solid state power amps and Axe Fx

[thenine]

I know some of you grabbed Carvins and the like to save weight. This would be a noice portable rig IMO. Did this stick for you? Many people staying with it or did you find you had to have some tubes and go VHT, Mesa etc?

 

[noob_pwn]

i found if i was running into a guitar cab, tubes always sounded best. For FR setups, solid state or an active speaker is the way to go

 

[thenine]

sorry, meant into a cab that is usually miked

 

[RedB4Black]

I had a Carvin DCM1540L when I had my Axe. While I think tubes are ultimate the best sound, the Carvin sounds real good too.

 

[jlbaxe]

I used a RT2/50 with a quad of E34Ls into 2 cabs and really liked that over my Art SLA2 amp. I sold both of them and now I have been using my return loop of the 20th Xtc and Mesa MK III. My next step is the Atomic active wedges.

 

[hellaboogie]

I had a Carvin DCM1540L when I had my Axe. While I think tubes are ultimate the best sound, the Carvin sounds real good too.

yup I agree with you

 

[gtr31]

cliff's test rig was a Carvin into 412 I believe

 

[RedB4Black]

cliff's test rig was a Carvin into 412 I believe

He has a Carvin F1200. It's an older Mosfet amp. I have and older Carvin Mosfet FET1000. I think it's easier to get a more natural sound from the mosfet amp than it was with the newer DCM1540L, but a little EQ tweaking and you can get the same results.

 

[dpeterson]

honestly i dont think it matters.. i've done frfr with a crown 402, cabs with mesa 2:90, cabs with what i have now is an ada b200s, and it's all the same. Just how you dial it in.. i can get the same sound from all of them.

dave

 

[jlbaxe]

cliff's test rig was a Carvin into 412 I believe

He has a Carvin F1200. It's an older Mosfet amp. I have and older Carvin Mosfet FET1000. I think it's easier to get a more natural sound from the mosfet amp than it was with the newer DCM1540L, but a little EQ tweaking and you can get the same results.

Wow I had a Carvin FET 1000w, actually had 2 of them. That thing was heavy. Bought them new in the early '90s and used it with my ADA MP-1 and Carvin Quad X. I blew my V30s out with it lol just got rid of it a few years ago. I remember all the combinations you could do to set it up with the Mini switches, like 7 per side. Never gave me a problem.

 

[RedB4Black]

^yeah. I scored it cheap on ebay and it's in great shape. Not worth trying to sell because of how heavy it is to ship. lol

I'm glad I held on to it after I sold my Ultra - since a II is gonna be here on Friday.

My buddy Mo (mortega76) has the F1200 that Cliff uses. We'll need to do some a/b'ing.