Screw all modern high gain fancy fairy dust boutique Amps...

[Simon Dorn]

Clip means nothing.

I want to reply with a straight nes and yo.

 

[Inflames]

I want to reply with a straight nes and yo.

Check out this clip. This Michael Nielsen's clip is wierd. I like his demos though

 

[Beyond Black]

Check out this clip. This Michael Nielsen's clip is wierd. I like his demos though

Needs moar gain.

 

[Simon Dorn]

Check out this clip. This Michael Nielsen's clip is wierd. I like his demos though

I always find them a bit flat. But since it's originally a P.A. Speaker i'm not surprised.

 

[Inflames]

I always find them a bit flat. But since it's originally a P.A. Speaker i'm not surprised.

They are flat comapred to Celestions. I can crank the presence as I want. They push more air and less fizzy than Celestion. Everybody has different ears. So, I can't say EVMs are better than Celestion. But, I won't go back to Celestion.

 

[Simon Dorn]

They are flat comapred to Celestions. I can crank the presence as I want. They push more air and less fizzy than Celestion. Everybody has different ears. So, I can't say EVMs are better than Celestion. But, I won't go back to Celestion.

I would try one when i had the chance.

 

[anomaly]

One issue with the solid state stuff is volume
My XXX and DSL dwarf my Valvestate head easily

I've owned several RG100ES heads and a VH-140C and believe me, they are loud and move air. They can hang with tube heads no problem. In fact I'm pretty sure I got more volume outta my Randall than I did my Mesa Mark III when I owned them both. Also, check and make sure you are running your Valvestate at it's lowest ohms possible to get the most volume outta it. They run more efficiently at 4 ohms usually (SS amps).

 

[DanTravis62]

I've owned several RG100ES heads and a VH-140C and believe me, they are loud and move air. They can hang with tube heads no problem. In fact I'm pretty sure I got more volume outta my Randall than I did my Mesa Mark III when I owned them both. Also, check and make sure you are running your Valvestate at it's lowest ohms possible to get the most volume outta it. They run more efficiently at 4 ohms usually (SS amps).

Most people don't have speakers/cabs that run at ohms ratings of 2 or 4, but even so, most solid state amps are much quieter than their wattage would suggest.

 

[anomaly]

Most people don't have speakers/cabs that run at ohms ratings of 2 or 4, but even so, most solid state amps are much quieter than their wattage would suggest.

Well if you got two 8 ohm cabs that will equal 4 ohms. A lot of people here got access to two 8 ohm cabs. Yes, a full stack... And you are right MOST SS amps don't pack much of a punch, but believe me when I say a rg100es into two 4x12's is loud!

 

[DanTravis62]

Well if you got two 8 ohm cabs that will equal 4 ohms. A lot of people here got access to two 8 ohm cabs. Yes, a full stack... And you are right MOST SS amps don't pack much of a punch, but believe me when I say a rg100es into two 4x12's is loud!

I know for a fact that you are correct about the RG100

But i think you are forgetting that most people use 1x12s or 2x12s these days, and only one of em

and to boot, the vast majority of people don't want to mess around with ohms ratings that aren't exact;y matched because they are terrified they are going to fry transformers

And there's also the sound issue (and i'm one of them) - I think guitar doesn't sound as pleasant at lower ohm ratings. Even 8 ohms (say with a boogie) just by default to me, doesn't sound as good as 16

 

[anomaly]

I know for a fact that you are correct about the RG100

But i think you are forgetting that most people use 1x12s or 2x12s these days, and only one of em

and to boot, the vast majority of people don't want to mess around with ohms ratings that aren't exact;y matched because they are terrified they are going to fry transformers

And there's also the sound issue (and i'm one of them) - I think guitar doesn't sound as pleasant at lower ohm ratings. Even 8 ohms (say with a boogie) just by default to me, doesn't sound as good as 16

Ya, SS amps work differently than tube. The lower in ohms you go the louder they get, with tube it's the other way around, higher ohms is louder and brighter... With a 4 ohm load, tube amps tend to sound darker and quieter vs 8 ohms or 16 ohms.

 

[Maarcn3]

Totally feel you, some amps just stick with you.

 

[no.mids.brando]

my dream amp is something that can do the morrisound thing but more 3d and harmonically complex. with pleasant sounding mids even if their scooped out. like a modern VH140c. it’s like the only thing i’ve heard that may do that is the Megalith but honestly idk. braintheory’s description were interesting but it sucks that apparently he can’t play? so now idek who to trust.

