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08-07-2007, 10:29 AM
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| ss.org Regular  Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: NY Posts: 171
Main Seven: RG7321 Rig: TriAxis + VHT2502 Thanked: 0
 | Tube Amp Experience Hi everybody, I thought I would share this experience that I got last night with my TriAxis, VHT2502, and Behringer BG412s stereo set up. My guitar was Ibanez RG7321 with Blaze Custom and Air Norton 7. My band just started renting a new rehearsal place where we can use our equipment. I have never heard my rig sounded that good. It was like a revelation. I noticed that the differences were: the room was decent acoustically and I had the power amp at 1 o'clock. I never set the volume of my power amp that high. It was loud, but it sounded really good and huge sounding. Everything sounded great and most importantly, natural. There was no sound of enhanced bass, mid, and treble. The timbre was very balanced. A comparable sound is John Petrucci's sound in the Rock Discipline DVD, but not scooped. The point: if you haven't cranked your tube amp to at least 1 o'clock, then you haven't experienced how good your tube amp is.  |
 
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08-07-2007, 10:41 AM
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| ss.org Regular Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: NY Posts: 171
Main Seven: RG7321 Rig: TriAxis + VHT2502 Thanked: 0
| Right on I know that the TriAxis is great, but it was so great last night. The thump of the bass, the mid crunch, the treble clarity; they were excellent, really. I do not mean to offend anyone's opinion here, but those who think that the TriAxis can't do metal or is not "heavy" enough, I don't think they have heard a TriAxis with a good cranked power amp. I use EL34L, by the way. |
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08-07-2007, 11:07 AM
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| The Church of SEVEN • Super Moderator •  Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Woodbridge, VA Posts: 10,637
Real Name: Mike Main Seven: Jackson CS Soloist 7 Rig: Mesa Triple Recto Thanked: 52
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08-07-2007, 11:09 AM
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| Is a Pastafarian   Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Calgary AB Posts: 3,591
Real Name: Cody Main Seven: COW7 Silverburst Main ERG: 2077XL Rig: Stiletto/Nova/Orange Thanked: 188
| I can't even imagine what my amp would sound like at 5 or 6. At 2 it is already too loud for bedroom playing, at 3 it kills my bandmates' 5150, drums, and bass all at once, at 6, it would probably peel the skin off my face. _________________________ "Ah, she's built like a steakhouse but she handles like a bistro" - ZB My Soundclick Page |
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08-07-2007, 11:10 AM
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| Cold As Ice  Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 6,540
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 Please, it's hard enough finding a girlfriend that understands gear whoring, not to mention that I have one that ENCOURAGES it! | |
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08-07-2007, 12:38 PM
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| Sarcy English Twat   Join Date: May 2004 Location: 7th Ethereal Plane of interstellar hell, Innit Bruv, Safe, London, UK Posts: 6,534
Real Name: James Main Seven: UV7PWH / UV7BK / RG2027 Main ERG: 10 fingers of metal death Rig: Triaxis->TBR5/VHT UL Thanked: 76
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08-07-2007, 05:15 PM
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| Guiterrorizer  Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Deep River ONT (summer), London ONT (school) Posts: 7,449
Real Name: Justin Main Seven: Carvin DC727 OFR Rig: JSX->XXX w/ WGS CL80 Thanked: 49
| i feel bad for the good folks who own tube amps and cant put them up. at band practises/jam sessions, my master sits around 5-6, along with my crunch volumes. lately, i've had the JSX master on 10 and the channel volumes to taste, to get some power amp sweetness. probably gonna go back to "crunch volume: 7 master:4" at some point hehe (it gets pretty heavy at that point). 3 cheers for crankin' 'em up! 3 cheers for free gear! "Do you like burned toast with your JAM? cuz we're on FIRE!" |
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08-07-2007, 07:06 PM
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| VP / RHLC ©  Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 8,189
Real Name: Rick Main Seven: Ibanez RG7420 Rig: Line 6 HD147 Thanked: 27
| *so does Rick*  And his tone rules all. 7StringofAblicK-This is my footswitch. it changes channels on my amp - just like on a television, but I only have four channels. http://www.mnemic.com/board/images/smilies/sam666.gif http://www.myspace.com/psyclosis Psyclosis page http://www.myspace.com/texamanian My page |
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Before I sold her off, I played my Randall RM100 at volume in my girlfriend's house and forgot how good a cranked tube amp could sound! 
Hence why I'm buying a better one! 
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