Well, I've found the holy grail, speaker-wise. I bought a LSS about a year and a half ago, and after a slow start, began to get some great tones. I love the EL-84 tube, which I also had in my Vox Night Train (lunchbox). Boogie, too is coming out with a lunchbox; I saw a beta unit at the Hollywood store a few weeks ago. It looks even more bitchin in person.
I couldn't justify the expense, though. I rarely gig, and the LSS is SO versatile. In fact, I bit the bullet about three months ago and bought a 12" Celestion Blue AlNiCo speaker and built a solid wood, open-back cab for it. Copied the cab dimensions from an old Boogie 1X12 cab I had lying around.
Rationalization? This LSS may be the best amp I will ever buy. I think it should have the best speaker I can find. The one caution is that these speakers are rated for only 15W RMS, so I only run the LSS on the 15, or better, 5 W settings when using that cab. Now that it's (the Celestion) starting to break in, it's REALLY sounding good. Last night I was just whacking some E and A chords and letting them slowly die away - the tone is drool-inducing. I have never felt so close to the "perfect" tone, which of course is highly selective and different for everyone.
I'm a Fender guitar guy; 80% of the time I use my self-modded '52 RI Tele; and 20% my '95 USA Strat with Gold Laces. A year or so ago, I bought an Epiphone Elitist Les Paul, which I rarely use...but the deal was sweet. Anyway, I pulled it out last night and realized that it sounds fabulous thru the LSS. I'll be playing this axe more often!
Cheers,
Rudi
I couldn't justify the expense, though. I rarely gig, and the LSS is SO versatile. In fact, I bit the bullet about three months ago and bought a 12" Celestion Blue AlNiCo speaker and built a solid wood, open-back cab for it. Copied the cab dimensions from an old Boogie 1X12 cab I had lying around.
Rationalization? This LSS may be the best amp I will ever buy. I think it should have the best speaker I can find. The one caution is that these speakers are rated for only 15W RMS, so I only run the LSS on the 15, or better, 5 W settings when using that cab. Now that it's (the Celestion) starting to break in, it's REALLY sounding good. Last night I was just whacking some E and A chords and letting them slowly die away - the tone is drool-inducing. I have never felt so close to the "perfect" tone, which of course is highly selective and different for everyone.
I'm a Fender guitar guy; 80% of the time I use my self-modded '52 RI Tele; and 20% my '95 USA Strat with Gold Laces. A year or so ago, I bought an Epiphone Elitist Les Paul, which I rarely use...but the deal was sweet. Anyway, I pulled it out last night and realized that it sounds fabulous thru the LSS. I'll be playing this axe more often!
Cheers,
Rudi
