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Matamp Official club
- Thread starter Kingkananga
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Check out this psych blues band called Dwellers, the bass players tone is amazing-He's using an Orange Terror Bass 1000 through a 2x10+2x15 custom setup-Guitarist is using an Electric Amps USA Blue 6x12 120 rig. Tone heaven
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARE1kbILwpo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARE1kbILwpo
Mr. Foxen
Commercial User
Check out this psych blues band called Dwellers, the bass players tone is amazing-He's using an Orange Terror Bass 1000 through a 2x10+2x15 custom setup-Guitarist is using an Electric Amps USA Blue 6x12 120 rig. Tone heaven
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARE1kbILwpo
So no Matamp then?
Electric amps even better! Guitarist recorded their entire record using a 10w Minimat though
Mr. Foxen
Commercial User
Uh, is being more like rats nests and not being able to pass clean signal, or meet shipping deadlines is better, it still doesn't make them Matamp.
Did you get yours new? Which model? Every EA amp i've ever heard has sounded fantastic. I can't vouch for their business practices or customer service issues but tone wise i'm a huge fan of their amps.
Mr. Foxen
Commercial User
Why would I get one? They are badly made, and poorly designed, and massively overpriced, plus Matamp is right here.
Mr. Foxen
Commercial User
I know
But if I were going to shell out 2000 quids for an amp, I'd like to hear how it sounds like first.
With Matamp, you go to the factory and try it, and have it tweaked to taste. If you want to hear digitally compressed tone, might as well get a Line 6.
Not many amps here... just saw this thread on the homepage, so I'll share mine (no need for a club number, just sharing for fun):
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This is a Matamp 1224.
It's not technically a bass amp, but I use it on bass and Rhodes and whatever. I was actually in the music store looking for an amp that would sound like John Wetton on King Crimson "Red", and what do I see but an amp that is shouting "RED" at me!
I tried it out and sure enough, it has some great distorted sounds in it, and I sounded enough like Wetton that I had to take it home!
All I have to do is run a bit of low frequency boost on an external eq and the amp works great (for me) as a low power all-tube bass amp. That Wetton tone I'm using this for doesn't have much deep low end in it anyway.
It has all sorts of power-scaling features and a unique sounding reverb, but most importantly is the nice distortion sound in it.
I'm interested in playing around with different power amp tubes to optimize the amp for bass, and from what I read this model can take a wide range of power amp tube types (cathode biasing or something - is that what they call that?).
Currently runs 6CA7. This is a topic I don't know much about and need to research. Any tips?
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This is a Matamp 1224.
It's not technically a bass amp, but I use it on bass and Rhodes and whatever. I was actually in the music store looking for an amp that would sound like John Wetton on King Crimson "Red", and what do I see but an amp that is shouting "RED" at me!
I tried it out and sure enough, it has some great distorted sounds in it, and I sounded enough like Wetton that I had to take it home!
All I have to do is run a bit of low frequency boost on an external eq and the amp works great (for me) as a low power all-tube bass amp. That Wetton tone I'm using this for doesn't have much deep low end in it anyway.
It has all sorts of power-scaling features and a unique sounding reverb, but most importantly is the nice distortion sound in it.
I'm interested in playing around with different power amp tubes to optimize the amp for bass, and from what I read this model can take a wide range of power amp tube types (cathode biasing or something - is that what they call that?).
Currently runs 6CA7. This is a topic I don't know much about and need to research. Any tips?
