NAD and NCD - been an expensive month!

[dirtychinchilla]

I went down a serious money spending rabbit hole this month, but selling in some other bits I should come out on top!

I had a Darkglass Microtubes 500 V2, but the tone really wasn't doing it for me. Maybe I'll live to regret that...who knows!

So I found an Ampeg SVT-7 Pro locally and got that. I like it, although I am really, really missing the DI and cab sim that the Darkglass had built in.

At the same time, I've been looking at Barefaced cabs. There was another one not so local, at least not for us in England (120 miles away), that was going for about half the price of a new one. So off I went yesterday to pick that up to replace my Fender Rumble 210 (which has been great!). It's a Barefaced Two10.

It's been a whirlwind. Now I need to decide whether to use the YYZ or the Darkglass Vintage Microtubes for a bit of something on occasion. I also need to make sure I'm using the Source Audio Aftershock properly - I'd probably use this as a layer under one of the aforementioned preamps when I need a lot of dirt, but I keep forgetting I have it and only using it to play Hysteria!

For the DI solution, I've got an AKG Perception P2 kick drum mic on the way. We use DI for IEMs and to send out of the PA, so it has to sound nice.

On the whole, it's very compact, quite noisy rig!

Pics

 

[Angry Mob With Pitchfork]

I wouldn’t be complaining if this was the last rig I ever played. Where is the bass?

 

[dirtychinchilla]

I wouldn’t be complaining if this was the last rig I ever played. Where is the bass?

Thanks! Though I have no doubt that it'll change

Here's me and the bass - Sire V7 2nd gen, 5-string. I think I'm in pain here rather than playing something really difficult - sciatica.

 

[Angry Mob With Pitchfork]

Thanks! Though I have no doubt that it'll change

Here's me and the bass - Sire V7 2nd gen, 5-string. I think I'm in pain here rather than playing something really difficult - sciatica.

Great bass and a nice strap!

 

[dirtychinchilla]

Great bass and a nice strap!

Hah, thanks. I need to get a wider one tbh, that bass is heavy.

 

[Lance Bunyon]

Head doesn't have XLR DI out? None of those pedals have XLR DI out?

 

[dirtychinchilla]

Head doesn't have XLR DI out? None of those pedals have XLR DI out?

It does, but the fuzz sounds like turd. My understanding is that you need a cab to make it sound healthy.

 

[Lance Bunyon]

I see gotcha

 

[Micha84]

Wait... did you activate both the ultra high and low, have an extra treble and bass boost and then crank up the high mids all the way? Dude

That is a very nice rig, though!

 

[dirtychinchilla]

Wait... did you activate both the ultra high and low, have an extra treble and bass boost and then crank up the high mids all the way? Dude

That is a very nice rig, though!

Haha I might have done. Trying to find out what works for me. I don't know when the button is engaged or not.

 

[Spidey2112]

I'm in pain here rather than playing something really difficult - sciatica.

Still playing though, aren't you? Carry on.

Snag, on the new amp/cab!!

 

[dirtychinchilla]

Still playing though, aren't you? Carry on.

Snag, on the new amp/cab!!

Just about! Paid for it the next day though.

 

[bongostealth]

I went down a serious money spending rabbit hole this month, but selling in some other bits I should come out on top!

I had a Darkglass Microtubes 500 V2, but the tone really wasn't doing it for me. Maybe I'll live to regret that...who knows!

So I found an Ampeg SVT-7 Pro locally and got that. I like it, although I am really, really missing the DI and cab sim that the Darkglass had built in.

At the same time, I've been looking at Barefaced cabs. There was another one not so local, at least not for us in England (120 miles away), that was going for about half the price of a new one. So off I went yesterday to pick that up to replace my Fender Rumble 210 (which has been great!). It's a Barefaced Two10.

It's been a whirlwind. Now I need to decide whether to use the YYZ or the Darkglass Vintage Microtubes for a bit of something on occasion. I also need to make sure I'm using the Source Audio Aftershock properly - I'd probably use this as a layer under one of the aforementioned preamps when I need a lot of dirt, but I keep forgetting I have it and only using it to play Hysteria!

For the DI solution, I've got an AKG Perception P2 kick drum mic on the way. We use DI for IEMs and to send out of the PA, so it has to sound nice.

On the whole, it's very compact, quite noisy rig!

Pics

Very nice!!! Are you running your effects board through the FX loop or straight into the front of the amp?

 

[dirtychinchilla]

Very nice!!! Are you running your effects board through the FX loop or straight into the front of the amp?

I really wanted to, and I may have done it wrong, but the tone came out 90% bass despite my trying to use the FX mix knob.

How would you suggest I do it?

 

[bongostealth]

I really wanted to, and I may have done it wrong, but the tone came out 90% bass despite my trying to use the FX mix knob.

How would you suggest I do it?

Did you try adjusting the FX Mix knob on the front of the amp? All the way clockwise is fully wet.

 

[dirtychinchilla]

Did you try adjusting the FX Mix knob on the front of the amp? All the way clockwise is fully wet.

Yup, I did. I think the problem may be that the effects already mix in the dry signal, so then I'm sort of doubling up on the bass.

 

[bongostealth]

Yup, I did. I think the problem may be that the effects already mix in the dry signal, so then I'm sort of doubling up on the bass.

Yeah, I think you are right.

 

[dirtychinchilla]

Yeah, I think you are right.

I gave it another go and taking out the dry signal from the pedals helped, but they were still incredibly quiet compared to the dry. Which is frustrating because the fuzz sounded amazing, but I’m when I disengaged the pedal, the output was dramatically louder.

 

[msb]

Great rig , congratulations. Barefaced are rare over here , but are very nice.