NAD: andy sneap's 6505+

[halsinden]

not exactly a glorious, rainbow-laden pictorama as it was a bit of a rush case of unpacking it, smiling, and having to put it away to make room for the drum recording about to happen, but...

a short while ago, courtesy of james dunkley (our producer), andy sneap offered to swap my 6505 for his 6505+, knowing i wanted one.

i said yes, and have now received it. i asked that he sign it.

H

 

[petereanima]

congrats

 

[Scar Symmetry]

awesome! how does it sound? any different to a normal 6505+??

 

[Triple-J]

Mein gott! that's a piece of metal history right there!
I remember a Total Guitar article about Andy and IIRC this was the amp he talked about and had a few pics taken of, do you know which albums it was used on?

 

[7slinger]

cool

 

[halsinden]

not actually entirely sure which he used it on. i haven't had a chance to plug in as yet, will be doing this friday, most definitely making sure i take more shots of the settings he left it on.

H

 

[Nick]

does it have a 'sneap' button on it that makes it sound fucking massive but kind of lifeless at the same time

thats not to say hes not a complete legend i just want him to vary the guitar sounds from album to album.

 

[sami]

Mein gott! that's a piece of metal history right there!

yuppers! Thas cool right thar.

I had a JMP-1 singed by Jim Marshall himself and when I sold it, I didn't charge extra for it. I shoulda never sold it because that also was a piece of history...

 

[maat]

yuppers! Thas cool right thar.

I had a JMP-1 singed by Jim Marshall himself and when I sold it, I didn't charge extra for it. I shoulda never sold it because that also was a piece of history...

>smack<

not exactly a glorious, rainbow-laden pictorama as it was a bit of a rush case of unpacking it, smiling, and having to put it away to make room for the drum recording about to happen, but...

a short while ago, courtesy of james dunkley (our producer), andy sneap offered to swap my 6505 for his 6505+, knowing i wanted one.

i said yes, and have now received it. i asked that he sign it.

H

DO

NOT

REMOVE

THOSE

PIECES

OF

TAPE.

 

[sami]

DO

NOT

REMOVE

THOSE

PIECES

OF

TAPE.

+1

 

[cow 7 sig]

>smack<



DO

NOT

REMOVE

THOSE

PIECES

OF

TAPE.

EVER

 

[Apophis]

Congrats I think you are happy as hell right now

 

[budda]

that's too cool, Hal!

congrats, man! The shared EQ is awesome (on any amp i can think of), more versatility = .

enjoy!

 

[Dylan S]

Make sure you post the settings in great detail, or type them up. I'm about to pick up a 6505+ in a few days and I want to know how the Sneap does it.

I'll probably play around on the settings for a few minutes and then change them to something I like better, but still...

 

[Scar Symmetry]

so uh, what are Sneap's settings?

 

[Leuchty]

so uh, what are Sneap's settings?

Yeah, +1. spill the beans!

 

[CrushingAnvil]

yuppers! Thas cool right thar.

I had a JMP-1 singed by Jim Marshall himself and when I sold it, I didn't charge extra for it. I shoulda never sold it because that also was a piece of history...

Almost Neg repped you

 

[halsinden]

so it's been a series of intriguing incidents with this one.

first off, went to get it all set up last week here at the studio and... no power. changed the power lead... no power. tried a different wall socket... no power. went to check the fuse in the amp... the fuse hadn't blown...

...THERE WAS NO FUSE.

now, before you start asking why i'm making such a big [font] deal of this, it's because it worries me. sense would dictate that sneap clearly must've raided the 6505+ for a fuse since another amp had blown, doubtless in the middle of an important session, and forgotten to replace it, sent it down to me. no. my theory is that andy sneap can generate his own metaphysical fuse wire from thought alone. the harrowing possibility is that he senses when current is sufficient and then ALLOWS it to pass to the amp via a stretch of vacuum we call SNEAP-SPACE. i've been thinking about this, i can explain more, but i understand he has spies and i may already have said too much. all i'll say is; if sneap can do this already... what else can he do? i'm not sleeping well currently, i can tell you.

this week, having finally bought the fuse (3.15a), i was going to get james (7dyingtrees) down to help me set up the rig but we've since realised earlier tonight that the channel switcher port is a 7 pin and i'm needing to link that to the nobels MS-4 to allow all switching to happen via my FCB on the ground (effects, channel switching, hopefully at some point a loop containing overdrive and noise suppression). there's no point getting him down until i can get some kind of lead that will be 7 pin to 1/4 jack. any advice is welcome.

however, bugger it, i just wanted to set it up anyway and that we have. bloody hell. i LOVE this amp and in my humble, HUMBLE lowly tumbleweed of an opinion i feel that it far exceeds the 6505 regular.

i've also now tried it with a digitech bad monkey (borrowed from james) which frankly STONKS. even got a few raised eyebrows from fellow band members at the first attempt with it, and i'm by no means a tonesmith.

additionally, i've finally tried it whilst using my digitech studio quad (what i hope to using as effects until i can get a G major) and i'm bloody pleased with the results. overall, despite not yet having all the MIDI switching boiled down to just the lonesome FCB on the floor, i'm seriosuly pleased with this upgrade. it's also worth me saying that all these variations are sent even more diverse by the roter and the wiring config i have on it; it's sounding SO cool.

this, gentlemen, is the beginning of me getting my sound.

H

 

[Riffmagus]

Dude,

Please post the settings Sneap shipped it with!!! P-uhlease....

 

[155]

who the hell is sneap???