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bosshog
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Canada
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 Posted - 07/14/2006 : 23:25:17
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I use a Fender Deluxe 112 Plus...and it gives me great reverb...
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arcanon1313
Silver Member
USA
414 Posts |
Posted - 07/19/2006 : 11:49:27
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| I have an Ampeg SS-140C 2x12 combo on layaway at the shop I work at. I have read that it's Ampeg's anwser to the Roland JC-120. I love this amp! The clean channel is clean, but not harsh. The distortion (lead) channel is capable of getting some really thick distortion, And the onboard Chorus is analog! right now it's going to be my main amp until my Ampeg VL-1002 Tube head gets a power tube board. Then I'm going to use the SS-140C for my clean sounds, and the VL-1002 for dirty sounds. It's alot to carry around, but it'll give me the best range of sounds to work with. |
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midibuddy
Silver Member
Ecuador
285 Posts |
Posted - 07/20/2006 : 19:08:24
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Is it normal that a speaker cabinet makes a short SSSSSZZZZ sound when you turn off the amp? I'm using a new Peavey Supreme head and a 2x12" with eminences in it (also new) .... I'm used to the "BUMP!" sound that all amps make when they are turned off but this sound is new to me...
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midibuddy
Silver Member
Ecuador
285 Posts |
Posted - 07/27/2006 : 19:22:02
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I have been testing my supreme Head, and tomorrow I'll test it on our first live gig.... For the rehearsal, so far, it has sounded 200% better than my old Crate GX-120 combo (probably due to the twin Eminence speakers).
I have started using the FX-loop of my amp, and have put 2 BOSS pedals to rest! I stopped using my OD-3 and DS-1, and I think I'll pretty much cover their function and sound with the dirty channel of my amp. The dirty channel is rather on the heavy side, but it's tweakable.
Right now I'm using a CS-3 and a SD-1 to the input of the amp, and an old DD-3, a CH-1, and a TU-2 in the FX loop.
Let's see how it works live...
Anyone using similar setups with solid-state heads? I'll consider buying an extra 2x12" cab if it's needed, but I think that my actual rig sounds huge enough hehe...
Suggestions, ideas, opinions?
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jack
Platinum Member
USA
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Posted - 07/27/2006 : 20:50:13
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I think if your amp is mic'd through the PA at gigs, the 2x12 should be more than enough, and even if you are not mic'd any 100 watt amp should be more than capable of handling small to medium sized venues. Any venues larger than that will most likely mic the amps to run them through the PA anyways, so really I wouldn't worry about an additional cabinet. Unless you are looking for that wall of cabinets look, then just do like most rockers who have walls of cabinets, only plug into a couple of cabs, and the rest are for show.
I recall when I was younger working local crew for a P-Funk Allstars show where they must have had about 6 to 8 Marshall stacks on each side of the stage, and each cabinet had its own head, so 2-4x12s stacked with 2 heads on top of them. At the end of the show, I was helping box up all the cabs and heads into anvil cases. To my surprise, out of the dozen or more stacks, only 3 or 4 were actually plugged in for the show, and all the rest had either "spare" or "back-up" written on a piece of tape on the back of the heads and cabs...sorry to get off track, the 2x12 should be fine....And the splitting of your fx between in the loop and in front should be fine as well. |
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midibuddy
Silver Member
Ecuador
285 Posts |
Posted - 07/29/2006 : 12:05:31
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I tried the amp tonight and it sounds awesome... funny how things can sound so much different during the rehearsal compared to the live show (with so much difference in volumes and acoustics)... the amp sounds great!
I like the growl that the Supreme head has in its distortion... but I miss the clarity and definition I had with my DS-1 ==> SD-1 combination or DS-1==>OD-3 combination... (and its simplicity also).
Well, the quest for perfect tone seems to never end.... |
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jack
Platinum Member
USA
1418 Posts |
Posted - 07/29/2006 : 15:27:40
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Originally posted by midibuddy
I tried the amp tonight and it sounds awesome... funny how things can sound so much different during the rehearsal compared to the live show (with so much difference in volumes and acoustics)... the amp sounds great!
I like the growl that the Supreme head has in its distortion... but I miss the clarity and definition I had with my DS-1 ==> SD-1 combination or DS-1==>OD-3 combination... (and its simplicity also).
Well, the quest for perfect tone seems to never end....
I would just use those pedals in the clean channel, and then y0ou'll have your amps distortion as a back-up in case there's ever technical difficulties with the pedals...either that or just try a little distortion on the amps head, and use the pedals on top of that. Just experiment a bit more with your amp and different pedal combos and you might find something you like... |
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midibuddy
Silver Member
Ecuador
285 Posts |
Posted - 08/17/2006 : 18:32:00
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| Right now I'm using all pedals straight to the input... sounds great... But I have yet to find which pedal is stealing a little bit of my signal... I have isolated the problem either to a DD-3, a TU-2, or the patch cable |
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jack
Platinum Member
USA
1418 Posts |
Posted - 08/17/2006 : 19:27:04
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| You may want to try the DD-3 in the FX loop, I've read that some people like doing that. Also, as far as noise, I don't know how you are powering up everything, but fresh batteries for everything may help or perhaps look into that power daisy chain you can get for the TU-2. Though it may be the patch cord as they can get abused easily... |
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midibuddy
Silver Member
Ecuador
285 Posts |
Posted - 08/17/2006 : 19:47:30
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I think that a bit of signal loss is normal when using as much pedals as I am (8 counting the TU-2)... But I read somewhere in here that the TU-2 sucked signal so that might be happening to me. I found no improvement putting my CH-1, DD-3 and TU-2 in the FX-loop (when i switched the FX-loop on and off I still lost a bit of signal)... but when putting only the CH-1 in the loop, there was no loss at all.. so it might be the DD-3, the TU-2 or the patch cable... it's hardly noticeable but it's there... this weekend I'll try and see if it works...
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good solid state amp
