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tomsteel
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columbia/tn/maury
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Posted 18 Jan 2001 7:25 pm |
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| Hey guys.How does a session 400 limited sound compared to the old regular session 400?What is the differance? |
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Bill C. Buntin
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Cleburne TX
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Posted 18 Jan 2001 9:05 pm
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I've got one each. My mid seventies session with a d130f jbl sounds the warmest.. My session 400 LTD is a cleaner but tintier sounding amp. But it has made some good tones for me many times with those 80's and 90's type cover bands. For me, my original session gos to the classic and western swing gigs. The LTD or my Evans rig go to the pop top40 gigs.
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Mike Brown
From:
Meridian, Mississippi USA
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Posted 22 Jan 2001 12:26 pm
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Hello Tomsteel,
We used the original circuit board layouts of the original Session amps of the '70's when redesigning it for the '80's. There were some differences between the two, but the latter was pretty much voiced after the first version, except that we added effects patch points.
Mike Brown
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tomsteel
From:
columbia/tn/maury
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Posted 22 Jan 2001 7:53 pm
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| So your saying that the newer session 400 limiteds....sound alot like the old original session amps. |
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Mike Brown
From:
Meridian, Mississippi USA
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Posted 23 Jan 2001 8:13 am
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| By dealer and consumer requests, we went back and reconstructed the older Session 400 circuit and reintroduced it as the Session 400 Limited. The amps are supposed to have the same voicing, but I personally haven't A/B'd the two. |
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Bob Snelgrove
From:
san jose, ca
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Posted 19 Apr 2004 5:54 am
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MIke
Does the newer 400 have "discrete" circuitry like the original? According to Brad Sarno, this makes a big difference in an amp.
thx
bob |
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Mike Brown
From:
Meridian, Mississippi USA
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Posted 19 Apr 2004 7:24 am
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| The Session 400 Limited has IC's and the original Session 400 had transistors. The Limited version is not discrete. |
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Brad Sarno
From:
St. Louis, MO USA
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Posted 19 Apr 2004 11:07 am
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One cool thing about the older circuit voicing which apparently is also in the Session 400 Limited, is the EQ, especially the midrange control. I think that older, cut-only sweepable mid control had something special about it. The modern midrange control offers cut and boost which requires the midrange circuit to be active (more circuitry). The older design is simpler and passive and has a different sound to it. Though the old design lacks the flexibility of the newer cut/boost type, there seems to be a nice warmth to it.
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Larry Bell
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Englewood, Florida
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Posted 19 Apr 2004 12:27 pm
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I have A/B'ed them and find the newer amp (Session 400Limited) to be very sterile sounding compared to the original Session 400 from the 70's-early 80's. I've owned my Session 4 since it was new, but sold the LTD within a week.
A note: don't confuse the Session 400Limited with the LTD 400, which was a Session 400 in a smaller size cabinet. The LTD 400 is a great amp as well.
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2003 Fessenden S/D-12 8x8, 1969 Emmons S-12 6x6, 1971 Dobro, Standel and Peavey Amps
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