RE: [Harp-L] Avenger Awesomeness

["Ronald Tuffel" <ronnyt@xxxxx>]

	Steve is absolutely correct! But, even more correct is every Sonny
Junior can be dialled in to cover any situation! I am the proud owner of the
Sonny Jr. 4 X 10, the original Cruncher, and finally the Avenger! Gary "O",
Sonny Jr. outlines many possibilities for you from beginning to the end. The
amount of information, the pictures of the guts of each amp, the components,
the amount of things he includes which are condensers, extra tubes for
swaps, charts, etc. No amp has the amount of extras that Gary "O" includes
which  are far beyond any operation to date in the world of harmonica amps.
If you contact him and honor his knowledge, he can give you a myriad of
suggestions, but what stops you from experimenting? Try to find it for
yourself because your sound is certainly different from the next guy's! Dial
it in to fit your situation! I have done his suggestions which are amazing,
but I am looking for my specific sound for different situations, music, and
sound. You need to understand that every version of any Sonny Jr. has
multiple possibilities. You merely need to experiment!
	Here's the kicker that will make any of your Sonny Jr's without
changing anything, for that matter any amp, is to add a Squeal Killer to
your pedals or make it your only pedal because it removes feedback, boosts
your power and output, and if you are looking for headroom or extra headroom
the Squeal Killer is your weapon! No matter what experimenting you try the
SK automatically factures in and, once again, stops feedback, allows you to
play at the softest to the loudest output of your amp! It works with every
amp!
	Why mess around, get any version of a Sonny Jr. amp and add a Squeal
Killer! The perfect combination and the obvious plus because the bottom line
is that the Squeal Killer is far better than any other device which is
supposed to eliminate or reduce feedback. I have the money and the time to
try everything and I have! Why would I have three Sonny Jr's? They are so
far above the rest of the all the harp amps and any other kind of amp that
you might use to play through, this truly makes them the absolute best! Add
a Squeal Killer giving you maximum reduction of the possibility of feedback,
the increase in headroom, which also makes the possibility of playing louder
without increasing your volume, but whatever volume you need to be as loud
or louder than the guitars without feedback! Imagine the multiple
possibilities that Gary "O" makes available in his manuals will be
sufficient for any of your needs or desires. Now, add a device that will
even give you more! I have now reduced my pedal board to a delay pedal, a
reverb pedal and the Squeal Killer! My suggestion is experiment, find  your
sound and what you want and need. Then add the Squeal Killer and see your
results have multiplied and increased!
	When a guitar player recognizes your boost in power and volume (They
know because they are the masters of stealing and hoarding volume and
space!) it shows them they need to guard and control their situation because
you can master of dictate the volume now without asking them to lower their
volume. Let's go toe to toe....if you have a serious amp you will be amazed!
And, if you have any version of any Sonny Jr., you will have the ultimate
harp amp become even more effective and efficient! Hard to believe after all
these years of frustration that you will own a device that makes even the
spice of harmonica amps even more effective! If you have any amp it will
give you immediate gratification. I have been experimenting now for three
weeks! It has allowed me to bring out my Cruncher for any venue and has put
my Sonny Jr. 4 X 10 and Avenger in a seriously shocking new power category!

Ron "Rockin' Ronny" Tuffel

-----Original Message-----
From: harp-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:harp-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Steve Power
Sent: 18 April 2015 00:39
To: Harp-l
Subject: [Harp-L] Avenger Awesomeness

It's been said before but I think is worth stating again.  The Sonny Jr
Avenger is the best harmonica amplifirer currently available on planet Earth
and I'll stand with one foot on a Mission and the other on a Meteor in my
alligator shoes and say so.

Since my current gig started as a residency in a restaurant I was using one
of my small amps but as we've moved into larger and better venues I went
with my Super Cruncher, a fantastic sounding amp in it's own right and
lighter than the Avenger.  If our set up was different and the style a bit
more Chicago traditional it would have been perfect. The problem was this is
a Texas blues band and II set up next to our main man and although he uses
my '65 Deluxe (non-reverb) it's pretty freakin loud for its size, especially
with a pedal in front of it.  I was loud enough to be heard but was not
filling the kind of space that either Matt or the other guitarist was
managing.  So last night I went with the Avenger.

Gary had sent out a memo passing on a suggestion from one of his endorsers
to swap the 12AT7 in V1 for a 5751. I happened to have a couple of nice NOS
JAN Phillips 5751 and stuck that puppy in there. I wanted as many horses as
I could muster just to be sure. Also went straight into Bright 2 without
bridging as was also suggested by Gary.  Tone control settings were
different than what I'd been using with the SC and I found myself adjusting
on the fly a bit, especially between different keys.  It was a little prone
to feedback with the hotter tube but that was easily controlled once I
started to figure out where the tone controls needed to go. Using the Treble
for projection is a trip.  I think I still can find a better sweet spot but
as it is I had plenty of volume and a huge sound with headroom to spare. I
particularly love the low notes.  Freakin' rattles glasses and is just so
sweet and liquid. Responsive as all get out as well.  The amp was working
with me inspiring more musical phrasing and lines I hadn't even thought of
before. And what I was doing physically was easier. I could regulate how
hard I was playing with finesse. 

The amp has so much bass response - as does the SC - that I don't usually
dial in much bass but Sonny suggested to me today that I whack it up to like
7-9, "Stupid catagory" as he called it.  Whenever Gary says "try this" you
better believe I bloody well try it.  Nobody knows more about amplified harp
tone and particularly how to get the best out of his amps than Gary Onofrio.

Anyway, I just wanted to thank Gary aka Sonny Jr for the gazillionth time
for creating this masterpiece of industrial art.  I was literally petting
the damn thing at the end of the night.