set clean and using OD pedals for overdrive. But more of practice time is done using a Vox Tonelab ST through headphones.

I'll join, got mine yesterday (it turned up at 8.30am at work and I had to sit there until 5pm with it on my desk). Raced home, gave it a quick blast and then the rest of the band came round for rehearsal,,,,I love it,,,,,just used the reccomended "blues deluxe" setting and tweaked it a bit for the guitar I was using and it sounded great. It took pedals well. Should be able to get more playing done this weekend and really put it through it's paces.

The "Blues Deluxe" is one of my favorite settings to start from. I usually keep the gain down low and hit it with an OD for some breakup.

Yes, it can be set for very low volumes.

The tapers on both the gain and master volume knobs ramp up very slowly, so that it's easy to dial in low gain and low volume settings. This, along with the ability to switch between the clean and hot gain modes, makes it pretty easy to dial in just about any level of OD at any volume.

That being said, the Tweaker (lost most amps) sounds better with some volume going. In particular, the Tweaker really starts to fill out and start to sound good with the master volume up above halfway.

If you're running the amp clean, with the preamp gain turned way down, you can get into that sweet spot without being terribly loud--quiet enough for bedroom practice, and still sounding quite good.

But if you want some dirt (or a lot of dirt), you'll have to roll back the master volume quite a bit for bedroom levels. The Tweaker still sounds good this way, but nowhere near as good as it does when it's wound up a bit.

I do use mine a fair bit for home practice (literally in our bedroom, actually), usually set clean and using OD pedals for overdrive. But more of practice time is done using a Vox Tonelab ST through headphones.

Thanks for the info FatTeleTom. What is the general consensus about any differences between the combo Tweaker and the head/1x12 cab Tweaker?

Picked up a Tweaker head and cabinet last night. My first impressions are that the amp is a little noisier than I had expected it to be. Any suggestions on reducing the noise? Could it be that I have a noisy preamp tube? Also, what's the best way to change out the tubes, removing the top vent or the back vent? Any info is appreciated! Thanks!

These were recorded at just above bedroom level (loud TV level) ... It is not real noisy to me. Even with a muff running into it.

Mourning (Redux) - slower clean to breaking (http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=10447590)
Spring Awakening - muff into clean (http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=10420640)
Too Late - gritty blues (http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=10385630)
Cougars are Prowling Tonight - gritty blues (http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=10330670)

The bass on these was recorded with a Tweaker as well.

These were recorded at just above bedroom level (loud TV level) ... It is not real noisy to me. Even with a muff running into it.

Mourning (Redux) - slower clean to breaking (http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=10447590)
Spring Awakening - muff into clean (http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=10420640)
Too Late - gritty blues (http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=10385630)
Cougars are Prowling Tonight - gritty blues (http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=10330670)

The bass on these was recorded with a Tweaker as well.
great stuff there Doc! my kind of music.

great stuff there Doc! my kind of music.

Thanks!

Excellent.

I'm assuming a Tele, but would you mind sharing your Tweaker settings?

Some really nice tone and playing there! Thanks for sharing.

Excellent.

I'm assuming a Tele, but would you mind sharing your Tweaker settings?

Thanks!

Actually on these I was using a LP with P90's for most of it. I was not really recording these for the tele group but for other reasons. The setting for the cleans were the AC settings from the manual. Most of the rhythms were AC with more gain. The gritty blues rhythms were the British settings with various gain. The Spring lead is a SUF CW muff into AC clean. Bass was AC clean as well. The head runs into 100w Blue Dog housed in a Lopo 1x12 oversized closed back cab. They are close mic'ed with a Heil PR-30. Some of the stuff was played with a Korean Hamer with P-90's and there is some Hamer USA with Dz 36ths as well. Sorry it was not tele specific here. This project has me doing other things. Mourning is all 60's tribute LP if that helps.

Thanks!

You're welcome. And thanks for the reply. I've also found that I prefer the AC clean settings, with minor changes, for both my Tele and 'bucker guitar.

Hi! I'm in! Actually, been in for a few weeks now, just too busy tweaking to post. I have the head and two cabinets. So how do I know this amp sounds great? Because my lovely wife, who works on her hobby (pictures) in the same room was always telling me to turn-down the volume on my Fender VibroXD. She doesn't tell me that (as often) on the Tweaker, and I'm usually playing a lot louder!

New slogan for Bruce: The Tweaker -- Wives everywhere don't get pissed off by them!

TK how funny!

I'm out. traded my Tweaker head for a HRD today.

My wife thinks the Tweaker is cute and sounds good :) She's never thought any of my other amps were cute....

She likes lounge jazz primarily, so she is partial to the fat cleans the Tweaker gets with my ES125.

I'm official now. I got my Tweaker after returning a Jet City PicoValve. The Tweaker just has so many more tones available on board. So far I'm very pleased with everything this little amp can do. Every guitar I plug in sounds great. Humbuckers, single coils, and P90's all sound fantastic through this amp. Now I'm thinking about changing some of the tubes.

I don't know if I posted it but my Tweaker catastrophically blew up a while back. It was the head version, unmodified, stock everything.

After replacing the fuse and the power tube, the power tube glowed bright orange/red and burned the label off of the glass.

The guys at the music store that helped me looked at it skeptically while I was thinking it sounded pretty good.

They pointed out to me that the power tube was way too hot and that they had never seen a power tube get that hot. They said it was dangerous and that I needed to get it fixed.

Finally, trusting these guys, I realized that unfortunately I had a problem on my hands.

I thought it over. Instead of going thru the warranty repair I called the big internet place I got it from and asked them, even though it was WAY out of the fourty five day return period, if they would credit it back to my account if I purchased a more expensive amp - they almost immediately agreed and I ordered a Peavey 6505+ 112 combo, a heavy sixty watt high gain amp.

I am very happy with the Peavey and only had to pay 150 or less for it. It is a big amp with a lot of cabinet space inside the amp. It has essentially three channels and provides a lot of gain. When turned up a little this powerful amp rocks and is really fun to play.

WAY more powerful than the Tweaker, it is in another league. It does not have the versitility of the Tweaker but has way more power and more gain. My other amps cover the lower gain spectrum, but this amp provides me with some high gain that I did not have before, even though the Tweaker had its high gain setting.

