tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68367034011145128432011-04-21T13:25:29.195-07:00michael thursby kerchnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907074119969675110noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6836703401114512843.post-12311214523375132292009-03-23T16:01:00.000-07:002009-03-23T17:08:08.758-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b282/thewelfareline/IMGP0434.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 322px; height: 220px;" src="http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b282/thewelfareline/IMGP0434.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />you love classic crunch? you like soloing? you want to boost your solo without changing the tone of your rig and without some spaceship amp with 300 knobs? heres the ORCA II superlead.<br /><br />classic british circuit but with two post phase inverter master volumes controllable by a foot switch. heres the guts. so in general, same settings, two selectable volumes.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b282/thewelfareline/IMGP0427.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 234px; height: 177px;" src="http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b282/thewelfareline/IMGP0427.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6836703401114512843-1231121452337513229?l=biggerlouderlower.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>michael thursby kerchnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907074119969675110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6836703401114512843.post-33305895163725093942009-02-18T17:07:00.000-08:002009-02-23T17:48:17.510-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_17HyKWmSDno/SZzA1qbORUI/AAAAAAAAAAc/2jaop2EQsFU/s1600-h/IMGP0350.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_17HyKWmSDno/SZzA1qbORUI/AAAAAAAAAAc/2jaop2EQsFU/s200/IMGP0350.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304326489289672002" border="0" /></a><br />the <b>orca</b> I...well this amp was in use for about a month in the band <a href="http://myspace.com/americanspeedway">american speedway</a>. she was simple, she was loud, she was wooden. Basically what we have is a 100 watt marshall plexi circuit with a couple changes. Separate cathode bias on the first preamp tube, a post phase inverter master and a few odds and ends thrown in there.<br /><br />Keeping with the "bigger is better" mentality a 6x12 seemed like the only acceptable way to shake shit out of modest sized venues across the great land.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_17HyKWmSDno/SZzFhkRpmQI/AAAAAAAAABA/vgT7MhDJyJc/s1600-h/IMGP0362.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_17HyKWmSDno/SZzFhkRpmQI/AAAAAAAAABA/vgT7MhDJyJc/s320/IMGP0362.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304331641599662338" border="0" /></a><br />Loaded with six celestion seventy eightys she was ready to go on the road. From PA to NC she bumped and jumped around the back of a crowded van and arrived at each and every location unscathed and ready to go.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_17HyKWmSDno/SZzK_WQG-LI/AAAAAAAAABQ/CnxU0nh9BWE/s1600-h/IMGP0401.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 536px; height: 319px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_17HyKWmSDno/SZzK_WQG-LI/AAAAAAAAABQ/CnxU0nh9BWE/s400/IMGP0401.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304337650789316786" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6836703401114512843-3330589516372509394?l=biggerlouderlower.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>michael thursby kerchnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907074119969675110noreply@blogger.com0