A place to talk about the music of the Grateful Dead
eric wrote: The SMcintosh.. ( pronounced Smack-intosh)Good one Eric....
Jk jk jk ...still totally digging my SMS , thanks again for that fine piece of gear!
SarnoMusicSolutions wrote:We've got two new tube preamps coming out this year. One is a tube bass pre
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Smolder wrote:Been reading here for a while, and I'm trying to match what I read, with what I hear and do. I'm struggling with the 'just too damn loud' factor with fender twins. I'm basically running at half power with just two power tubes... And in practice this is set to a volume of 3-4, and live maybe getting to 6. And that's all without mic'ing the amps. Obviously I'm not playing stadiums, but 100-200 person rooms (normally concrete with a high ceiling).I have been using my HRD III power section with my SMS as the preamp with awesome results. Although the tube amp sounds significantly different than a MAC, I still have good tone from it. Thank god there is a rear pad pot on the SMS to get the right amount of tube slamming. That really helps. A 100-200 person room and smaller is where I would take my 2- 6l6 power amp of the HRD. The tube sound is better in a cement box with people are 10 feet from my amp. Outdoors is where my MC 100 and 2x12 sings. At smaller places, it really doesn't do it justice to under power 2 JBL's and a 140 watt macintosh, I don't get the tone I want from it at low volumes. But that could be that it needs some component upgrades. The MC50 is great for lower volume gigs for sure, even up to some louder gigs. But at louder gigs you may reach the headroom cutoff and get unwanted distortion if you aren't micing, especially outdoors. The macs clipping is nice in moderation, too much it sounds shitty/frizzy.
What I'm wondering is how you guys are managing with these huge Mac amps? I was thinking about grabbing a mc-50, but read where many see them as too small. Is there a disconnect between the watt rating of macs and twins? What am I missing here?
Jerry1996x wrote:Ok, Im lost. I have a Twin and an MC120. I have the twin at about 5, and the mac around noon, for practice. I see the peek limit lights going on in the middle of a solo thats high up the neck a lot. I dont feel like im playing that loud though. Maybe ive always played to loud, and have just gotten used to it. Hmmmmmm
Smolder wrote:Been reading here for a while, and I'm trying to match what I read, with what I hear and do. I'm struggling with the 'just too damn loud' factor with fender twins. I'm basically running at half power with just two power tubes... And in practice this is set to a volume of 3-4, and live maybe getting to 6. And that's all without mic'ing the amps. Obviously I'm not playing stadiums, but 100-200 person rooms (normally concrete with a high ceiling).I have had this issue as well. And its part of the reason I am looking for a Pro or even a Deluxe.
What I'm wondering is how you guys are managing with these huge Mac amps? I was thinking about grabbing a mc-50, but read where many see them as too small. Is there a disconnect between the watt rating of macs and twins? What am I missing here?
tigerstrat wrote:Brad, please invent a light saber so we can cut through all the BS!I believe you missed Brad's light Saber offering. As usual he has roots in classic design with an eye toward improvement. I mean, REALLY Brad, a double sided light Saber?!!
jeffm725 wrote:I'm not sure about Sarno's being a Sith type. Wouldn't it put tone a bit on the "dark side"tigerstrat wrote:Brad, please invent a light saber so we can cut through all the BS!I believe you missed Brad's light Saber offering. As usual he has roots in classic design with an eye toward improvement. I mean, REALLY Brad, a double sided light Saber?!!
