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VESmedic
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In the midst of building my guitar rig, I can't decide which of these amps I would like to use in conjunction with my beloved UL. The UL is the ultimate tone machine for me, but I LOVE the idea of having a 2 amp guitar rig, to run together, seperate, or whatever I choose at the present time. I spent about 2 hrs the other day with a 101B, and was FLOORED. Now, anyone who has been to guitar center and played an amp in one of there "amp rooms", knows what I mean when I say that EVERYTHING sounds good in those rooms. But the 101B through a Bogner 4x12, was just the biggest fattest sounding amp in the world. Even my GF said compared to the Engl Blackmore in the room, "it just sounds so much bigger". The XTC, just had TONE for days, just gobs of it. Everything sounded amazing on it, you couldn't find a bad sound in it. THe clean, and in between tones were second to none ,and in fact, this is one of the biggest reasons I am considering it. It was just very " earthy" and "woody" sounding, hard to explain. I also thought channel 3 was just ridiculously huge sounding, and felt like I was getting hit in the chest with every note. It got MUCH heavier than the preconceived notions you will find about it on the internet too. Not that I need it to since I have a UL, but its nice to know its there. I think the combo between these 2 amps running together through 2 seperate 4x12's would be RIDICULOUS. However, being so vastly different sounding/feeling, not sure how well they would blend. At the very least, I could cover so many more sounds and feeling with the 101b that can't be had with the UL. Good tool for my arsenal I suppose.
Diezel Herbert: Haven't played one in a few years unfortunately, but from what I remember, it was equally as mindblowing, but in a different way. It seemed very "polished" and just "hi fi" sounding, which are common terms you will find on the forums, but it DOES seem to be true: Thats the best way to describe there sound. Compared to the XTC, it is just very "clean" sounding, much closer to an Engl vibe (not saying it sounds like an Engl) than the Bogner, or even the extremely raw VHT UL. But again, the versitility, and the sheer awesomeness of the sounds that come out of this thing, could very well bring on the apocolypse as we know it, when paired with a VHT UL.
Thoughts? Do I go with something completely different sounding such as the 101B for a different flavor/versitility, or go for the diezel?
Other notable amps in the back of my mind:
Mark 5 ( probably too similar to the UL)
Uberschall (huge low end muscle paired with the UL's bite, could be insane. but again, not exactly what I'm going for)
anything else you folks throw out there :d
Diezel Herbert: Haven't played one in a few years unfortunately, but from what I remember, it was equally as mindblowing, but in a different way. It seemed very "polished" and just "hi fi" sounding, which are common terms you will find on the forums, but it DOES seem to be true: Thats the best way to describe there sound. Compared to the XTC, it is just very "clean" sounding, much closer to an Engl vibe (not saying it sounds like an Engl) than the Bogner, or even the extremely raw VHT UL. But again, the versitility, and the sheer awesomeness of the sounds that come out of this thing, could very well bring on the apocolypse as we know it, when paired with a VHT UL.
Thoughts? Do I go with something completely different sounding such as the 101B for a different flavor/versitility, or go for the diezel?
Other notable amps in the back of my mind:
Mark 5 ( probably too similar to the UL)
Uberschall (huge low end muscle paired with the UL's bite, could be insane. but again, not exactly what I'm going for)
anything else you folks throw out there :d
on a different note...with as many power tube combos u can run in the herbert, what is everyones favorite combos and why? How would kt88s and el34s sound in a herbert? 6l6s and kt88s???
. The Bogner still is up there but man that thing sounded GREAT! Anymore info on the herbert or blackmore?
