Driving both inputs - Mesa 400 Plus

[Pitbull Growl]

tooba-
I get what you're saying now... I keep forgetting the effects loop has a blend knob on it... but as it was stated earlier some effects don't like to be run @ line level.

 

[fishsticks]

similar question to the dual output bass question here.

if i take my EXH bass big muff and run it into channel two and dry out into channel one would i get a blended tone?

would it just be all kinds of fuzzy?

i do this with my BBM. it sounds great!

 

[Pitbull Growl]

Ok, so I tried it... and it sounds all kinds of sweet (imho, ymmv,etc). I liked the fx92 on one channel & the fx25b on the other too.

 

[Foz]

Convey our esteem to the entire IM force.

 

[Pitbull Growl]

I wish I was equipped to do clips... esp. once the synth comes in. I have a feeling this could get interesting.

 

[bassplyr5150]

This thread is SO close to answering my question, I'm gonna throw it out here.

If you have a combo amp with active and passive inputs, and one volume knob, is ok or NOT ok to split your signal with an A/B/Y and plug into both inputs at the same time?

And if that's ok, can you run your effects chain into one or the other without blowing anything up?

 

[toobalicious]

This thread is SO close to answering my question, I'm gonna throw it out here.

If you have a combo amp with active and passive inputs, and one volume knob, is ok or NOT ok to split your signal with an A/B/Y and plug into both inputs at the same time?

And if that's ok, can you run your effects chain into one or the other without blowing anything up?

it will be *ok*... generally, the only thing that is happening in that sort of scenario is the signal is being padded (typically by 10-15 dB) on the "active" input. otherwise, the "channels" are identical--- they are otherwise of the same circuitry. sometimes (and maybe most of the time), there is some sort of switching jack that makes the jacks react the "same" when both are plugged into. for example, *any* vintage fender---when you plug into both jacks simultaneously, they are both attenuated.

are you proposing to use this as a way to run a parallel effects chain? shouldnt be any problem as long as one of your effects units doesnt flip the phase of the audio. you will have to blend the effects with an onboard control, as you wont have separate control over the two inputs at the amp, which might or might not suck greatly.

but you definitely wont hurt anything.

 

[Bunyo]

Ok I've tried this on my Mesa, but I'm not sure if this works for me. I have definitely more treble when I play on both preamps and less bottom, and not sure if this is good for me. Anybody has the same feeling?

 

[Pitbull Growl]

Can't say I noticed ANY less bottom end on mine.

I run my effects thru 1 channel and my dry signal thru the other and mine sounds fine... even on my down-tuned 5-strings.

 

[BurningSkies]

Ok I've tried this on my Mesa, but I'm not sure if this works for me. I have definitely more treble when I play on both preamps and less bottom, and not sure if this is good for me. Anybody has the same feeling?

Nah. Way 'thicker' sounding, no noticeable boost in the treble range.