bynapkinart Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 Alright well the Casino's not quite finished with it's transformation (getting a black pickguard at some point very soon), but I've been talking a lot about this new amp so I guess I'll show it off: Sorry for the crappy grainy image, I hope to get a new camera soon...but that 66 Wilshire is calling me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhinobean123 Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 Very nice! I like what you've done with the casino. I have my eyes on that amp (if its the one I'm thinking of with the wattage changer). I love my Wilshire, its definitely my favourite guitar now, but most pictures online don't do it justice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pohatu771 Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 Are those different pickups or just new covers? I've been talking about doing that same change (black parts) for over a year and always held off because I want the black covers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lpfan Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 Very cool! Nice setup too! How's the Vox? I have been wanting one of those too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bynapkinart Posted July 24, 2010 Author Share Posted July 24, 2010 Thanks everyone! I need a proper camera to take these kinds of pics...hopefully sometime soon I'll take some in natural sunlight. The Vox is phenomenal! I got the 8" combo and the 12" cab at the same time. Even though the head and cab appealed to me because of its sound and volume, the 10" combo made more since as a pick up and go type of jam/practice amp. Luckily, I waited a week to decide and the AC4TVmini came into the store and the AC4TV8 went clearance! I got the 8" combo for $40 less than the head, and got the cab used, and ended up getting two possible options for nearly the price of the 10" combo. They are the same amp though...another 12ax7 and EL84 amp. This one sounds phenomenal with its tone knob giving it a lot of that Voxy chime. I ended up putting a 5157 preamp tube in that came out of my friend's Blackstar, and a Mullard EL84 out of a 6 month old Epi VJ. It sounds fantastic, I can't wait to hear what it sounds like when the 12" Celestion in the cab is all broken in. phoatu, they are the stock Epi's, kind of. I had to cut off the chrome covers because my solder gun doesn't get hot enough, and then I dug in and took the tape out and took about 30 windings off of each pickup (scary). I wanted to lower the output a bit because I wanted to get a clearer sound out of them. I repotted them (also scary but kind of cool) and put the plastic covers on with the spacers (that was kind of fun, the spacers had to be sanded wayyyyyy down to fit, and I decided to go the ES330L route and sand the neck spacer to fit cleanly under the cover and keep the bridge spacer wide. It'll look really cool if I ever get the pickguard I ordered over a month ago). The sound is much clearer and balanced, I can hear every string and nothing gets blown out of the mix. I don't know how much of it is due to the plastic and how much is due to the unwinding because I didn't A/B with the plastic like I was going to, but I think whatever it was it makes this guitar sing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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