Post your favorite BE-100 settings

[Deleted member 16554]

Curious to see what some of your settings are. I just got mine and have been tinkering with it. Hope to get some good ideas!!

 

[chawonkey]

BE channel, bass, mids, presence set to noon, gain at 3 o clock and treble at 11 o clock. This is how I set it with my les Paul with black belt pickups.

 

[Superunknown]

 

[Deleted member 16554]

Chawonkey: do you have either the sat, fat, or c45 switches engaged? Are you running full power as well? Also, what level do you run the master on?

Superunknown: I have that picture saved on my phone because I really need to get that headshell upgraded haha. I see your master is at like 7/8 o'clock? Do you find you're getting decent saturation/gain at that level?

If you guys have any bedroom level clips you could share, I'd really appreciate it. I just have not been able to get a nice saturated tone with the master below 9 o'clock on the BE input. If i run it on half power, gain dimed, sat switch engaged, into the HBE channel it starts to get a little thick and juicy. I'm starting to think I'm gonna need to get an attenuator for this guy, to push master up into the 10/11 o'clock territory.

Also waiting to receive my scumback cab, which will arrive tomorrow. Been playing through my rectifier cab with v30s up to now. Perhaps that will be the game changer.

 

[guitarmike]

I have all my dials at noon except gain, it goes from noon to max depending on my mood, presence is at 11 o'clock, and volume of course. Speakers make a huge difference with this amp. I have greenbacks, h30's, t75's (jcm900 1960a), and beat to crap t75's. The amp sounds the best with the greenback cab. The 1960 BHW sounds like crap and it looks like I will sell it. The t75 in the 1960a sounds way too harsh, the beat t75's sound decent but not quite as good as the greenbacks.

I have never heard scumbacks in person, they may sound good with this head.

 

[chawonkey]

[Chawonkey: do you have either the sat, fat, or c45 switches engaged? Are you running full power as well? Also, what level do you run the master on?/quote]

With master at 2 sounds good but 4 -6 is my favorite range. I use the fat switch with my strat leave it off with les paul. i dont use the sat very often just to much gain for me. i like to turn the gain down to 1 o clock when i use the c45 switch. always run the amp on full power. Tried this amp with a few attenuators and actually prefer it without. I'd rather run the amp on 2 without an attenuator than run it at say 5 or 6 with an attenuator. Just my opinion.

 

[Deleted member 16554]

Thanks chawonkey, thats really helpful. I am not able to bring the master level up to even 2 because things start rattling and the cat freaks out as if theres an earthquake hah. Would you mind sharing which attenuators you tried it with? Given my living situation, I won't be able to turn up to 2, let alone 4 or 6, without an attenuator.

 

[Deleted member 16554]

I have all my dials at noon except gain, it goes from noon to max depending on my mood, presence is at 11 o'clock, and volume of course. Speakers make a huge difference with this amp. I have greenbacks, h30's, t75's (jcm900 1960a), and beat to crap t75's. The amp sounds the best with the greenback cab. The 1960 BHW sounds like crap and it looks like I will sell it. The t75 in the 1960a sounds way too harsh, the beat t75's sound decent but not quite as good as the greenbacks.

I have never heard scumbacks in person, they may sound good with this head.

Thanks for the input, i think my problem is I'm just not turning it loud enough to get the actual sound. I'm sure the scumbacks will make a difference, but i'll share the results once i get the cab tomorrow.

 

[hi2nw]

Chawonkey: do you have either the sat, fat, or c45 switches engaged? Are you running full power as well? Also, what level do you run the master on?

Superunknown: I have that picture saved on my phone because I really need to get that headshell upgraded haha. I see your master is at like 7/8 o'clock? Do you find you're getting decent saturation/gain at that level?

If you guys have any bedroom level clips you could share, I'd really appreciate it. I just have not been able to get a nice saturated tone with the master below 9 o'clock on the BE input. If i run it on half power, gain dimed, sat switch engaged, into the HBE channel it starts to get a little thick and juicy. I'm starting to think I'm gonna need to get an attenuator for this guy, to push master up into the 10/11 o'clock territory.

Also waiting to receive my scumback cab, which will arrive tomorrow. Been playing through my rectifier cab with v30s up to now. Perhaps that will be the game changer.

Have you tried using the loop return as your master volume trick?

Switch on your loop and turn the return level all the way down. Turn up your master volume to what level you want and use the loop return volume as your master. Works pretty good.

 

[Deleted member 16554]

Have you tried using the loop return as your master volume trick?

Switch on your loop and turn the return level all the way down. Turn up your master volume to what level you want and use the loop return volume as your master. Works pretty good.

I was thinking about doing this exactly this morning, but then got concerned whether this could damage the amp because I would not have anything plugged into the loop. Is this safe? Sorry if this is a beginner question, but i've always just used amps with built-in master volumes.

Also, is pNw as your location pacific northwest?

 

[guitarmike]

just connect it with a cable, you will not hurt anything.

 

[Greg Riley]

I dig the new dress

 

[Deleted member 16554]

just connect it with a cable, you will not hurt anything.

