Ok, wow... need some help from Einstein users....

[Joeytpg]

Ok guys, just went in and bought a cable to connect the head to the cab. (they only had 10 meter cables so I bought it but I'll order a WAY shorter one asap)

Now, this amp need some tweaking! I plug it and I've been playing it for the last hour........and wow the controls really change the sound of the amp VERY easy. For example I find that the master does something while the volume does another....and how you set them between each other wil give you a VERY different sound.

Something that I find quite weird is that the amp sound somewhat fizzy (I know Diezels don't sound fizzy) so either must be something wrong with a tube (they're look normal to me, they're both glowing as they should) or maybe I need to learn how to tweak it.. (which I'm sure is the problem)


Can you Einstein users give me tips on EQing this head?

Also would you kindly share your settings with me please?

I need setting for:

Clean (blues type of cleans)
Blues (dirty od)
classic Rock/alternative (I think I can find this one quite easily)
HARD ROCK/METAL (ok this is where I'm having most trouble, because the amp sounds kind of compressed - in a not so good way - and fizzy)

There are a few new things to my ear, and that:
1: head + cab against combo (they both sound dif.)

2: V30s speakers (they sound dif. to what I'm used to)

3: the amp per se (need to get used to it and to tweak it

I like what I'm hearing, but I KNOW there's something weird (either lack of tweaking knowledge or bad tubes/cable) could that looooooong cab cable be affecting the tone?


thanks guys.

 

[FriedChickenBandit]

Ok guys, just went in and bought a cable to connect the head to the cab. (they only had 10 meter cables so I bought it but I'll order a WAY shorter one asap)

Now, this amp need some tweaking! I plug it and I've been playing it for the last hour........and wow the controls really change the sound of the amp VERY easy. For example I find that the master does something while the volume does another....and how you set them between each other wil give you a VERY different sound.

Something that I find quite weird is that the amp sound somewhat fizzy (I know Diezels don't sound fizzy) so either must be something wrong with a tube (they're look normal to me, they're both glowing as they should) or maybe I need to learn how to tweak it.. (which I'm sure is the problem)


Can you Einstein users give me tips on EQing this head?

Also would you kindly share your settings with me please?

I need setting for:

Clean (blues type of cleans)
Blues (dirty od)
classic Rock/alternative (I think I can find this one quite easily)
HARD ROCK/METAL (ok this is where I'm having most trouble, because the amp sounds kind of compressed - in a not so good way - and fizzy)

There are a few new things to my ear, and that:
1: head + cab against combo (they both sound dif.)

2: V30s speakers (they sound dif. to what I'm used to)

3: the amp per se (need to get used to it and to tweak it

I like what I'm hearing, but I KNOW there's something weird (either lack of tweaking knowledge or bad tubes/cable) could that looooooong cab cable be affecting the tone?


thanks guys.

All Diezel amps are compressed, heavily compressed which gives it that stiff sound and all that gain. There's no getting around that and the least compressed one is the Einstein to me. Don't use all the gain, with these amps you have plenty of gain at 1:00-2:00 o'clock. I don't mind the compression at all and the Einstein is one of my fav. amps. It was my favorite amp until I bought a Modena 60 .

There's alot of high gain amps out today that are not compressed such as CAE OD100 SE+ (monster of an amp), Cornfords, MODENAS, Voodoos etc.

I get all the sounds you're asking out of the Einstein easy except for the killer Blues sound which I have to use a TS on the clean channel Mode 1..PERFECT! And the Einstein is not "fizzy" at all so it has to be the tubes.

 

[duesentrieb]

All pots noon except the masters.
Use less presence with brandnew V30s too.
And maybe you want to check its bias.
Do you have a DMM?

 

[Joeytpg]

thanks for the reply and info FriedChickenBandit

REPORT:

Ok, I turned off the amp for a while, so I could rest my ears for it a bit (this has worked for me for a while now, everytime I'm testing some new sound, and I can't seem to get into it)

I turned the amp again an hour later, and THERE IT IS!..haha......I still have to keep getting used to the amps sound AND specially the speakers (those V30s are bright man!) I'm used to my Mesa Black Shadows which are quite dark sounding). Another thing that's completely new to me is that tight sound that closed cabs have, so it was making me feel the amp like if it was too compressed. It IS compressed but the compression I'm hearing/feeling now is a GOOD one, unlike my first impression.

The clean channel simple ROCKS....awesome clean... and after having this head I appreciate how NICE and AWESOME my F-50 cleans are too. I'm selling my F-50 and with these cleans I won't miss it, but I'll be sad I'm letting it go too.

Crunch: incredible....I like it a lot! and I'm sure my ears will get used to it more (it's a BIG change haha)

Please, post your settings

 

[Joeytpg]

All pots noon except the masters.
Use less presence with brandnew V30s too.
And maybe you want to check its bias.
Do you have a DMM?

All pots noon? including bass?

by the way how do you set presence and Deep? (to taste?)

 

[Joeytpg]

REPORT 2:

alright guys, it's over. The only thing left was Olaf's advice!

All pots noot (INCREDIBLE)


for some reason I have was tweaking it like other amps I've played. This amp sounds AMAZING (best amp I've played so far!


Forget my original post. No tube problems, it was my lack of knowledge that was messing the tone up.


Pics and clips soon.

 

[slate]

i started out with my einstein this way - noon all the way .
sounded great "in the room" but i noticed that the live recorded sound was VERY middly and somewhat lacking in prescence .

so i now have it set as follows -

channel 1/mode 2 :
gain - full on
treble - 3 o clock
middle - 10 o clock
bass - 3 o clock
prescence - 2 o clock
deep - 2 o clock

also have winged c el's in the power stage .

it now sounds like the best marshall never made !!

