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Post by rcrecelius on Aug 27, 2010 15:29:52 GMT -7
I've been playin the RxES for a while but I decided to bring the Rati out tonight...I swapped speakers out for hopefully more clean headroom...g12h30/v30 combo. I'll report back after the gig
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Post by benttop (Steve) on Aug 27, 2010 15:59:36 GMT -7
Open back cab? I have one of those with that speaker setup - talk about authority! Sounds great with my Mazerati!
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Post by rcrecelius on Aug 27, 2010 21:43:53 GMT -7
Yep...open back combo...it's soundin good and holdin together real good...started to get a little mushy last set(prolly playin harder/others doin the same...you know how it is) so I shut it down on break hoping to cool r off a little.
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Post by benttop (Steve) on Aug 27, 2010 22:14:35 GMT -7
Yep...open back combo...it's soundin good and holdin together real good...started to get a little mushy last set(prolly playin harder/others doin the same...you know how it is) so I shut it down on break hoping to cool r off a little. It is always hard to know if that mushiness is your hot output tranny or your fragged eardrums.
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Post by rcrecelius on Aug 28, 2010 20:59:54 GMT -7
I later realized I was running my guitar vol all the way up...I started the night with it backed off a little
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Post by rcrecelius on Aug 28, 2010 21:01:08 GMT -7
Overall...a great night, a great amp. I think I'll keep using it for a while and let the RxES rest.
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Post by benttop (Steve) on Aug 28, 2010 21:30:15 GMT -7
Both of mine are resting right now...
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2010 8:34:41 GMT -7
I've got a maserati combo with celestion blues. I've been wondering lately how it would sound with g12h30 and V30 When I had a Maz 38 I always liked that combination.
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Post by Fiestared69 on Aug 31, 2010 14:31:31 GMT -7
Can't go wrong with a Rati !!!!!!!
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Post by Teleman on Sept 3, 2010 2:58:22 GMT -7
I miss the Rati.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2010 10:17:55 GMT -7
I play mine daily it's become a humbling experience for me. Why did I have to go through so many?
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Post by rogdent on Sept 4, 2010 8:11:27 GMT -7
I played a songwriter gig last night play with 6 or 8 different folks and many types of music. With a couple pedals and the mazerati it sounded awesome with everything. I believe it's impossible to make this amp sound bad. Got a lot of great feedback on my tone. This amp just gives me a nice warm fuzzy feeling inside.
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Post by rcrecelius on Sept 7, 2010 9:42:37 GMT -7
Yep...the Rati is a great amp. I believe I'm gonna swap the speakers back though(Gold/Weber cer Blue) because I miss the top end of the Gold
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Post by groovergeorge on Sept 9, 2010 0:39:00 GMT -7
I have probably asked this before but how loud with the same speakers or similar is the Rati compared with your RXES Ronnie?
My RXES is a very loud beast. Too loud really for what I do unless I'm playing clean chords all night. I still enjoy it nonethess, it's a fantastic amp, it has got just such an amazing feel to it. I switch between the RXES and Maz Jr often. I set my Maz 1x12 NR (G12h30) up like a Fender, Master volume dimed and use pedals. The RXES however I play exclusively into the high input and have the overdose on all the time and control what I/m doing with the volume knob on my guitar. I find the RXES to not really like any overdrive I have had. TS9's or clones just don't sound good with it to my ear. The RC booster that is great with anything else I have had just doesn't do much for me either. Does anyone recommend anything to use to push the RXES into creamy sustaining overdrive, ( Germanium treble boosters maybe?) I don't wan't to dial it in any louder than 6 as it just is too loud and hard to control. I am still to get a Celestion gold for it so right now I just play through a single open back G12-65.
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Post by benttop (Steve) on Sept 9, 2010 7:30:32 GMT -7
I have probably asked this before but how loud with the same speakers or similar is the Rati compared with your RXES Ronnie? My RXES is a very loud beast. Too loud really for what I do unless I'm playing clean chords all night. I still enjoy it nonethess, it's a fantastic amp, it has got just such an amazing feel to it. I switch between the RXES and Maz Jr often. I set my Maz 1x12 NR (G12h30) up like a Fender, Master volume dimed and use pedals. The RXES however I play exclusively into the high input and have the overdose on all the time and control what I/m doing with the volume knob on my guitar. I find the RXES to not really like any overdrive I have had. TS9's or clones just don't sound good with it to my ear. The RC booster that is great with anything else I have had just doesn't do much for me either. Does anyone recommend anything to use to push the RXES into creamy sustaining overdrive, ( Germanium treble boosters maybe?) I don't wan't to dial it in any louder than 6 as it just is too loud and hard to control. I am still to get a Celestion gold for it so right now I just play through a single open back G12-65. With the Gold it's going to be louder... ACK! Best overdrive tone ever with the RXES is to have the volume turned way up to the right. Gotta have an Airbrake or two, OR get the Master Volume Mod on that thing.
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Post by rcrecelius on Sept 9, 2010 13:31:28 GMT -7
I don't know that I've ever played them back to back through the same speakers but I bet the RxES would have a slight edge...if nothing else because of the punch it has where the Mazerati will compress a bit more. If I'm ever alone at home with all my stuff I'll do this comparison for ya using the DB meter on my iphone. Just a thought, have you tried a pair of Greenbacks with the RxES? That might tame the volume a bit... I have probably asked this before but how loud with the same speakers or similar is the Rati compared with your RXES Ronnie? My RXES is a very loud beast. Too loud really for what I do unless I'm playing clean chords all night. I still enjoy it nonethess, it's a fantastic amp, it has got just such an amazing feel to it. I switch between the RXES and Maz Jr often. I set my Maz 1x12 NR (G12h30) up like a Fender, Master volume dimed and use pedals. The RXES however I play exclusively into the high input and have the overdose on all the time and control what I/m doing with the volume knob on my guitar. I find the RXES to not really like any overdrive I have had. TS9's or clones just don't sound good with it to my ear. The RC booster that is great with anything else I have had just doesn't do much for me either. Does anyone recommend anything to use to push the RXES into creamy sustaining overdrive, ( Germanium treble boosters maybe?) I don't wan't to dial it in any louder than 6 as it just is too loud and hard to control. I am still to get a Celestion gold for it so right now I just play through a single open back G12-65.
