Skinnyman

PS Forgot to say - haven’t heard a peep from the fans yet.

First impressions posted over in the GK Fusion thread (spoiler - I like it)

Thanks! I’ve spent a happy afternoon playing with this and I’m very impressed. I’ll have a better impression when I’ve gigged it but that may not be for a while if we end up having to cancel gigs because of, well, y’know..... First impressions can be summed up in two words; depth and clarity. I had a GK MB800 briefly (used model returned because of a faulty fan) but I was impressed then with the sound it made and have hankered for another ever since. I toyed with the idea of the Legacy 500 but decided to go with the Fusion as it’s basically the same amp but with slightly more flexibility and, of course, the tubes in the preamp. Build quality seems good. All the knobs have a push/pull function as well as normal range of adjustment and I can’t feel any ‘wobble’ or insecurity in them. They’re nicely weighted - maybe not quite in the same milled-from-billet feeling that you get from a Genzler or Mesa but they’re certainly on a par - if a little easier to adjust - with my Tone Hammer. A big appeal for me was the flexibility to run a number of cabinets down to 2ohm. I mainly use a single BF One10 as a stage monitor and DI through the PA system but I wanted the option of adding another One10 or even a Two10 if I needed to go standalone. Soundwise? As I say, depth and clarity. It’s very similar to the MB I had briefly so I guess that’s the GK ‘sound’ everyone talks about. Paired with a One10 which has no tweeter and is very “vintage sounding” it seems like a brilliant match. With all controls at twelve o’clock the natural brightness of the GK is tempered by the natural depth of the One10 and makes for that ‘just right’ tone. I find my Aggie a little “muddy” with the One10 and even my Genzler 800 is a little boomy through it - nothing that can’t be EQ’d and it’s probably my ears as much as anything - but by comparison the Fusion sounds clear, deep and authoritative (not using the H word!) on standard settings. The overdrive channel is nice - it can go to silly levels just like the Tone Hammer but it seems that I can wind it back to give a nice subtle boost with just a bit of added thickness. Looking forward to playing with that some more I’ll get a better idea when I’ve rehearsed and gigged with it but so far I’m really pleased. 😁

These don’t seem to be coming through in quantity yet so I had a job tracking one down but my new GK Fusion S arrived today. Only had chance to turn it on and check it works so far but I have to say I’m very impressed with it in partnership with the One10. It sounds great and the lights look super cool. Hmmm, pwetty lights...

Bit of gaffa tape and she’ll be right.......

Pretty much 😁 None of the companies I’ve been employed by are still in existence. The names may exist in a couple of cases but the companies have been bought out and “rationalised”. I can’t take credit for all of them though.... I also made sure that in the year 2000 not a single line of my code was running in production anywhere in the world so they couldn’t pin anything on me.

I haven’t really had a career, certainly not in the sense that it’s been planned anyway. I left school in ‘76 and spent too long prevaricating to get Into Uni and I’ve been doing “fill in” jobs ever since. One day I might actually get an application in on time and go do a course. In the meantime, I’ve delivered washing machines and televisions, been a shop manager for currys and then Rumbelows (remember them), joined their training department as a trainer, swapped to the IT department as a trainee programmer, left and went to Comet (remember them?), then joined a series of IT software firms ending up as CTO for one of the Fujitsu divisions which we carved out as an independent. Once that was sold, I was a director for the firm that bought us for a bit before going into semi-retirement and becoming a store assistant at Aldi for a year or two. I then got offered a contract job at RBS doing some mainframe architecture stuff before I ended up as head of real-time payments architecture at the company that runs the BACS, LINK and Faster Payments Systems (relax, I never worked on any of the UK systems 😁. Well, just the one but it was cheques so it doesn’t count). Then the company got bought, I got bored with the commute and I retired. And now I spend my days volunteering with Young Enterprise and tormenting Young @Teebs on here. Which is a nasty job but someone has to do it..... (The @Teebs thing, obvs. Young Enterprise is good fun)

You cheeky young beggar. I’m 99 and a bit.... welcome jotto. Ignore Teebs, he’s a twerp.

Or maybe the long-suffering Mrs Teebs took the fuse out for a few days blessed respite?

Depends on the quality of the jizz I guess.....

I take it he’s not related to our own @Pseudonym?

Phil just bought my Yamaha BB735a. Has to be the easiest transaction ever. Like everyone else, I say “Top man, highly recommended!” 😁

I have a fender fuse guitar amp which has an SD card slot (as well as aux in). It allows you to alter the pitch and speed of a track. That works for me although it doesn’t do rewind/FF or loop sections (not easily). I used to use a version of Guitar rig as that let you jump around the track, loop sections, slow down while keeping pitch, transpose, etc. That’s brilliant for learning stuff initially but you needed a compooter for it. I suspect you could achieve a similar effect now with an iPad, GarageBand and a 3.5mm cable to the aux in of your amp

I just bought a Zoom Q2n camera off Steve. It turned up this morning, nicely packaged and just as described in his ad. A super-easy transaction and a lovely guy to deal with 😁 Thanks Steve!

Which is odd because it looks very much like you could get a Vauxhall Corsa to fit in a Marshall 810

The big worry is that she might find it more attractive than you, you grey old utility cabinet, you. Jus’ satin’

Well at least it’s big enough to sleep in if need be 😁

If you have concrete floors you’ll be fine. I wouldn’t keep it upstairs though 😁 Is there a venue or rehearsal room near you who might take it for £50? Or even for a few hours free rehearsal use?

Well just wear a thick jumper and man up then, ya big softie

Could you get a Comfort Strapp and glue the new one to it? or just get a long strip of neoprene?

You're looking to dry things off not cook them so take it steady 😁 You could also try filling a paper bag with a dessicant (rice would be my choice), put it in the back of the amp and put it in the airing cupboard overnight. I'd be careful not to spill the rice though as it gets everywhere.....