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Post by Matt H. on Jul 1, 2006 19:07:32 GMT -7
I have come full circle over the years as far as my guitar rig goes. But no matter what my rig, I have never used reverb or any effects other than drive in front of the amp. The reverb never sounds true to me in front of the amp.
I started with a reverb combo - no problem, switched to heads w/ reverb and cabs , did the whole rack setup ADA MP1 thing with the Alesis effects, power amp -- then when I should have gotten a nice boutique tube amp in the late 90's got the Lexicon MPXG2 and wasted lots of money on rack stuff.
Finally, My good buddy introduced me to Z's about a year ago. Now I have a Ghia 2x10 combo and am very content with my two nobs (It's just like a beuatiful woman).
I just want to use reverb. That's all I want for an effect besides my AC Booster.
Anyone have any creative ways to use reverb after the amp and before the speaker.
I was actually thinking of going from the line out of my Hotplate into a nice reverb unit, then to a power amp and a nice cab. - then I could have the combo with out the reverb and the external cab w/ the reverb. I dunno!
Matt H.
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Post by nickg on Jul 2, 2006 4:34:14 GMT -7
Order a ghia with an effects loop? I dunno about the technicalities, but the doc might do it. Other than that, i can't think of any way to do it after the amp. But before it is what loads of people do, so i wouldn't rule that out.
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Post by billyguitar on Jul 2, 2006 7:59:20 GMT -7
Matt H.: Can't get effects loop in a Ghia. Using another amp with reverb, stick a high impedance mic in front of your Ghia, plug it into the other amp and use the other amp as a wet amp. You won't really have to run it very loud so feedback shouldn't be much of an issue. Or use some kind of splitter to run to the other amp. The Hot Plate scenario would probably sound best if you have one already. You could also do it with a DI box.
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Post by Matt H. on Jul 2, 2006 9:21:04 GMT -7
billyguitar,
I like the idea about the mike or the splitter. What would you recommend for the mike?
All this starts to make me wonder if I am being too critical of running reverb in front. Then I even wonder if I even need reverb. The Ghia sounds great w/out it. I suppose that for recording, where the sound is the most important, I would be miking the Ghia w/out the verb and adding some verb while mixing down. I am now wondering if I should get a second Z combo w/ reverb and running a two amp setup.
Oh well, time to check out some Z reverb combos.
Matt
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Post by billyguitar on Jul 2, 2006 10:28:32 GMT -7
I'd try any vocal hi impedance mic. Borrow one or try a lo to hi impedance adaptor with a low impedance mic. Just borrow a buddy's reverb amp to try it out. It doesn't need to be near the quality of a Z for this purpose because you're micing the good amp. The other amp will barely be on anyway. Run that amp very wet with very little dry sound. A reverb into the front of the Ghia would be fine up to about 11:00 on the volume knob. After that you're going to distort the reverb too and it'll sound like poo. In a recording situation, unless you wanted to hear a spring reverb you would get reverb from the board so you would record dry anyway.
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