The Tweaker was a nice little amp, but I have a few other great little amps including a couple heads, of which my Blackheart Little Giant that has been modified is one awesome amp. I also have a Peavey JSX Mini Colossal that I use as a head for my four by twelve cabinet and it is a cool amp with a great tremolo. I also have a Fender Super Champ XD which is an awesome amp that provides lots of versitility.

So even though I miss the Tweaker, I think I have a good selection of amps currently at hand.

If I was to get another amp I might get a Blackstar HT Club 40; which is an awesome amp if you haven't tried one - very versitile and impressive combo.

Right now I'm focusing on getting possibly a Gibson Standard SG or an LTD Viper Deluxe in heritage red with the 59 neck and JB bridge Seymour Duncan pickups and locking tuners. The Gibson may win out though. I haven't made up my mind yet. The Gibson will probably hold its value better but I won't be selling it so it is irrelevant. It will come down to playability, feel, tone, and the vibe I get off of them in the final evaluation.

Good luck with your Tweakers and watch out for the stock power tube. Mine was a Ruby I believe. It may have failed catastrophically, causing the collateral damage.

Bummer this happened to you and I'm glad you're happy with your Peavey.

What troubles me is that it sounds like the argument you're making in dismissing the Tweaker is essentially "bad tube = bad amp". I've had tubes fail in every tube amp I've owned (incl. vintage Marshall, Orange, Ampeg, and Fender), sometimes taking an adjacent resistor with it. (sh)It happens, no? Granted, the stock Rubys in mine were quickly replaced for tone reasons, but to blame a $399 amp for having cheap tubes? I don't think Peavey installs NOS at the factory...

The Tweaker actually has a very good track record for reliability and has no known design flaws. It's built as well as the entry-level Mesas yet maintains an aggressive price point. Egnater's post-sale customer service is very responsive. They installed for free a level-selection switch for my FX loop to go from the stock line-level to -10 dB or so for vintage analog effects with low headroom.

Just thought I'd chime in to say that reports of 'catastrophic' failure in new amps is fairly rare these days in general, and even more so with anything Egnater.

I am not blaming it and could have had it fixed by a guy I know.
I just decides to try the high gain Peavey which I also like.

If I had the amp again I would change the power tube right away just for good measure. There may have been some bad Ruby tubes which I have heard before for what it may be worth. I had a very nice Crate V50 blow out that could not be fixed but it had a class D power supply that was taken out when the Ruby power tubes suddenly blew. I got a Palomino V32 212 as free replacement frm the factory with twin Celestion Seventy 80 speakers in it. A great amp.

True the Tweaker could have probably been fixed easily but I decided to take advantage of the chance to get something different. Good luck to all who are enjoying their Tweakers. Maybe I will get the larger one if they come out.

can i join?

ive been using a tweaker for 2 months now, and its been a wonderful experience every time.

its weird, but i find myself always using the usa mode at home, and the brit mode when playing with a band.

this thing is like a whole different an imal with the volume and gain at half and over.

its weird, but i find myself always using the usa mode at home, and the brit mode when playing with a band.

Welcome to Tweaker Nation!

I think it's the punchy mids in Brit that cut so well.

Hi All,

Just joined the club, got a combo at a great price at GC, so far I have been enjoying it with my 52RI Tele and 61RI SG....like everybody says, it sounds good wherever you put the knobs and switches and GREAT with some settings.

What are you all using for reverb...in the effects loop?

Thanks!

What are you all using for reverb...in the effects loop?

Hey Paratus. I run the Dr. Scientist RRR in the loop of my Tweaker and sounds fantastic, even with a good amount of gain.

Hey Paratus. I run the Dr. Scientist RRR in the loop of my Tweaker and sounds fantastic, even with a good amount of gain.

This brings up an issue with the Tweaker's loop. Not all pedals play well there. I have a Hardwire RV-7 reverb pedal which is second to none in sound. The plate 'verb in particular is wonderful.

That said, I cannot put this pedal into the loop without inducing hum. After doing some research, I found that the Tweaker isn't unique in having this issue. Others have reported the same problem with the Hardwire, so sometimes it's just the luck of the draw. This one sits in front of the amp. :sad:

Weird, sorry to hear that.

The Tweaker's loop issue is that in stock form, the loop is line level, so pedals with lower headroom like many analog delays get overloaded yielding dark and muddy tone. My digital pedals incl. delay never had a problem.

I had that issue when I used an Aqua Puss. Egnater modded mine with a switchable level for the loop which solved the issue perfectly. No charge, either!

The Tweaker's loop issue is that in stock form, the loop is line level, so pedals with lower headroom like many analog delays get overloaded yielding dark and muddy tone. My digital pedals incl. delay never had a problem.

I had that issue when I used an Aqua Puss. Egnater modded mine with a switchable level for the loop which solved the issue perfectly. No charge, either!

Thanks for the tips guys. I have an old Lexicon MPX100 rack unit that runs line level, works like a champ. I just need to dial in the reverb a bit better. I haven't recorded with it yet but so far it all sounds pretty sweet.

Weird, sorry to hear that....Egnater modded mine with a switchable level for the loop which solved the issue perfectly. No charge, either!

I've read about analog delay troubles as well. My pedal is digital but I have no idea if the loop mod would help in this case. More reading to do.

I've read about analog delay troubles as well. My pedal is digital but I have no idea if the loop mod would help in this case. More reading to do.

The only pedal I put in the effects loop is an MXR Carbon Copy.
No problems of any kind.

i'm running a line 6 M13 in the loop of mine for verb and slapback - it sounds awesome, no problems at all

i'm a lifelong fender amp guy, but i'm loving the tweaker right now. i love the AC mode w/my tele, clean with the gain up around 2:00 or so into a 2x12 cab -- that's a damn fine tone

Hey everyone new here,:eek: but I now have a Tweaker 112 combo and digging it! Question for tone guys out there, could someone help me on getting SRV tone? Havnt had allot of time to find it yet.

Question for tone guys out there, could someone help me on getting SRV tone? Havnt had allot of time to find it yet.

