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Southern Heel posted:My amp warns me with a red light on the footswitch if I accidentally set it to the "clean" channel, whatever that is. \m/ 5150 owner spotted
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After spending the better part of 5 years fiddling with modelers and solid state amps I got rid of them and scored a used Mesa Dual Rectifier half stack for cheap. Nothing like big glass tone bottles
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Iucounu posted:After spending the better part of 5 years fiddling with modelers and solid state amps I got rid of them and scored a used Mesa Dual Rectifier half stack for cheap. Nothing like big glass tone bottles Welcome to the cool kids crew 
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Iucounu posted:After spending the better part of 5 years fiddling with modelers and solid state amps I got rid of them and scored a used Mesa Dual Rectifier half stack for cheap. Nothing like big glass tone bottles Hell yea bro.
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Tube amps own so much that even though there are a billion “better” options for me I still prefer using them at like .5 bedroom level volume.
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I have come to enjoy a tube pre -> solid state power amp in the bedroom. 
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a good tube amp plus a reactive load box with good IRs actually does own extremely hard
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That’s probably what I SHOULD do but eh I get a good sound with OR15 -> PPC212c somehow
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I mean, I'm doing a TC-100 (6V6 TC-100 actually sounds extremely good, EL34s sound like a fizzy mess to me) into a 4x12 and it's great for practicing during the day... just not feasible at night, though.
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Jun 9, 2018 07:32
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Honestly, after getting my Recto-Verb 25 (which I also pair with a PPC212) and my 5:25 express plus, I rarely feel like I use any of my other amps live.
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Professor Science posted:a good tube amp plus a reactive load box with good IRs actually does own extremely hard Yea my pre has a recording out that I use with IRs. I bought some Rosen Digital impulses I really like.
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Wark Say posted:Honestly, after getting my Recto-Verb 25 (which I also pair with a PPC212) and my 5:25 express plus, I rarely feel like I use any of my other amps live. I was really close to getting the ROV25 when I found a great deal on the Dual Rec. you have the head or combo?
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Iucounu posted:I was really close to getting the ROV25 when I found a great deal on the Dual Rec. you have the head or combo? The two combos I have are my Fender Twin Reverb and a Mesa Boogie 5:25 Express Plus, which I mostly got because it gets me that incredible Fender Twin Reverb sound at half the loving weight of a Fender Twin.
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Kilometers Davis posted:Tube amps own so much that even though there are a billion “better” options for me I still prefer using them at like .5 bedroom level volume. My bedroom amp is one of the 50th anniversary marshall 1 watt amps so I can keep the volume on that dimed 
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The low end response of small wattage amps always leaves me wanting. Maybe I got ruined by my first amp being a ‘72 VT-22, but I can’t stand flubby low end. 50 watt minimum for me. Solutions: amps with a good master volume, or a good attenuator. I haven’t found a good attenuator yet, but I traded in some gear to order a Fryette Power Station 2, and we’ll see how it is. It’s not really an attenuator in the truest sense of the word, it’s really a good load box combined with a tube power amp section (two 6L6 at 50 watts) and an effects loop. This is rad because you can bring low wattage amps up to gigging level and also tame larger amps. Also adds an effects loop to amps without them or amps with poorly executed ones.
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I love running my “Rig Only” patches on the old Avid 11rack into the front of my clean Blackface clone tube amp. Adjust the amp EQ to get the “amp in the room” feeling right, and master volume to taste. Power section is 2 6v6s (switchable to EL34s) and an Orange PPC112 closed back. Sounds loving mint.
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Gringostar posted:My bedroom amp is one of the 50th anniversary marshall 1 watt amps so I can keep the volume on that dimed
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Anything less than 10w is single-ended tomfoolery! Push-pull is life!
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I’m curious about single ended because Myrone reps them so hard. They’re hard to search for because I’m an idiot.
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Kilometers Davis posted:I’m curious about single ended because Myrone reps them so hard. They’re hard to search for because I’m an idiot. 90% of the time, when someone says "single ended" they mean "Fender Champ clone" - if you open your search up that way, you'll get a lot more hits. I did a Champ for a while (a Silverface, tbf) and it just never had quite enough tightness for me, especially on the low end. I think a lot of the worship of that kind of sound comes from Blues Dad Hegemony, where the definition of "Good Tonez" excludes anything recorded after 1971. But you may dig it! I swapped the Champ for my Princeton and never looked back because Dang It Bhabhi! posted:Anything less than 10w is single-ended tomfoolery! Push-pull is life! If you're looking for a book that covers a lot of ground well and only suffers slightly from "power amp tube distortion should be good enough for anybody  " you should check out Dave Hunter's Tube Amp Handbook. I have the earlier edition, but I'm sure the new one is excellent. He starts out with a signal step-by-step in a simple amp circuit (the Champ, in fact) from input jack to speaker that's one of the best breakdowns I've seen, and has analyses of amps from different eras that include a "what was going on in music" section that I wish more books went into.
