Two combos. Place side by side or spread out for stereo use?

[romanianreaper]

What do you guys prefer? In my man cave, I have a Marshall vertical 2x12 and then an Orange Super Crush 100 on each side of it. Should I just move the Orange combos side by side?

Just trying to get a nice sound with using some delay and reverb stereo effects pedals.

 

[VonBonfire]

I tried running a couple Twins in my living room spaced out in stereo. Spent a lot of time and money wiring up the pedal board to do that as a covid era fun experiment. Since I wasn't using any heavy duty time based effects it seemed like a giant waste of time and money. Mainly was an OD, a Strymon Orbit, and a Meris Mercury 7 reverb. If I had the Meris Polymoon I would probably have a different opinion.

 

[alund]

I used a rig with multi heads at same time; the Lehle ABY was very important.. also I would have occasional volume issues if I had different effects on each.

 

[romanianreaper]

It just fills my man cave and sounds amazing when I'm playing stuff. There is a great width to the sound.

I know I've tried mixing solid state with tube, etc and doesn't seem to work as well. I think having two identical or near identical amps is the key. It probably doesn't hurt that I'm using the second combo just for the power section.

 

[alund]

It just fills my man cave and sounds amazing when I'm playing stuff. There is a great width to the sound.

I know I've tried mixing solid state with tube, etc and doesn't seem to work as well. I think having two identical or near identical amps is the key. It probably doesn't hurt that I'm using the second combo just for the power section.

You are probably right. I never used same amps. I wanted a mix. That was the pitfall for me

 

[rsm]

I run my modelers in stereo, same for my ISP Theta Pro DSP MS.

My tube amps I run in mono, except for my Engl power amp since it has two side, 100W each side.

 

[311splawndude]

If you don't want to fuck with the (time based) stereo effects a fun pedal to at least try is the TC Electronics Mimiq. It can take 1 or 2 inputs and then 2 outputs.

 

[cobrahead1030]

In my jam room, I keep my little Mark V and Delta Blues amps on opposite sides of the room, so I can run them in stereo when I feel like it.

 

[RaceU4her]

spread them out and get a mimiq pedal

 

[Erock]

 

[phillybhatesme]

If you don't want to fuck with the (time based) stereo effects a fun pedal to at least try is the TC Electronics Mimiq. It can take 1 or 2 inputs and then 2 outputs.

spread them out and get a mimiq pedal

What does the mimiq do in these scenarios? I have a Mark V on the right side and a Marshall DSL on the left and a Strymon Flint sending the signal to both. Where does the mimiq go in the chain and what exactly does it do?

 

[dcburn mk.ii]

I tried running a couple Twins in my living room spaced out in stereo. Spent a lot of time and money wiring up the pedal board to do that as a covid era fun experiment. Since I wasn't using any heavy duty time based effects it seemed like a giant waste of time and money. Mainly was an OD, a Strymon Orbit, and a Meris Mercury 7 reverb. If I had the Meris Polymoon I would probably have a different opinion.

How do you like the Meris Merc 7?
I’m thinking I’d like to upgrade my reverb…

 

[IHateRap]

I put one down my basement next to the shelf of freshly canned tomatoes. The other one is at the end of my street directly across from the fire hydrant. It sounds better next to the hydrant but the cop with the big dog told me to move it.

 

[RaceU4her]

What does the mimiq do in these scenarios? I have a Mark V on the right side and a Marshall DSL on the left and a Strymon Flint sending the signal to both. Where does the mimiq go in the chain and what exactly does it do?

I use it like a ABY box, it alters one of the signals to “mimiq” the nuances of playing a second track so you get the double tracked stereo sound playing yourself

 

[njshred]

I prefer to keep them closer, as that is most realistic for live performance.

 

[311splawndude]

I prefer to keep them closer, as that is most realistic for live performance.

I think I prefer them closer together too. @RaceU4her turned me onto this pedal and he told me to spread my gear but it is another rabbit hole of rewiring my shit.

What does the mimiq do in these scenarios? I have a Mark V on the right side and a Marshall DSL on the left and a Strymon Flint sending the signal to both. Where does the mimiq go in the chain and what exactly does it do?

It takes an incoming guitar signal and VARIABALLY changes the speed/attack/delay in very minute ways. Just enough to trick your ear into thinking there are two guitarist playing the same track or that you are double tracking something. For me - sometimes it works great and is glorious and other times, not so much. Could simply be my brain on any given day. @RaceU4her - has some cool clips that demo this. The ones I've done suck

But like he said, you put it after your ABY like this:

 

[VonBonfire]

How do you like the Meris Merc 7?

It's really nice and lush in the extreme and can do amazing stuff. There is a lot of exploration you can do with the pedal, tones not yet heard, be they from the heavenly realm or very dark and underworld like. Even just as a basic reverb it's exceedingly nice. But like every digital pedal, reverb or otherwise, tried it adds digital harshness in the highs that i notice with a gain tone but is pretty sweet and awesome with cleans. If you don't mind digital reverb, then you will absolutely enjoy it.

 

[sytharnia1560]

I run them side by side but angled "out"