It's in here somewhere. :wink:
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-tLB6CD6uE3A/Tf08GTz9koI/AAAAAAAAB7s/tkF0FNMXZu0/ts808family.jpg

I returned the Tweaker and exchanged it for a Renegade.....some mixed feelings here, I love the 2 channels, and the Renegade footswitch is really well thought out. I am not feeling the Renegade's EL34s though....Maybe I just need to play louder :). With the Tweaker, everything sounded good, maybe just a tad less open than I like.

The Tweaker is more versatile sounding, but the Renegade is maybe a bit ballsier....I am still on the fence on this. I wanted to lay down some crunchy Tele rhythm tracks last night on a project I am working on, I used my AC-15. My wife says I need help.

So I've been a tweaker for almost a year now. Just thought I'd jump on board.

I love my Tweaker head (running with a single Weber 10F150 speaker cabinet). I have been in the process of simplifying my set-up to do more with less (less guitars, less pedals, less amps). I'm able to get such a vast range of sounds out of this amp. Also, since I don't need the volume, I have found myself much more pleased than with the classic 30 I owned.

I'm looking to re-tube here soon (I find it a bit thin at times.), and although I've looked into the Tungsol's, I think I'm leaning to the JJ's. I don't plan on changing the type of tube too much outside of splurging for the gold pins.

Yea, Egnater Tweaker!

I had a tweaker awhile back that castrophically failed and replacing the tube only resulted in the tube getting paint burningly hot; so rather than going the warranty route I made a deal with where I bought it to give me a full credit and paid the difference and got a Peavey 6505+ which is a sixty watt five preamplifier tube screamingly high gain 6L6 beautiful sounding amp that I'm happy with.

I liked my very lightly used unmodified tweaked head but really like the new 40 and 88 Tweakers that are out now. Just the extra force and the multitude of tone shaping switches plus two channels make these amps sound like totally awesome amps capable of doing a superb job of hitting a wide range of great tones.

I am totally interested in trying one of these out.

So I've been a tweaker for almost a year now. Just thought I'd jump on board.

I love my Tweaker head (running with a single Weber 10F150 speaker cabinet). I have been in the process of simplifying my set-up to do more with less (less guitars, less pedals, less amps). I'm able to get such a vast range of sounds out of this amp. Also, since I don't need the volume, I have found myself much more pleased than with the classic 30 I owned.

I'm looking to re-tube here soon (I find it a bit thin at times.), and although I've looked into the Tungsol's, I think I'm leaning to the JJ's. I don't plan on changing the type of tube too much outside of splurging for the gold pins.

Yea, Egnater Tweaker!

I have tried many tubes in my tweaker, even some nos RCA stuff. I have now settled on jj6v6 on power section. Reissue Tungsol 12ax7 in v1 and electroharmonix 12ax7 in v2 and v3. Worth every penny!!!

I have tried many tubes in my tweaker, even some nos RCA stuff. I have now settled on jj6v6 on power section. Reissue Tungsol 12ax7 in v1 and electroharmonix 12ax7 in v2 and v3. Worth every penny!!!

6ixstring, I'm really interested in your tube selection. I've spent some good time considering Tungsols, but don't know a whole lot about EH tubes.

What sound were you going for?/ Why did you select the tubes you did?
Do you find that you retained the original versatility?
Did you try JJ 6L6GC?

Thanks for your input! Much appreciated!

I spent a lot of time and money chasing the sounds of NOS tubes. I was pretty happy with my JAN sylvania 6V6's but then I put in Tung-sol 5881's (new stock) and am much happier. It increases the Bass respone, gives a little more headroom and makes it sound much more open/bigger. After trying these type of tubes I wonder why 5881's didn't come stock in the amp because it sounds much better to my ears. As far as the front end of the amp goes I ended up landing on Tung-sol 12ax7's ( Mullards sounded pretty damn good too)in V1 and V2 and I put a Tung-sol 12at7 in V3 (phase Inverter). This was all after a couple hundred bucks were dropped into various NOS tubes. This is what I came to after playing with tubes on this amp for the better part of a year. If there is a better combination out there than what I have found I don't want to know about it.

I wonder just how loud the Tweakers distorted sound is through a 4 by 12. How does it compete with a drummer?

I wonder just how loud the Tweakers distorted sound is through a 4 by 12. How does it compete with a drummer?
It's a 15 watt amp, as loud as any of that wattage.
I have a tweaker that I play thru a 2x8 for low volume and a 2X12 for more volume. I think a 4X12 will be even louder and should be ok with a drummer.

I've had this amp for a while now, but my question is...do any of you find it to be on the dark side at all? I've been thinking of selling it....or maybe doing a tube swap to brighten it up. I'm not really knowledgeable about tube swapping yet though.

Any thoughts?

Yes..compared to my other amps which are all high end boutique this is very dark..I have a matchless and a hayseed which both have a ton of high end..the marshally sound on the tweaker sound great to me but I'm kinda wondering how it will sound in a gig situation..I'll find out tomorrow and will report back.

Yes..compared to my other amps which are all high end boutique this is very dark..I have a matchless and a hayseed which both have a ton of high end..the marshally sound on the tweaker sound great to me but I'm kinda wondering how it will sound in a gig situation..I'll find out tomorrow and will report back.

I agree. The Tweaker seems to lack high end on all of the tone stack settings, and I'm playing a Tele through it! I'm looking to replace it with some type of Fender amp.

I agree. The Tweaker seems to lack high end on all of the tone stack settings, and I'm playing a Tele through it! I'm looking to replace it with some type of Fender amp.

It's a killer amp in the marshall vein. It rocks that way but I used it at an outdoor gig yesterday and it didn't cut like my blues junior. I actually really like my blues junior. Gets a sweet edge of break up tone and then I kick on the Timmy pedal for a little more grit. I also have a hayseed 30 which is my favorite amp I've owned out of about 20 different boutiques el84 styles.

It's a killer amp in the marshall vein. It rocks that way but I used it at an outdoor gig yesterday and it didn't cut like my blues junior. I actually really like my blues junior. Gets a sweet edge of break up tone and then I kick on the Timmy pedal for a little more grit. I also have a hayseed 30 which is my favorite amp I've owned out of about 20 different boutiques el84 styles.