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Post by groovergeorge on Sept 9, 2010 17:22:04 GMT -7
I expected the Celestion Gold to be louder compared with the G12 65's 97 db but was just wondering amp to amp with the same speaker and cab which is louder. I have the airbrake Steve but tend not to use it, I probably should though. I don't have a 2x12 cab at present but my buddy has a 2x12 Orange closed back with 2 greenies in it that he wants to sell for $350. Maybe I should give that a try with my Explorer instead of my go to Strat and if it does what I want, buy it. With the G1265 open back I almost have to dial the treble and bass all the way off as well, it's just so incredibly punchy. I also have V30 in a small closed back. It sounds pretty ordinary with the RXES but that just may be because the size of the cab.
I'm actually seriously thinking of asking my wife for an SRZ for Xmas. ;D I guess it's the master volume thing.
Thanks again Ronnie and you too Steve.
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Post by benttop (Steve) on Sept 9, 2010 18:25:00 GMT -7
Well if I had to compare the two the RXES is louder, has more saturation at full volume, and has a lot more top end. The Mazerati has more growl, runs a bit cleaner (but you can get it to give up some pretty fine distortion with the right guitar and settings). They are both very cool amps, but different.
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Post by groovergeorge on Sept 9, 2010 18:38:35 GMT -7
I guess the Rati would be similar to the Ghia in that with a C/blue or two blues or Gold in the Rati's and a good P90 guitar there would be some magic tones within. I haven't got much work on today ith the weather so I have been sitting at home here this morning 11:30 am right now and putting the RXES through it's paces with my Explorer and airbrake this time. It's still pretty loud even on 3 clicks. I don't like to use the bedroom setting, it seems to lose a little sparkle by then.With buckers it really has some crunch to it with the volume wound fully out and the volume knobs on my Explorer on about 2. With the volume fully open on the Explorer it starts to get a little wooly and sometimes a little hard to control. I must mention though that the Explorer came stock with these ceramic humbuckers which will be getting removed very soon for some nice lower output alnico5 5 hand wounds. I just don't dig these ceramics, I'm not a heavy metal type guy.
Have you tried the Zendrive with the RXES Steve?
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Post by kc on Sept 12, 2010 16:27:39 GMT -7
GG,
I've never had an RXES, can't help ya there, but I do have a Mazerati and a Ghia. They're pretty similar. I got the 'Rati because the bass player I play with has a 600 watt 6x10 rig and he ain't shy about turning it up. The Ghia can't keep up, but the 'Rati with two 1x12 cabs (and an Airbrake) does the trick. Anywho, since you mentioned a p90 guitar, I thought I'd chime in. Here's 2 vids with a Mazerati with Fralin p90's thru a single Jensen Blackbird Alnico 1x12 open back cab. I turn the 'Rati up to only about 9 o'clock (with an Airbrake) and use an OD while rolling back the volume on the guitar to clean it up a bit for rhythm parts. Lately, I've been gravitating towards using no OD for clean rhythm parts, tho.
With a Banzai Cold Fusion (kind of a dark sounding OD, but I really like it):
With a (BW approved) Jauernig Luxury Drive (groans after keyboard solo due to lack of foot on keyboard, a la JL Lewis):
kc
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Post by groovergeorge on Sept 13, 2010 0:37:57 GMT -7
Hey KC, thanks very much for going to the trouble of posting this, it's helped me out a little. It's a little hard to be sure but I'm pretty sure that my RXES has a tighter feel with a top end that will take your head off compared to the Rati.The Mazerati sounds like a fat Ghia to me. Midrangey. The Ghia is one cool amp and that Mazerati sounds cool too. Dave Milsap gets some great tones from his Rati too. By the way KC, if you are only turning the mazerati up to 9' with an airbrake outdoors then that amp must be really LOUD!!!
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Post by rcrecelius on Sept 22, 2010 7:29:13 GMT -7
Hey KC, thanks very much for going to the trouble of posting this, it's helped me out a little. It's a little hard to be sure but I'm pretty sure that my RXES has a tighter feel with a top end that will take your head off compared to the Rati.The Mazerati sounds like a fat Ghia to me. Midrangey. The Ghia is one cool amp and that Mazerati sounds cool too. Dave Milsap gets some great tones from his Rati too. By the way KC, if you are only turning the mazerati up to 9' with an airbrake outdoors then that amp must be really LOUD!!! Just this past weekend, I decided to play my amp at a lower volume to see how it would sound...with the volume about 9-10 oclock, it was very clean and cut through very well...I actually found it hard to control because I'm used to having it up closer to 1-2 oclock where you get some natural compression/hair...plus my BD2 seems to sound so much better when the amp is already breaking up...overall though, still a good sound and it sounded good out front unmiked(according to other players in the audience). I think tonight I'll crank it back up and go a couple clicks on the brakelite and see how that works for me...we'll have a soundman/house PA so I know I'll get told to turn down anyways George, you're probably right on the RxEs vs Rati comparison...the Rati is a fatter amp with a softer/spongier feel where the RxES is brighter/punchier
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