Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: TwilightOdyssey on March 05, 2006, 11:02:33 PM
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This clip came out rather well; it's the closest I've come to digitally capturing the actual tone of the Splawn Quick Rod at close range.
Once again, it's my VHII-loaded Strat with zero effects.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=BUXblAO80Rg
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corr blimey! amazing crunch but still really tight and clear. that sounds excellent! how much do these 'splawns' cost lol... waaaaaay out of my price range of course but just out of curiosity...
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That sounds amazing. With a touch more bass I'd be in love with the tone!
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corr blimey! amazing crunch but still really tight and clear. that sounds excellent! how much do these 'splawns' cost lol... waaaaaay out of my price range of course but just out of curiosity...
http://www.splawnguitars.com/amps_products.htm
The new amp, The Competition, is only $1,300 USD!!
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That sounds amazing. With a touch more bass I'd be in love with the tone!
The cabs I use have reeeally tight bass. I'm thinking, with a different cab (or an EQ), you can probably get more 'thunk' from the amp. I prefer a leaner tone, old school tone, which is what you hear. I've heard more low end from the Splawn cabs, too ...
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Looking at your recent clips, TO, would you say you are using your VHII strat more than your other guitars now? Is that the 'main' guitar/amp setup now - VHII-->Splawn?
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wow that competition head looks wicked! how do splawns compare with say a marshall in the same price bracket? (if we're talking about the quick rod that is)
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corr blimey! amazing crunch but still really tight and clear. that sounds excellent! how much do these 'splawns' cost lol... waaaaaay out of my price range of course but just out of curiosity...
http://www.splawnguitars.com/amps_products.htm
The new amp, The Competition, is only $1,300 USD!!
ONLY $1,300 :roll: :lol: I bet it does sound awesome though, if yours is anything to go by.
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Looking at your recent clips, TO, would you say you are using your VHII strat more than your other guitars now? Is that the 'main' guitar/amp setup now - VHII-->Splawn?
Nah, that's just the way it works out sometimes.
The other guitar in the vid, the green Kamikaze, is my main writing guitar.
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What's the gain like on these amps, compared to a 5150 or similar for example? Do they have plenty?
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What's the gain like on these amps, compared to a 5150 or similar for example? Do they have plenty?
I'm not exactly sure what you're asking here. The Splawn is a modded Marshall lover's dream amp. It has plenty of gain for what I do. I've never compared it to a 5150, so I couldn't tell you. That clip is played on the middle gain voicing. There is one setting more that has additional gain, but I would only use that for tracking solos, not riff-work.
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Sounds great. But still I agree with the others about the bass. A riff raff SG and a bit more bass in the EQ would nail that old AC/DC tone.
What you have now is a great old skool Maiden type of tone.
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No, it's not very clear is it..haha. I was referring to the amount of gain on tap.
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Sounds great Ben! The neck on your Strat looks like its getting some use, is that the Gajic neck?
That video of those two blokes having a punch up, is that Igor from your band or is that a coincidence?!!
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Sounds great. But still I agree with the others about the bass. A riff raff SG and a bit more bass in the EQ would nail that old AC/DC tone.
Okay, sooo ... ?
What you have now is a great old skool Maiden type of tone.
Okay, sooo ... ?
LOL! :twisted:
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Sounds great Ben! The neck on your Strat looks like its getting some use, is that the Gajic neck?
No, the neck is in the UK at the moment. That's the original Fender neck.
That video of those two blokes having a punch up, is that Igor from your band or is that a coincidence?!!
Know nothing about it.
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Sounds great. When you got to the chorus I though I was listening to Afterlife by Dream Theater - the tone and chords made me do a double take!
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didn't like the tone tbh. wheres the bass at dude?
It crunched nicely, but other than that it really didnt sound that exciting to me :? sorry, lol - i feel bad now :cry:
hey- the playing was great :lol: 8)
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d i feel bad now :cry:
hey- the playing was great :lol: 8)
YOU SHOULD! LOL
To each his own, man.
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That is the Competition head I ordered december 29th, and it was here three weeks later. Scott Splawn managed to get the picture on his site(that's the one), before sending it to me. The 2x12 cab arrived at the end of february. Except for the usual peaking, everything is pretty much inside their boxes, waiting to be open. To tell you the truth if you ask me for a glass of water it will take me two weeks to get back at you. That's how busy this time of the year it gets. Ben thanks for passing around the Splawn info. Like your avatar says "TONE". That is the ultimate.:)
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Hey, glad you went with the Splawn!!!
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Sounds great!
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Very interesting reading the very different comments on Ben's tone. Confirms what I said in one of Willo's posts about tone - "one man's tone is another man's poison."
What I think will be VERY interesting is the 240 clips of the various BK pickups which Tim will be adding to the new site. Tim will probably have recorded them either through his Marshall or Engl Screamer. Any bets they will sound different to the many digital clips in the Players section - dispite having tried Pod, Black Box, Guitar Rig, Amplitube etc. I just don't think they give a true representation of what the guitar/pickup produces in a 'live' situation (always seems to be something missing) . I appreciate that they are a very quick convenient way of recording a clip and many players will not have access to a suitable amp/mike setup but I would never buy a pickup or guitar based on a clip recorded on a digital amp simulator.
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yer your right mate- i would never buy a pup because of any recordings i heard not just digital stuff. there were virtually no clips of the BKP p-90s when i bought mine i just took a risk. but i agree with you about digital stuff not giving a true representation and also that digital stuff is easier and cheaper.
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d i feel bad now :cry:
hey- the playing was great :lol: 8)
YOU SHOULD! LOL
To each his own, man.
+1!
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Very interesting reading the very different comments on Ben's tone. Confirms what I said in one of Willo's posts about tone - "one man's tone is another man's poison."
What I think will be VERY interesting is the 240 clips of the various BK pickups which Tim will be adding to the new site. Tim will probably have recorded them either through his Marshall or Engl Screamer. Any bets they will sound different to the many digital clips in the Players section - dispite having tried Pod, Black Box, Guitar Rig, Amplitube etc. I just don't think they give a true representation of what the guitar/pickup produces in a 'live' situation (always seems to be something missing) . I appreciate that they are a very quick convenient way of recording a clip and many players will not have access to a suitable amp/mike setup but I would never buy a pickup or guitar based on a clip recorded on a digital amp simulator.
Good point Tellboy! I'm looking forawrd to hearing them all too.
To record using a valve amp, one easy way is to just run them through an attenuator with a line out to a recording device, only a bit more than a digital thingy amd miles better!
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good idea johnny but then you still need 'recorder device' even if you did get an attenuator instead of a digital thingy!
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good idea johnny but then you still need 'recorder device' even if you did get an attenuator instead of a digital thingy!
Well you would anyway wouldn't you?
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no because the 'digital thingy' IS the recorder device...
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+1 on the tube amp recordings. But still, as soon as the recording is converted to MP3, half the actual sound is gone. It's just a rough indication of the pickup's sound.
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+1 on the tube amp recordings. But still, as soon as the recording is converted to MP3, half the actual sound is gone.
More like 90-95% of the bitrate.
It's just a rough indication of the pickup's sound.
AT BEST.
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no because the 'digital thingy' IS the recorder device...
Well i meant something like a pod digital thingy, you would still have to hook that up to a recording device.
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ahhhh a pod digital thingys not what i was thinking of....
the little zoom things that we mentioned can record as well as just supplying effects...
but yer with something like a pod you would still need a recording device as well...