 

[DrewJD82]

I almost went down a rabbit hole of high gain dirt pedals for my rig, but a simple SD-1 boost and some EQ did all the shaping I needed and turned my BE-OD Deluxe into a chug machine.

The boost/EQ are off at the start and then I turn them on.

 

[S̷͖͑m̵͎͂á̵̺s̸͚̈́h̴̬̑]

I think the point is many have used a marshall to get metal. Some have spent a lot of money surrounding the amp with equipment to get it there.

But when you start playing with it, you see that you are kind of fighting the design a little, or a lot.

This is where the fairy dust boutique amps come in. They take a circuit we love, and adjust it to do what we want more efficiently. It isn't fairy dust, it is design

 

[novosibir]

I think the point is many have used a marshall to get metal. Some have spent a lot of money surrounding the amp with equipment to get it there.

But when you start playing with it, you see that you are kind of fighting the design a little, or a lot.

This is where the fairy dust boutique amps come in. They take a circuit we love, and adjust it to do what we want more efficiently. It isn't fairy dust, it is design

This is exactly the reason why anyone who dares to use a pedal in front of a Larry amp has to pay a US$5,000 fine - and why all Larry amps have an FX loop that can only (!) be operated in parallel, not in serial*

My philosophy: If someone feels the need to run a pedal in front of the amp, or to have to put an EQ or a noise gate into the FX loop - then the amp designer has something done wrong in his design.

(*) the only exception to this is my very very old original design of my Dino 939, what I haven't changed later.


Here are two posts from someone who knows what he is talking about and who confirms my philosophy as correct:

 

[S̷͖͑m̵͎͂á̵̺s̸͚̈́h̴̬̑]

This is exactly the reason why anyone who dares to use a pedal in front of a Larry amp has to pay a US$5,000 fine - and why all Larry amps have an FX loop that can only (!) be operated in parallel, not in serial*

My philosophy: If someone feels the need to run a pedal in front of the amp, or to have to put an EQ or a noise gate into the FX loop - then the amp designer has something done wrong in his design.

(*) the only exception to this is my very very old original design of my Dino 939, what I haven't changed later.


Here are two posts from someone who knows what he is talking about and who confirms my philosophy as correct:


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Out of curiousity, what is the reasoning behind a parallel loop in your opinion? I do not run any oedals in loop besides gate

 

[novosibir]

Out of curiousity, what is the reasoning behind a parallel loop in your opinion? I do not run any oedals in loop besides gate

Because a parallel loop does NOT interrupt the guitar signal inside the amp circuit, but a serial loop does.

Why is this disadvantageous?

With a serial loop the dynamic, lively and unadulterated guitar signal is completely interrupted and then pressed through a whole armada of semiconductors, where its dynamics, liveliness and sonic originality are more or less impaired, before it can go back into the amp.
In addition, the semiconductors add a not inconsiderable background noise, especially hiss to the guitar signal.

This is similar to mixing a good wine with Sprite or Ginger Ale.

 

[Simon Dorn]

I think the point is many have used a marshall to get metal. Some have spent a lot of money surrounding the amp with equipment to get it there.

But when you start playing with it, you see that you are kind of fighting the design a little, or a lot.

This is where the fairy dust boutique amps come in. They take a circuit we love, and adjust it to do what we want more efficiently. It isn't fairy dust, it is design

The fighting is the beauty of it.
Here it is on low volume with the TS808 set as a clean boost:
Single 57 in front of it. Low Volume. Bass with Darkglass Pedal straight in Interface.
No Equalizer on Guitars and Bass. Just a bit of Mastering.

Compared to Cannibal Corpse.

 

[S̷͖͑m̵͎͂á̵̺s̸͚̈́h̴̬̑]

The fighting is the beauty of it.
Here it is on low volume with the TS808 set as a clean boost:
Single 57 in front of it. Low Volume. Bass with Darkglass Pedal straight in Interface.
No Equalizer on Guitars and Bass. Just a bit of Mastering.

Compared to Cannibal Corpse.

I really love your tone there, but I want to show you what I was talking about with taking a marshall circuit, and highlighting the uppermid content, but still making it metal. This is a clip i did tonight. No post eq (I don't even know how to do some shit like that) and a phone camera. Please excuse my shitty playing.