Great Times at Danyeo's During The Rig-Talk Get Together!

[Digital Jams]

what would be the point of that ralph? i never understood that, you would get a different sound by using a different poweramp or something? explain!

John, it is to get a screaming amp tone at low levels. You use the 2nd amp as the master volume while the first amp is pinned. All the benefits of a dialed amp including sustain at low levels.

 

[vultures]

This thread is useless without pics.

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[Capulin Overdrive]

can somebody explain the best or at least a good way to Slave the Mesa's?


i've been trolling the Metro board and ended up trying it with mine. i just ran the slave out from one to the front input of the other, and it was kindda cool, but would like to not be able to hear the first amp?

The guys on the Metro site are slaving there amps a bit differently then the norm. What I mean is that they are using plexi type amps that have only 2 gain stages and they are sending the signal of one amp into the input of another to increase the gain to 4 gain stages ( which is not the normal way to slave.)

The usual way to slave and amp is to take the direct out of one amp (if the amp has one built in) or the tap of a hotplate device and you send that signal to your effects and then out to a poweramp an speakers cabs.

If you don't want to hear the main amp and you only want to hear the slaved sound, you need to use a load box/ dummy load.(like the thd hotplate set to load, weber mass set to load,Powerbrak..etc etc)

The hookup would be..
Mesa amps speaker out to Hotplate set on load (this makes the main amp silent because there is no speaker hooked up and the hotplate takes the load of the amp)
Then you take the direct out and send that signal to your effects and then to a poweramp or effects return of another amp and out to your speakers.

I hope this helps.

~R~

what would be the point of that ralph? i never understood that, you would get a different sound by using a different poweramp or something? explain!

the slaving like Ralph is saying the Metro guys are doing with the lower gain Plexi's, is what some people think is how Eddie got his tone for VH1 atleast, and then some kind of big ass plate reverb?


and thanks Ralph! yea, i was trying to do the Metro thing, but kindda might be a little extreme doing it with 2 high gainers. guess my post was kindda wishfull thinking, in that i was hoping you guys had figured out how to do it without a hotplate.

i haven't tried the regular slaving, by going into the 2nd amps loop, but sure seems like there's potential doing the Metro way even with high gainers?

 

[Robotechnology]

Thread fixed with some pics courtesy of Vultures

 

[gibson5413]

That looks like you all had some fun. I would love to attend one of these but a road trip from Utah would be a bit difficult.

 

[Digital Jams]

Alright.....who dimed the res and verb on my JVM?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

I was playing tonight and never looked at the eq, I was like WTF?!?!?!?!?!?

 

[vultures]

Alright.....who dimed the res and verb on my JVM?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

I was playing tonight and never looked at the eq, I was like WTF?!?!?!?!?!?

I cranked em while I was messing around with the cleans

 

[danhops]

Alright.....who dimed the res and verb on my JVM?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

I was playing tonight and never looked at the eq, I was like WTF?!?!?!?!?!?

You sure the knob didnt fall off, and someone put it back on wrong?

 

[Lance-a-not]

Sounds like a killer time... Any clips?

 

[Digital Jams]

Alright.....who dimed the res and verb on my JVM?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

I was playing tonight and never looked at the eq, I was like WTF?!?!?!?!?!?

I cranked em while I was messing around with the cleans

 

[Digital Jams]

Alright.....who dimed the res and verb on my JVM?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

I was playing tonight and never looked at the eq, I was like WTF?!?!?!?!?!?

You sure the knob didnt fall off, and someone put it back on wrong?

They fell off when I was trying to stuff your cameron into my headshell

 

[Greazygeo]

Looks like you guys had a good time, even with Mesas present.

 

[Digital Jams]

Looks like you guys had a good time, even with Mesas present.

 

[Greazygeo]

Looks like you guys had a good time, even with Mesas present.

Couldnt resist