Twiz Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 This has been my favorite rig to play through at my house lately: Tele Standard > Russian Big Muff or ProCo RAT > MXR Carbon Copy > Boss Ph-1 > Vox AC4TV. Sometimes I just plug straight into the Vox on 1/4 watt and dime it. I like that tone too. What are you guys jamming through when lower volumes are required? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjsinla Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 1363873290[/url]' post='1348818']This has been my favorite rig to play through at my house lately: Tele Standard > Russian Big Muff or ProCo RAT > MXR Carbon Copy > Boss Ph-1 > Vox AC4TV. Sometimes I just plug straight into the Vox on 1/4 watt and dime it. I like that tone too. What are you guys jamming through when lower volumes are required? That amp is in my livingroom, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krock Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 This has been my favorite rig to play through at my house lately: Tele Standard > Russian Big Muff or ProCo RAT > MXR Carbon Copy > Boss Ph-1 > Vox AC4TV. Sometimes I just plug straight into the Vox on 1/4 watt and dime it. I like that tone too. What are you guys jamming through when lower volumes are required? Nice rig. I've a question about the ac4. My housemate has the head and cab version and the cleans sound great. Problem is when we dime the volume the gain sounds a little farty. Think changing out the stock ruby's would help? I've also lent him some pedals to try out but the volume increase when you click on an overdrive or dist pedal is phenomenal. Lowering the volume on the pedals didn't help much either. Hope I'm not hijacking the thread, I'll post a pic of my rig when I'm on my laptop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaiser Bill Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 I've got an 83 Super Champ that I built and Tom Sholtz Rockman that are both great for low or no volume practice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 I just keep it turned down... B) P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twiz Posted March 21, 2013 Author Share Posted March 21, 2013 Nice rig. I've a question about the ac4. My housemate has the head and cab version and the cleans sound great. Problem is when we dime the volume the gain sounds a little farty. Think changing out the stock ruby's would help? I've also lent him some pedals to try out but the volume increase when you click on an overdrive or dist pedal is phenomenal. Lowering the volume on the pedals didn't help much either. Hope I'm not hijacking the thread, I'll post a pic of my rig when I'm on my laptop Hmmm. I haven't played mine dimed with a distortion/OD pedal so I can't really chime in on that. However, I changed my tubes to Sovtek's and I like how it sounds at 10 better now. I might get a 1x12 to play through sometime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twiz Posted March 21, 2013 Author Share Posted March 21, 2013 Pippy, that rules. Sweet rig! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 Nice When I am not using my Ac15 I use my Champ 600 with a Bad Monkey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btoth76 Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 I use these monsters. As them being 25 watts tube amps, they can't be used quietly, otherwise they don't sound right. What I do is, is that I set the volume at 2 and let the pedals boost up the signal, which makes the sound quality acceptable at low volumes as well. Depending on my mood I use both in stereo or just one of them. Cheers... Bence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btoth76 Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 I just keep it turned down... B) P. Nice instruments! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heymisterk Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 Awesome set-up, Twiz. What are the specs on your Tele? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest EastEnder Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 ES-355, Mesa 5:25 Express, no effects. Bliss. EE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 ...I saw one of these amps for sale recently here. Are these solid-state amps?... Hi Bence, and thanks. They are a hybrid design. Leo Fender designed these to be a sort of 'Twin Reverb, only Better!' when he set up Music Man. It has a s/s pre-amp stage and a valve (tube) power amp stage; tank reverb, vibrato and 2x12. It has, naturally enough, a Channel Vol and Master Vol control system. The clever thing is in how he wired everything up. Apparently (from one who read the circuit diagrams) the design uses no fewer than FOUR o/d stages - all using the valves for final output (from what I remember). The way it works is that full o/d is available at all volumes - even at almost inaudible levels. As the master vol is increased, however, the amount of 'work' being done by the o/d circuitry is phased out (as it were) in stages to allow 'proper' valve o/d to take over. I've got a demo clip somewhere which was requested by an interested individual which shows the sound at