Seeking Amp advise for SoundGarden Tribute Band

[Jdub]

As already stated, Peavey VTM for early stuff, Mesa Dual Trem or plain Recto for the more popular albums.
Cool gig! Good luck!!

Thanks!

 

[Jdub]

You could just try one of the Rectifier pedals like the Wampler and run it into the effects loop of one of your other amps. I think that your JVM could easily pull off Soundgarden tones FWIW.

Thanks. Probably gonna sell the JVM.

 

[Jdub]

Thanks everyone. I have it covered with what I have tone wise.. at least for now.. After meeting with the other guitar player and drummer, it is clear that any of my options already on hand will be a vast improvement. If I in fact get invited to join, I will get closer if need be. The other guy is gonna need more tone help than me. All super nice guys.. I feel good about it now. Time to learn a bunch of songs which fortunately are very much growing on me. No fun playing music you don't like. . Thanks again everyone. Cheers!

 

[Jdub]

The Recto is known for being very loose in the preamp and having no negative feedback in the poweramp.

You could probably get VERY close to a Recto with your 50w Ecstasy on the high gain channels which don’t have all that much filtering, and maxing out the Presence, setting the poweramp switch to Loose, and then being very conservative with the mid and treble knobs, maybe even adding an EQ in the loop to control the highs. My XTC can get surprisingly close to my Recto that way.

Thanks man. Great tips!! I have on old BOSS Ge10 that is amazingly quiet and can be really effective fine tuning. I will keep tinkering if I get the gig. Time to nail down the material as best I can and see what happens.

 

[nightlight]

I wouldn't trade/sell gear unless I was 100% sure I was in the band. Politely suggest that if you prove you can play the material, you'll get an amp that works for that sound.

I that regard, Soundgarden to me was always the Rectifier sound. Get a dual rec RI or one of the older ones and you should be fine. You can sculpt your tone further with an EQ in the loop and some pedals out front.

Looks like a great band, btw. I liked that clip you posted.

 

[crwnedblasphemy]

Always wanted to try an Electrodyne. How's it compared to a Stiletto Deuce?

I played one...they are muddy sounding.

 

[chrisgr]

Its hard for me to believe they would give him a hard time when the singer sounds that meh. Drummer was great.

I was thinking the exact same thing.

 

[Jdub]

I played one...they are muddy sounding.

yep. zero interest in that one either.

 

[Jdub]

I was thinking the exact same thing.

I don't understand the relevance? Guitar player was a new hire. After one gig, it was clear.. he did not cut it. gig was train wreck. Singer not back at full capacity. He he throat cancer surgery just a year ago plus chemo and radiation. He is damn good singer. Trained with "the Maestro" as did Cornell. He is well known entity in the Seattle scene, but is recovering from throat cancer. Cut him some slack and even he is or was marginal, why should keep the guitar player that is sub standard?