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Jule Amps Monique part 5

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interp said:
Received my new Monique Dove Cage a few days ago and had a chance to play her on a gig on Friday evening. Here is the set up:
Lakland custom 55-94 (three single coil Jazz-type Lakland pickups with LH preamp) set completely flat>Monique>Bergantino IP112ER with HT112ER. Monique settings: Line level 12:00, High 1:00, Mid 1:00, Low 11:00, Sensitivity around 1:00-1:30, pushed in. The Bergie program select switch was out and the horns on both cabs were off.

Small room, medium volume, bass/drums/guitar/vocals, mostly classic rock with some blues.

The sound was big and beautiful, meaty but not muddy. It was difficult for me to catch all the articulation as the sound was going out past my knees and thighs, but I know it was there because a couple of musician friends in the crowd assured me that the bass sounded like they were listening through studio monitors. Just what I was looking for!

I've been playing a Walter Woods stereo for several years and still love the sound, but I decided I needed something fatter and warmer. Monique fit the bill, and in spades.

Aside from the delicious sound, the Dove Cage attracted a LOT of attention. The drummer is now calling it "The Toaster."
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Ahhh....Drummers...what can you say...LOL
 
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interp said:
Received my new Monique Dove Cage a few days ago and had a chance to play her on a gig on Friday evening. Here is the set up:
Lakland custom 55-94 (three single coil Jazz-type Lakland pickups with LH preamp) set completely flat>Monique>Bergantino IP112ER with HT112ER. Monique settings: Line level 12:00, High 1:00, Mid 1:00, Low 11:00, Sensitivity around 1:00-1:30, pushed in. The Bergie program select switch was out and the horns on both cabs were off.

Small room, medium volume, bass/drums/guitar/vocals, mostly classic rock with some blues.

The sound was big and beautiful, meaty but not muddy. It was difficult for me to catch all the articulation as the sound was going out past my knees and thighs, but I know it was there because a couple of musician friends in the crowd assured me that the bass sounded like they were listening through studio monitors. Just what I was looking for!

I've been playing a Walter Woods stereo for several years and still love the sound, but I decided I needed something fatter and warmer. Monique fit the bill, and in spades.

Aside from the delicious sound, the Dove Cage attracted a LOT of attention. The drummer is now calling it "The Toaster."
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I've heard Burrito Warmer too, but as long as she makes music, I am happy. :)
 
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getting ready to warm some burritos...

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Spent my first night with Monique and instantly fell in love with this classy lady! Absolutely noiseless even in my tiny apartment with crappy non-grounded wiring, much better for recording than Summit TD-100. I've yet to try it with my amp, but I predict similar, if not higher, levels of greatness! :hyper:
 
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Jule Potter said:
It is a reasonable request. Good idea from a utility standpoint.

It does present an issue that must always be kept in mind. That is, the length (and hence capacitance and possibility of noise reception) of the wire that connects between the input jack of any amplifier/pre-amplifier and the grid or input gate of the amplifying device is critical. For us to add another input jack 10 or 12 inches away from the current jack means a total distance of 20 to 22 inches of shielded cable. That is going to change input characteristics significantly.

Right now that length is kept to less than 1", because of the effect above, and that is probably going to have to stay that way.
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Two questions from a position of ignorance.

First, if the front input jack defeated the rear would the solution not maintain the 1" when the front jack is in use?

Second, is the length and therefore capacitance additive to the length of the cable plugged in from whence ever it came? IOW is the spec significant, or a "paper spec" when used in a real application with a long cable run inbound.
 
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