Tried it last night, it helped a little, but the sound on the BE channel with the gain dimed still lacks punch and saturation. I'll have to try it with the scumback cab tonight as it should be delivered today. Might also try changing the tubes. Thanks everyone for your help, much appreciated.

 

[sgill72]

4 - 6 - 7 - 6 - 3.5 - 8

I use the loop for my master.

 

[LP Freak]

just connect it with a cable, you will not hurt anything.

Tried it last night, it helped a little, but the sound on the BE channel with the gain dimed still lacks punch and saturation. I'll have to try it with the scumback cab tonight as it should be delivered today. Might also try changing the tubes. Thanks everyone for your help, much appreciated.

Maybe you need a different amp.

 

[guitarmike]

just connect it with a cable, you will not hurt anything.

Tried it last night, it helped a little, but the sound on the BE channel with the gain dimed still lacks punch and saturation. I'll have to try it with the scumback cab tonight as it should be delivered today. Might also try changing the tubes. Thanks everyone for your help, much appreciated.

Maybe you need a different amp.

You looking Paul?

 

[Deleted member 16554]

Sgill72: thanks man, I'm gonna have to check those out

LP Freak: I hear you, I think everyone's been a great sport in terms of helping me out, especially given its the Internet. The craziest part of all this is that I tried a stock be-100 in Nashville and it sounded phenomenal at low volumes. There was an insane amount of gain on the be channel and I found myself saying "there's too much gain". People who know me would have a heart attack if they heard those words coming out of my mouth. So after I got mine, I was a little shocked I couldn't replicate the results from Nashville. Another thing I'm confused about is, in the Phil x demo video, at first he is playing his Yamaha with a p90 and getting an enormously saturated tone. I plugged in my reissue les Paul's with burstbuckers and couldn't even get close. I assume burstbuckers are higher output than p90s. If that holds, the only difference would be the demo video was at a much higher master volume level.

In any event, spoke to Dave today and he was nice enough to suggest he could take a look at it if I brought it in to the shop. So I'll go next weekend and either get told I'm a complete idiot or get something fixed...the end.

 

[sjk]

Sgill72: thanks man, I'm gonna have to check those out

LP Freak: I hear you, I think everyone's been a great sport in terms of helping me out, especially given its the Internet. The craziest part of all this is that I tried a stock be-100 in Nashville and it sounded phenomenal at low volumes. There was an insane amount of gain on the be channel and I found myself saying "there's too much gain". People who know me would have a heart attack if they heard those words coming out of my mouth. So after I got mine, I was a little shocked I couldn't replicate the results from Nashville. Another thing I'm confused about is, in the Phil x demo video, at first he is playing his Yamaha with a p90 and getting an enormously saturated tone. I plugged in my reissue les Paul's with burstbuckers and couldn't even get close. I assume burstbuckers are higher output than p90s. If that holds, the only difference would be the demo video was at a much higher master volume level.

In any event, spoke to Dave today and he was nice enough to suggest he could take a look at it if I brought it in to the shop. So I'll go next weekend and either get told I'm a complete idiot or get something fixed...the end.

Are you saying the one you played in the shop in Nashville into the BE input had an insane amount of gain with or without the sat switch engaged.
If you mean this statement "insane amount of gain part" without the sat switch engaged then this presumption or experience with the BE is what is throwing you off.

I would absolutely positively have to say that plugged into the BE input with Sat switch off or in the down position you are in no way shape or form gonna think the BE has an insane amount of gain. Unless maybe you normally play country music into a clean amp You most likely had the Sat switch on OR your idea of in insane amount of gain is different than mine.

Now with the Sat on yes there is an insane amount of gain on the BE input with the gain dimed (way to much imo)
Without the sat engaged there is quite a bit of gain but not a ton, think Van Halen levels of gain

What amps are you coming from previously and what type of music are you intending to play? The BE without the sat is not that saturated imo unless you really bang on the strings hard

Now the HBE is another story. Quite alot of gain and saturation here.

This is all just my opinion and maybe others feel different so take it for what its worth.

 

[LP Freak]

just connect it with a cable, you will not hurt anything.

Tried it last night, it helped a little, but the sound on the BE channel with the gain dimed still lacks punch and saturation. I'll have to try it with the scumback cab tonight as it should be delivered today. Might also try changing the tubes. Thanks everyone for your help, much appreciated.

Maybe you need a different amp.

You looking Paul?

Nah, what I have works fine.

 

[Greg Riley]

Make sure to let David know the shop in Nashville you tried out the BE-100 In that shop (aka GC Platinium room), you either played it through one of these variations of Bogner 4x12's.. 4-V30's/ 4-Greenbacks/ or 2 V30's and 2 H30's. Thats the only way my buddy Tony orders them for stock. (Tony is the blond haired Keith Urbanish fellow thats getting ready to hit the road as Tom Keifers lead guitarist ) ... Unless you used a Splawn cab. If it's not the cabinet your using, something is wrong. Where did you get your BE-100? ...I did not buy my BE-100 at that shop, but my BE-100 visited that shop before it became a dealer