Sound City 50+ Sound Clips

Mr. Beasty · Post by **Mr. Beasty** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 1:29 am

Well, I finally had some time to fool around with my latest aquisition, a Sound City 50+ head!

I really like the way it sounds.

My intent was to see if I could use the 50+ to recapture a little bit of Hiwatt-vibe that was missing in my sound portfolio. So I tried to give things a bit of a "context".

See, I am not so much interested in what the amps sound like as much as what I can get out of it ... so there it is! I did these in about three hours and was not shooting for accuracy and did everything from memory, so don't flame me for messing up the riffs & arrangements!

... and I used a lot of effects!

http://www.fuzzymonsters.com/audio/Shine_On_Me.mp3
My attempt at being Gilmour-esque ...

http://www.fuzzymonsters.com/audio/WHO_is_it.mp3
My attempt at being Pete Townsend ...

Good luck!

and let me know what you think.

45auto · Post by **45auto** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 9:28 am

oh man, can't wait to hear these later at the house. i miss my old sc50. a very cool little head. i love that switch on the back!

45auto · Post by **45auto** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 7:25 pm

i think it sounds freakin great.

geoff_bell · Post by **geoff_bell** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 7:48 am

45auto wrote:i love that switch on the back!

yeah, it's a saviour! unfortunately, when i bought the amp i lived in the countryside but the amp didn't work (blown output transformer - i bought it like that), but by the time i had it fixed i had moved into the town. the "sensitivity" switch means i can drive it a little harder at lower volume, even though i'm also using pedals.

C J H · Post by **C J H** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 9:53 am

nice tone!

i had one of these aswell, had to sell to be able to afford a proper cab for the metro though

mine had a hefty portion of the soundcityhiss though..

geoff_bell · Post by **geoff_bell** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 3:31 pm

i use ecc82 and 81 valves in v2, 3 and 4. it redues the hiss