 

[LaXu]

I've got the Einstein 1x12 combo and I usually keep the Deep between 10-12 o'clock depending on the pickups (noon for single coils, less than that for 'buckers) and presence between 11-1 o'clock based on what kind of sound I'm after (less for classic rock, more for heavier stuff).

Since the amp has excessive amounts of gain in Ch1 Mode3 and Ch2 I keep those rather low: On Mode3 I never go above 12 o'clock and on Ch2 the gain stays below 11 o'clock, usually more like 9. Mode3 is also kinda midrangy so I usually turn down the mids a bit there.

I've noticed that the mode switch has a big influence on how compressed the amp gets. Mode1 isn't compressed at all, Mode2 neither but Mode3 gets rather compressed. So if you want for example a compressed lower gain tone you could use Mode3 and turn the gain way down. The switch also seems to have a small effect on Ch2 tone for some reason.

Otherwise my EQ controls are usually at noon and the channel volumes are 12-2 o'clock.

 

[nbarts]

That's why you should read the manual before using it

Congrats!

REPORT 2:

alright guys, it's over. The only thing left was Olaf's advice!

All pots noot (INCREDIBLE)


for some reason I have was tweaking it like other amps I've played. This amp sounds AMAZING (best amp I've played so far!


Forget my original post. No tube problems, it was my lack of knowledge that was messing the tone up.


Pics and clips soon.

 

[duesentrieb]

REPORT 2:

alright guys, it's over. The only thing left was Olaf's advice!

All pots noot (INCREDIBLE)


for some reason I have was tweaking it like other amps I've played. This amp sounds AMAZING (best amp I've played so far!


Forget my original post. No tube problems, it was my lack of knowledge that was messing the tone up.


Pics and clips soon.

Glad that you like "my" setting - you guys should see Peter building an amp: he tweaks it around "all pots noon" and just fiddles a bit up down, nothing extreme - so thats the way the builder wants it - of course with the option to personalize it.

Presence & deep really depends on your cab and the situation/volume. If the cab farts, decrease deep. With a long cable I have to turn presence to 2-3 o'clock normally and put it back to noon with a wireless.

 

[flownomis]

this are my settings for really heavy brutal tones :

 

[Joeytpg]

Thanks for the replies guys....

Keep posting your settings (all of them, Metal/rock/blues/clean, etc etc...)


By the way, can someone please explain to me how the volume/master work.....because they really have an effect on each other (for example if my master is very very low and the volume is set to noon I get a type of sound (usually kind with a bit of bass and less mids/treble, if I turn the volume down and turn the master up It get more trebly and a bit more aggressive.... I need some help finding the sweet spot between these two knobs..


By the way I A/B the Einstein with my F-50, and man.....that F-50 sounds good, and they're TWO TOTALLY DIF. BEAST!......the Einstein kills it tho! but I like them both honestly.

 

[nbarts]

can someone please explain to me how the volume/master work

Volume - volume of your preamp section
Master - volume of your power amp

In my understanding the higher your channel volume is the bigger is your dynamic range. Lowering the volume should make it more compressed.
Somebody correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[andy_cain]

I keep mine pretty close to where they are shown in the picture above...I scoop the mids a bit more but otherwise almost exact

 

[flownomis]

I keep mine pretty close to where they are shown in the picture above...I scoop the mids a bit more but otherwise almost exact

yeah, good taste dude

 

[Joeytpg]

Alright guys, promise no.1: PICS!

There you have it....that's my baby!

Clips and videos to come...

 

[Neuro]

I LOVE my Einstein!!! Try these settings if you want for the Channel 1 modes: Gain-6 Level-5 Treble-4/4.5 Mid-5 Bass-6 Presence-3.5 Deep-1.5

I keep the Deep lat a low setting because it can easily make the amp sound muddy when the Bass is up as high as I have it. Bass isn't THAT high really, I just found that this is the most balanced sound that I can use where ALL the modes sound amazing, which is ideal for live use where you have to work off of one EQ for the modes. I have the mode-switching mod, which allows you to change modes via another footswitch or loop switcher (GCX Audio Switcher). From what I hear its a simple mod, but I'm not the one who did it. Check this thread for more info: viewtopic.php?f=14&t=24857

Since the suggested EQ mentioned above makes the clean mode LOUDER than the next 2 modes, I use "Master 1" with the Clean and adjust "Master 2" with the next 2 modes to compensate for volume. Hope this helps if you use it live! Let me know if you like the settings.

 

[joshsage]

Alright guys, promise no.1: PICS!

There you have it....that's my baby!

Clips and videos to come...

WARNING WITH YOUR SETUP!!!!!!! I had the same thing showing as a demo once! That cab, you may want to take the small plate off the back!!!!! It isn't ported the best, meaning it doesn't breath quite right.. It compresses the inside of the cabinet too much, it WILL push the cable out of the jack on the cab!!! This is a personal experience of mine! Take the small plate of the back to make it a 3/4 closed back.. feel free to call me for any help!
Josh

 

[Joeytpg]

really? wow...but is this a bad thing? will it damage the cab or something??


by the way, how will my sound be with a 3/4 instead of closed?

 

[Anonymous]

You might find my settings very conservative but I am using a chambered guitar and want more power tube sustaining tone, then pre-amp distortion. V-1 and V-2 = Mullard NOS 12AT7's.
ch 1: treble 12 o'clock, bass 10 o'clock, mid 9 o'clock, gain, ch1: 2 o'clock, ch 1 vol 9:30, mode 2
ch: 2 treble 11:30, bass 10, mids 8:30-9, gain, 9 o'clock, ch 2 vol 9 o'clock, presence 12 noon, deep bass, 10 o'clock, masters set to room volume.

i am getting a smooth singing violin type tone, which is what I desire.