duncans Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 Selling a Crate Vintage Club 20 20 watts, 2-el84s' 10" speaker Works good, nice condition Missing a nut in the headphone output Have too many amps and don't play out anymore Can send more photos if needed 250.00 shipped may entertain an offer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubs_42 Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 If anyone cares, 12AT7 in V1 and a RF10 and thank me later. Super Sleepers, they are just loaded with way to much gain. The 12at7 pull that down, you can run the gain on 10 and your in classic rock territory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jginsj Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 22 hours ago, bubs_42 said: If anyone cares, 12AT7 in V1 and a RF10 and thank me later. Super Sleepers, they are just loaded with way to much gain. The 12at7 pull that down, you can run the gain on 10 and your in classic rock territory. Agree completely. I used to have a love affair with VC 30’s (don’t need the volume anymore) and with 12ax7’s they were way too fizzy on high gain. 12at7’s tailored the gain to my liking and made perfect creamy distortion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Shark Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 One of my fave recorded tones is Knopfler on Millionaire Blues. And yes, it was a Crate VC... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubs_42 Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 If I wasn't up to my ears in amps, I'd buy it. I have a black one with a 12" and i've wanted one with a 10. Does this one have Reverb? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boomerang~Junkie Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 Oh lawdy, strap in - here we go . . . . . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncans Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 7 hours ago, bubs_42 said: If I wasn't up to my ears in amps, I'd buy it. I have a black one with a 12" and i've wanted one with a 10. Does this one have Reverb? No, unfortunately it does not. But you know you want it anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrjamiam Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 8 hours ago, duncans said: No, unfortunately it does not. But you know you want it anyway. And I know he wants it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubs_42 Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 I should, just so I can do a before and after video of the quick and cheap mods. Hey "Old Guy's", its light and can be your sleeper grab and go. With the 12at7 it will take your pedals no problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomteriffic Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 I've had a cream VC30 since they first came out. It was my gig amp for years. Tough, reliable and heavy as hell. My tone recipe always involved the clean channel. Dime it (or close to it) to get the power tubes happy, '94 Special FM on the neck pickup (bridge only occasionally) and clean to dirty was right in your volume control. Looking back, it was a very good recipe but I shied away from the dirty channel for the reasons mentioned above. I've got a bunch of AT7 and AU7's What position would these go in to tame the buzz channel and leave the clean channel un messed with? I've met a couple of VC 20's and they're terrific amps, great grab and go's. GLWTS, sorry for the derail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubs_42 Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 In V1, so the first tube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jginsj Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 3 hours ago, bubs_42 said: In V1, so the first tube. Actually, I think Tomteriffic was asking about the Vintage Club 30 (VC3112 for the combo), so V1 will impact both the clean and dirty channel since they both pass through it, V2 and V3 should be your additional gain stages for the dirty channel, from memory anyways....I think I would get a tube in V1 that makes the clean channel exactly the way you want it, and then swap out V2 and V3 to get the dirty channel the way you want it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomteriffic Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 10 hours ago, jginsj said: Actually, I think Tomteriffic was asking about the Vintage Club 30 (VC3112 for the combo), so V1 will impact both the clean and dirty channel since they both pass through it, V2 and V3 should be your additional gain stages for the dirty channel, from memory anyways....I think I would get a tube in V1 that makes the clean channel exactly the way you want it, and then swap out V2 and V3 to get the dirty channel the way you want it. John, you are correct in that assumption. I haven't cracked it open in decades so I wasn't sure what I'd find. BTW, the guy who designed the Vintage Clubs was a student of mine back when guitar amps were hand cranked. Later, he tipped me to the real goodies being in the clean channel. Also, these amps happened when Sovtek and Mesa tubes were pretty much all you could find. He said he designed it around those realities. As I mentioned I haven't had it open in decades and have only retubed it once, just on general principles, not because there was a problem. IIRC it's all Sovteks in there and other than the hair metal oriented dirt channel, have never had a problem with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubs_42 Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 4 hours ago, tomteriffic said: John, you are correct in that assumption. I haven't cracked it open in decades so I wasn't sure what I'd find. BTW, the guy who designed the Vintage Clubs was a student of mine back when guitar amps were hand cranked. Later, he tipped me to the real goodies being in the clean channel. Also, these amps happened when Sovtek and Mesa tubes were pretty much all you could find. He said he designed it around those realities. As I mentioned I haven't had it open in decades and have only retubed it once, just on general principles, not because there was a problem. IIRC it's all Sovteks in there and other than the hair metal oriented dirt channel, have never had a problem with it. I own one of his post Crate Amps. He modded it for me with a bigger out put transformer and took it from 6v6 to 6l6. I would have thought it was gutted and redone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punkavenger Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 A vintage club 50 watt with 15 inch speaker was my first amp. Bought it from a guy in a Mariachi band Clean tones were just beautiful but it was kinda loud for home use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomteriffic Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 23 hours ago, Punkavenger said: A vintage club 50 watt with 15 inch speaker was my first amp. Bought it from a guy in a Mariachi band Clean tones were just beautiful but it was kinda loud for home use. Had a 50 watt head and yep! The 50 watters were class AB, the 30 watter was all Class A, like a Vox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncans Posted January 15, 2020 Author Share Posted January 15, 2020 Let’s put this back up to remind Shawn it’s still available! Or anyone else! Pretty darn good amp at any price! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncans Posted February 15, 2020 Author Share Posted February 15, 2020 Still Available. Nice Am,p. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFunk Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Our other guitar player has one of these. It sits in the mix great and will cut your head off while doing so.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncans Posted March 8, 2020 Author Share Posted March 8, 2020 Nice amp, good condition, good price! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtrdaddy Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 Can't believe it's still here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottcald Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 On 1/1/2020 at 4:15 PM, bubs_42 said: If I wasn't up to my ears in amps, I'd buy it. When has that stopped anyone from buying gear? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGravelin Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 Bitchin' little amp! I'm so so tempted but really shouldn't...but...but.... GLWS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubs_42 Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 6 hours ago, scottcald said: When has that stopped anyone from buying gear? What I mean is, I have more coming and I have to leave some for everyone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncans Posted March 10, 2020 Author Share Posted March 10, 2020 22 hours ago, JGravelin said: Bitchin' little amp! I'm so so tempted but really shouldn't...but...but.... GLWS! C'mon Josh! I'll deliver! I'm not that far away! I'm not desperate by any means, just need a road trip! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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