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That’s a great book, thanks!
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Is there much difference between the sub-$100 micro amps? I kind of want one that has an option between being plugged in, or battery power. I think they all come with headphone jacks now, right? I don't really care so much about how they sound, its a doinky little amp. Or do the dongles that plug into a computer do a better job for that sort of thing?
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Jyrraeth posted:Is there much difference between the sub-$100 micro amps? Sub-100 I like the iphone/android gizmos myself.
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Jyrraeth posted:Is there much difference between the sub-$100 micro amps? Is a speaker mandatory? Because if headphone-only is OK, the Vox Amplugs are about as portable as you can get.
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I forgot that smart devices were a thing that could do stuff with guitars nowadays. Is that stuff like the iRig? I'm an android user, but I just don't know whats out there. Speaker isn't super mandatory but I like them because I want to play with my boyfriend on his acoustic.
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Quick question that I think I know the answer to. My friend was jamming on my amp (Vox Night Train 50H G1) and all was sweet. Then after we took a break, came back and it was rather muddy. On a hunch I bypassed the FX Loop (it has a button for it) and immediately the high end came back. Plugging his entire board in line to the front of the amp (so same pedals and cables, no loop) still gets a signal with all the high end. So my question is I believe the amp has a tube FX Loop. Would this be indicative that I may need tubes replaced soon? I've been running the same tubes for about five years. Thanks. Edit: crap, so I just read that it's apparently an IC loop. Any other suggestions for the sudden muddiness of the loop? syntaxfunction fucked around with this message at 07:14 on Jul 4, 2018 |
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If I had the choice between a reactive load box to DI my Fender HRD into an audio interface or buying a Blues Jr, which one of those would get me better results for recording? I currently use all amp/cab sims because the Hot Rod is way too loud even with the attenuator I have.
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a miked amp will sound best but if you've got experience using cab sims you can get about 90-95% of the way there with the DI approach
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The Muppets On PCP posted:a miked amp will sound best but if you've got experience using cab sims you can get about 90-95% of the way there with the DI approach
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What are the thoughts on Morgan amps? I'm a classic rock/blues dad type player and I want to upgrade my TONE.
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Captain Apollo posted:What are the thoughts on Morgan amps? I'm a classic rock/blues dad type player and I want to upgrade my TONE.
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Danyull posted:If I had the choice between a reactive load box to DI my Fender HRD into an audio interface or buying a Blues Jr, which one of those would get me better results for recording? I currently use all amp/cab sims because the Hot Rod is way too loud even with the attenuator I have. Reactive load to DI using IRs will get you the best sound, almost always better than a miced cab unless you have a really pro setup and are really good at micing. Even then the difference is negligible imo. Keep in mind not all reactive loads are created equal, check the reviews to see if the DI sounds good or not. The Suhr reactive load is supposedly pretty ace.
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Iucounu posted:Reactive load to DI using IRs will get you the best sound, almost always better than a miced cab unless you have a really pro setup and are really good at micing. Even then the difference is negligible imo. Keep in mind not all reactive loads are created equal, check the reviews to see if the DI sounds good or not. The Suhr reactive load is supposedly pretty ace.
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I'm looking to get a tone similar to the rhythm tone that you can hear starting around 2:28 in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQETySAq3js. Is there a particular pedal that could get me there or is that sound pretty amp (Mesa?) specific?
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Jul 6, 2018 13:50
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Wampler Plexi Drive probably.
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Dang It Bhabhi! posted:Wampler Plexi Drive probably. Oh? I though that was more of an "American" style dist which the Plexi obv isn't. I'm pretty inexperienced with regard to specific amp tones so it's quite likely that I'm wrong...
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Bolange posted:Oh? I though that was more of an "American" style dist which the Plexi obv isn't. I'm pretty inexperienced with regard to specific amp tones so it's quite likely that I'm wrong... Nope, it’s meant to be a Plexi/JCM800 style. Also, you might check out Amptweaker pedals (designed by the guy who designed the 5150) although that might be higher gain than you’re interested in.
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Dang It Bhabhi! posted:Nope, it’s meant to be a Plexi/JCM800 style. Right, I understand the pedal (and it's on my short list)--I just though the tone I pointed out had more of an American flavor to it...
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Bolange posted:Right, I understand the pedal (and it's on my short list)--I just though the tone I pointed out had more of an American flavor to it... No, that's a pretty classic UK crunch, which generally means Marshall or Marshall-ish. The good news is that you're spoiled for choice.
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Bolange posted:Right, I understand the pedal (and it's on my short list)--I just though the tone I pointed out had more of an American flavor to it... Ooh, to my ears it had a Marshall tone. 
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