Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: BloodMountain on January 02, 2007, 09:25:14 PM
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hi
this is a question about it's metal distortion.
does this video give a fairly accurate example of it's sound?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwzwNknA-HA&NR
it sounds awesome to me, especially the powerchords at about 10 seconds in
:twisted:
it sounds like what ive been looking for for the last 2 years!
thanks
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Yeah i saw that video when i was buying myn and it certainly helped!
However it can get so much more heavier than that! I was amazed at how much distortion it had, it can get brutal tones!!
But also it has the best cleans i have ever heard from any amp.
They are really great amps, especially for the price spent on them.
Here is another clip you might like!: http://www.sonomawireworks.com/riffcaster/post.php?/1360
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ooo another clip!!! YEAH!!... just listening now...
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sounds very cool!! hard rock/old school metal tone.. very awesome! especially the powerchords at the end!
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I thought you would like it!
By the way there is someone selling a GH50L in the Seconds out forum, go look!
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ahhhh i want it! i would buy it now for 275!!!!! but unfortunately, i have just emptied my bank account to buy a dean razorback. i only got it for 450 quid ex-demo great condition though, bargain :D
i need to save more though.
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A razorback for £450!? You got yourself a good deal there!
But yeah i need to save more and stop buying everything, i never have any money!!
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By the way there is someone selling a GH50L in the Seconds out forum, go look!
:wink:
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Haha, that advertisement was free, next time it'll cost ya! :lol:
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could i have any more opinions from GH50L users like _tom_ please?
thanks dudes
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I guess it can that tone- wouldn't have a clue personally as I wouldn't know how to get it and play like that!
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I've seen that video... that video got me interested in Laneys actually. I wasn't to impressed with their older amps (the only ones I have ever played), but I'll tell you it was 100% impossible to get a tone like that out of the older models I've played...
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yeah, im after a newer model. sounds pretty evil to me.
im 90% certain that im going to get it, but until i have tried it out, i will never buy it. plus i need the money hahaha :twisted:
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Hmm I was listening to Opeth last night and I dont actually know if it can get that exact tone, although it could just be that my guitar doesnt have "metal" pickups.
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im not after the exact tone, but very close to it.
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That kicks the sh*t out of my Koch Multitone.
I'm pretty keen to try one of these out, I just can't find anywhere that stocks them!
Anybody know of a Laney dealer in the Coventry/Birmingham area that actually has a GH50L in the shop?
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I've still not been able to get a sound like this video from my GH50L yet. It can do classic metal no problem, but I can never get it sounding as heavy as this for some reason. Guess its my speakers, hes using V30s.
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and aren't you only using mules though? not exactly a heavy pickup
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True but I find amp affects overall tone much more than pickups. Anyway I think Tim uses Mules in Ozzmosis!
I'll try getting a heavier tone when I get my Charvel though, apparently the stock bridge humbucker is like a more powerful old JB so it should sound pretty good.
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kk that would be cool, thanks! post in this thread if you do thanks!
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Was playing around with my Keeley Rat into the GH50L today, I think I prefer to get the extra gain from a pedal rather than using the amps in built extra gain stage. I'm running the amp with preamp gain on 10 and the Rat infront on phat rat mode, level on full, filter all the way up and distortion just above 9 o clock. It seems much tighter, clearer, less fizzy, more defined and seems to have more harmonics. More of a "3D" sound and seems more dynamic.
I may still go with a tubescreamer though as the Rat doesnt have the mids or general beef of a tubescreamer, its more of a fuzz than an overdrive really. I think with a good overdrive I'll be able to get much better hard rock and metal tones. New guitar wont be shipped till wednesday or thursday next week :(
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i hate it when you have to wait for a guitar. i had to wait a month until christmas to have my razorback, my parents didn't even let me look at it! and they only paid 100 towards it grrrr.... anyway
that sounds more like "the sound" that i'm after... more 3D!
lovely...... hey does it sound like that video? different?? better?
thanks for the info!
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I personally prefer my tone to that but I generally prefer a brighter, less bassy tone which is what I have my amp dialed in to get.
