Multiple amp rig for home practice.

Rocks · January 11th, 2008, 12:38 AM

I've been playing through a neat little rig that gets incredible tone for blues and rock. I'm still toying around with the exact setup but this is what I'm playing with...

I run from my tele thats loaded with the GFS fatbody AlNiCo's into a Marshall Guv'nor pedal that I use as a clean boost most of the time. From there I run into a Marshall Reflector reverb pedal set on a slight hint of plate reverb. The reverb is stereo and I run one channel into a 76 vibro champ with a weber Signature series AlNiCo speaker and the other channel into either a modified kalamazoo model two or a silvertone I dropped into an old polytone SB15 combo cab with a single 15" Eminance speaker.

The vibro champ is really sweet cleans, but can crunch when pushed. The k'zoo was redone to break up early and crunch like crazy and the Silvertone is similar to the vibro champ, but I'm adding an extra gain stage to it using the 12ax7 that was driving the vibrato.

The stereo reverb into two tube amps really sounds incredible, very spacious and full even with the slight amount I use. The dynamics are incredible going from sweet and clean to growling overdrive just by changing my picking attack. With all the amps being about 5-6 watts I can crank them up at home and enjoy the bluesy tones. I really like the 15" combined with the other amps, it really fills up the tone with a nice bottom end.

winny pooh · January 11th, 2008, 10:02 AM

post us a clip....

Brick · January 11th, 2008, 03:35 PM

At home I'm running an A/B box. Clean boost into the A/B box, with A going through a Verbzilla hardly noticable, then into a Danecho, then into a Tweed Champ clone driving a2x12 Avatar cab loaded with Emi Alnicos. B goes to a Holy Grail set 50% wet into a MMB, 5watt Valco, or a 66Bassman/15 cab, depending on my mood.

I have the cabs miced and will occasionally play through the board with a big room on the Lexicon reverb I have. This works for those late night sessions when you don't want the neighbors too upset. This also makes the little cheesy Valco sound like a Marshall stack, although sometimes this is quieter through the phones than it is in the room. Have to watch out for that.

Two quite different amps played at the same time opens up a whole new pallett of sounds.

tommyc · January 11th, 2008, 04:28 PM

Im getting ready to start using two Epiphone Valve Junior head/1x12 cabs . I already have one and I use a Visual Sound Route 66 od/comp , Visual Sound H2O echo/chorus , and a BBE Sonic Stomp . Im gonna spilt the signal coming out of the Sonic Stomp . Hopefully it will sound good . By the way started using George Ls cable on everything , I cant beleve the difference in the clarity over the Planet Waves cable I was using before !!!!!!!!!!!

January 11th, 2008, 12:38 AM	#1 (permalink)
Rocks Tele-Holic Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Ohio Age: 47 Posts: 561	Multiple amp rig for home practice. I've been playing through a neat little rig that gets incredible tone for blues and rock. I'm still toying around with the exact setup but this is what I'm playing with... I run from my tele thats loaded with the GFS fatbody AlNiCo's into a Marshall Guv'nor pedal that I use as a clean boost most of the time. From there I run into a Marshall Reflector reverb pedal set on a slight hint of plate reverb. The reverb is stereo and I run one channel into a 76 vibro champ with a weber Signature series AlNiCo speaker and the other channel into either a modified kalamazoo model two or a silvertone I dropped into an old polytone SB15 combo cab with a single 15" Eminance speaker. The vibro champ is really sweet cleans, but can crunch when pushed. The k'zoo was redone to break up early and crunch like crazy and the Silvertone is similar to the vibro champ, but I'm adding an extra gain stage to it using the 12ax7 that was driving the vibrato. The stereo reverb into two tube amps really sounds incredible, very spacious and full even with the slight amount I use. The dynamics are incredible going from sweet and clean to growling overdrive just by changing my picking attack. With all the amps being about 5-6 watts I can crank them up at home and enjoy the bluesy tones. I really like the 15" combined with the other amps, it really fills up the tone with a nice bottom end. __________________ Rocks Rocks Blues Guitars

January 11th, 2008, 10:02 AM	#2 (permalink)
winny pooh Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: South London Posts: 1,610 7 Photos	post us a clip.... __________________ my afro ambient side project: http://www.myspace.com/theswyambusessions

January 11th, 2008, 03:35 PM	#3 (permalink)
Brick Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: San Jose Age: 57 Posts: 781	At home I'm running an A/B box. Clean boost into the A/B box, with A going through a Verbzilla hardly noticable, then into a Danecho, then into a Tweed Champ clone driving a2x12 Avatar cab loaded with Emi Alnicos. B goes to a Holy Grail set 50% wet into a MMB, 5watt Valco, or a 66Bassman/15 cab, depending on my mood. I have the cabs miced and will occasionally play through the board with a big room on the Lexicon reverb I have. This works for those late night sessions when you don't want the neighbors too upset. This also makes the little cheesy Valco sound like a Marshall stack, although sometimes this is quieter through the phones than it is in the room. Have to watch out for that. Two quite different amps played at the same time opens up a whole new pallett of sounds.

January 11th, 2008, 04:28 PM	#4 (permalink)
tommyc Tele-Meister Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Hendersonville TN Age: 38 Posts: 105	Im getting ready to start using two Epiphone Valve Junior head/1x12 cabs . I already have one and I use a Visual Sound Route 66 od/comp , Visual Sound H2O echo/chorus , and a BBE Sonic Stomp . Im gonna spilt the signal coming out of the Sonic Stomp . Hopefully it will sound good . By the way started using George Ls cable on everything , I cant beleve the difference in the clarity over the Planet Waves cable I was using before !!!!!!!!!!!