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| 982.1 | | MARKER::BUCKLEY | Take me down to the Paradise City | Tue Nov 15 1988 16:22 | 9 |
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The best is the fx in a loop, post gain-pre poweramp.
guit--amp--fx--amp--spks
NEVER plug speaker outputs into effects!!! Spk outputs should only
go to speakers or a load box.
Buck
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| 982.2 | | PELKEY::PELKEY | Head for the Mountains, Bush is pres ! | Tue Nov 15 1988 17:04 | 18 |
| The question on dumping your twin :
I don't think you should if you like the amp. But, if you do
want to sell it, I'm sure with todays rampage for fender twins,
you'd sell it in a few heart beats, and then get ready for a
lambasting if you want to go out and buy an amp tp replace it.
Depending on how old the twin is, I don't know wether or not you
could actullay install an effects loop in there. If not, your best
bet maybe to buy some real good patch cables, small as possible, and
get some good guitar cables to run from your guitar to the effects
rack, then out from your last effect to the amp.
and just some insight on speakers and amps. If you turn your amp
on, put the volume up, and have nothing plugged into the speaker
output to absorb the load, you'll have some serious damage to
the amp... (something I learned about 15 years ago when I stir-fried
my first power head....)
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| 982.3 | | DNEAST::BOTTOM_DAVID | Everyday I got the blues | Tue Nov 15 1988 18:50 | 6 |
| The ADA MP-1 has been highly recommended to my by several users
but none of them are using it as a front end to a regular guitar
amp, rather, they plug it directly into a power amp that drives
their speakers...
dbii
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| 982.4 | You know, sometimes it only takes one person... | MARKER::BUCKLEY | Take me down to the Paradise City | Tue Nov 15 1988 18:58 | 4 |
| Paul Gilbert was seen on tour recently using an MP-1 as his only
sound source, now everyone wants one!
Buck
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| 982.5 | A drastic option - But, I love that sound... | TYFYS::MOLLER | Holloween the 13th on Elm Street #7 | Tue Nov 15 1988 18:59 | 15 |
| I had the benifit of buying my Twin Reverb from someone who dropped it
off the back of a pickup truck, out in the parking lot where they were
playing that evening. In otherwords, I got mine cheap, but the case
was literally destroyed (it has 2 approx 30 lbs each Altec 12's in it).
I used marine plywood & added space for a 3 high rack over top of the
amplifier. I'm glad that I did. Most people wonder where I got the
Twin from. It is totally stock otherwise (Yes, I got the honor of
replacing all of the Tubes in it also). Currently there is a Graphics
Equalizer installed & a blank 1 high plate waiting for other goodies.
I wish that I had made it 6 high, but, it works just fine as it is.
I also changed the angle that the speakers sit at, so they sit in a
more tilted position (I play lots of small clubs & this seems to help
quite a bit).
Jens
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| 982.6 | the old reliable! | VIDEO::BUSENBARK | | Tue Nov 15 1988 19:43 | 5 |
| I would keep the twin,and use your effects on the front end
matter of fact I do that now and A/b to the effects and to the
amp. There are even foot pedal effects loops on the market.
Ibanez has a dual effects loop pedal and Dod has a single
loop pedal with a noise gate.
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| 982.7 | you get there faster on a Fender | RICKS::CALCAGNI | | Tue Nov 15 1988 20:29 | 5 |
| or if you really won't feel good till you spend some money, have
an amp shop install an effects loop. I don't think there's any
reason this can't be done to any Twin. Does anyone know differently?
/rick
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| 982.8 | keep the twin,get an ME5 | ANT::JACQUES | | Wed Nov 16 1988 11:35 | 21 |
| I wouldn't bother to install an effects loop on the Twin
unless you are planning to run your guitar through a long
chain of effects. Simply using something like an ME5 wouldn't
require an effects loop, in fact the ME5 and GP8 both are
not really designed to be used in effects loops. Their input
stages are not designed to recieve 1v line levels, especially
the compressor. Both the ME5 and GP8 have effects loops of
their own which are programmable. If you wanted to use extra
effects with them you simply hook them into the effects loop
and program their on/off status for each patch. I would
suggest you check out EU Wurlitzers, they carry ME5's and Twins.
You could plug the ME5 into a new Twin, (use the clean channel
on the new Twin, it's no differant than your Twin's reverb channel).
This would give you a very good idea what it would sound like
with your amp. There is a note on the ME5 and GP8 back a ways
that covers every feature of both units. I may be buying an
ME5 myself eventually, but probably not till after the holidays.
Mark Jacques
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