Anyway if I dont get a hotplate I'm watching on ebay I'll get a mic so maybe I can do a few clips of the Laney instead of my boring v-amp 2 for a change :D
As for guitars, yeah I hate waiting too but the guy would only accept a personal cheque, probably would allready have it if he accepted paypal :(
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everyone needs to have paypal.
ooo clips! coooool.
i prefer a more bassy, slightly less trebly tone, because to me, it sounds very heavy and thick. im not really a fan of super bright tone. dark all the way (i use all-mahogany guitars, and i will be getting a warpig to darken it more than my dimebucker, which im tired of after 3 weeks of using it!)
can you dial in a dark tone on the GH50L with the settings above? (more bass, less treble, average mids (NEVER SCOOP))
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everyone needs to have paypal.
can you dial in a dark tone on the GH50L with the settings above? (more bass, less treble, average mids (NEVER SCOOP))
That reminds me, WFD should be back from his travels soon! :twisted:
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everyone needs to have paypal.
ooo clips! coooool.
i prefer a more bassy, slightly less trebly tone, because to me, it sounds very heavy and thick. im not really a fan of super bright tone. dark all the way (i use all-mahogany guitars, and i will be getting a warpig to darken it more than my dimebucker, which im tired of after 3 weeks of using it!)
can you dial in a dark tone on the GH50L with the settings above? (more bass, less treble, average mids (NEVER SCOOP))
hmm from my experience if you like dark tone then a GH50L isnt really for you :? Its a really bright british sound, at least through my cab. Even with treble and presence low it never really sounds dark to me. I'll try messing around with the settings a bit but it sounds to me like a Mesa or something darker would be better for you?
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do you really think that i have the money for a mesa???? and if i did, i still wouldn't spend it all on an amp.
can cabs darken your sound? or speakers?
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Yeah they can darken the sound if you get the right ones, apparently eminence swamp thangs are dark speakers. I forgot, my amp has EL34 valves which I think would be brighter than 6L6, which it can also run. I havent tried that though as I cant be arsed with rebiasing it all.
edit - EQ in the fx loop with much tweakage got some pleasing results earlier. Played the main riff of Blackwater Park just to test it and it sounded pretty good to me, probably "better" with a more metal pickup I guess.
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tom, you're just not metal enough ;) :lol: :lol:
eat some galvanised nails and grow some hair :D
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tom, you're just not metal enough ;) :lol: :lol:
eat some galvanised nails and grow some hair :D
I dunno about the nails bit but my hair is in the process of becoming good, its stuck in that annoying halfway stage where it looks shite and really thick.
Anyway, I'll have my charvel by the end of the week hopefully, so I'll get some heavier sounds from my setup maybe.
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yeah!! so, GH50L + metal pickups (Warpigs!) + the right speakers + EQ pedal + mahogany = Dark metal tone?
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it's a $%&#ing BRUTAL metal tone! :D
now we just need mikael to start using the warpig and the world will be happy!
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HOW KILLER WOULD THAT BE?
hahaha it would make the ground shake and scare away the kids that wear Aiden shirts to Opeth concerts!
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HOW KILLER WOULD THAT BE?
hahaha it would make the ground shake and scare away the kids that wear Aiden shirts to Opeth concerts!
i can only see this as a good thing
hey lets send one to mikael!!!
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yeah!
maybe get Tim to make him one and get him hooked
or just put our money together, buy one, and send it to him
haha
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You guys are getting me interested in the GH50 now. The thing is, though, is it really that flexible? I don't doubt it'll do great hard rock/metal tones, but will it get to jazzy cleans? Can it sound creamy enough? I'm really looking for something that can get passable tones for pretty much all genres, can the laney do that? I hear people sayoing it can but I do sort of have my doubts.
There's nowhere local that stocks laney, unfortunately.
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if you want super versatility from a laney, go for a VH100R.
i don't know about jazzy cleans etc. from a GH50L, any owners like to add something here?
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Jazzy cleans - no, at least in my experience. Its best at that gritty bluesy clean when you roll down your guitars volume. I guess if you changed all the settings you could get a nice clean but its not really made for that :twisted:
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Why does nobody ever talk about the GH100L? Id rather have one of theose TBH.
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coz 50watt amps breath better, the power section drives faster and they generally have sweeter mids than there 100w counterparts.
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yeah!
or just put our money together, buy one, and send it to him
Why not put your money together and buy one for me? :twisted:
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sometimes i wish people would do that for me!