Thanks for the info. I've been looking at the Blues Junior NOS Tweed model, but still haven't decided if I should get that or not.

I own 5 amps, 4 of these are tube amps (my tweaked included) this is my absolute favorite amp period. And it can rock HARD! My main guitar is a tele with single coils and this amp does not sound thin at all! How they made this amp sound this good at the price it's marketed is way beyond me! I use the vintage USA setting with volume at 12:00/2:00 with the treble at about 7:30/8:00 mids at 3:00/4:00 bass at 10:00/10:30 gain is kept nearly all the way up. Sometimes if I want a cleaner sound (i never use a totally clean amp) I turn the gain back to about 2:30. I use the tight bass response and the normal treble response! Best amp IMO!

I'm in! First head that I've ever owned. Will soon get an Avatar cab I think to go along with it. Picked one up from local Guitar Center-for $349 why the heck not? Versatility is its' thing for sure. Takes pedals in front well too! Surprised it's not more popular around these parts, there are literally hundreds of pages over on the gear page :shock: about this amp. I've got a Blues Jr. cab that's empty except for a Weber Ceramic Silver Bell, sounds good! The head fits nicely on top as well.

I just got my tweaker for some country twang and I'm loving the cleans on this little amp. I am thinking about switching out the tubes and seeing how that does... Anyone tried this to get more chi
Et to Ed closer to the vox??

To get a more chimey tone and great sweet cleans that is the vox ac 15 or ac30. I know... If ya wanna vox buy one... But this head comes really close already ... Just wondering if a few tune changes will get it closer... Love that punchy twang from a vox

I retubed mine with Tungsol6v6GT in power tubes and JJ12ax7 in v1 and tungsol 12ax7 in v2 as recommended by Doug's tubes and get sparkly highs and great sweet sound! Highly recommend Doug's Tubes!!! And the tweaker!!!!

I'm itchin to try some tubes as well. I'm thinking I'll go with an alternate to 6v6 to see how that alters things. Sounds pretty good stock though!

I just officially joined the club. Received a new Tweaker 15H that I'm running through a Rebel 20 112X loaded with an Eminence Private Jack. Holy smokes, I honestly can't believe the tones and sounds available in this amp. It's truly mind-blowing to be sure. Not to be a total Tweaker Fanboi in the midst of a honeymoon phase but I've gotta say, I've played for over 30 years and I've had everything from Music Man, Fender, Peavey, Laney and more and this Tweaker just makes me smile. Yup, it's as simple as that. I will easily include this amp in my live set-up at this point. No worries about headroom or build quality. It's on par with anything on the market today that is not completely hand-built (IMHO of course).

I just can't get over how much voicing this amp has by manipulating the tone stacks to closely represent the classic sounds of the "Big Three." Sure, even Bruce Egnater acknowledges that you wont nail Fender, Vox or Marshall 100% but I tell you what, in a blind A/B test I think I would be hard pressed to call out the real deal or the Tweaker.

Here's my dilemma...I've got a NOS Blues Junior that I sorta, kinda like but I'm not over the moon about it. I've been thinking about running the two A/B, the NOS BJ clean with reverb and the other with "Brit" crunch for overdrive on the Tweaker. But, I honestly think the BJ sounds like crap after hearing the cleans on the Tweaker.

Here's my question...how many folks are running two Tweakers in an A/B scenario and if so, are you running both heads into one cabinet or are you running each head into their own cab? I'm seriously considering selling the NOS BJ (locally, not trying to unload it here) and picking up a second Tweaker head.
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Love my Tweaker 15w head.

Been using my new Boogie Subway Rocket as a cab for it as well. Can't get enough of the Boogie either!

Thanks for the info. I've been looking at the Blues Junior NOS Tweed model, but still haven't decided if I should get that or not.

Had second thoughts about switching to the NOS Blues Junior. Adjusted my Tele's pickups to get them into factory spec, and now the Tweaker sounds brighter and crisper. Glad with the sounds I'm getting from the Tweaker now!

Here's my question...how many folks are running two Tweakers in an A/B scenario and if so, are you running both heads into one cabinet or are you running each head into their own cab? I'm seriously considering selling the NOS BJ (locally, not trying to unload it here) and picking up a second Tweaker

Hi - just first of - yes the tweaker is awesome it's wattage, price, features and build quality but it is just a little dark in the tone area. So when I git a second head I went with the vox lil'night train which I run as stereo but I am now setting up to now go a/b. You will probably want the 15 Watt night train to match volumes. I am pretty sure you can not run both into one cabinet but research before you try.

MizoulaGriz, there is a fella over at the gearpage that runs 2 tweaker heads-I can't remember his name but just google tweaker roundtable. There is a ton of information in 3 threads.

MizoulaGriz, there is a fella over at the gearpage that runs 2 tweaker heads-I can't remember his name but just google tweaker roundtable. There is a ton of information in 3 threads.

The guy's user name is MartinCliffe and he's posted some very detailed videos explaining his 2 Tweaker rig using various configurations and settings.

I don't have a Tweaker, but I have a Rebel 20 and a Renegade. I love having both EL and 6L6 tubes. I've tried a few different tube types. The Tungsol 12AX7's are great!

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Why does no one talk about the tweaker 40? Last night was the first time i've gotten to open mine up to about 3/4 volume and man it was like heaven. My bandmate is using a 74 deluxe reverb and we were able to dial in almost identical tones. The touch sensitivity made it feel a lot like the DR's, which was not the case until I was able to seriously crank the tweaker. Love the 2 identical channels also, using overdrive in the pedalboard you're able to set up your own A/B type of rig. Set first channel to vintage fender tones, and second to a ballsier AC tone.

I just bought a tweaker 40 last night from gc for 680 and got a planet waves instrument cable for free,45 dollar value. I love the amp so far, I could have gotten any amp I wanted under 800 dollars and this is what I settled on for now, I have a drri currently so I am using an aby pedal with the tweaker 40 mainly for gain and crunch and drri for cleans. Sounds great and have no complaints, even without reverb the way the cab is made you still get an airy effect, it's not just stale notes. I will update after I have had a chance to get to know the amp and make some youtube clips. I almost just bought the tweaker 15 head and cab because I'm a/bi'ng with the drri so I said why do I need to spend more and have two channels on the 40, but I love the fact that they are the same channels and you can turn the f/x loop on and off. Only downside is that you only have 1 switch for usa/brit. Everything else has it's own switches. Great amp so far and great crunchy tones.

