The Whatever Thread .. For Gear!!

[goosekevin]

And goose. You sure about selling the el cap? You have a one delay policy or what? I think the el cap and a crazy powerful digital delay is a perfect combo.

i bought it
definintely wont sell the el cap for a little while if i even do, will probably need to have a shootout and keep offloading more pedals, i think i wanna buy a minilogue and am feeling a bit weird lately about how much $ i have tied up in pedals

[lordgalvar]

Question for amp people:

I have a beta lead, sunn sorado, rosac Malibu 77, and a Sovtek around here...outside of the rosac, they are all pretty dark. The Sovtek needs work and I think the beta lead needs a recap (b is starting to drop in volume and it gets darker the more I play)...

Looking for suggestions on old, pre-1985 (why not?), non-fender, 100 tube amp heads...basically how bright are things like plush, earth, etc? Or should I just go with the 5150 2x12 (I remember my friend's being brighter than my Sovtek). Kinda looking for a gigging amp (probably run a full stack like I used too) and something tonuse while I repair my beta lead and Sovtek. Or just fix the Sovtek before the beta lead breaks all the way and then fix that?

Or should I just go the speaker route and brighten things that way?

I don't doom, I don't drone, none of that stuff just looking for a loud amp with top end for abrasive crap.

It had just been a damn long time since I've played around with any amps outside of the few I have.

Random ramblings.

[D.o.S.]

The 5150 is dictionary definition of "loud amp with abrasive top end", if I remember correctly.

[Chankgeez]

...basically how bright are things like plush, earth, etc?

I've got a Plush 1060-S which I pair with an old Kustom 2x15 cab. They're not overly bright. (Might be my cab choice though.) They're supposedly based on a Fender Twin or Showman circuit, but they're definitely not nearly as bright as a Fender. Good workhorse amps. Pretty nice response across the spectrum. If you find one for not too much $, you should grab it. I'd imagine similar Earth amps probably sound about the same.

[lordgalvar]

The 5150 is dictionary definition of "loud amp with abrasive top end", if I remember correctly.

That is what I remember too...just kinda making sure my memory is right (haven't heard one live in 10 years). It was the only modern amp I was considering.

...basically how bright are things like plush, earth, etc?

I've got a Plush 1060-S which I pair with an old Kustom 2x15 cab. They're not overly bright. (Might be my cab choice though.) They're supposedly based on a Fender Twin or Showman circuit, but they're definitely not nearly as bright as a Fender. Good workhorse amps. Pretty nice response across the spectrum. If you find one for not too much $, you should grab it. I'd imagine similar Earth amps probably sound about the same.

I knew they were based on some fender (as are a lot of amps)...good to know! Good across the spectrum is fine with me too. I had a 2x15 peavy cab that really made things muddier and darker/bassier from my Sovtek.

The Sovtek thing...I haven't heard mine in 9 years and I was playing through a closed back carvin Steve vai cab or something with celestiins...it was loud but muddy as all hell. Maybe it was the cab? It will rise again someday (and if I ever find out who stole my fuse caps....). I used to run the boss mt2 as a pure treble boost just to compensate...

On the beta lead I keep bass and mids at like 3 or 4 and run treble at like 7-8. Sometimes I get the bass up to 5, but cut the mids more.

I guess on that note, speaker recommendations?

Thanks guys.

[kbit]

I try not to look at old board pics. It's like looking up exes on Facebook.

[psychic vampire.]

Squarp Pyramid is beautiful, but hard to learn. Maybe killed my GAS for any other sequencing, though. Time will tell. Might replace my ER-1 with an XD-5 or a RM50 or R-8m rack, amd just have analog and digital drum synths covered for days.

[echorec]

Has anyone seen the Softcore (by Squarewave) licensing page (Is this even a legitimate sale) ?

http://tsp.bigcartel.com/product/softco ... ion-rights

[fcknoise]

man, the industrialectric rm-1n is really the only reverb i've ever considered getting besides owning the ghost echo for a short while and having a reverb on the bitquest.

it's a shame it'd be the most expensive pedal i'd ever buy if i could indeed find the money to get one. it feels like every other reverb out there isn't really for me, the rm-1n sound hits home, in a way.


what'd you fellers sell to afford it? your soul? your grandma?

let us know in the comments below. don't forget to like and subscribe.

Maybe take a look at the Caroline meteore? It's like the RM-1ns little brother

[echorec]

Does anyone else follow panote09? He always has homemade noise synths and has been building for years.

http://www.ebay.com/sch/panote09/m.html ... 7675.l2562

http://www.jmtsynth.com/

[lordgalvar]

JMT makes good stuff. Had a few of his things. He has upped his panel design lately but nice stuff from him.

[Disarm D'arcy]

The 5150 is dictionary definition of "loud amp with abrasive top end", if I remember correctly.

Seconded.

[lordgalvar]

The 5150 is dictionary definition of "loud amp with abrasive top end", if I remember correctly.

Seconded.

Totally how I remembered it, was just reminding myself/looking for more exotic options...

New question:

NOTE ON POWERING THE OSD-9 - this pedal’s voltage regulator IC requires a high inrush current of approximately 2000 mA upon startup. When using with a Power Brick such as the Voodoo Labs Pedal Power 2+, this pedal should be connected to a high current power jack when possible.

If it is not possible to connect to a high current jack, you can power the OSD-9 by leaving a battery in the pedal. Upon initial start-up, unplug the external DC power input cable, engage the pedal, and then plug the DC power input cable back in – the pedal will now power up normally off the external power supply until you power down your pedalboard.

Anyway, does anyone actually do this? Does it make a difference? Most likely something to do with their switching system? A lot of the maxon 9 effects have that...any other companies say that and I just never noticed?

Osd-9 is a nice dist+ clone...sounds great and picked it up cheap locally.

[BoatRich]

Might trade a '65 bandmaster for a traynor yba-1? The bandmaster just isn't loud enough or distorted enough for the project I'm using it in. Would be run in stereo with a V4 on a 215.

Good idea? Bad idea??

Also does anyone have clips of the Meteore in a heavier setting than the knobs demo? Does it do harsh at all? I had an RM-1N and I kinda regret getting rid of it but the reverb was too intense and I mainly used it for the drone. The Meteore seems to have less overall decay time/be more manageable at short reverb times. Also any clips of it pushing other dirt? Particularly like an HM2?

[blakestree]

I just got a '65 Princeton Reissue, yesterday. Holy fuck this thing sounds great! I was intent on a '68 Custom. But, after getting a Marshall Class 5, I was worried it might cover too much of the same territory. I decided the '65 would be a better fit between the Class 5 and my AC4. I feel confident, now, it was the right choice. Before getting the PRRI, I was already planning on changing to a 12" Cannabis Rex. However, it sounds so good with the C10R that's in there, I don't know that I need to.