TUNGSTEN Amplification

Tungsten Crema Wheat - by Greg V
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Fender Custom Shop Nocaster Telecaster into Bright Channel:
Two mics were used, close mic on amp is a Shure SM7, room mic is a MXL V69 about 5 feet back from amp. Natural room ambiance, no EQ or effects were added.

Clean Tele1 - Volume 3, Tone 7, unused Normal Volume 8
Clean Tele2

Crunch Tele1 - Volume 7, Tone 6, unused Normal Volume 5
Crunch Tele2

Hot Tele1 - Volume 9, Tone 6, unused Normal Volume 5
Hot Tele2

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Fender Nocaster Tele & Creama Wheat w/Celestion G12H30
Close mic'd with a SM57, room mic is a Cascade Fat Head II with a touch of small room reverb added in post.
Normal Channel used:
Clean - Normal volume at 3, unused Bright volume at 8, Tone at 8
Grind - Normal volume at 6, unused Bright volume at 8, Tone at 8
Heavy - Normal volume at 12, unused Bright volume at 8, Tone at 8

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Gibson Historic SG guitar into Normal Channel:
Two mics were used, close mic on amp is a Shure SM7, room mic is a MXL V69 about 5 feet back from amp. Natural room ambiance, no EQ or effects were added.

Clean SG1 - Volume 2, Tone 9
Clean SG2

Crunch SG1 - Volume 4, Tone 9
Crunch SG2

Hot SG1 - Normal Volume 8, Tone 8, unused set Bright Volume 8
Hot SG2

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Gibson Historic SG & Creama Wheat w/Celestion G12H30
Close mic'd with a SM57, room mic is a Cascade Fat Head II with a touch of small room reverb added in post.
Bright Channel used:
Clean - Bright volume at 2, unused Normal volume at 8, Tone at 8
Clean - Bright volume at 6, unused Normal volume at 8, Tone at 8
Clean - Bright volume at 12, unused Normal volume at 8, Tone at 8

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Tungsten Cortez
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Sound Clip 1

Sound Clip 2

Clips courtesy of Hap Moore using a 1964 Gibson SG Jr., Nova Reverb, Volume on 8, Tone on 3. Hap likes his Cortez setup with a 12AT7/12AU7 combination in the preamp slots for increased headroom.

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Sound Clip 3

Sound Clip 4

Clips courtesy of Geoffrey Jacob using a Strat Plus with WCR pickups and the Weber Blue Dog upgrade.

Jon Skibic plays a Tungsten 25 Watt Cortez with Juliana Hatfield
on The Tonight Show.

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Everest on Conan.

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