I just got my 15w head. I am digging it so far, except that I think the brit/ac/usa switch is defective. The AC tone is significantly quieter and much muddier than either setting. It makes a marshall sound bright as day. I have a request in to tech support, though, so it should get taken care of. I love the tone of this guy, though.

Hey everybody, I picked up a Tweaker 112 combo at GC yesterday. Definitely enjoying this amp! Big upgrade from my Super Champ XD. One problem that I'm interested to know if anyone else has experienced. I was trying out the example tone profiles that come in the manual. (http://www.egnateramps.com/Products/Tweaker/Tweaker112YourTone.html#Secondary)

When I tried the settings that had the master way up, and when I played certain notes -- notably the B note (10th fret?) on the D string -- I get a really weird noise. I've been told this is tube rattle. Sounds a bit like change in my pocket vibrating at a really high frequency. Anyone else experienced this on the tweaker? I've tried a bit of the troubleshooting that I've found on the web -- pencil eraser tapping, etc. I can reproduce the noise a little big by tapping on the magnet of the speaker too -- so, wonder if it's actually the speaker? I can also reproduce it at lower master volumes with the gain up, but mostly it seems like when the master gets above about 10:00, I can reproduce the sound reliably.

I also dropped a note to Egnater support.

Thanks in advance!

Hey everybody, I picked up a Tweaker 112 combo at GC yesterday. Definitely enjoying this amp! Big upgrade from my Super Champ XD. One problem that I'm interested to know if anyone else has experienced. I was trying out the example tone profiles that come in the manual. (http://www.egnateramps.com/Products/Tweaker/Tweaker112YourTone.html#Secondary)

When I tried the settings that had the master way up, and when I played certain notes -- notably the B note (10th fret?) on the D string -- I get a really weird noise. I've been told this is tube rattle. Sounds a bit like change in my pocket vibrating at a really high frequency. Anyone else experienced this on the tweaker? I've tried a bit of the troubleshooting that I've found on the web -- pencil eraser tapping, etc. I can reproduce the noise a little big by tapping on the magnet of the speaker too -- so, wonder if it's actually the speaker? I can also reproduce it at lower master volumes with the gain up, but mostly it seems like when the master gets above about 10:00, I can reproduce the sound reliably.

I also dropped a note to Egnater support.

Thanks in advance!

Quick update -- the Egnater guys (thx Alex and Nate!) had me plug my guitar into the Effects Loop return. This bypasses the preamp section & isolates the tubes being used. That's where my tube is rattling. Since it's a new purchase, they are going to send me some replacement tubes.

Quick update -- the Egnater guys (thx Alex and Nate!) had me plug my guitar into the Effects Loop return. This bypasses the preamp section & isolates the tubes being used. That's where my tube is rattling. Since it's a new purchase, they are going to send me some replacement tubes.

I actually heard back from Nate and Bruce himself regarding my issue above. Turns out it is normal. They took a week to get back to me because they were taking measurements in the lab and running simulations to make sure everything was OK. The guys at Egnater certainly are top notch!

On another note, I have thought for some time that at higher gain settings that there was a lot of fizz to the sound. I dug out a USA-made JAN 5751 and put that in V1 (anyone else notice that the board has two V1's and V3 in the preamp section?) and now, though I get slightly less gain, it sounds heavenly. The gain is much smoother with no fizz. Best tube swap ever. I may try different power tubes at some point, but the 5751 has worked so well that I have no temptation to right now.

Hey everybody, I picked up a Tweaker 112 combo at GC yesterday. Definitely enjoying this amp! Big upgrade from my Super Champ XD. One problem that I'm interested to know if anyone else has experienced. I was trying out the example tone profiles that come in the manual. (http://www.egnateramps.com/Products/Tweaker/Tweaker112YourTone.html#Secondary)

When I tried the settings that had the master way up, and when I played certain notes -- notably the B note (10th fret?) on the D string -- I get a really weird noise. I've been told this is tube rattle. Sounds a bit like change in my pocket vibrating at a really high frequency. Anyone else experienced this on the tweaker? I've tried a bit of the troubleshooting that I've found on the web -- pencil eraser tapping, etc. I can reproduce the noise a little big by tapping on the magnet of the speaker too -- so, wonder if it's actually the speaker? I can also reproduce it at lower master volumes with the gain up, but mostly it seems like when the master gets above about 10:00, I can reproduce the sound reliably.

I also dropped a note to Egnater support.

Thanks in advance!

I made the same upgrade, Fender Super-Champ XD to Tweaker, and have been very glad I did. The SCXD just didn't have the bass end I was wanting and the Tweaker gave me that and more. Hope you enjoy your Tweaker and welcome to the Tweaker Nation!

I just joined on Monday. So far I really like this amp. I swapped out v1 with a JAN 12at7 and v3 with an old GE 12ax7 and that vastly increased the headroom. I am still playing with pre-amp tunes and have some Fender branded 12ax7s on the way. Either way, the amp sounded awesome with the stock tubes.

My amp has the fx loop mod that was performed by the previous owner. It sounds good and I don't have any complaints so far.

I really like the cleans on this amp a lot. I am running it though my PicoValve's matching 1x12 with the back closed. I have also tried it with my Peavey 410e cab and that sounded nice.

This seems to be a really nice amp. I am happy so far...

Hi all

To those that have swapped out the pre-amp valves, has anyone had any issues with the valve coming out with the valve cover and being stuck in the valve cover?

I have had all three pull out when removing the covers.

Broke all three trying to get them out.

I did email Nate at Egnater but never heard much back - cest la vie I guess.

What it appeared to be was the rubber O rings were hanging onto the pre-amp valves for dear life.

I re-valved without the O rings and now have no issues.

Expensive exercise though!

