My love-hate relationship with my powerball - new amp stuff, maybe

[MDV]

Yeah I saw that.

I really like the chimera, and have looked into peters before.

I nearly bought a chimera actually, but heard some stuff that gave me misgivings about the tightness, depth and clarity of the low end under significant detuning. The stuff I've heard from the E570 and the mako dorado (the amp and the dorado preamp channel on the M4) pretty much kill the peters for me though. It was good, but not that good.

Its Mako M4 Vs E570 for me. I need to sit with the clips I can find and listen intently on my adams: its the best I can do for assesment really.

Still cant believe that pre is <£1000 shipped from the US. Thats awesome.

[Lew]

That sounds great and if that's the tone you're going for, you should check out a Roccaforte Ultra + Fryette UL/CLX

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQnS6TSbQ6U

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvoJZMtzdr0 not often you see a chick rocking like that

[MDV]

See, its in the little things

I can certainly hear similarities there, but the Mako (dorado at least) has so much more throaty aggression and attack, to my ears anyway. They sound drier and tamer. Theres a similar character to them, but they dont do it for me the same way.

Plus Doug Roccaforte is a tw@t, or at least has conducted himself very poorly while I was 'looking' (over at HC) and I can think of people I'd much rather give my custom to (martin, ian, james of peters fame, and it seems that andrew from mako is a sound chap.....or I could try and get a Cameron! It seems that the deposit for one of those is basically a bet that you'll get an amp within your lifetime!).

[Antag]

975 USD is what the mako M4 costs?

A: How the hell did you find that out? I've been hunting, and not finding.

umm, the author's comment on that youtube clip says:

Thanks Erock!
Order @ www.makoamporders.com

So I went to http://www.makoamporders.com & hey presto :)

[MDV]

Doh!

I was look at the pricing on the site (its not updated yet) and general googling. I did actually find it after you posted it on his facebook page (very much a last resort for me!)

Thanks though.

[Antag]

MDV, have an update for you on the E570 into the Savage's power section:

As I thought, turning off the Savage's Depth Punch & upping the presence from 2 to about 4½, then turning off the E570's MLP (mega-low punch) yields a perfectly usable sound.

The E570 certainly seems more powerful than the Savage's preamp section, probably because there effectively an extra volume control in the chain - the E570 has a Master Volume as well as the channel volumes, but the Savage's Master Volume is in the power section.

Anyway, suffice to say that the E570 has a LOT of bass on tap, although I wonder how much of that is down to the "brutal" cab - that CL80/K100 combination has some serious low end when cranked :twisted:

Hope this helps...

[MDV]

It does, yes, thanks. It tells me I can indeed use the E570 into the PB and get a usable sound with the right settings adjustment.

I'm running an Ubercab with V30s and Swamp Thangs, and it makes almost all other cabs I've used sound like toys, and I run the PB with low volume settings something like bass;2 depth 3-4, EQs cutting extra low end and its still crushing. I have no worries about magnitude of low end!

I have a power amp plan though, but it may take a little time - I'm sure whether I go with the mak4 or the E570 I can use it effectively through the PB now. Thanks.

How do you find the general tonal differences between the savage and the E570-savage?

[Denim n Leather]

S
Plus Doug Roccaforte is a tw@t, or at least has conducted himself very poorly while I was 'looking' (over at HC) ...

Amen to that!

Remind me to tell you my Doug Roccaforte story some day ...

[MDV]

S
Plus Doug Roccaforte is a tw@t, or at least has conducted himself very poorly while I was 'looking' (over at HC) ...

Amen to that!

Remind me to tell you my Doug Roccaforte story some day ...

Ooooh, carefull! I hear he can be quite litigious, or threaten to be, if someone says something he doesnt like!

[Antag]

& he's going to like being called a tw@t? :)

[Lew]

http://www.lsd-tonstudio.de/sonstiges/highplumbum.mp3   :twisted: :harp:

[MDV]

& he's going to like being called a tw@t? :)

I was being facetious! Or sarky or something similar.

[MDV]

http://www.lsd-tonstudio.de/sonstiges/highplumbum.mp3   :twisted: :harp:

Sounds good! That fella hangs out at andy sneaps forum; I believe he uses 5150s and mesas for more or less everything.

[Lew]

That was a Pitbull, just thought I'd continue my crusade :P

[braintheory]

Have you considered the Diamond Nitrox?