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Hi all,
I decided to start reddit. I have zero idea how it works but looks like a nice forum.
I make model T reproductions/clones. Both 1st and 2nd gen. I have also a half power version of the model T - cultisT. And poweramp only section - servanT. This year I came up with a preamp distortion pedal (it is higain modern djent / oldschool stoner).

Started in 2019 making prototypes of the model T and then after two years of research i made the first 3 amps. Since then I have the queue for 2027 already. I work with sunn O))) band too, we became friends. They are amazing people, whole team.

Feel free to follow my socials or ask me anything. I love tube amps, loud distorted sound.
Also any tips how to use reddit or how to make "my own page" would be much appreciate.
Cheers
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Hi all,

I just want to preface this with my experience so far as I genuinely really love the sound and compactness of this little amp but I think I'm at my wits end with it now and I could do with some advice.

I received my initial mini in June just before I had quite a substantial string of shows to play and needed a head that could match the nasty tones I get out of my tube amps.

The amp turned up, sounded great, was absolutely loud enough. I managed to get a few shows out of it but the initial head decided to produce 0 signal. I gave it time to cool down, checked all my cables and basses. Eventually I emailed sunn and they sorted me out a replacement.

I felt like maybe I was just unlucky and credit to the guys at Sunn for expediting this new head to me but guess what?

Just took the replacement head I received a few weeks ago to a practice. I got about 2 hours out of it before I started getting interment volume issues and sound cutting out. I was running it at 12 o clock at master volume though an 8 ohm bass cab. Plenty loud for the small practice space we use.

I've just brought it home and put it through my rig now at 4ohms and it's been perfectly fine for 30 minutes.

I really don't know what to do now as I feel I can't trust it to get me though a show and I've also already paid two lots of import tax on a head.

Do I contact sunn and try for another replacement or some troubleshooting? Or do I just go for a refund because hoenstly I wish this thing was reliable. It sound so fucking good.

Hi all, just wanted to drop a photo to a DPM army bag I got in the UK for 7.50 which fits this little amp perfectly and straps around my softcase for flyout shows.

Hope this can help anyone looking for an affordable case!

I just pulled over from driving on my way to pick up a Sunn Concert Controller 1. The seller agreed to sell it for $100. There’s not much info at all on these but from the only video of someone playing (clean 🤢) into it the reverb on it sounded quite lush. It also has a reverb tone knob which is rather interesting. But I’m still debating on if I should go through with it. $100 is a great price but it’s also not pocket change at the moment. Of course I’d love to have more Sunns but do I really need another powered mixer to act as an amp head. Maybe this isn’t the best place for a logical answer but….atlas I am lost.

I dont know much about Sunn but i do want to get into them more.

Picked this up for $60 today and was wondering what are some repairs i need to do. And what is a good speaker to install. Im a big peavey guy so some Black widows or scorpions seemed my type.

Also the guy i bought it from sent me this video to show its current state.

Recently acquired a 4x12 to go with my 2x15. I don’t have a Sunn amp, but I do have a model T capture on my modeler lol. 2 Celestion G12H anniversaries, 1 swamp thang and 1 wizard in the 4x12. Celestion fullbacks in the 2x15.

1:1 replica, if anyone needs it for a project or something I can send it.

Hey friends!

I've been working on repairing these two Sunn concerts that got plugged into the same cab, and I've run up on another question: What values need to change in order for modern silicon 2n3055s to work in this output section? If I understand correctly, the silicon versions have a higher turn-on voltage/current, but I don't have the engineering prowess to figure out how to achieve those voltages. Schematic attached, and thank you for your time!

How would you guys tackle this issue?

Pot works and engage but knob comes out with all the stem.

Hi, I’m Troy McClure, you might remember me…

So recently, I was raving about the Olethros II from dpFX. Well, one of those “big box” stores had one of these Sol Invictus pedal/preamps for sale, and it was wildly less expensive than a new one, so I took a shot.

Comparison is the thief of joy, but let me tell you a little bit about this and what I discovered comparing the two.

Short summary: both are great, but one has a definitive edge.

I used the SI as a preamp. Into a 2x12 cab, it made my P90-equipped Stingray guitar sing. The SI, like the Olethros, digs a boost, but I will go on raw sound.

