What Amp Are You Playing Today?
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Jazz Padd
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Henriksen Blu Six. It’s surprisingly loud and robust for such a small amp. I’ve used it on small gigs indoors and outdoors, and holds its own. 120W, 5 knob EQ, reverb, effects loop and bluetooth. Weighs about 12 lbs.
Moved it from my tiny studio to the living / dining room while the Mrs. is out of town. Working on material for an upcoming solo guitar live set at a small local venue coming September, with my Gretsch “Super Axe.”
JiveTurkey
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A virtual one.
Progressive_disclosure
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Played my only amp, Fireball 25 with matching 1x12 V30 oversized cab today. Even with all the digital stuff I've been knee deep in lately I actually played for more than an hour today on the Clean channel of the amp and tried to dial in some better EOB tones. Conclusion: I still like the clean channel of this amp more than all Helix amp models Ive tried... It might not be the best of all time but I'm super happy with it.
Otherwise I've revamped my setup and extended the pedalboard to accommodate a MIDI-controller I've got and plugged in my old expression pedal again. All that since I've made some new presets on the Stomp to get easy switching of FX-loop stuff going. Really satisfied with it but need to dig in even more on the Stomp and find a delay plus settings I really like. The exp pedal is mainly for wahs when running an amp model through the poweramp of the FB25, which also works really well now. Need to set it up for other stuff as well but that's another thread.
My other newer addition to my amp is a loop switcher that I keep up on the amp for now. I've set things up so that one loop has the amps preamp and the other loop is the HX Stomp. So, I can now with the press of a switch go from full-analog rig to digital-analog hybrid. I can also with an additional press remove the preamp of my amp to go pedalboard-HX Stomp-Poweramp.
Also I was thinking the honeymoon period of the Light pedal had passed but it still sounds pretty good for the tones I was going for today, just filling out a bit with subtle settings. Also it's a monster on some settings in front of a dirty amp, that I will probably never tire off!
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Mark III has been at my drummers the last month or so. Decided to swap out for the IV today. Seems to be the most practical spot to utilize it. Even with attenuator a bit too loud for home, and frankly even for a lot of gigs too loud to hit sweet spot. Can crank it nice and loud at my drummers
Sounded most excellent
Granted about 4/5ths through the practice I decided to start “tweaking” for no damn good reason at all and in the process tanked my tone and introduced a bunch of feedback on the lead channel as well. I should know better
Sounded most excellent
Granted about 4/5ths through the practice I decided to start “tweaking” for no damn good reason at all and in the process tanked my tone and introduced a bunch of feedback on the lead channel as well. I should know better
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That's the only complaint about the MarkIV that I have and it's not the amp's fault.Granted about 4/5ths through the practice I decided to start “tweaking” for no damn good reason at all and in the process tanked my tone and introduced a bunch of feedback on the lead channel as well. I should know better
I'd dial it in at home with my cabs, take it to rehearsal and it would sound like a different amp using their cabs. Then the adjusting would start.
Get back home and plug it in and the rehearsal settings would sound like crap. It was a vicious circle.
There was no way I was hauling 4X12s to an hourly studio. Nobody wants that.
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Mark III has been at my drummers the last month or so. Decided to swap out for the IV today. Seems to be the most practical spot to utilize it. Even with attenuator a bit too loud for home, and frankly even for a lot of gigs too loud to hit sweet spot. Can crank it nice and loud at my drummers
Sounded most excellent
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Granted about 4/5ths through the practice I decided to start “tweaking” for no damn good reason at all and in the process tanked my tone and introduced a bunch of feedback on the lead channel as well. I should know better
Man, I’ve had some of those days with the Mark IV. It was one thing when I’d perturb myself when messing up a great setting, but my drummer at the time pretty much only listened to me when we were playing and if I did anything that altered how he heard my guitar, namely removing the low end thump, I’d hear “Ey mang! Homie! Why you gotta fuck with your amp, mang? That sounded good now it sounds POOP” and then he’d bang his snare drum while saying “POOP!” repeatedly until I fixed it. And he was the oldest dude in the band.
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After reading a wall of text about Ed’s VH1 tone on another forum I wanted to see how close I could get the Plexi50 in the ballpark of it, especially since it’s a ‘68 Brown Sound version of the Plexi50.
These settings-
Do this-
I was using my JEM with the Evolutions, I’d imagine if I spent any time at all changing the cabs and had a lower output pickup it’d be that much closer to the ballpark, but shit, that’s closer than I’ve heard some of these guys get who write walls of text that include conspiracy theories about the VH1 tone. And actually learning the riffs would probably help.
These settings-
Do this-
I was using my JEM with the Evolutions, I’d imagine if I spent any time at all changing the cabs and had a lower output pickup it’d be that much closer to the ballpark, but shit, that’s closer than I’ve heard some of these guys get who write walls of text that include conspiracy theories about the VH1 tone. And actually learning the riffs would probably help.
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rig from last nights show was one for the books. got asked to play the show super last minute the night before, our bassist couldn't make it.
6505 into two 4x12s. used the QC to add a separate path w an octave down bass signal to my dark glass alpha omega to a bass cab. it was a lot of fun.
6505 into two 4x12s. used the QC to add a separate path w an octave down bass signal to my dark glass alpha omega to a bass cab. it was a lot of fun.
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I love reading people insisting that there is no way to get that tone from a 68 Plexi so there must have been an extra gain stage or all sorts of other BS. I just shake my head and wonder if they are deaf.
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There are a shocking number of “unattainable” “magic” tones that sound exactly like a cranked Superlead.
Chocol8
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Yes! Sometimes you have to turn some of the twisty things on the amp or guitar, but when I was young an old timer taught me that it is OK and won't break it.
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I was just saying at that forum that I thought for YEARS that Plexi's barely had any dirt on them on their own and it wasn't until I heard one in person and saw nothing plugged into it that I realized they can get PLENTY of dirt all on their own and it was 100% because I heard on the internet that you can't get that kind of dirt out of a Plexi.
Fuckin' ridiculous. Granted, my Ceriatone is 50-watts and starts breaking up faster than a 100watter, I had another 1/4 of the volume knob to crank up from where it was when I recorded that.
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I might have missed it, how are you controlling volume? Reactive load? Post phase inverter master?
Chocol8
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Not by much! The voltages in the 100’s are a bit higher, which makes them a little stiffer, but it is a pretty minor difference side by side.
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Germino lead 35 and a Friedman Smallbox. Using a Germino 2x12 cab.
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The Suhr RL, from there it goes into the AxeFX.
Attenuator is next on the purchase plate…..if I can stop buyin’ frickin pedals every other day.
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Fryette PS100 is great.
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Do you have the new Two Notes by chance? That's next on my list. Down the road-ish.
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That’d be the best option really, because then I’d get a legit effects loop plus the additional Depth/Presence controls, but for $1200 that’s cracking into my “I really need a Mesa Mark” fund. Those hold their value pretty well on the used market!
I’ll most likely go with a cheaper attenuator for now and after I bang out a few “I need a” items I’ll work my way up, unless I got a stupid deal on one, like under $700.
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