Love your amp(s) overdriven tone?

[6thplanet]

To say what I'm trying to say in a different way, Jimi Hendrix and Guns N' Roses didn't exactly cover Bob Dylan, they played his song as if they wrote it (with explosives). The tribute thing was a rockstar movie reference, but another good example would be DarkStar Orchestra (they'll learn an entire Grateful Dean show note for note). Musicians can play someone else's song exactly like the original, or wildly different in a number of ways so the idea that people playing original music vs covers is the important distinction in how they chase toan doesn't hold up. RATM did Renegades for Christ's sake.

I might propose that the question is more simply whether someone is trying to hone their own tone vs replicate someone else's. Another bifurcation could be that the tone of a song, or section is determined more from a songwriting perspective. I have an envelope filter on my board for exactly one part of one song because it belongs there for that song. That song is an original, but I'm also covering some commercial country songs with octave/fuzz so clearly not covering the tone there.

Duff isn't going to change his tone to play a cover song, but they are an original band. His OD tone is his tone.

I'm not saying it's a definite line between cover and original. Just a general observation. People that are liking their amps OD are more apt to use it to make music.

 

[Vincent Van Low]

Perfectly happy with what my amp has to offer - an Aguilar Tone Hammer 500.

Though I'm not a metal player, and lean toward more OD than distortion colors.

Example from home:



Or a tighter flavor of OD on a gig:

Very Nice!!

 

[pyrat56host]

Dear Minnesotan,

Please tell me about your cabs. This form factor is what I've been looking at for a long time. What to you like/dislike.

Sorry to threadjack.

@ravlin-Hey there! These are Peavey PVH 212 (sadly, no longer in production) a mid-priced offering. They are heavy and unwieldy, but I'm accustomed to that...sound-wise, they're pretty great! I know there are cabs that are more efficient and lighter, but for the price? Pretty hard to beat. Stacked, it's wonderful to have the bass in my ear and at 8ohms (4ohm paired), I can use one for smaller gigs and both for large ones. Actually, I used only one for an outdoor street festival (see pic below) and it sailed along just great-PLENTY of volume. I must say, I'm pretty "GAS"-less these days~

 

[Nebadon2000]

@ravlin-Hey there! These are Peavey PVH 212 (sadly, no longer in production) a mid-priced offering. They are heavy and unwieldy, but I'm accustomed to that...sound-wise, they're pretty great! I know there are cabs that are more efficient and lighter, but for the price? Pretty hard to beat. Stacked, it's wonderful to have the bass in my ear and at 8ohms (4ohm paired), I can use one for smaller gigs and both for large ones. Actually, I used only one for an outdoor street festival (see pic below) and it sailed along just great-PLENTY of volume. I must say, I'm pretty "GAS"-less these days~View attachment 5288545

Like the complete 'Outfit Ensemble' Bass fits right in

 

[Bag of Lazers]

Greetings @pyrat56host and @Bag of Lazers, and other Quilter users! For the past year I've been using a Quilter 101 Mini Head through my sealed 2x10 cab to play bass at home and I love the driven tones without any pedals.

The 101, like... for guitar? Cool, I'm curious to hear what that sounds like!

 

[Dino Boreanaz]

The 101, like... for guitar? Cool, I'm curious to hear what that sounds like!

Yup, that one. Specifically the older one with the wacky EQ controls and no reverb.

Here's two clips recorded with a mic just a few inches from the grill cloth. I can't say either one truly sounds like it does in the room, but they do represent the general tones.

 

[Dino Boreanaz]

The muddiness of the clips I posted above was bothering me, so I re-recorded them. These are a clearer and sound more like what I hear in the room when played back through decent speakers or headphones.

 

[Bag of Lazers]

Quilter finding new ways to blow my mind out here. Love it.

 

[Black_In_Mind]

For amp overdrive at low volumes I like my Sunn Alpha Six. Depending on the pickups you start getting amp distortion past 5 on the channel volume knob and it sounds pretty good on both guitar/bass IMO. Bonus points for it also being super easy to blend in a clean tone since it is a 6 channel mixer with a 100w guitar amp built in.