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Switching Up Styles - Rig Advice Needed!

chaosMK

chaosMK

May 26, 2005
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#1
I've been thinking of piecing together a *different* sounding rig from my current.

My current rig (Mesa head/cab, Sansamp BDDI) is optimized for an aggressive/punchy B-tuned prog metal sound with a sliver of OD grind.

I am interested in putting something different sounding together- excelling at smooth, fat, clean. Suitable for jazz, R&B... different stuff than my current specialty.

These are the ideas I've been considering for heads (criteria is- "able to find for cheap on the used market, solid state, slightly high end"):

Eden WT 400
Genz Benz GBE 400

Cabinets (open to ideas- "fairly compact/modular, non 4x10, nice B string projection"):

Eden 1x15 + 1x12
Schroeder
Suggestions Requested!

I really like the idea of a 1x15/1x12 stack.
 
#3
chaosMK said:
I've been thinking of piecing together a *different* sounding rig from my current.

My current rig (Mesa head/cab, Sansamp BDDI) is optimized for an aggressive/punchy B-tuned prog metal sound with a sliver of OD grind.

I am interested in putting something different sounding together- excelling at smooth, fat, clean. Suitable for jazz, R&B... different stuff than my current specialty.

These are the ideas I've been considering for heads (criteria is- "able to find for cheap on the used market, solid state, slightly high end"):

Eden WT 400
Genz Benz GBE 400

Cabinets (open to ideas- "fairly compact/modular, non 4x10, nice B string projection"):

Eden 1x15 + 1x12
Schroeder
Suggestions Requested!

I really like the idea of a 1x15/1x12 stack.
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Use your EQ, you have plenty of tone at your fingertips with any mesa head and a sansamp to accomplish what you are talking about.

If you do anything, I would suggest getting a second cabinet - a 12/6 from LDS with a 3012LF and an alpha 6a would be pretty awesome for this type of scenario.

But your 2x12 should be just fine for this.
 
#5
RickenBoogie said:
Imo, the only way you're gonna get a significantly different, warmer, smoother tone than what you have, is by switching to an all tube amp. Otherwise, as stated above, a little eq tweaking on your current rig is all you'd need.
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His current rig is a particularly warm sounding tube amp assuming he's got it updated ;)

chaosMK said:
Cirrus 5
Sansamp BDDI
Mesa/Boogie Bass 400
Powerhouse 4x10
Powerhouse 2x12
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#6
Take a look at G-K, in particular their 400rb, 700rb, and 700rb-II... I find them to be extremely "warm" sounding for a SS amp - almost tube-like, and with killer bottom end...

IMO, a 700rb-II for $350 or so on the used market is as good a bang for the buck as you're going to get... Genz's NeoPak 3.5 is also a good candidate...


- georgestrings
 
#8
chaosMK said:
I am interested in putting something different sounding together- excelling at smooth, fat, clean. Suitable for jazz, R&B... different stuff than my current specialty.
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Genz-Benz ShuttleMAX 12.0 head. A pair of 4-ohm Acme Low B-2s.

chaosMK said:
Cabinets (open to ideas- "fairly compact/modular, non 4x10, nice B string projection"):

Eden 1x15 + 1x12
Schroeder
Suggestions Requested!
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Schroeder? No. Schroeder would give you the exact opposite tone of what you want... :rollno:

MM
 

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