DESCRIPTION:
This RIVERA Venus 5 amp. is my own conversion project. I simply installed the amp. chassis upside down into a home made head case. Just like on some other popular amp designs the tubes go up now This lets the heat escape better and helps the other components stay cooler. I used Marshall style red Tolex and as a result of flipping the amp. chassis upside down, the control panel reads reverse. But surprisingly to me that ain't no problem at all. The human brain perfectly reads it just as if it had a normal orientation. Well, maybe it's just twisted me,....;)
Take a listen to Stefano Ronchi's new "Theo Dahlem TE-SR 01" Pickup set, owned and played by Stefano Ronchi. Stefano is using my RIVERA Venus 5 amplifier which I paired w. an ext. 2 X 12" "Celestion Blue" speaker loaded VOX cabinet. No pedals involved. Stefano is just using the Rivera amp's channel switching feature from 1.51 min on the video.
The "TE-SR 01" Tele style pickup set is custom tailored to Stefano's need for a Tele set that gives him smooth touch sensitive attack w. all the dynamics he needs for his playing style. It is voiced to match his Telecaster guitar for a sweet ringing tone without the ice pick yet being snappy enough if needed.
Being a serious session and a spirited live musician he was in search for an extremely well balanced pickup. His search has ended now. Here you have it. A great all round pickup for the pro.
Enjoy.
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As a general side note:
In every recording, unless on special request of the demonstrating artist I record my pickup demonstration videos with the most real tone I can get. I use commonly known popular amplifiers with a clean tone as a benchmark. If a pickup passes i.e. a Fender Princeton Reverb or a Vibrolux Reverb amplifier, then it can go anywhere from there. If you listen to distorted, overdriven pickup demo, IMO you won't never really know how the pickup in question may sound like at a low volume level. However, although I focus on recording clean amplifier settings, overdriven sound demonstrations may come up once in a while.
Have fun.
Theo Dahlem