Velvet Tone Studios Guitar Amp Showcase Pt. 2: Kay Vanguard Model 700 ft. Michael Gregory

This is the 2nd in a series of 9 videos demonstrating the guitar amplifiers that are available for use at Velvet Tone Studios. All of these amplifiers are available for remote re-amping services.
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To demonstrate the absolute noise levels of all of the amps in this series, no noise reduction or noise gates were used. No EQ or compression was added during the mixdown. You are hearing the raw, unprocessed sound of these amps (except for the horrible audio compression that the CZcams bots thought would sound good).
Michael Gregory had no idea what guitar amps he was going to demonstrate when he walked into the studio the day of 'filming', so if you see him fumbling around with the controls, these were his natural first reactions.
SIGNAL CHAIN:
Guitarist: Michael Gregory
Guitar 1: Ernie Ball / Music Man LIII Steve Lukather model
Guitar 2: Fender Telecaster (Mexican) w/ Seymour Duncan Antiquity (50's era PAF replicas) humbucker pickups.
Amp: Kay Vanguard Model 700
Guitar Amp Recording Chain: Senheisser MD409 → API 312 Mic Pre → Neve 1073 (EQ bypassed). (No signal processing was applied during mixdown)
Michael's Lavalier Microphone: Audio Technica MT830R. This microphone blended with the guitar amp mics and provided a little bit of ambience. We chose to leave Michael's narration a tad bit low, as to not create an overabundance of ambiance, and also chose to leave this microphone unprocessed, without EQ and compression.
Patrick's Microphone: Shure SM7b (this mic was completely ducked by the guitar amp mic to keep the quantity of mics to a minimum while you hear Michael playing)

[@dustyroadsrider]

Great playing and that old amp has character

[@TheVoluntariast]

Beautiful playing. I found a Kay 700 for sale just now and found your video. Very helpful.

[@thommccarthy1139]

Had a very similar sounding 'Sears/National' amp some years back but traded it for some drum equipment. Going to be on the lookout for another soon.

[@nros5020]

Really enjoy this gents vocabulary in describing and defining the qualities of how the amp feels and sounds. Really made alot of sense. Good work guys

[@Roman-rz3qj]

An aby switch and some reverb 👍

[@jasondorsey7110]

Germanium transistors are somethin' else...I converted a '60s GE stereo with germanium transistors into an amp, and it has a character unlike any of my actual guitar amps, tube or solid state, the breakup is like a built-in boutique dirt pedal

[@lu1s4ngel]

That's awesome! I just bought the exact same model with an updated Celestion driver and I must say I am really impressed with the sound.

[@velvettonestudios4914]

Ours still has the stock speaker. Not sure who made the speaker.

[@propagandatwo]

I had that amp in the '80s.

[@Jimmy7779]

I got my Kay amp around 1964.

[@darwinsaye]

No one would be able to tell that is not a vintage tube amp.

[@velvettonestudios4914]

Really nice little amp. I was really impressed with the slide guitar tone.

[@davejones5745]

Yeah, sounds like it would shine with a more efficient speaker.