Vampower Mk3 Leadmaster

JJ · Apr 19th 2012

In the 70s Brit tradition of Vox/ Hi Watt/ Sound City/ Orange/ Triumph...

Here is one of my fav amps- a very rare 72/73 Vampower mk3 leadmaster head with a Vampower 4x12 cab.
Classic Brit crunch with a bit of 70s glam rock slapback delay added.
These amps were used by Marc Bolan of T.Rex. You can read about them on my site http://www.vampower.com
The cab is a bright sounding cab. I used two mics -a 57 and a Telefunken copperhead about 8" away for a bit of added room ambience.
The amp was miked LOUD!
70s output valve distortion can be a beautiful thing!
hope you all enjoy!
Im glad we can bring wonderful rare amps into the future this way via the Kemper

JJ

luntho · Apr 19th 2012

Thank you very much, really looking forward to trying this one out

londonjeepster · Apr 19th 2012

Get it on!Yeah thanks.

Stemast · Apr 19th 2012

Intersting, very interesting! I'll give them a go tonight!
Thanks for sharing!

londonjeepster · Apr 19th 2012

You did a good job with this JJ and the cab is really nice and present,works well with many other amps.

luntho · Apr 19th 2012

very nice profile ..some collection you have there on you site...I wouldn't mind if you profiled some of the others too

BuckeyeBrown · Apr 20th 2012

Never even heard of this amp before but I really like it.

Very dynamic. Great chime and clarity and I really like the way it compresses and breaks up when you dig in but somehow it still retains that clarity. Its like a Hiwatt without the headroom in a very good way.

troynova · Apr 20th 2012

Thank you for sharing such a rare Amp and very nice profile.

JJ · Apr 20th 2012

thanks for the sweet comments gang.
Vamps are very underrated amps and tend to walk that line between Vox and Hiwatt
In regards to the vampower cab- inspired by Tills cabs , I really wanted to give the vampower cab a bit of dimension and grunt-glad you dig it London Jeepster!.
for those of you into vintage studio preamps, i also used an original Trident A range pre with the telefunken mic.

when i get time.. i will profile the "T. Rex" Vampower mk1 head . She still has her original Mullards in her and should come up a treat
again, thanks for the love

JJ

MisterC · Apr 20th 2012

GREAT PROFILE !!!

Thanks very much for that !!

I think i will use it a lot !

r_u_sirius · Aug 13th 2012

just a little bump for this great profile and while I´m at it, a humble wish for more Vampower profiles - for sure there are many more facettes which earn to be captured!!!

thanks a lot JJ!

luntho · Aug 13th 2012

JJ · Aug 13th 2012

nice timing...may have a few tasty vamps up by this Friday

JJ

r_u_sirius · Aug 22nd 2012

Quote from JJ

nice timing...may have a few tasty vamps up by this Friday

JJ

looking forward to the new profiles!!!!

Dlaut · Aug 22nd 2012

Quote from r_u_sirius

looking forward to the new profiles!!!!

Thanks for bumping this RU (I would have never noticed it otherwise).....this profile is stellar! It has more touch sensitivity than any of the others I've found....as well as a very unique tone.

londonjeepster · Aug 22nd 2012

also the cab works well with many other amps.

neil-c · Aug 23rd 2012

Thanks - Lovely sound and great story, interested to hear the next instalments.

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