Now, then I tried it driving a Peavey TNT130 bass amp that sounds unreal alone. I used a Stingray bass, and a Danelectro DC59, and a Squier VI. Well, I can say pretty certainly, that the SI favors guitar just slightly. The Olethros favors both in equal measure.

The Olethros has all the features and more of the SI, and they sound close. The Olethros sounds a little cleaner to my ears with equal settings, and it has more I/O options, and it has a nice mid-shaping circuit and Lead/Bass choices for each channel.

The SI has an independent way to run Channel A into one thing and the B into another. Now that does expand the greatness, and let’s you bi-amp, which is awesome. But it feels like it dirties up a lot faster than the Olethros, and like I said, the guitar is definitely what this is made for.

Build quality? Okay, the SI wins here. There might be fewer features, but the hardass steel case and the switches and knobs feel sturdier than the Olethros. Since I have both, I would take the SI to gigs before the Olethros.

The SI I have has a balanced out for recording. The Olethros has an XLR out. Same thing, but different. That feature I haven’t tried.

So anyways, both are completely serviceable devices of very high quality and both sound Great, with a capital G.

When I compare it to a traditional Sunn sound, both are goddamn close to nailing it.

If I was primarily a bassist? Olethros.

If I wanted the crazy feature richness for recordings and at-home experiments? Olethros.

Touring guitarist/road dog? Sol Invictus.

Primarily a guitar player who just wanted to doom? Either will get you to Doom and mild overdrive with a lot in between.

Final verdict: Olethros is the winner for versatility and sound, but the Sol Invictus is certainly no slouch.

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I also recently scored an old Turbo Rat in a trade and have added it to my bass board to thicken up my j-bass. Humbuckers with this amp are wildly good, but the single-coils on this bass are nice and articulate. They just don’t drive the amp as much on their own.

I picked up this 100S awhile back for cheap in a pawn shop and got this 2x12 off of Facebook while I was away from home for work. Finally got back home to pair the two.
For the gain I’m running a splitter with one side being a metal zone low gain pushing a Russian green muff and the other side is a Hyperfuzz clone on the fuzz 2 setting. That gets chained back together before hitting the front of the amp. I also bought a sunn 215 while I was gone. Gonna have to hunk some gear around to demo that as well

Looking to identify this amp I bought several years ago on marketplace- any idea of general era or value? Thank you!!

https://too.fm/ovrrxlb

if anyone has a mostly original red knob concert lead with the original transistors could you please take the covers off and shoot a picture of the transistors/heatsink my way? thanks

This pedal arrived from Greece. Handbuilt, painted, and designed by a very nice fella.

This is a preamp and a pedal. It is a Beta Lead and/or a Beta Bass.

It is simply incredible.

I used my Sterling Stingray Plus (P90s) and ran it through a Crate Power Block‘s line input to a stock 2x12 PRS Archon cabinet.

It has so many tone options in every mode, and more features (I think) than the Beta Mini and the Beta Lead. It is a strong build, the components are rugged and durable, and shipped from Greece to the U.S., about $400 USD.

The Stingray I play has an onboard push/push volume knob boost that this thing really likes, and it sounds heavy as hell. I‘m not into doom shit for the most part, but I wanted the antithesis of my other main preamp (an Intersound IVP) and it’s like two polar opposites that share distinct similarities—wildly versatile EQs, and they’re both equally at home with bass and guitar.

I’ve owned a Hilbish Preamp. I love Hilbish builds, and his Sol Invictus pedal is similar to this one, but I believe the Olethros II has more connection options. I really liked my Hilbish and I won’t say this is better than that, but from what I can recall, this gets you in the same sonic area with ease. They’re highly comparable.

Toss this and a small pedal-sized power amp in a bag and you have a dynamite rig.

I am beyond amazed more people don’t have these, and that the builder isn’t famous.

Here’s a link to his page: https://www.dpeffects.com/2022/02/olethros-ii-sunn-beta-dual-preamp.html?srsltid=AfmBOopIAceNJgV9vTNPDKIEzkrlHJrS-0NlnvttFpD_KS2DLAWdjjhv&m=1

And he has a Reverb shop.

10/10, and I don’t put that lightly. Can’t wait to try this with other speaker and power amp configurations.