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As some of you know- I am completely over Celestion Vintage30s. I had to sell my cab that had a quartet of them in it. Was a great cab, but that's over with now. Anyway I have an old metal grille Mesa/Boogie-style 4x12 that has a C90 Black Shadow and an EV 12S 200 watt speaker in it. What...

I've seen some short videos of various Marshall amps, Diezel VH4, Ashdown, a Recto in the background, etc. of Mastodon recording their album The Hunter. I've been listening to their song Curl of the Burl recently and amongst trying to identify the chicks that flashed their tits at the end of the...

I'm just listening again to Mark Day's demo of the Suhr Riot dirt box. It sounds really good, one of the best I've heard, and I usually prefer only amp distortion. I'm just wondering how it would sound in front of an old stock Marshall JCM 800 50 watt amp head? On both the Low input and High...

I know this might look silly, and as of this moment I'm researching phonetics... But what frequency band or range would you consider to produce a a growling sound? Like an angry dog. Throaty & cutting, but deep. A bit lower-sounding than a snarl. I know it's somewhere near the low mids but not...

...Such a phenomenal player with genius talent & musicality.... ...On paper, his guitar tone should be scorching... ...Yet when you listen to Blizzard of Ozz, it sounds like shit! :aww: :confused: I've read old interviews about his gear and the recording process. Fat Gibson Les Paul...

I want to run a line level +dB signal into the front end of my amp (-10dB). Basically I'm using one amp's preamp signal as the dirt box for the front end of another amp. I tried it out using a parametric equaliser in between, to lower the signal level. It worked, but it felt a bit odd. I've...

This might seem simple, but I admit I am muddled. I have a DMC (Voodoo Labs) GCX Switcher unit, which I want to use for my effects pedals. With the accompanying Ground Control Pro MIDI floorboard switcher, I can switch on and off those 8 loops for the pedals with the Instant Access switches...

I have some effects pedals that I want to blend together in parallel- basically there will be four feed input signals, and two (Left & Right) output signals. The output will feed a stereo poweramp. I know I can do this with my mixing desk, but is there a guitar-dedicated mixing device for this...

For those that dislike Celestion Vintage30s, particularly their harsh mid-spike sound.... Has anyone ever tried them in a cab with really thick grille cloth? Or with a slab of foam in front of the cab to soak up some that harshness, and help mellow the top end a bit while it still sounding...

I know this was/is often done by session musicians & guitarists with Wet/Dry/Wet setups, such as Michael Landau running his cranked Plexi into a line mixer, then rack of effects then H|H stereo poweramps. He gets a killer tone, I reckon the best out of the LA studio muso mob. But do any of you...

Heaps of bass in a guitar tone can make it sound massive...on its own... But in a mix it can get hidden and sound muddy, or just obscure the bass player. Lots of folks are aware of the "lack of bass" on Metallica's ...And Justice For All, and are also aware of the 'enhanced bass' remixes...

I've been playing a Fender Stratocaster way too much. It's my housemate's Strat, actually a Fat Strat that was made in Mexico. It got a full setup by a local reputable guitar technician (called Nitrovane). I only has 22 frets, which is fine for me. I just LOVE the sound of this thing. Clean...

Are there any "hardware" speaker simulator units that can directly used with guitar amps? I really like using my attenuator as a load box, so I can send the converted line level signal to some effects, and then re-amp them with a stereo poweramp & speakers. But then I miss the sound of the amp...

Does anyone know what amps & effects etc. that Iron Maiden have used in the last six months or so? Last 2 years? I can guess old Marshall heads & cabs, and the Fender Stratocasters and Gibson Les Pauls. But what specifically? I saw them live last night, getting crushed in the moshpit near the...

There's probably been thousands of threads like this- but I'm just wondering what do you folks use for effects, and how are they set up? Mine is mostly a pedal board, but houses a 1U rack unit inside it. It's still a work in progress, as I've just got some temporary cheapy patch cables. Also I...

I recently bought an old Marshall 4x12 cab. I opened it up so I could put some different speakers in there (an EV), and found that it had foam stuck inside it. The previous owner said it was for "more dhooghh". Has anyone else put foam inside their cab? What advantages does it have? Are...

I have often seen guitar cab speakers arranged in an X-pattern, such as V30s and G12T75s. But has anyone actually wired up speakers in an X-pattern? Usually they are all connected in series-parallel, or just left side & right side for stereo. I tried it last night with my 4x12 cab, when...

I'm considering on downsizing my setup by trading in my Mesa/Boogie 4x12 Stiletto cab for a 2x12 cab. I want to run the 2x12 with my MarkIV head. It will run with a 2x12 combo amp sitting on top. What 2x12 cab would work well with the MarkIV, that has a really chunky, tight punchy sound...

I've had enough of daisy-chaining with a PowerAll and OneSpot, too much noise & tangle. What's a versatile, reliable multi-pedal power unit that would suit me? My pedals that need power are: Electro Harmonix POG (older one) -> custom fuzz pedal -> Electro Harmonix Worm phaser (big one, needs...

I've got an old single-channel Marshall JCM800 50 watt amp, with two vertical inputs. I love the sound of it, and like that it is not as gainy in its stock form. Everyone cranks the preamp gain/boosts with a dirt pedal, and/or gets it modded, hence the Fortin...