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Post by JChance on Jun 4, 2007 11:49:54 GMT -7
I know about the Radial Headbone... And I may end up biting the bullet and just going that route... But just curious if anyone knew of a solid, more affordable alternative to the Radial. I'd like to be able to use two heads/one cab on some gigs coming up. It would also be a cool tool for sessions. On live dates with artists, it sure would be cool to be able to use the MAZ38 and Route 66 through the same cab. Or maybe the 66 and the Ghia... If anyone knows of something, I'd love to hear it. Thanks! J
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Post by benttop (Steve) on Jun 4, 2007 12:19:49 GMT -7
If you're lugging a 2x12 out, just wire each speaker to its own jack and have each head plugged to its own speaker. Then your favorite A/B box will do the trick. That's how I'm running my Stingray and RXES at the moment, and it's working so much better than the Headbone. I say that because I can have my G-System in the loop on the Stingray and not have to worry about frying the Headbone because of delays tailing out while I switch to the other head. Plus the Headbone doesn't let you do one thing that dual speakers does - you can hit the "Y" button and have both amps on at the same time. That's utterly impossible with the Headbone, but entirely possible with an A/B/Y in front of the amps. You want a big fat clean solo, hit the "Y" and turn your guitar down to 6 - it's loud as heck and the dirty amp cleans up for a great clean lead sound.
There is one caveat - you need to make sure your A/B/Y has a ground lift because it is likely the grounds of both amps will be connected together at the speaker jack panel (those panels are usually metal). If you try to have that ground common, and the input grounds common, you'll have issues like noise or oscillations. With the ground lift that shouldn't be a problem (not a problem with my two amps anyway).
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Post by eliot1025 on Jun 10, 2007 4:18:32 GMT -7
Thanks Benttop. Especially for the ground lift warning. Wily wiring!
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