BrokenFusion":1rdxpkwb said:
cecilbag":1rdxpkwb said:
Splawns are not hard to dial in at all. I set everything at noon and rip. I've been playing mine for years and still love it everytime I fire it up. I don't have any beef with the evh amps, I just have no need for that much gain. The QuickRod has everything I like and need to gig with. Great build quality as well.
Yep dead simple to dial in. I only tweak my presence and bass if I change cabs or guitars. Pretty much set and forget. Splawns have a very clear and well defined distortion. It's never buzzy. Never played a EVH and I'm sure they are fine amps but I have heard clips where they can sound like a can of bees.
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JerEvil":1rdxpkwb said:
Spawn build quality is fantastic. Small operation vs. mass produced. I am sure the EVH quality is quite good. The Quick Rod is about as easy to dial in as you can get. I am consistently impressed by my Quick Rod and have had it for over 3 years now. I would take it or a KT88 Nitro over the EVH any day of the week. I just do not like the 5150III
I really dug the 5153 I just like the Quick Rod better. Much more articulate and hella tight.
acalaf":1rdxpkwb said:
get a mesa traditional cab, ditch the oversize cab, and keep your revision f using the orange channel. problem solved.
I would take a traditional cab over the oversized cab any day. But neither with a Splawn. I own a Rectoverb Single Rec and a Traditional cab and a Quick Rod with a Splawn 212 cab with Small Blocks.
My QR does not sound that great through the V30 Traditional cab but the Mesa sounds killer through either.
The Splawns really excel with Scott's speakers - the Small Blocks and Big Blocks. The Small Blocks are 55w versions of a Greenback and the Big Blocks are based on the G12H30s.
I personally am not an EMG guy - I like hot passives instead. KSE recorded one of their albums using a Splawn Nitro (along with layers of other amps) and Adam and Joel both use EMGs and Tubescreamers. So there is alway that.
I think a new Splawn QR with all the options loaded would be beastly - otherwise you can find them in the $1100 - $1300 range as mentioned.