normal speech levels. If you like I'll let you hear it somehow. It's a great amp. In their heyday M-M amps were used by the likes of Clapton, Gilmour, Knopfler etc...etc... P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twiz Posted March 21, 2013 Author Share Posted March 21, 2013 Awesome set-up, Twiz. What are the specs on your Tele? Nothing special really. -Just a 2011 MIM Tele Standard. I bought it new last month. I changed the white pick guard for a black one. -Trying to go for more of a 70's vibe with it. I really like the way the neck plays. It's my first single coil guitar too. I love how simple it is. This guitar has also made me change string gauges. It came with 9's. I liked how they felt, and I'm changing over my other standard tuning and Eb guitars to 9's. I've been on a big ZZ Top kick lately and I've even been using a quarter to try to replicate some of Billy Gibbon's sounds. Bends are easier, and I like my vibrato now, but it's very easy to bend too sharp, so I have to work on that. I'm still playing 10's on my guitars tuned to D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quapman Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 Nothing fancy. I have a little Fender G-Dec 3 modeling amp. The local store had it on for half price so for 99 bucks I took one. Sounds great at low volume and the preset loops are fun to jam along with. It also works awesome in an acoustic jam setting. You can get some great sounds without stepping on anyone's toes. It really exceeded my expectations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krock Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 Nothing special really. -Just a 2011 MIM Tele Standard. I bought it new last month. I changed the white pick guard for a black one. -Trying to go for more of a 70's vibe with it. I really like the way the neck plays. It's my first single coil guitar too. I love how simple it is. This guitar has also made me change string gauges. It came with 9's. I liked how they felt, and I'm changing over my other standard tuning and Eb guitars to 9's. I've been on a big ZZ Top kick lately and I've even been using a quarter to try to replicate some of Billy Gibbon's sounds. Bends are easier, and I like my vibrato now, but it's very easy to bend too sharp, so I have to work on that. I'm still playing 10's on my guitars tuned to D. Billy Gibbson's uses 8's if im not mistaken. I once tried it but my gorilla hands just kept breaking the strings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twiz Posted March 21, 2013 Author Share Posted March 21, 2013 Billy Gibbson's uses 8's if im not mistaken. I once tried it but my gorilla hands just kept breaking the strings Yea, I can't go that light. Haha. I believe Tony Iommi also uses really light strings. I'll probably go back to 10's at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 Billy Gibbson's uses 8's if im not mistaken. I once tried it but my gorilla hands just kept breaking the strings I could be wrong, of course, but I THINK I read that the Rev. uses .007s except on his slide guitars where he uses .008s... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btoth76 Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 .008s and .007s . I couldn't even put them on a guitar. If they fall on the floor while I am restringing, I would never find them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heymisterk Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 Nothing special really. -Just a 2011 MIM Tele Standard. I bought it new last month. My MIM Tele is my favorite guitar apart from my SG Classic. They are a great bargain. The maple neck alone is enough to convince me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 That's sick. When did you get the PH-1? I've been trying to find a good deal on a PH-1r Also have you tried putting the phaser before the delay? I think it sounds better that way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twiz Posted March 21, 2013 Author Share Posted March 21, 2013 That's sick. When did you get the PH-1? I've been trying to find a good deal on a PH-1r Also have you tried putting the phaser before the delay? I think it sounds better that way I got it about 12 years ago in the used/bargin bin of a shop for $20. The LED doesn't stay on. I am nervous to try to fix it. It's my favorite sounding phaser though. Really mellow sound. Not harsh like my MXR Phase 90. I sometimes will put it before the delay in my chain. I like the sound after because its a little more subtle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Namvet Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 My Marshall Haze 40 on 1 reverb & echo with my Epi ES-339 on one or the Fender Vibro Champ on 5 gain 2 reverb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 What are you guys jamming through when lower volumes are required? Fender Mustang III Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twiz Posted March 21, 2013 Author Share Posted March 21, 2013 Thanks for the replies everybody. I'm out of +'s for today. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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