Oh - as an afterthought, don't use pliers to pull them out!! Push them out gently with the rubber end of a pencil! :grin:

The 12ax7's were stuck to the covers? That is strange; never heard of that happening. Did the covers turn normally before removing? They should just turn once and unlock.

Hi all

To those that have swapped out the pre-amp valves, has anyone had any issues with the valve coming out with the valve cover and being stuck in the valve cover?

I have had all three pull out when removing the covers.

Broke all three trying to get them out.

I did email Nate at Egnater but never heard much back - cest la vie I guess.

What it appeared to be was the rubber O rings were hanging onto the pre-amp valves for dear life.

I re-valved without the O rings and now have no issues.

Expensive exercise though!

Oh - as an afterthought, don't use pliers to pull them out!! Push them out gently with the rubber end of a pencil! :grin:

The 12ax7's were stuck to the covers? That is strange; never heard of that happening. Did the covers turn normally before removing? They should just turn once and unlock.

I agree. I have been swapping tubes since I got mine and had no issues.

I do have another issue though. I bought my amp used from someone that said they did the loop mod from Egnater. I have not popped it open to verify though.

When I use either my Behringer Reverb Machine or VS H2O I get some hiss or noise...not sure what the proper adjective is. I have tried many different 12ax7 type tubes; Sovtek WC, WB, WA, and WR types and a few others. Is this the result of the mod? When I use a GFS delay it is not that bad...and of course that is the pedal I tested the loop with when I bought it. All pedals are silent in my Peavey Classic 50's loop.

I have been running the Tweaker with the master wide open and the gain pretty low on the clean setting. The noise drops a bit when the master is rolled back, but it just seems off. I am concerned. I am thinking maybe they seller got the mod wrong. I will have to look, but any advice would be appreciated.

Here is mine. A 40. Love it.

nice!

Will that standard 15W keep up with a drummer for the most part or would the 40W be a better choice for a band situation? I don't care about being super, super clean either

The 15W is plenty for my band (restrained drummer, smallish venues). I usually set it clean, and with humbuckers, it's just on the verge of some compression and overdrive when I dig in on rhythm parts. Still very much in the "clean' zone, and I use pedals for OD tones.

And I'm usually not mic'd up--it's easily enough to carry a small bar that way, and certainly fine for bigger venues if mic'd up. I have the combo version with the stock G12H30 speaker.

Volume needs obviously vary a lot with the band and the venue, but there's no question the Tweaker is plenty loud enough for many situations.

I just did a tolex mod on my tweaker, turned out pretty good IMO...

http://drjenk.blogspot.com/2012/04/before-torn-apart-tolex-removed.html

I just got my 15w head. I am digging it so far, except that I think the brit/ac/usa switch is defective. The AC tone is significantly quieter and much muddier than either setting. It makes a marshall sound bright as day. I have a request in to tech support, though, so it should get taken care of. I love the tone of this guy, though.

I noticed the same thing happening on some guy's YouTube demo—that the AC setting simply went down in volume by a noticeable bit. Sounded good, but it was definitely lower. Hmmm.

Any resolution to this since the original post? Have you come to simply accept it or does it seem more like a malfunction?

I absoultly love my tweaker! Im the kind of person who is always changing my "sound" and this thing is perfect for it! I'm running the hot rod epi as a reverb tank and have the gain on it at 3 o'clock to fatten up my sound. But I am running it through the front of my tweaker because through the fx loop it sounded very muffled. So ran it through the front boom cleanex right up ;) thinkin bout maybe doing a tube swap and see how that changes things up but there are nothing but good things I have to say bout this sweet.lil amp! And it can keep up very well with drums I haven't really even needed to push ot past noon on the volume ;)

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I noticed the same thing happening on some guy's YouTube demo—that the AC setting simply went down in volume by a noticeable bit. Sounded good, but it was definitely lower. Hmmm.

I think that's just the natural result of differences between the three tone stacks. Any standard (passive) guitar tone stack bleeds off a lot of signal to ground--that's what they are designed to do. Different stack configurations bleed off different amounts of signal, with different frequency contours.

On the Tweaker, given settings around 12:00 on the tone knobs, the Marshall setting is definitely louder, because it bleeds off a lot less signal. The Vox is probably the quietest of the three, although not hugely different from the Vox. So, some volume difference is definitely normal.

However, I've never found the Vox setting to be "muddy" at all. Different yes, but muddy, no.

To see how the tone stack stuff works, play around with the well-known Duncan amps "Tone Stack Calculator" program, available here:

http://www.duncanamps.com/tsc/

If you just look at the default Fender, Vox, and Marshall stack settings included with the program, you can get a good idea of why the Marshall setting in the Tweaker is significantly louder. I doubt the default tone stack values or configurations for any of these exactly match those used in the Tweaker, but they are probably in the ball park.

Just bought a used tweaker 15 head. Sounds great through my vintage Jensen c15n that is in a front ported cabinet. Great deal for under $250.

Which preamp tube is v1?

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Just bought a used tweaker 15 head. Sounds great through my vintage Jensen c15n that is in a front ported cabinet. Great deal for under $250.

Which preamp tube is v1?

Bergs

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V1 is the first preamp (gain) tube, V2 is for the effects loop and V3 is the phase inverter. The Eganater site has a Tweaker tube layout chart under the Tweaker 15 Specifications tab but that doesn't appear to be correct. There's a User Manual under the User Manual tab that has a correct tube layout chart. V1 is the tube furthest toward the front on the left hand side. Hope this helps.

V1 is the first preamp (gain) tube, V2 is for the effects loop and V3 is the phase inverter. The Eganater site has a Tweaker tube layout chart under the Tweaker 15 Specifications tab but that doesn't appear to be correct. There's a User Manual under the User Manual tab that has a correct tube layout chart. V1 is the tube furthest toward the front on the left hand side. Hope this helps.

Thanks a bunch. I could have actually looked.

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What 12" speaker do you guys recommend for good fender cleans on this amp.
I am thinking the wgs reaper. Whatcha think?
I would put it in my 1x12 ibanez cab. It has a seventy 80 in it now. Doesn't sound so bad for the $75 I paid for the cab.

