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JGR's 1200 watt micro - let the madness begin!!!!!

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silky smoove said:
I too was eyeing the new Demeter, but this has really swayed me. I'm trying out a Demeter on the 15th, but the specs of this one are so utterly perfect for my needs that it's hard to take anything else seriously.
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If you get one of these it will require another mini-GTG, of course. It would be cool hear this through the TC212...
 
#403
I own the new Demeter VTB-800. I love it. Jonathan's amp wastes it. The only place the Demeter beats it is price. The Demeter, to me--sounds like the best amp based on the 800 watt Ice. JGR's is 1200 watts and feels it. Not looking back at A/B amps any more!
 
#404
Coolhandjjl said:
Too bad the Demeter doesn't have the sweepable mids like the Valkyrie has. JGR's points are perfect, the Demeter's points may pr may not be an issue.
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The eq on the Demeter is the weakest point IMO. I can get it to work but the eq on JGR's--especially with that 5th band (which I asked for) puts it in a different class.
 
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I feel the EQ on the Monique is what killed that amp for me. Since I started using Barefaced cabs, the EQ on Mo just wasn't powerful enough or in the right frequencies. The Genz Shuttle 9.0 sweep able mid rocks my world for switching between my P and J. I almost snagged a Shuttle Max for the two channels, but I now know the EQ points well enough to to quick changes. When/if I start gigging again, that might be a feature I seek. I do wish the frequency markings were a bit more detailed on the para sweep of the mids so I know what frequencies I'm actually tweaking. I will say that the 200-250 range is tasty based on the graphic slider EQ on my Buster.


"Comparison is the thief of joy."
- Theodore Roosevelt
 
#411
EQ is a funny thing. I've found that great EQ can't fix an otherwise mediocre sounding preamp/head - you'll spend your life tweaking. But what was really surprising to me is that a great sound amp/preamp with NO EQ can be more satisfying despite the inherent "lack"of flexibility - this was the case with my BoT - I got more pleasing tones with it than most of the amps I've owned in the past. This is all assuming of course that the rest of your signal chain is in order and doesn't need fixing to begin with. So if we can keep the pure, unadulterated tone and find a way to add EQ while minimizing the inherent design issues, it's a big win. That's what I've tried to do with the new "studio" preamp design that is in this head. I think the previous preamp designs have done quite well in this regard as well - I like to switch back and forth between the pre and post EQ signal on the DI with the EQ flat and the gain matched to compare, and I've always found them to be pretty darn close.
 
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JGR said:
EQ is a funny thing. I've found that great EQ can't fix an otherwise mediocre sounding preamp/head - you'll spend your life tweaking. But what was really surprising to me is that a great sound amp/preamp with NO EQ can be more satisfying despite the inherent "lack"of flexibility - this was the case with my BoT - I got more pleasing tones with it than most of the amps I've owned in the past. This is all assuming of course that the rest of your signal chain is in order and doesn't need fixing to begin with. So if we can keep the pure, unadulterated tone and find a way to add EQ while minimizing the inherent design issues, it's a big win. That's what I've tried to do with the new "studio" preamp design that is in this head. I think the previous preamp designs have done quite well in this regard as well - I like to switch back and forth between the pre and post EQ signal on the DI with the EQ flat and the gain matched to compare, and I've always found them to be pretty darn close.
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lipstick on a pig.
 
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Oh my goodness, Oh my goodness.....

Can it possibly get ANY better ???

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#415
Just hammered it full tilt form a good hour or so through all my cabs and it barely gets warm. Just cruises along. And it is loud. Made one final tweak that gives me that tiny bit of crisp harmonic edge and I now pronounce it done. Gonna shoot a video through the NV412.
 
#418
cableguy said:
JGR, you've built some incredible pre's over the last few years. Hopefully this wasn't asked previously, (cause I missed it if so) How does the EQ in this amp compare to your previous pre-amps?
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This EQ is a totally different design. The other preamps had James/Bax bass and treble with inductor driven mids. This EQ is fully active on all bands and has inductor driven everything except treble. It's flat with everything at noon. I'm so happy with the way it turned out - and it's cool because it is totally different than anything out there, current or past, and it works very well in the application if I do say so. It also gives me a lot of design flexibility.
 
#419
monkeyfinger said:
Yeah!! Does this mean you will be taking orders soon?
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5StringPocket said:
How many are on the "I want one when they become available" list so far? May need some help getting these put together...
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I hope so, need to get my poop in a group. I've gotten a lot of interest though it's always hard to say who will pull the trigger when the time comes, which I understand. My MBA keeps me in check so I have a pretty low risk/conservative approach which works against me in terms of volume and growth (for now), but keeps me from ever being a position of having to focus on profit over quality and service.

There's some definite efficiencies building several at a time so I'd like to try and work in batches of five once I get things rolling.
 
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Here's a link with the latest played through an NV412. Gets a more rock vibe through this cab, but still clear and pristine which balances well and adds clarity to the Berg. It still sounds balanced with more HIFI voiced cabs as well. I run through the gain and EQ sweeps early on and finish with fingerstyle starting around 4:30. Also some plain P (versus PJ) mixed in a few places as well. Distortion on transients is the camera, not the amp or cab clipping. Good power matchup with the NV, this thing hammers.

For the guys that heard it in Reading, if its a 10 now, it was a six then.

 
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