YBA200 cutting through the live mix

[GreyBeard]

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• Mrmatt1972
• Oct 29, 2017
• traynor

Amp settings for. Old school R & B and R n R

My settings from last night. Small bar 60 people or so. Medium vol R & B and old time Rock n roll

What cab are you using with it?

 

[Warwick Qc418]

I've rented this amp for a couple of months and used a mxr 10 band eq with it. I was able to add some mid and it sounded very nice.

 

[bobyoung53]

Exactly, and the bass's slot is just above the kick and just below the guitar/kb/etc.

That's why i use flatwounds and a P/J bass puts me right there.

 

[bobyoung53]

Lots of tube amps still use the Fender tone stack for some reason. Some SS amps do, too. Maybe because it's simpler? I don't know. I much prefer the ability to boost the mids. The custom amp I commissioned actually has boost only mids.

Yeah i didn't think a good professional amp would still use them.

 

[bobyoung53]

I happen to like the sound I get diming the mid knob.

I thought you used an SVT?

 

[Korladis]

I thought you used an SVT?

Nope. I've used them live, before, but I don't own one.

My primary amp is a Mesa D-180. I use the graphic EQ on it to get around the regular Fender tone stack EQ. I also have a Sunn Concert Lead, which does have boost/cut on all controls.

The custom amp I ordered is a Hex. It's modeled on the red knob version of the Sunn Model T.

 

[JTE]

Really frequency slotting is the WHOLE BAND working together to create space in the spectrum for each other. It's not about "my sound" but "our sound".

 

[Slevage]

Nothing beats power!
Most of my gigs don't allow that approach, though I have hearing damage from my younger days, mostly due to loud guitarists with Marshall stacks.

I have bowed out of jam sessions and open mic situations because of volume issues--- playing with earplugs isn't fun.

 

[bobyoung53]

Nothing beats power!
Most of my gigs don't allow that approach, though I have hearing damage from my younger days, mostly due to loud guitarists with Marshall stacks.

They sound so good though especially the non-master volume Marshalls, the worst I ever experienced with playing with the world's loudest drummer for 6 months, I normally stick close to the drummer to hear the kick drum. not with this guy though, i used to walk to the edge of the stage

 

[Mrmatt1972]

What cab are you using with it?

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• Mrmatt1972
• Oct 15, 2017
• 6-string john myung yamaha

Yamaha RBX6JM2 John Myung

Traynor 210 and 115. The 15 is neodymium. I only took the 15 last night.

 

[murphy]

In the mid 90s I tried vertically stacking my D-210XLT cabs....and did not like how it thinned out the sound....so went back to horizontally placed for the Phat sound

Of course I knew nothing about comb filtering or side dispersion

 

[GreyBeard]

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• Mrmatt1972
• Oct 15, 2017
• 6-string john myung yamaha

Yamaha RBX6JM2 John Myung

Traynor 210 and 115. The 15 is neodymium. I only took the 15 last night.

I bet it sounds killer

 

[Mrmatt1972]

I bet it sounds killer

Oh yes!

 

[4-fingers]

There's a Traynor 4x12 neo cab for sale down in Windsor. I bet it pairs well with the YBA 200. If it wasn't so far I would be tempted to grab it just to try it out, and use in ideal situations...........those where no lifting is required!

 

[GreyBeard]

I've rented this amp for a couple of months and used a mxr 10 band eq with it. I was able to add some mid and it sounded very nice.

Fixing EQ problems these days is pretty easy

 

[GCPENG]

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• Mrmatt1972
• Oct 29, 2017
• traynor

Amp settings for. Old school R & B and R n R

My settings from last night. Small bar 60 people or so. Medium vol R & B and old time Rock n roll

Thanks, that's great! What about the treble/scoop buttons? I can't be sure.

 

[Mrmatt1972]

Thanks, that's great! What about the treble/scoop buttons? I can't be sure.

Treble was off and scoop was not engaged. The bass was up higher than normal because the band leader wanted a little extra thump for the last set.

 

[Bill Whitehurst]

The Fender type tone stack does work.
It just works differently from others.
I have been known to use an old MXR 31 band graphic
in front of my amp, if I wanted to fine tune the EQ.

 

[Korladis]

The Fender type tone stack does work.
It just works differently from others.
I have been known to use an old MXR 31 band graphic
in front of my amp, if I wanted to fine tune the EQ.

Indeed, it does work differently from others.

Specifically, it works badly.

 

[Mrmatt1972]

Indeed, it does work differently from others.

Specifically, it works badly.

No. It works differently. Vintage studio eqs were subtractive only which is a much better way to do eq if you want a clean sounding mix. Boosting always adds noise and that's also how and why band volume wars start. It's just a different way of thinking about eq.

I grant you a good parametric eq is a godsend for surgically tweeking a small band of frequency in a way that passive eq never could.