Chubtone":8gzwkxmk said:
That sounds really nice Carl. I love the "High Gain" clips but I have to hip you to something. This is Rig Talk and your idea of high gain is going to be different than most guys around here. Most guys here use more gain than that on their acoustic guitars.
That amp sounds great.
lol...thanks...appreciate the kind words on the amp. Also appreciate your honesty !
It's funny....I get a lot of comments about gain......usually from folks that haven't played an amp or have played one that wasn't built for a high gain player such as the JB-100 or a TX version of the OD-2, which was designed for Eric Johnson. So I can see where the confusion arises.
Firstly the association with the OD-2 and the Dumble crowd instantly puts off many rock/metal players before we even get past the first post. That irritates the living daylights out of me because I'm not a fan of any of the usually referenced Dumble players (except Sntana...but he plays early Mesa more than anything). I appreciate what people see in it though. Dumbles approach to gain staging is fantastic and he has a lot of lessons in there for amp builders new and old.
Alao most of the OD-2 sound clips are with low gain settings because mnay players who buy the amp use it like that. My playing lives in the medium to high gain territory, but not in the super high gain, ultra compression, low end clashing with the bass player arena. I should record some real high gain ones with a dropped tuning. That would suprise some folks.....
However, we have made different versions of the OD-2 with different gain levels. Doctor Know from Bad Brains owns a high gain version and happily uses it alongside his recs for a pretty crushing high gain tone.
All that said, as a benchmark, the gain level of the high gain OD-2 is about the same as an SLO lead channel. If anyone wants more gain than that, then I won't do it because you can spend a lot less money and get that. Going beyond that gain limit adds more and more compression, limits the dynamic range and increases the moise floor to a point thats not acceptable to me.. I appreciate that works suberb in some genres, but as I said there's no need to buy a boutique amp for that.
The Revo is primarily a classic rock amp inspired by the rock and rock/blues tones of Gary Moore.
Gain level is medium.More low end than an OD-2 and trhe mid range control is centred around 850Hz to bring it forward very thick in a mix, but still living in its own space.
Hope this helps.
I will be in Tone Merchants shop on Weds 13th Jan....come in and hang and we'll blast out some high gain tones !!
Alan Phillips
CArol-Ann Custom Amplifiers, LLC.
