| When I was playing guitar synths alot, I used a couple of Altec
1218 cabs driven by a rack setup. To get a decent guitar sound,
I used preamps designed for this purpose (there are some notes about
this in here somewhere.) The last one I used was a Fender Twin Preamp,
which gave outstanding results.
A decent reverb is a must-I prefer a spring reverb, but the digital
ones are more flexible. A multi-effects unit (again, lots of notes
on these) is a big help too. Try some reverb on the drums, too.
Despite spending a large fortune on this setup, I never liked the
guitar sound from the hi-fi, closed back cabs as much as a standard
guitar amp, and as soon as I stopped playing synth, I went back
to a combo amp. I think you'll spend more trying to get a good sound
from your guitar this way than if you just buy a small combo amp.
Danny W
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I have roughly the same setup, except I have a Tapco 6 channel
mixer and Altec VOTs, and a Marantz 100WPC amp.
I've done board mixes in my home studio too, where the guitar
player's effect train goes directly into the mix, with no "speaker"
amplification at all.
My recommendation is the following;
1. Get a compressor in line between your board outputs and your
amplifier inputs. This will limit the dynamics, which gives
an apparently louder sound, yet actually keep things tamed below
the "blowout" point of your drivers.
2. Build up a effects chain in your board's effects loop. Usually
one short delay device (reverb) and one long delay device (echo)
is sufficient for most setups. A Yamaha SPX90 and a straight
digital delay of some type, for example.
3. Build up an effects chain for your guitar input. Most players
start with a graphic EQ, a distortion unit of some type, a chorus,
perhaps a wah of some type (auto or pedal) and maybe an additional
digital delay - just for the guitar channel.
4. A good stereo graphic EQ, between the compressor and amplifier,
can help "balance" the sound some in it's total tonality. I
imagine that with those horns, things can get a little "squawky"
and you might want to adjust a number of the treble frequencies.
Currently, I have a compressor for sale - see my earlier entry.
Someone else had a SPX-90 for sale recently...
Joe Jas
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