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Re: Best way to pretty up my clean toanz
Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2014 10:23 pm
by pelliott
Except in the bedroom am I right ladies am I right
Re: Best way to pretty up my clean toanz
Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2014 10:36 pm
by Iommic Pope
pelliott wrote:Except in the bedroom am I right ladies am I right
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Re: Best way to pretty up my clean toanz
Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2014 7:35 pm
by whiskey_face
D.o.S. wrote:t-rey wrote:But only on the slow parts
motherfucker what you doin' playing fast bits?
I came from death metal / black metal, to this day I still write shit at like 240 BPM+
Re: Best way to pretty up my clean toanz
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2014 10:04 am
by t-rey
So let's all talk about the embarrassing way in which I solved this problem. Since I use the Ampeg as a clean pedal platform, I've been running a lot of master and not much preamp. Spent some time dicking around with it the other day and decided to lower the master and raise the preamp quite a bit, since it stays clean until it's dimed anyhow. Boom, problem (mostly) solved. Much brighter, less mud, more sparkles in mah tones.
This leads me to believe that the amp is biased very cold and/or Ruby 6v6s are muddy pieces of shit. Any thoughts? How much does it cost for a tech to rebias an amp?
Re: Best way to pretty up my clean toanz
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2014 10:22 am
by Tristan
I dunno that particular amp but it's not uncommon for a sound to gain brightness and sparkle if you turn up the gain (up to a certain point of course).
Just as another example, if you put higher gain preamp tubes in your amp the sound usually also tends to get brighter, especially on cleaner amps.
Re: Best way to pretty up my clean toanz
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2014 11:24 am
by t-rey
Touche - I never knew that since all of my previous amps have had shit loads of preamp gain. I did swap out the preamp tubes for some Tung Sols, which are supposed to be pretty gainy, so that makes sense.
Re: Best way to pretty up my clean toanz
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2014 12:08 pm
by Tristan
Hey, there's always stuff to find out about one thing or the other, as long as you're happy now, right?
Re: Best way to pretty up my clean toanz
Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2014 12:17 am
by whiskey_face
I had a gvt-15 112 combo and as soon as I pulled out those shitdick 6v6s, and that shitdick 70-80 garbage speaker and replaced with blackplate GEs and an emi govner that amp ruled. . .
Re: Best way to pretty up my clean toanz
Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2014 7:10 am
by t-rey
Did you have to rebias when you swap the 6v6s?
Re: Best way to pretty up my clean toanz
Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2014 7:25 am
by skullservant
I think it might be fixed bias?
Re: Best way to pretty up my clean toanz
Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2014 8:26 am
by whiskey_face
t-rey wrote:Did you have to rebias when you swap the 6v6s?
cathode based so nope.
Re: Best way to pretty up my clean toanz
Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2014 10:29 am
by D.o.S.
I'll rebias you.
Re: Best way to pretty up my clean toanz
Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2014 6:06 pm
by t-rey
skullservant wrote:I think it might be fixed bias?
whiskey_face wrote:t-rey wrote:Did you have to rebias when you swap the 6v6s?
cathode based so nope.
Good news then. Looks like I'll be looking for some powah tubes.
D.o.S. wrote:I'll rebias you.
I'll rebias YOUR FACE.
Re: Best way to pretty up my clean toanz
Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2014 6:53 pm
by D.o.S.
I definitely need that -- my face runs hot.
Re: Best way to pretty up my clean toanz
Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2014 9:38 am
by pelliott
D.o.S. wrote:I definitely need that -- my face runs hot.
pelliott wrote:Except in the bedroom am I right ladies am I right