1 Topic by NPB_EST.1979 (edited by NPB_EST.1979 2009-10-25 03:08:16)

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Topic: Rivera new speaker/tubes (YouTube video)

I remember mentioning I'd make a video one I put the beam blocker, governor speaker, and jj tubes into my amp. SO here it finally is!

After fiddling around with it for a while, here's a recording I made. Sort of funny, I just left the imac recording and picked up some different guitars and sliced it all up. If there's nothing else you can take from the video, you can probably see I was having some fun with it. There's always parts of a recording that make you cringe, but oh well. enjoy!

It does sound a lot better turned up and I only had the volumes at around 2 for the masters.

http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=bon … uRJX3OwJbs

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Re: Rivera new speaker/tubes (YouTube video)

Sounds great man!  The Rivera sounds very clear even on the distorted channel.  I love that Black Beauty LP Custom too.  Is it vintage?  What's the story on that guitar? cool

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Re: Rivera new speaker/tubes (YouTube video)

Sounds great Nic! Did you notice a big difference before and after all of the changes? Reminds me of my old Suprema!

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Re: Rivera new speaker/tubes (YouTube video)

I commented on Youtube but I figured I'd give you a that a boy on the fourm too.  I loved the Les Paul when you did the Bonamassa stuff and Outside Woman Blues was a nice touch too.  I think that strats pretty cool too I was hoping to hear more of that on the video but oh well.  That other guitar sounded cool too, kind of looked like a peter frampton inspired guitar.  Very nice indeed.  Post more for us!

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Re: Rivera new speaker/tubes (YouTube video)

Hey Nic,

Great stuff man, and very good tone! You're a far better guitar player than I am or could ever be! cool

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6 Reply by NPB_EST.1979 (edited by NPB_EST.1979 2009-10-25 22:31:03)

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Re: Rivera new speaker/tubes (YouTube video)

Glad you guys like it!

The story on the 1972 Les Paul custom is it was my first electric guitar. It has old "ribbed back" gold knob tuners from the late 60's and Gibson Embossed ('70-'73) gold covered pickups. I bought it in 1994 from a Paul Reed Smith dealer. A guy had traded it in for one. Roy knows this band, but Wisconsin band "Da Yoopers" had a guitar player that came in to buy my Les Paul the day after I took it home. Got it for $895! In 1996, I had the Jimmy Page push/pull pots installed. Gibson didn't want to give my tech the schematic, but he told them he had a Jimmy Page model that needed to be rewired... lol. So I think I was one of the first in my area to have that.

• The beam blocker does what it's supposed to do, it spreads out the sound and the speaker is less beamy.
• The new Eminence speaker isn't broken in, but I can say I like the tones coming from it.
• I think the new speaker does offer more clean overdrive when Ninja Boost is engaged on the clean channel.
• The new JJ tubes are what I really feel made a big difference. The EQ knobs actually DO something now, when with the old tubes - they were pretty dead. Which makes me know the old tubes were probably just worn out. I remember back in 2004 when I got all new tubes, and all the knob adjustments made a dramatic difference on the tone.
• Paul Rivera Jr. said my broken reverb tank can be replaced by a bigger 6 spring reveb tank and more people have been upgrading to that, and that made a big difference too.


Riveras IMO have always sounded better with a strat than a Les Paul, being a Les Paul guy, I can get it to sound great with any Gibson, but the strat offers some more sparkle here and there. Like on a satisfaction scale of 0-100%, a LP through a Rivera is a 95% and the strat is a 97%. I felt it necessary  to play some different guitars in the vid just to show you its different flavors. That SG has a lot of strat sounds in it because of the pickup selector.

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Re: Rivera new speaker/tubes (YouTube video)

Maybe try a PRS guitar through it, may get you 99 or 100% lol  My CE-22 has more clarity than my Les Paul but much more meat than my Strat.  Sits very well inbetween the two guitars.  Thanks for sharing the story on your Les Paul!  I love how you were able to trick Gibson into letting the Page mods out of the bag lol .  Maybe it's because I've lost a little love for the Stratocaster since I discovered the Les Paul, or maybe I'm just a humbucker guy, but I really like the Custom through it.  Very fat but clear.

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