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Post by telejas on Feb 10, 2008 11:37:43 GMT -7
Just wanted to post my apprecieation for the Stang Ray and using it live! I play it through a 2x12 Z cab and lately, through my Mazerati 1x12 combo speaker for smaller stages and expiermental reasons - and I like it through both set-ups equally well.
GREAT cleans and works great with my Power Screamer, tubescreamer & Rte66 pedals (all a spin off of the TS)..... I've got a BB preamp coming this week to try with it as well, and I'm excited about that too. Sounds great with a compressor in front of it or without a compressor. Just an all around GREAT amp.... and it sounds great together with my Rati.
I haven't *raved* about it lately, just felt it was due time to say a few nice things about the Ray so it didn't feel left out.
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Post by benttop (Steve) on Feb 10, 2008 12:24:54 GMT -7
I totally agree with your assessment.
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Post by Hohn on Feb 10, 2008 20:18:51 GMT -7
Well, IF I had a gig, I would love gigging my amp.
As it is, my family isn't paying me very well. Heck, they make me feel like I should pay THEM for letting me blast now and then:)
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Post by benttop (Steve) on Feb 10, 2008 21:22:53 GMT -7
Oh... missed that one word there: "gigging" - what is that, anyway?
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Post by telejas on Feb 10, 2008 21:29:05 GMT -7
Oh... missed that one word there: "gigging" - what is that, anyway? That must be one of our Ozark Red Neck words, or my spelling is getting worse (one way or the other) it means "Playing out with" or a "Gig". Giggin' can also mean fishing here in the Ozarks. You definetly don't want to take your Stang Ray giggin' like that
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Post by M Fowler on Mar 4, 2008 21:51:43 GMT -7
Unless I get a flight case or something my Stang Ray is staying home. I'll ask this stupid question anyway are you miking your cab, because I use two 100 watt fender amps in my stage rig and have a hard time hearing those let alone using a 30 watt amp Dr Z amp, though the Stang is tube and my stage amps are transistor amps. I think my problem is not having good guitar cords or power supply cause my tone and volume gets sucked out at each gig. Should I get a rack mount voltage regulator like the Furman 1215? I will take any and all suggestions. Thanks guys. Mark
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Post by benttop (Steve) on Mar 4, 2008 22:02:04 GMT -7
Unless I get a flight case or something my Stang Ray is staying home. I'll ask this stupid question anyway are you miking your cab, because I use two 100 watt fender amps in my stage rig and have a hard time hearing those let alone using a 30 watt amp Dr Z amp, though the Stang is tube and my stage amps are transistor amps. I think my problem is not having good guitar cords or power supply cause my tone and volume gets sucked out at each gig. Should I get a rack mount voltage regulator like the Furman 1215? I will take any and all suggestions. Thanks guys. Mark Well you can't really compare a tube amp and a solid state amp when you talk watts. I wish I understood it better, but suffice it to say I'm playing next to a bass player with a 700 watt amp and he's also driving 4800 watts of subs out front, and all he ever does is tell me I'm too loud. And that's with the Stingray set one click down on the Airbrake! So with my volume at about 1 o'clock, I figure I'm getting maybe 22 watts to the speakers, and it is way loud. You have to try it on stage to believe it. By the way, I have a 130 watt solid state amp myself (the Fender Cyber Twin) and the Stingray cuts through SO MUCH MORE. Try it.
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Post by telejas on Mar 5, 2008 14:47:41 GMT -7
I do mic my amp, but none of that is fed back to me through the monitors, so my stage volume is my guitar monitor. Now for a story..... I've had several 100-150 wt solid state amps (most were 2x12's).... I played one gig with a 120 wt modeling amp and I had to dime the master and I was still having trouble hearing it... But the week before, my 22wt Fender Deluxe (tube amp) had no problem being heard?!?!?! Currently I have my Stangray and my other guitar player has a 100wt modeling amp and my Ray seems louder than his amp. I don't think there is any situation where a 30wt tube amp wouldn't be enough, but I could be wrong. As a matter of fact, my Stangray projected so well off the stage that I ended up getting "Beam Blockers" and putting them in to stop the straight shot of volume from projecting off the stage. I can now hear my amp from just about any angle on the stage and it doesn't kill the people standing in front of the stage... but if you're not mic-ing your amp, you probably don't want BB's. As for your tone getting sucked out at the gig with you amps...... If you haven't played out much, get used to that!!! It changes with the room. Some rooms are thin, while others are boomy.... you just have to adjust your amp for the room..... and sometimes no adjusting will fix it and you just have to live with it. Most of the time, no one else notices. If you have played out a lot, then you might check in to higher end cables?? Most solid state amps can run on fluctuating power without damage, but some it'll fry them (it'll eventually kill a tube amp). I fried my Line6 Vetta on bad power, but that's basically a computer inside that head.
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Post by M Fowler on Mar 5, 2008 17:55:46 GMT -7
Thanks for the replies. I have been playing out for many years and as was said the rooms vary so much and the sound is affected each time. But lately I have been pulling my hair out trying to figure out what the problem is. Maybe what I need is to take the Stang on the road and have some fun. I will trying miking everyone next time. I don't have any problems on the belly rubber songs but when I want to let loose on my lead runs the amp sounds dull and volume is damn near gone with zero harmonics. I will also try not using my Gibson this time, maybe I have a volume pot problem since it is usually wide open and I have been using this guitar for all my gigs since 1982.
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Post by funknbluezer on Mar 6, 2008 16:56:15 GMT -7
Guitar+cable+Stang Ray=Perfect tone. Clean out them old dirty pots and let it rip bro! I run my 'Ray's volume about 10-11 O'clock and it sounds great with either single coils or humbuckers. Use your Tone and Cut to find that "sweet spot".
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