by phil kelly » 16 Oct 2017, 16:15
Hi Roger,
I have had the 15 for some time, its a circuit 3 with original audiom 60,it was gone over a while back before I bought it by an ex JMI employee who was there in the early days with Dick, his name escapes me for a minute, its a sweet sounding amp, I think out of all of them that I have owned , and i,ve had a few, this one is the best, it just sounds right, the vib trem is gorgeous.
The sound you are hearing is straight from the amp, with the brilliance switch on cutting the bass, the cut set to lower the top end, picked up by my sons I Phone, its not miked, only the track is through the pa, the strat is one I put together, the body is one I sold to Eric many years ago, you may remember as you were at the house at the time,
I totally believe very little was done to alter Hanks sound besides additional things like compression etc ,cant see the eq would have needed that much alteration,the core sound is there, the echo does add its own colour and is unique, and unlike tape which if overdone can sometimes get in the way, this does not, its very natural sounding,
best Phil.