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Joining the club today. Well yesterday... I bought the tweaker 15 and am running it through my ac4 tv 1 12 cab. I know it's not as good and efficient as other cabs but, it's what I've got for now. Still yet it's a very impressive amp! I love it! I can't wait till I have more time to mess with it and am glad to be a part of the club!

anyone have any luck dialing in an 'Orange' sound?

I just installed a wgs 12" Reaper in my 1x12 ibanez semi open back cabinet. While the seventy 80 that the reaper replaced wasn't the greatest speaker in the world, the reaper sounds amazing.
I guess the reaper is a copy of the celestion g12h30 which is what is in the tweaker cab and combos.
Sounds great with my tweaker 15 head and my Special 6 head. Loving both amps even more.



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anyone have any luck dialing in an 'Orange' sound?

i agree, anyone tried to dial that in?

Mines coming in Thursday. I'm looking forward to it immensely!!!

Mines coming in Thursday. I'm looking forward to it immensely!!!

The wait sucks when you order new gear... I hope you got it yesterday!

Finally! I am vindicated. :lol:

Seriously though, I know this is a pro Tweaker thread. You can't expect much negativity. What I was hoping for, was at least some admission that the amp is a bit dark. I mean, it sounds good. It's high quality and all, but it's no Vox Night Train, in my opinion. Maybe that isn't a fair comparison, but it's the only comparison based on my experiences that I can speak from honestly.

I wonder if there is in fact something wrong with my amp. Maybe I'll drive over to Egnater and swap it for another one if no one wants to buy it. I'd rather simply sell it. I'm sure it's just my ears that have the problem. :roll:

Hey, have you swapped out the tubes? I purchased a Tweaker 15 last year and when I changed out the tubes to a set of Tungsol, made all the difference in the world all the way around. That being said, at 15 watts, its hard to expect this amp to stay Chrystal clean all the way up to loud stage levels. That being said, I really wanted a two channel amp that I could get that sparkly clean sound and a midrange Marshall sound and playing with the "Tweaker" knobs live is undoable. I tested a lot of amps, even bought and returned a few and ended up ordering the Tweaker 40 combo! Can't wait.:mrgreen:

I've also since then retubed the power section with EH 6V6s. I think that they sound better than the Tungsols.

I made the same upgrade, Fender Super-Champ XD to Tweaker, and have been very glad I did. The SCXD just didn't have the bass end I was wanting and the Tweaker gave me that and more. Hope you enjoy your Tweaker and welcome to the Tweaker Nation!

NOPE!! The sound you hear rattling is the painted metal covers on the handle on top of the amp. Pry those bastards off and it will go away. You will probably bend them a little and the amp won't look quite as sexy but that's your choice. If you sell it, you could always include them so the guy could put them back on if he wanted to. Chinese my man...

I have been dinking with various stereo configurations for the last several years. Currently, I have 2 of the 15 watt Tweaker heads sitting atop the Tourmaster 2X12 cab.

I found the stock Celestions to be a bit bright when I tried them with my 2 Vox Night Train heads, so I put in a pair of Vintage 30s. This solved the problem. The cab works wonderfully with the Tweaker. The rig sounds full and has all the power I need for any local stage.

I use a Line 6 POD XT Live floor unit for FX and the stereo vibe is very nice. I run the amp so that is just starts to break up with my Strat dimed, then let the Line 6 do the rest. Just wish the grill cloths matched, but that's an easy fix.

I think these amps have tremendous flexibility and sound phenomenal. Further, they deliver on the promise of Fender, Vox and Marshall tone. Very impressed. A great value, too.

I've also since then retubed the power section with EH 6V6s. I think that they sound better than the Tungsols.

I bought my Tweaker 15 head new two months ago and it came equipped with Tung-Sol pre tubes and EH power tubes.

Tung-Sols seem to be a very good match for this amp. I haven't done a lot tube testing yet with this amp, but I tried an old 1959 (used) short plate Mullard ECC83 and 1959 Tungsram ECC83 but they didn't have the high end sparkle or bite of the Tung-Sol. The long plate Mullard from the 1957 on the other hand was great. My 2x12 cab isn't the brightest (Emi Governor + RWB), so it benefits from bright tubes.

I almost immediately changed the power tubes to NOS Sylvania 6V6GTY's and haven't tried the stock EH's since. Sylvanias seemed to be a bit brighter and more lively, but maybe I should change the EH's back to compare to. OTOH, I have been playing at pretty low volumes and haven't tried the amp with the (at the moment non-existent) band yet.

I took the rig on stage last night and came away feeling like I hit the jackpot. The tone was smooth, full and responsive. Great bottom end, without any boominess and the natural compression was positively sweet. Covered everything from chicken pickin' to reggae and rock with ease. Hands down, the nicest iteration of a stero rig I have ever assembled. The stereo FX are very lush and the gentle, soft breakup of just guitar and amp (with FX bypassed) is a virtual aural massage. Loving it! It turned quite a few heads, including the other guys on stage.

These amps are vastly underrated, in my opinion. Everybody should own one;)

It's funny. Bruce was the tech at Gus Zoppi's on 8 Mile Rd. in Detroit. I shopped there religiously for decades. Oh, the days of $300 Les Pauls and 335s. I bought my first '66 Jaguar (used) from Gus Jr. for $80!

I took the rig on stage last night and came away feeling like I hit the jackpot. The tone was smooth, full and responsive. Great bottom end, without any boominess and the natural compression was positively sweet. Covered everything from chicken pickin' to reggae and rock with ease. Hands down, the nicest iteration of a stero rig I have ever assembled. The stereo FX are very lush and the gentle, soft breakup of just guitar and amp (with FX bypassed) is a virtual aural massage. Loving it! It turned quite a few heads, including the other guys on stage.

These amps are vastly underrated, in my opinion. Everybody should own one;)

what settings did you use on the tweakers?
Do you use the amp modeling on your pod xt?
Your setup sounds like a great idea.

I am looking at a Mashall studio15 right now to fill my stereo rig gas. If that doesn't work out, I may look into getting another tweaker 15.

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what settings did you use on the tweakers?
Do you use the amp modeling on your pod xt?
Your setup sounds like a great idea.

