Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: Telerocker on November 26, 2011, 12:52:36 PM
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Currently I'm using a Fender Blues Junior for the smaller gigs we do. It sounds nice on low volumes, but at soon as turn everyting a bit up, the topend gets too bright and thin when I play singlecoils. When I use the fatknob it's gets a bit mushy on the lowend and I need big cleans for a lot of songs. Btw, the BJ sounds better with IT's then MM's.
I'm thinking to sell it and buy something compact with (just a bit, bigger venues are the domain of my Orange Rockerverb 50. ) more power and weight behind the tone. I'm considering the Tubemeister 18 combo, but is has only a 10 inch speaker and I'm afraid it will sound wimpy at higher levels. The cab that comes with the TM-head has a 12 inch V30. Point is the combo comes with reverb and the head not. Ok, that could be solved with a pedal, but will cost extra. I read on the net the two channels are difficult to balance when you set them both for their sweet spots. Cleans could be a bit too spanky too. I want round clean tones. Any experience here?
Also looking at the Orange Thunder 30 combo. Again, this one will need a reverbpedal too. I like the sound of the TH30, played it a bit in a shop, though at lower volumes. I will need to pump it up on stage, cause the drummer can play loud at times (he was between 2002 and 2006 the drummer of Epica - sic). Any opinions on this one? Will the cleanchannel keep a round tone at higher volumes? Are the channels balanced? I need to switch a lot.
Any other suggestions? Thx guys!
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I'll say that the reverb is the least of your problems as there's plenty of pedal options here. From the title of the post I was going to suggest the Egnater Tweaker, but I understand that you need a two channel amp. The Tweaker 40 might be worth checking out, but maybe it's too close to your Rockerverb 50 power-wise.
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Carvin V3M. It's becoming my standard reply whenever people ask about smaller amps...
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I use a Cornford Hurricane... my favorite sounding amp ever.
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I'll say that the reverb is the least of your problems as there's plenty of pedal options here. From the title of the post I was going to suggest the Egnater Tweaker, but I understand that you need a two channel amp. The Tweaker 40 might be worth checking out, but maybe it's too close to your Rockerverb 50 power-wise.
I prefer twochannel, but it is not a must. Package should be small. I'm in a band with seven players and there is often little space on stage. Clean headroom is important too.
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Carvin V3M. It's becoming my standard reply whenever people ask about smaller amps...
I will look into this one. Point is you (nearly) can't get them in Holland and for service I want to buy it in a musicshop. Price is bit higher then I was aiming at.
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I bought mine from Station Music in Germany. I'll just take it to my regular tech if it starts acting up I guess...
Never realised you were in Holland. Howdy, neighbor :)
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I bought mine from Station Music in Germany. I'll just take it to my regular tech if it starts acting up I guess...
Never realised you were in Holland. Howdy, neighbor :)
Sehr gut, danke! Yeah, you are right, maybe it's not too big a deal to buy it online. I remember you reviewed the Carvin. I want something with big vintage cleans en classic to hardrock drive. More plexi then Mesa if you get me :-)
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I'm your neighbour from the south :lol:
The Carvin has a sound of its own. It doesn't really do Fender, Marshall or Mesa tones. But I have mine set up for clean, hard rock and metal. All available with a single tap on the footswitch. It's a very flexible amp. The lead boost is the cherry on the cake.
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I'm your neighbour from the south :lol:
The Carvin has a sound of its own. It doesn't really do Fender, Marshall or Mesa tones. But I have mine set up for clean, hard rock and metal. All available with a single tap on the footswitch. It's a very flexible amp. The lead boost is the cherry on the cake.
ahhh, sorry, never call anyone a G.....n. So from Belgium I reckon?
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Yep. Flanders.
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from evergreen terrace=
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Yep. Flanders.
Alei menneke, dan zijt ge nie ver van mij hee! Ik woon een half uurtje van Antwerpen. :)
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Mijn vrouw is van Antwerpen, ikzelf ben uit het beschaafdere landsgedeelte ;)
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I think I understand what you're saying even though I don't speak the language (Seems like Dutch to me, but I might be wrong) :)
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Could try putting a more efficient speaker in the B Jr? Eminence Cannabis Rex?
Doing the easy BillM 'Twinstack' mod that allows you to totally cut the mids to take some of the mush out caused by the always on mid control?
I have pretty much the range of BillM mods and the thing you are describing can be modded out relatively cheaply - why don't you email him? http://billmaudio.com/wp/
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Mijn vrouw is van Antwerpen, ikzelf ben uit het beschaafdere landsgedeelte ;)
Aha, anyway for Mr Air: we're talking Dutch/Flemish.
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Could try putting a more efficient speaker in the B Jr? Eminence Cannabis Rex?
Doing the easy BillM 'Twinstack' mod that allows you to totally cut the mids to take some of the mush out caused by the always on mid control?
I have pretty much the range of BillM mods and the thing you are describing can be modded out relatively cheaply - why don't you email him? http://billmaudio.com/wp/
Yeah, the speaker contributes to the problem: too many highs and too less bass with strats and tele's.
was thinking of a Celestion GH30 or something similar.
I'm also looking at the Carvin 3VM Sancho recommends, but it's over the budget I want to spend at the moment.
Interesting it the Line6 DT25. Clips sounds quite good, it's portable, flexible and affordable. In the future I can always hook up a HD500. For the moment my boutiquepedals are enough.