Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: maliciousteve on October 21, 2005, 05:57:04 PM
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I just got to use mine yesterday at band practice and damn, my sound kicks so much arse now it's unreal. If any one was considering getting one, do so you won't regret it.
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I'll definitely second the motion. Mine was certainly worth the outlay.
If you have a valve amp, and if you value your home life (or even your tone life, ho ho) GET ONE!
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I now just need to get a Warpig in my Ibanez for some better clarity on the low end and i think i have the perfect tone to fit my bands sound :D
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lend me two hundred quid and i'll order mine today! :wink:
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If I get my job at Co-Op or Halfords I'm buying one after the first payday :lol:
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If I get my job at Co-Op or Halfords I'm buying one after the first payday :lol:
ah, the sweet spirit of a 16 year old rockstar to be!
if i get the job at HMV, i'll get one after my first payday!!
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If I get my job at Co-Op or Halfords I'm buying one after the first payday :lol:
ah, the sweet spirit of a 16 year old rockstar to be!
if i get the job at HMV, i'll get one after my first payday!!
haha I'm actually 17 next month, I just put off getting a proper job for a year :lol: :lol:
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There's always the good old 'paper round. ;)
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Used to use one with my Carvin Legacy.....till I got hooked on the Vetta thing and sold it.
Have to say it did colour the sound slightly esp on the higest attenuation setting,but only a tiny bit & generally it gave pretty good results.
1000% better than the Marshall Powerbrake which I also tried which completely killed the tone of the amp!!
:twisted:
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I've heard some really bad things about the Powerbrake, that it colours the sound and alot of the time it blows the transformer and completely ruins your set up. But it makes sense to just spend an extra £20/30 on the THD due to the bright and deep switch as well as the noise reduction feature
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Yeah have to say those two switches really did make a difference!!
8)
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I'd just like to add, DONT go cheap and get a Weber MiniMass. I've decided I hate mine, it makes the sound all mushy :cry: I'll save bday and xmas money for a hotplate though :D
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how much should i pay for an 8 ohm hot plate? i guess i'd probably go second hand because as long as it works i'm happy, and the 8 ohm ones seem to be the most common
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Well you'd have to look at your amp to see what Ohm it is. The hotplate would have to match exactly or it won't work and could damage your amp. I got mine from www.gak.co.uk for £230 that includes delivery. Every where else charges 250.
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Ok, noob here, what does a hotplate do? :oops: I have to find out sometime!
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Basically it lets you turn the master volume of your amp to maximum but control the overall volume with the Hotplate. So you can get that power amp break up at lower volumes.
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but only on valve amps, do NOT try one on a solid state amp as you will kill both amp and hot-plate! ( don't ask me how, but the warning i got was even more vigorous than that one)
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but only on valve amps, do NOT try one on a solid state amp as you will kill both amp and hot-plate! ( don't ask me how, but the warning i got was even more vigorous than that one)
it wouldn't make all that difference even if it did work......
but if you have a SS, then you don't have to fish out the cash for a hotplate :idea:
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but if you have a SS, then you don't have to fish out the cash for a hotplate :idea:
yes yu do - you have to fork out the cash for a new amp and a hotplate :P
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but if you have a SS, then you don't have to fish out the cash for a hotplate :idea:
yes yu do - you have to fork out the cash for a new amp and a hotplate :P
HA! valve snob :roll:
haha jk, everyone is in the end!
even me, with a marshall hybrid.... i have my eyes on a Laney AOR 50w :D
but that'll have to wait a year or two, or my parents will go mad..... they dpn't understand GAS hehe
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nah yu're right mate. i really am becoming quite the ultimate valve snob. I've just never come across a decent SS amp. Then again i haven't really been searching...
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So, if I have a pair of 16 Ohm cabs GS412IA and GS412IS, do I get an 8 Ohm or a 16 Ohm?
Actually I've only got one at the moment - I'll be getting the bottom one in a little while...
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So, if I have a pair of 16 Ohm cabs GS412IA and GS412IS, do I get an 8 Ohm or a 16 Ohm?
Actually I've only got one at the moment - I'll be getting the bottom one in a little while...
Match up the rating on the back of the amp
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If I get my job at Co-Op or Halfords I'm buying one after the first payday :lol:
I thought you already had one that you used with your Fender Tom? :?
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Johnny, that was 2005 mate.
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If I get my job at Co-Op or Halfords I'm buying one after the first payday :lol:
I thought you already had one that you used with your Fender Tom? :?
he did have one... this thread was started two years ago you do realise, lol
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So, if I have a pair of 16 Ohm cabs GS412IA and GS412IS, do I get an 8 Ohm or a 16 Ohm?
Actually I've only got one at the moment - I'll be getting the bottom one in a little while...
Match up the rating on the back of the amp
So, since I plug into the 1x16 ohm socket at the moment I'd use a 16 Ohm hotplate. And when I get the other cab and plug it into the first cab, I'll plug the combination into the 1x8 ohm socket, I'd use an 8 ohm hotplate?
Om: SI Unit of Buddism :)
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I've just read a bit on the THD site, and it looks like it's only possible to use on if you have a head and cab. Would i be able to use one with my combo? How easy wouldit be to set it up, for someone who's never looked in the back of an amp before?
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I've just read a bit on the THD site, and it looks like it's only possible to use on if you have a head and cab. Would i be able to use one with my combo? How easy wouldit be to set it up, for someone who's never looked in the back of an amp before?
i use it with my combo. just plug the amp into the hotplate, and the hotplate into the speakers. easy as that.
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Ok, so i can use one, but how much quicker will the valves age from turning the volume from i think under 3 (my amp has no numbers) to full, or close to?
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I've just had a look at the amp, it has two 4ohm line outs to go to cabs, and something plugged into an 8ohm line out that goes to somewhere in the amp (presumably the speaker?) do i take this out and put the hotplate there, or am i looking in the wrong place?
i hope that made sense
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If I get my job at Co-Op or Halfords I'm buying one after the first payday :lol:
I thought you already had one that you used with your Fender Tom? :?
he did have one... this thread was started two years ago you do realise, lol
Opps! :oops: Does have one even! :lol: :P
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I've just had a look at the amp, it has two 4ohm line outs to go to cabs, and something plugged into an 8ohm line out that goes to somewhere in the amp (presumably the speaker?) do i take this out and put the hotplate there, or am i looking in the wrong place?
i hope that made sense
yep, you plug a speaker cable from that 8 ohm socket to the hot plate, then the cable you unplugged, which does indeed go to the speaker, goes into the hotplate's output. one of those simple yet faintly terrifying things, sure you've done it right, yet convinced that flicking the power switch will result in an expensive bang! :o
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Hey guys, I was asking a question to a seller on eBay and he claims that the 16 Ohm Hotplate can be used on all Ohms without causing any damage. He says he's used it that way and got good results. He claimed that the different models THD do are just marketing scams. Could that be true? I didn't trust him so I didn't buy it, besides he's been using it wrong (if we're to believe the manual which I think is way more credible than he is..).
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Thanks blue, now, once i get another £100, whether to spend it on another pickup, or save more and get hotplate. Whats the view of you guys?
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So THD Hotplate > Weber minimass?