I am looking at a Mashall studio15 right now to fill my stereo rig gas. If that doesn't work out, I may look into getting another tweaker 15.

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To answer your question about the use of Amp Modeling: yes and no. I am not crazy about the Distortion emulations on the POD (in the context of the gig I've been doing), so I use a Dumble amp emulation to add some drive to the patch. By default, it is off, and I bring it in only when I want to get a bit more dirt. As I mentioned, the amps starts to break when I dime the Strat. I have the Tweakers set to sound like a nice, fat Fender Deluxe/Deville with some grit and a bit more bottom, thanks to the 2X12 cab.

The gig I mentioned involves quieter playing, with an emphasis on tone and dynamics. A mix of soul, blues, funk, country, reggae and lighter rock. Very seasoned players with close to 30 years playing together. If I were doing a higher gain rock gig, the answer would be different, albeit with the same rig.

Someone had a custom bag made for a Egnator Tweaker I picked up on Ebay, I thought was pretty cool.

I would say the most surprising thing about having the Tweaker is how much I use the Marshall tone.

Has anyone else found that 1 setting is better for cleans vs. "hot"?

I bought a Tweaker 15 a couple of months ago because I had some back problems and needed a light amp to carry. I bought the head and used a separate cab with a Kendrick 12 speaker.

Bear in mind that I downsized from a 40 watt Allen Old Flame. When I played my first gig with the Egnater, I was actually amazed at how well the rig kept up with a full band. It is a very loud 15 watts. And what beautiful tone. I got a Hall of Fame reverb pedal for it and have not looked back. I love everything about this amp. It has far exceeded my expectations. Now, I want to get another one--before they decide to discontinue them or something.

Bruce Egnater, as I already knew, has been making great amps for years. The Tweaker is not only a great guitar amplifier, it is also ridiculously cheap, considering the quality, versatility and tone. Mine was $339.00 out the door with a carrying bag. I love mine.

I played an outdoor concert today with the Tweaker. The soundman, 100 yards away, asked me to turn down because he couldn't put me in the mix. Maybe it is time to move to a 5 watt amp? (master was just past halfway, gain on about 10am on the dial.

Volume aside, it is a great tone from this amp.

I played an outdoor concert today with the Tweaker. The soundman, 100 yards away, asked me to turn down because he couldn't put me in the mix. Maybe it is time to move to a 5 watt amp? (master was just past halfway, gain on about 10am on the dial.

Volume aside, it is a great tone from this amp.

You could try a JHS attenuator in the effect loop? :)

I see they make a 1 X 12 cab that appears to be about the same size as the 1X12 combo. Do any of you guys know if the combo can be stacked with this cab for a vertical 2X12 set-up or does the internal speaker get disabled when when plugging into an extension cab?

I see they make a 1 X 12 cab that appears to be about the same size as the 1X12 combo. Do any of you guys know if the combo can be stacked with this cab for a vertical 2X12 set-up or does the internal speaker get disabled when when plugging into an extension cab?

I have the head and from viewing pics of the combo it appears that the speaker outs are the same as head. The internal speaker of the combo is plugged into main out and there is also an extension out. So, in that case, it seems like you could run an extension can no problem and still use internal combo speaker as well.
Just make sure your select the correct ohm setting for your setup.

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Yep, you can definitely run the extension cab in addition to the internal cab if you want to. I believe the combo will also stack on top of the extension cab, but am not positive. Should be able to check the dimensions of both on Egnater's website.

And to respond to an earlier post--I too am surprised by how much I like the Marshall setting in the Clean mode, with a variety of gain settings. Although I haven't had a chance to try this setup in a band setting, I really like setting up a fairly gainy tone in Marshall mode (still in the Clean setting) and using the volume knob on my Strat-style guitar to adjust the amount of gain. I get some really chewy, chimey clean tones with the guitar volume rolled back. Fun stuff.

Yep, you can definitely run the extension cab in addition to the internal cab if you want to. I believe the combo will also stack on top of the extension cab, but am not positive. Should be able to check the dimensions of both on Egnater's website.

And to respond to an earlier post--I too am surprised by how much I like the Marshall setting in the Clean mode, with a variety of gain settings. Although I haven't had a chance to try this setup in a band setting, I really like setting up a fairly gainy tone in Marshall mode (still in the Clean setting) and using the volume knob on my Strat-style guitar to adjust the amount of gain. I get some really chewy, chimey clean tones with the guitar volume rolled back. Fun stuff.

To me, that's the way to go. Using pedals for overdrive sounds has always seemed to drastic of a jump. Using the guitar's volume to control the amount of gain gives you so much more control over how much dirt you add to your clean sound. I guess old school is my school too! :lol:

Egnater Tweaker 15 HD club member! :razz: got one today it has jj 6v6 and stock sovtek's in the pre section, very impressed!, run it through a 1x12 blackstar cab with celestion seventy/eighty speaker which has a lot of bottom end, set on modern, usa, treble on 3/4 and mid on 3/4 to compensate for the bottom end speakers, bass on half,gain on 3/4 and in hot position this just screamed tone through my tele with custom shop pickups on full, the distortion this thing pulls is fantastic, and when i roll back the volume on the guitar the clarity is remarkable, and setting it on ac for a clean setting is to die for, very impressed! :shock:

I picked mine up off of CL on Monday. I finally got a chance to twist the knobs a little today. First things first, like any good tube amp you have to turn the MV up to at least 6 or 7 to drop the fizz and bring out it's true voice. The brit setting was kind of muddy with my Lester with the gain high even with the bass turned way down and the bright and tight switched on. But when I switched from Hot to Clean I got nice articulate crunchy rhythm and when I kicked in my boost there it was, singing sustain and VERY NICE raw British tone. The Vox setting drops some of the bottom chunk and adds a little more shimmer and USA voiced cuts the mids and adds bottom and high sparkle. The pedal and LP in USA voiced mode had me in overdriven Bassman land so I plugged in my Strat, messed with the tone controls a little and dialed in a nice shimmering drive that reminded me of a Deluxe or Vibrolux. The bottom line is this thing ROCKS & I can tell already I'm going to love this amp. I've only used it through my Marshall 425A cab so far and need to try it with a smaller cabs.

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