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08-20-2007, 07:34 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Ridgway, Pennsylvania , USA | | | help! i need some distortion sound outta my 3pro
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any good pedal ideas or settings for the amp itself..i generally play an active 5 string. we are doing some niclkeback and audioslave and i don't sound anything like that at the moment.
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08-20-2007, 11:17 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Oakland, California, USA | | | Wait, are you not able to get any overdrive out of your amp?
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08-21-2007, 09:48 AM
|  | The older I get, the better I was. | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Pasadena, CA | | | The Ampeg SVT3-Pro has some really good sounds in it, but the big growling SVT sound is not one of them -mostly to do with not having a tube-driven power amp. When I was using a 3-Pro, I found a lot of happiness with the EHX English Muff'n for added grit. A SansAmp BDDI might also be a good fit, depending on the sound you're looking for. |
08-21-2007, 10:17 AM
|  | I took the one less traveled by | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Reims, Champagne, France | | | Well, there IS a tube driving the power amp, placed right behind it and its purpose is precisely to approach full tube growl.
This amp isn't meant to fully distort though but here is a tip :
-Turn Tube Drive all the way down (to lower current on the plates of the 12AU7 and facilitate tube growl).
- Turn on graphic EQ with Gain slider all the way up (to act as a clean boost).
- Turn Gain until you get the desired amount of distortion.
This will lead to a somewhat dark tone so you can either add in the 800-3000 Hz range or increase Tube Gain a bit to your taste. |
08-21-2007, 10:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Jazz Ad  Well, there IS a tube driving the power amp, placed right behind it and its purpose is precisely to approach full tube growl.
This amp isn't meant to fully distort though but here is a tip :
-Turn Tube Drive all the way down (to lower current on the plates of the 12AU7 and facilitate tube growl).
- Turn on graphic EQ with Gain slider all the way up (to act as a clean boost).
- Turn Gain until you get the desired amount of distortion.
This will lead to a somewhat dark tone so you can either add in the 800-3000 Hz range or increase Tube Gain a bit to your taste. | All good points. While you can't emulate a vintage SVT sound, you can get a good growl from the III Pro.
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08-21-2007, 12:27 PM
| | The older I get, the better I was. | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Pasadena, CA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Jazz Ad Well, there IS a tube driving the power amp, placed right behind it and its purpose is precisely to approach full tube growl.
This amp isn't meant to fully distort though but here is a tip :
-Turn Tube Drive all the way down (to lower current on the plates of the 12AU7 and facilitate tube growl).
- Turn on graphic EQ with Gain slider all the way up (to act as a clean boost).
- Turn Gain until you get the desired amount of distortion.
This will lead to a somewhat dark tone so you can either add in the 800-3000 Hz range or increase Tube Gain a bit to your taste. | Okay. I can't argue with that. What I meant was that the 3-Pro doesn't have a tube-driven power amp in the same manner that the SVT-CL/VR/2-Pro has. 12A_7 tubes do not sound the same as a six-pack of 6550's. |
08-21-2007, 03:44 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Ridgway, Pennsylvania , USA | | | thanks for the tips guys
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08-21-2007, 03:48 PM
| | I took the one less traveled by | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Reims, Champagne, France | | Quote:
Originally Posted by EricF Okay. I can't argue with that. What I meant was that the 3-Pro doesn't have a tube-driven power amp in the same manner that the SVT-CL/VR/2-Pro has. 12A_7 tubes do not sound the same as a six-pack of 6550's. | Indeed. |
08-21-2007, 03:55 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: surrey, uk | | | i own this head and i would like to push my preamp more to drive the preamp tubes a bit more... would this mess the preamp up at all? i would like to push it so the red light goes on. i dont want to ruin the amp though! i think maybe a tube pedal might be in order.
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08-21-2007, 04:30 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: belgium | | | I found that a fulltone bassdrive in front of a tube preamp in compcut mode works wonders for adding that thick grit |
08-21-2007, 04:53 PM
| | The older I get, the better I was. | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Pasadena, CA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by nickbear i own this head and i would like to push my preamp more to drive the preamp tubes a bit more... would this mess the preamp up at all? i would like to push it so the red light goes on. i dont want to ruin the amp though! i think maybe a tube pedal might be in order. | As I mentioned in my first post in this thread, I really liked what an EHX English Muff'n did with the 3-Pro. It basically adds 2 more preamp (12A_7) tubes to the signal chain that can be set for any level of grit you want. If you like the sound of overdriven preamp tubes, this sould be a good call. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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