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Post by Rockerfeller on Feb 5, 2018 19:04:35 GMT -7
I decided to run my Z Lux with another amp today just to see what it would sound like. Man, did it sound great. Now I think I want to run two amps when I gig, which means more two trips for load in and out instead of just one. Now, I ran it with an old Laney LC15 amp that I have just hanging around in the closet of my studio. It was quick and easy. I set it for dirty and the Lux for clean. They sounded so full and fantastic together!
So now the real question is: Do I run the ZLux with my Wreck or with my Remedy?
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Post by headshrinker (Marc) on Feb 5, 2018 19:45:23 GMT -7
Wreck. The mids of the Wreck will sit right in that scoop of the Lux. I pretty much always run two amps. It is a little more load in and out, but it's worth it. When you get as old as me, there is usually some younger looking guy who asks if they can carry something to the van. I always say yes and thank them profusely.
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Post by Rockerfeller on Feb 5, 2018 19:56:34 GMT -7
Wreck. The mids of the Wreck will sit right in that scoop of the Lux. I pretty much always run two amps. It is a little more load in and out, but it's worth it. When you get as old as me, there is usually some younger looking guy who asks if they can carry something to the van. I always say yes and thank them profusely. I won't let the drunk kid carry the Wreck, that is for sure! Marc, what ABY box do you use?
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Post by headshrinker (Marc) on Feb 5, 2018 20:30:18 GMT -7
Generally it's just a Rapco AB-100. I like them because you have a footswitch for each amp. That way you can kill the signal to both amps if you want. With a typical ABY one is always on. Recently instead of an ABY at the end of the signal chain,I've been using a TC Electronics Mimiq. It has a stereo out and you can use it to create three and four guitar doubling effects when using two amps. You can't however kill any signal so both amps are on all the time.
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Post by headshrinker (Marc) on Feb 5, 2018 20:46:08 GMT -7
Also, be sure the amps are in phase. If they are out of phase, they will sound thinner together than one at a time. Play them together then flip the + & - speaker connections on one of them and give them another listen. When they are in phase they will sound a lot fuller. Like with pickups, you can hear it best on the lower strings. It's not hard to tell.
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Post by zpilot on Feb 7, 2018 3:59:37 GMT -7
I like the Radial Big shot ABY because it has a phase switch and an iso-transformer.
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Post by bbutler356 on Mar 16, 2018 12:55:48 GMT -7
Does the phase thing come into play ONLY IF you are using the two amps at the same time? I use one amp to record a loop part into, and then let the loop play while I then solo (with the loop as background) through the other amp. Would phasing apply to me, in this case? I have that Radial also.
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Post by zpilot on Mar 16, 2018 14:38:57 GMT -7
Only with both amps at the same time.
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Post by headshrinker (Marc) on Mar 16, 2018 14:39:05 GMT -7
As far as I know the phasing is only a problem if the same signal is coming out of both amps at the same time. Perhaps if you were doubling the part playing on the first amp loop with the second you might get an effect, but I doubt it.
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