Always check your amp settings twice

[Music&Chaos]

This is more of a "Wow, I feel stupid" kinda post.

I have been noticing in the past couple of weeks or so that the clean channel on my Rivera has been extra snappy. Like, way more than usual.

My effects have a lot more top end and less of that thicker voicing going on like it did.

I mean, everything sounds great, but with a tele or strat plugged in with some volume...it could cut your head off if you wanted it to.

Of course, I've just been backing off of the presence and treble on the amp and such to balance it a bit more than I am used to.

Most of the time, this amp sits with everything at 5 on the clean channel except the volume, because it is so deafening.

Now I have to fiddle with some knobs and maybe roll some tone pots down on guitars.

The LP sounds extra tight and poppy.

Really great tones, just generally not what it normally sounds like.

My pedals are really intense sounding too. Like, all of my drive pedals need a lot less top end, I am having to dive the knobs down a LOT, and that is with all of the added cabling, which should darken things just a bit.

Checking my tubes and stuff, just to make sure....

Oh wait.....

OH WAIT ....

I forgot that I was messing around on this amp....a couple of weeks ago....and.....

I had pulled/engaged the bright switch.

No wonder.

Bright switch disengaged, and there is my normal sound back.

I can't believe I forgot I was doing really funky stuff with an LP and popped it out for that Tweed sound as opposed to more of a custom blackface.


Always check your amp settings close if something sounds off before you start checking tubes, etc.

 

[DanTravis62]

This is more of a "Wow, I feel stupid" kinda post.

I have been noticing in the past couple of weeks or so that the clean channel on my Rivera has been extra snappy. Like, way more than usual.

My effects have a lot more top end and less of that thicker voicing going on like it did.

I mean, everything sounds great, but with a tele or strat plugged in with some volume...it could cut your head off if you wanted it to.

Of course, I've just been backing off of the presence and treble on the amp and such to balance it a bit more than I am used to.

Most of the time, this amp sits with everything at 5 on the clean channel except the volume, because it is so deafening.

Now I have to fiddle with some knobs and maybe roll some tone pots down on guitars.

The LP sounds extra tight and poppy.

Really great tones, just generally not what it normally sounds like.

My pedals are really intense sounding too. Like, all of my drive pedals need a lot less top end, I am having to dive the knobs down a LOT, and that is with all of the added cabling, which should darken things just a bit.

Checking my tubes and stuff, just to make sure....

Oh wait.....

OH WAIT ....

I forgot that I was messing around on this amp....a couple of weeks ago....and.....

I had pulled/engaged the bright switch.

No wonder.

Bright switch disengaged, and there is my normal sound back.

I can't believe I forgot I was doing really funky stuff with an LP and popped it out for that Tweed sound as opposed to more of a custom blackface.


Always check your amp settings close if something sounds off before you start checking tubes, etc.

Man I love Riveras. Underrated amps. The Knucklehead is badass.

 

[Mike Oxhuge]

I've been bit by the forgot to turn the wah off bug a couple of times in my day. Shit happens.

 

[Music&Chaos]

Man I love Riveras. Underrated amps. The Knucklehead is badass.

I had never heard of them really until I lucked upon mine. I have a Rivera Clubster Royale Recording Top - 25w 6V6. Love this amp!

A buddy recently picked up an old Pubster 25 combo and let me borrow it for a bit.

He was not expecting the combo with a 10" speaker to be so loud, though I warned him about Riveras being louder than they should be.

I have mine running through a 2x12 and it absolutely thumps and screams.

 

[DanTravis62]

I had never heard of them really until I lucked upon mine. I have a Rivera Clubster Royale Recording Top - 25w 6V6. Love this amp!

A buddy recently picked up an old Pubster 25 combo and let me borrow it for a bit.

He was not expecting the combo with a 10" speaker to be so loud, though I warned him about Riveras being louder than they should be.

I have mine running through a 2x12 and it absolutely thumps and screams.

Nice! I've played a clubster before, they have excellent cleans and great gain sounds too. Rivera's are one of the best amps if you want a fender clean/marshall gain channel switcher

 

[Findthetone1]

Man I love Riveras. Underrated amps. The Knucklehead is badass.

I had a K-Tre that I'm pretty sure caused earthquakes and tsunamis.

 

[Smash]

I spent weeks dialing in the perfect tone on my amp, only to find one day it sounded like shit. I turned every knob on the thing and it sounded fucking horrible. I began to think my amp was fucked, then noticed the tone knob on my guitar was on zero.

That day i took off every tone knob on every guitar. I have had people tell me it is useful. But I say fuck those goddamned things. The last thing i want on my guitar is a knob that makes it sound like ass

 

[Music&Chaos]

I spent weeks dialing in the perfect tone on my amp, only to find one day it sounded like shit. I turned every knob on the thing and it sounded fucking horrible. I began to think my amp was fucked, then noticed the tone knob on my guitar was on zero.

That day i took off every tone knob on every guitar. I have had people tell me it is useful. But I say fuck those goddamned things. The last thing i want on my guitar is a knob that makes it sound like ass

Say "NO" to ass-knobs kids.

 

[Music&Chaos]

I spent weeks dialing in the perfect tone on my amp, only to find one day it sounded like shit. I turned every knob on the thing and it sounded fucking horrible. I began to think my amp was fucked, then noticed the tone knob on my guitar was on zero.

That day i took off every tone knob on every guitar. I have had people tell me it is useful. But I say fuck those goddamned things. The last thing i want on my guitar is a knob that makes it sound like ass

Internal disconnect is also easy. They can exist, but do nothing.

 

[Shreddy Mercury]

hahaha let's all point and laugh at @Music&Chaos like he got his pants pulled down in front of the class in 3rd grade! HAHAHA!

Really though, jokes on us, cuz he has a Rivera and we don't

 

[Smash]

Internal disconnect is also easy. They can exist, but do nothing.

I put a bolt and nut in place of the knob, cuz METAL.

And yes, i rewired past the fucking thing. Now, i dont even use a volume knob. I run pickup > kill switch with a resistor to ground to emulate the load of a wide open volume knob > output

 

[griff10672]

I put a bolt and nut in place of the knob, cuz METAL.

And yes, i rewired past the fucking thing. Now, i dont even use a volume knob. I run pickup > kill switch with a resistor to ground to emulate the load of a wide open volume knob > output

does it get any more metal than that ??

 

[BeZo]

I did the opposite. My Verellen Skyhammer has a shared EQ for the two channels, and pulling the knob fir the bright switch added a chime that would clean up the clean channel a bit. It got pushed in after a gig a d took me a bit to figure it out. I'd turn up the treble to fix the clean, but then the grit was too bright. Then I pulled the switch.

IMO it's kind of a flawed design, because it's easy to bump and hard to notice. I would rather have a rocker dip switch I can flip, because it's easy to see if it's up or down.

I do like Rivera amps though. I kinda miss mine. I kept the cab though.

 

[PBGas]

Was a Rivera used on this album?
I seem to recall seeing something about that years back.....absolutely loved that tone!