How do 15's sound overdriven? Which 15's would work as a standalone as well? The GK NEO 115 comes to mind when I think of a quality 15.
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Rig for Metal
- Thread starter JFace
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I think they sound a little too mushy for overdrive effects. Usually it's the high end and upper mids you want to have distortion, not your lows. But that's just my opinion and you might love it.
I'm not sure what OP means by metal because the term covers a lot of different styles. 15"s are good for down-tuned music as long as the bpm meter doesn't rise too high. For anything faster I would recommend a setup that has got only 10" speakers. IMO/IME of course.
A amp that has 2000 watts for plenty of headroom and a wall of cabs, overkill is good don't let anyone tell you different. Loud is always good, wish I had more money!
I mentioned what I wanted out of it--genre will indicate nothing in this instance. The rig in question is going to be used for a dirty channel in a biamping rig, along with being used as a rig for church and jazz settings. The NV610 will cover all of my metal needs.
I suggest a power amp instead of the the GK700. Just take the 1001 with either cab, and use the power amp when you really use both cabs. It will also double as a great source of power for other things. I guess that wont work because you need a preamp for the dirty signal you would give it :/
Your other cab should be a glockenklang quattro
Your other cab should be a glockenklang quattro
I guess this is biamping. However I typically think of biamping as having a cab for low freq and a can for high freq with a crossover of sorts to accomplish this.
Also, Listening to recordings I head the bass through one set of speakers...and I don't need to have separate speakers for each instrument. It would probably only make it sound worse. I think that instead of 2 cabs(for one show) you might think about something like a barge concepts VB-2 pedal that mixes wet and dry sounds so you can dial in distortion and clean tone to the mix you like.
Last thought, IMO cabs that are mismatched on stage look bad. If you are getting another cab to go with the NV610 try another NV610 or a 215. Otherwise, leave the other cab at church...whatever cab you choose.
Again, this is just how I would think about it. The NV 610 is high enough that you would have no problems hearing yourself. If anything, I think taking it off the floor will kill your bass response
If you ever can get 2 of the same cab together with a stereo amp. Put on cab on the right and one on the left. Then listen to the bottom cab...and then listen to the top cab....the top cab has much less bass than the top cab, especially if you are on a wooden floor.
Jonathan
Jonathan
That's exactly why they work better than 10's in many cases. Most modern production 10's have no high end. So they pack a crappy tweeter in the cab, which you need to turn off for a good OD/distortion tone. A good 15 has more high end and clarity than your typical 10-loaded mud machine with buzzer.
Ya, too bad nobody's making speakers as good as the CTS's that came with the early 70's Ampegs, or cabs as good as those straight-back cabs. Still, a 15" isn't the first thing I think of when you mention high end response.
