Eggie EG34X / Scumback M75 - playing along w/ Just Got Paid

[aeroic]

Egnater EG34X Channel B w/ Randall RT2/50 and Line 6 Echo Pro (Dynamic Delay).

Settings on the EG34X:
Gain (noon)
Bass (all the way up)
Mids (2 oclock)
Treble (10 oclock)
BB (1)
TB (0)

Randall RT2/50 settings
Tubes (Svetlana 6550C)
Presence (1 oclock)
Density (9:30 oclock)

Cabinet is a Egnater TM412 w/ 4 Scumback M75 65W speakers.

Guitar - Warmoth Strat (Alder body, Flame maple neck, ebony fingerboard with Suhr Aldrich pickups).

Playing along w/ Joe Bonamassa's "Just got Paid" rendition from the Royal Albert Hall live album.

 

[Beyond Black]

Great tone man I just love those speakers. By far the best speakers I've ever had. Worth every penny.

 

[aeroic]

Too dark for me but Egnater stuff is dark as well as the Scumback 65's.

not all eggie modules are dark. Remeber I do have the treble at 10 o'clock. I was going for a dark tone. The x mod to the eg34 really adds more bite and upper mids. All the stock modules are typically darker but the x mod on most of them fixes the darkness of it. I don't find the 65s that dark either. May not have the upper mids of a v30 but they do have a really nice clear top end.

As far as this Tone. I was trying to get close to a j bonamassa type tone. Hence the dark flAvor.

 

[swimrunner]

Aeroic dials things in really dark and probably uses a pick with a dark sounding attack etc... I use Egnater stuff too and his clips sound pretty different from what I hear.

Different strokes and whatnot.

 

[aeroic]

Too dark for me but Egnater stuff is dark as well as the Scumback 65's.

not all eggie modules are dark. Remeber I do have the treble at 10 o'clock. I was going for a dark tone. The x mod to the eg34 really adds more bite and upper mids. All the stock modules are typically darker but the x mod on most of them fixes the darkness of it. I don't find the 65s that dark either. May not have the upper mids of a v30 but they do have a really nice clear top end.

As far as this Tone. I was trying to get close to a j bonamassa type tone. Hence the dark flAvor.

I'm certainly not saying anything is wrong with it, just that Egnater stuff is dark, spent a lot of time with the MOD50 and different modules, as well as the Scumback 65's. Let's just say darker than I prefer.

I do agree that a lot of the egnater stuff is dark stock. The SL2, EG34, SL that to me are a bit too dark stock. That was a big complaint of mine, which is what helped push Jeff to do some of the X mod work. With my personal modules, we have changed out some of the stock caps to orange drop caps, and that really helped make the tone a bit bigger, and have a bit more top end clarity and such. Secondly, the X mod on my EG34X really does have a lot of top end. I don't have either bright switch on, and it does get a lot brighter than any stock Egnater module.

But...I do see your point...and agree with you. The Scumbacks have a bit "muted" top end....less than a T75...or a K100...but not as much as a V30 or a Jensen...JBL..etc.

Most of the time...I don't run a rig this dark. I like smooth and buttery sometimes...but I also like a ripping grindy tone too. I was really trying to capture some of the tonality that Joe gets live. Secondly, the mic was off to the side of the cabinet too, which was getting a bit more low end...which was making it sound a bit darker than live in the room. I need to make sure it's right in front of the cab...do remove the directionality of the 412 cab.