My first "real" amp

[J-Nick]

Before getting this puppy I was playing through a crappy modeling amp that shall remain nameless...

I scored the bivalve for a pretty good price on ebay and bought the cab brand new from avatar speaker. The cab is loaded with one hellatone 30 (broken-in celestion v30) and one hellatone 60 (broken-in celestion G12h30).

It's difficult to compare it to anything else because this is my first high end amp, but all I can say is that it sounds sweet! I love the simplicity, single channel class A, you can go from clean to crunch simply by using the guitar's volume knob. The built in attenuator works pretty well to push the tubes at a decent volume.

I can also stick in virtually any kind of tubes (in any combination) without the need to rebias. The tone possibilities are almost infinite

 

[mesadualrec]

those are mighty fine amps

love the univalve's too

 

[Headstock]

Got me a Uni- Valve. Great amps, under rated IMHO.

 

[mesadualrec]

univalves have a great reputation in the studio

thats where they really shine


Mr B on this forum had one and when he used it live....WOW it was huge!!!!

 

[candid_x]

Cool little amps. You can tube tweak till your heart's content and find your tone.

If you get discouraged with the amp after the honeymoon is over, don't give up on it until you've tried it through other cabs and/or speakers. I've had the same cab loaded with the same speakers, and can't say I liked it. That doesn't mean it wouldn't work for someone else, of course. I just couldn't get from it what the amp was capable of delivering.

 

[robelinda2]

yep great amps, love the tone and the flexibility. and the size is perfect. Good work!

 

[J-Nick]

Just wanted to give a quick update on my bivalve now that they honeymoon is over. After using it several time at band practice I can now say that this thing is simply amazing!

The amp is so responsive and the clean tones I can get from it never stops to amaze me.

At home I use one 6G6G tube which gives me a little over 1 watt of power. Combined with the built in attenuator I can crank the amp and get all the crunch I need without upsetting my neighboors.

I always sucked at tweaking settings to get a tone I liked. The bivalve is so easy to adjust... only 4 knobs to adjust so its very easy to find good tone.

The only drawback: its makes you want to spend a lot of money on tubes which detracts from buying more EBMMs

 

[dwells]

dig it fantastic amp dude

 

[mr.b]

gret little amp there dude. as Mesadualrec said, i had a univalve. t'was a cracking little amp with a warehouse full of tone.

Got me a good few sets of tubes too for working on different tones. i found i preferred the combo of the 12AY7, for high level cleans and late saturation mixed with a 6550 for some good gristle when needed!!!

 

[mesadualrec]

gret little amp there dude. as Mesadualrec said, i had a univalve. t'was a cracking little amp with a warehouse full of tone.

Got me a good few sets of tubes too for working on different tones. i found i preferred the combo of the 12AY7, for high level cleans and late saturation mixed with a 6550 for some good gristle when needed!!!

Gristle


hahaaha love it
yeah but yer lonestar sounds amazing how your running it the now Boj!!


GET A RACK...ohh you do have one,tidy

 

[wired]

Nice amp.