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Old June 2nd, 2008, 05:04 PM   #1 (permalink)
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who plugs straight to the PA?

I gig with a DRRI but have had problems in the past so I've been toting my microcube or SF Champ as a backup that i'd mic if needed.

does anyone go straight to the PA? What do you use? Possibly a sansamp GT2or a DI so some sort? I want to hear about it.

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Old June 2nd, 2008, 05:38 PM   #2 (permalink)
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i tried it with a POD and hated it. the tone was OK, but the feel was awful. guess i'm too set in my ways, gotta have that tube raunch blowing up the back of my shirttail!
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It's possible to go straight into a board and get a clean rhythm sound. You'll usually have enough power. Turn your guitar v and t down so you can control it.
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Maybe if it were one of these...

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For jazz with a big body archtop I might do it, but otherwise definitely not.
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Old June 2nd, 2008, 07:13 PM   #6 (permalink)
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For jazz with a big body archtop
yeah, i could see that as an exception ....
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I have a DI I built years ago that plugs right into the speaker jack of my BFDR. It provides EQ, gain padding and a transformer. It works quite well.

The amp does not notice this tiny load, and so it is entirely used as a "mic substitute" when the internal speaker is in use.

These days I use a Sennheiser e609 mic for my amps. Nice and small, no need for a mic stand. I'm sold!
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use to with my boss GT-8 but since I built my 5e3 I don't. I
m now just about to get rid of the GT-8 for performance and just have my thomas organ wah, ibanex 10 series delay and analogman ts9. kinda lookin for a good verb but might just use my Alesis rack for that..any suggestions for a verb pedal would be appreciated.

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Old June 2nd, 2008, 07:24 PM   #9 (permalink)
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I plugged into my pa and it sounded terrible I was using my tle into an fx loop and into the a DI box. I bought a tube preamp to see if that would help but the xlr jack was busted on it so i never got to try it.
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Old June 2nd, 2008, 07:52 PM   #10 (permalink)
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I have tried it with a VAMP-2. Also hated it.

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When my regular gigging amp blew a fairly new tube, I was in a pickle, but luckily I had a Behringer G100 direct box. It has a so-called "4x12" cabinet simulator circuit.... it sounds decent, but it has no spongy tubey feel to it when playing hard.....

But really, no one in the audience really notices..... I just plug the output of my pedalboard into it and then the output of the DI box into the PA.... pretty convincing to most listeners. It kicks butt with acoustics though!!!

I'd say it is an essential part of an emergency plan if your amp gives out. Much better than bringing a spare amp, as long as you have a decent monitor to hear yourself.

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my choice too. but eugene's right, an input device of your choice is a good backup plan. the only hitch is the "monitor" part! want vocalists to hate you more? put your guitar full-blast in the monitors!
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Only modeler I liked through the PA is the tonelab. It has that tube feel though a PA
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my choice too. but eugene's right, an input device of your choice is a good backup plan. the only hitch is the "monitor" part! want vocalists to hate you more? put your guitar full-blast in the monitors!
I take it those sound pretty good? I've been thinking about making a go of the small amp + mike rig.

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I gig with a DRRI but have had problems in the past so I've been toting my microcube or SF Champ as a backup that i'd mic if needed.

Does anyone go straight to the PA? What do you use? Possibly a sansamp GT2 or a DI so some sort? I want to hear about it. Thanks
Grab that MicroCube, come out the line out on the back into a PA channel. Set it to Blackpanel, tone on 2 o'clock, gain on 3 o'clock, and volume on 9-10 o'clock, add some reverb. Good Fender tone IMO. I use at home all the time, and this sounded good on the small gigs I've done.
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I been doing some gigs where i only play guitar in a couple pieces and in those pieces i usually play clean.. I go into a keyboard amp from my magic stomp. If i am playing a bit more guitar or need dirt. I bring my silverface champ.

Tho, i have also been gigging with a 1/2 watt amp and a external speaka too.
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Old June 2nd, 2008, 11:09 PM   #17 (permalink)
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As I stated in a previous thread, I also have a 1993 Marshall JMP-1 midiable preamp. I have, on occassion, when absolutely necessary, used that with it's built in speaker emulator output into a DI to go direct into the board and not use an amp. It's not ideal, but it works!

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I can't ever remember DI'ing a guitar in all my years of mixing live.....
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There was a casino in Laughlin, Nevada that had this stupid policy ... NO AMPS OF ANY KIND ON THE STAGE! ...NONE! That gig blew bigtime. I struggled to get a useable sound. The sound man was less than useless, basically a mechanical engineer who knew how to turn on the padlocked mixer and work the volume sliders. Couldn't get a decent monitor mix, we had a keyboard player/singer who couldn't get voice in the monitor, what a fiasco.
Here's the best part, they didn't tell us about their brilliant policy until we got there, so I had no preamps or pods or nuthin'... we we doing smooth jazz, so I had a thin hollowbody Gibson and their cheesy direct box, that's it.
Here's how I got a fairly endurable tone going direct: I talked the dopey sound guy into giving me a really hot guitar-only monitor mix in one monitor cab only. This taxed his ability. I kept my guitar volume knob real low, barely on. Then, when he had the mixer unlocked, but was distracted by the chick singer, I cranked the mids on my channel, also the padding. As soon as he left (halfway through the first song), I stood my monitor up like a regular cab and cranked my guitar volume, so it was like having my own crappy clean solid state amp on the stage. At least I had reverb. Also, the 12" in the monitor (old JBL) broke up a little. That was a tough week.
Worst part, my SF Twin Reverb was sitting in the back of the truck in the parking garage all this time.
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I've done it with various pieces of gear over the years. POD's didn't work, V-Amp didn't cut it, SansAmp GT2? Nope. Awful.

The only thing that worked - and it worked so well that I STILL use it going direct through the PA to this day (only on the small gigs though) is the Morley (or Award) JD-10. It's certainly a matter of personal opinion and taste, but I'm a Fender amp turned up loud kinda guy, and the direct sound of the JD-10 just totally floors me! I record direct with it as well. You have to use it's speaker simulator (which is much better IMO than the digital speaker emulation that the POD and other like devices offer) when going direct. One of the worst guitar tones that you'll ever hear would be the JD-10 direct while forgetting to use the speaker simulation.

It's a total mystery to me why this device didn't become more popular. It's my all time favorite electric guitar-related device bar none!
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