For a fuller sound.....

[moltenmetalburn]

Mix them.

Nothing comes close to the thickness and doubled harmonics of two amps in tandem.

Set up your sound with the Mesa then turn on the fireball and set it to boost whatever you find missing. I wouldn't cut out the higher frequencies though. use them to compliment the mesa as well.

It is alot to carry around but great tone is worth it!

Well I'll try it again but won't cut out the higher frequencies as you said. It's just that I feel that the two amps clash a bit too much for my liking.

Some amps just wont mesh well sometimes...

How come?

Is it just a phasing issue?

If the amps are similarly voiced there will be more phasing I believe.

sometimes the voicings just dont vibe for no other reason than they just dont seem to sound better when added together. maybe they compete for the same space.

 

[Wizard of Ozz]

Buy a Mills Acoustics Afterburner 4X12 cab... problem solved.

 

[petejt]

I'd just sell the fireball since it doesn't complinment the mark iv well and buy a tremoverb. I've heard that a mark iv and a tremoverb are godly togther.

I wouldn't mind having a Tremoverb. I've tried a Rev F Recto and damn that thing was awesome, especially on the Orange mode. And yes I ran it along with the MarkIV too.

 

[SavageSamson]

I run 2 rigs the Cornford is set up normal and the graphic/poweramp rig is set up bass heavy.The poweramp rig sounds too thick on its own but mixed with the Cornford it sounds massive!!

That looks good man.

I tried a similar thing with my setup just now. The MarkIV was set up as normal, running through the cab (described in my sig) and the Fireball was set very dark and bass heavy, through a 4x12 cab loaded with V30s. It worked fairly well but still tended to 'smear' the sound a bit too much, like whatever top end from the Fireball was clashing with the MarkIV. I guess it was the V30s?


What preamp goes into the poweramp? Is that poweramp just running an EQ'd version of a slaved out signal from the Cornford?

Yeah its a slaved out signal from the Cornford..

Tonebra's on the Marshall cab?? You like ,em?

Yeah, it now sounds much better,made them out of cd's and velcro.

Newb question for ya. What's a tone bra and its purpose if you don't mind. Cheers man and can't go wrong with a sub one from rivera

 

[1big1]

i ran into a similar problem following an outdoor gig last year. while my carvin x 60 pedalboard rig sounds fine in clubs.. it was a bit thin for outdoors. (at least that's what my bandmates were telling me.) i brought my jc 2112 combo to the next rehearsal.. set it pretty clean because of the pedalboard.. and it filled things out fairly well.. though as you might expect.. it was sort mid heavy.
a small combo amp with the right type of voicing and a headswitcher.. like a radial big shot.. might get you there.
this year i'm trying something different for this gig. i'm still running the carvin/pedalboard setup.. but i'm bringing along my peavey xxl and another 4x12 for meat. i don't need a whole lot to make it sound fuller.. so i figure i'll set the xxl at 25 watts.. leave the carvin at 60.. and dial it in from there. just thinking that a lower wattage setting may be your friend.