1975 (2nd gen) SUNN MODEL T

this amp was recently used on our recordings at: www.myspace.com intro note: sorry for the sloppy playing, I didn't really make this video with a certain game plan, just wanted to show how sludgy the amp could be all in itself. Sorry for the audio quality, the camera isn't really made for recording high volume ancient tube amps. Before I purchased this amp, I did some extensive research on it. I was well aware that Sunn's are known for Massive & Crushing Tones. I had asked around attempting to find out if Sunn's (model T in particular) could achieve distortion without the use of a pedal. All the responses I got ranged from "..No", "it's an old amp with a lot of head room, just a loud clean amp, no distortion at all" and "if you put it to 10 you might get a slight crunch out of it". As you know now, this did not discourage me from getting one, so I did. After playing it with and without pedals, one day I decided to crank the volume a little (I turned the master volume to about 3, and the normal and brite channels to 10) and wow, this thing gave out monsterous distortion. Just goes to show you, don't always trust what you read. So anyways, I still continue to find these statements across a wide range of forums and websites. So I decided to make this video for people who might be in the position I was once in (since all the Sunn Model T videos on youtube were usually just fender reissues or owners not quite pushing the amps). If you want any demos of the amp, let me know (ie ...