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I used the 2x12 Diezel cab with 2 Tone Tubby ceramic Hempcone speakers this past weekend. I did not have a chance to play with the speakers at home prior to taking it out. I play in a 5-piece band: drums, percussion, keys, bass, and guitar. The cab sounded smooth right from the start. I had the Schmidt's 3 volume controls up to 3 o'clock and was never once told that I was too loud, or that the sound was too abrasive. The highs sounded very sweet, clear, and refined compared to regular cones. The mids and bass sounded as good as the highs. All the tones were really beautiful coming out of the hemp speakers. Everything sounded balanced and very pleasant to listen too.
The band told me to burn my other amps after hearing the Schmidt. I believe the speakers were part of the reason they liked it so much.
My channel controls were as follows as per a clock: ch one: reverb at 12, bass at 1, mid at 1, treble at 1, vol at 3.
Ch two: same as ch one, but reverb at 11, mids at 12, gain at 2
Ch three, vol at 3, gain at 1:30
Our drummer, whom I was set up next too, loves plexi Marshall heads on old 1960's 4x12 Marshall cabs. That is his favorite tone. He told me, however, that this set up was just amazing to hear and the breakup of the cleans was wonderful. It has a roar to it, depth, and articulation that he loved. I believe the reason for this was that the Schmidt could be pushed harder, and it has the capability for power amp breakup, which I was getting. Also, the feeling I was getting while playing the amp was relaxed, not at all stiff, and certainly not mushy or saggy feeling. It felt quite natural.
I played mostly on channel two and just backed off my volume pedal. For really clean parts or when a cleaner, slightly more Fendery tone was needed, I switched to channel one, but at full volume pedal, I was able to get a nice break up on that channel and still sound clean, but with a roar and slight edge that made the guitar feel alive, and certainly not sterile.
Channel three was used for heavier leads although the gain was never up past 1:30. It still had a LOT of power and richness behind the notes. I was getting controlled feedback whenever I desired, and out front, I was getting compliments from people all night, both nights.
I really love the sound of the Tone Tubby speakers. They take a while to really break in, but I thought they sounded better, brand new then my other speakers (V-30 Celestion and G12-H Celestions) did after they were already well broken in. No harshness at all, and full voice in bass, mids and treble. Extremely easy to listen too and play through.
While I did have the volume up on the Schmidt quite high, the amp sounded great in the room and never sounded less powerful or not as loud as I needed to be. I thought I was really loud, but I never got any requests from the band or the club owner to turn down. The amp was not mic'd and I played in the back near the drummer, with the cab sitting on the floor. Had I had the amp and speaker cab raised up off the floor, I know I would not need to be turned up so loud. Also, a trick I learned from Diezel when using a 2x12 stereo cab: if I wanted more volume then one 16 ohm speaker input was giving me, all I needed to do was use two speaker cables, each through an 8 ohm input to the speaker cab and the volume would come up louder by a very noticable amount. However, I did not need to do this.
The room had about 300 people in it and the amp could be heard everywhere in the room without being offensive sounding.
Stephen
The band told me to burn my other amps after hearing the Schmidt. I believe the speakers were part of the reason they liked it so much.
My channel controls were as follows as per a clock: ch one: reverb at 12, bass at 1, mid at 1, treble at 1, vol at 3.
Ch two: same as ch one, but reverb at 11, mids at 12, gain at 2
Ch three, vol at 3, gain at 1:30
Our drummer, whom I was set up next too, loves plexi Marshall heads on old 1960's 4x12 Marshall cabs. That is his favorite tone. He told me, however, that this set up was just amazing to hear and the breakup of the cleans was wonderful. It has a roar to it, depth, and articulation that he loved. I believe the reason for this was that the Schmidt could be pushed harder, and it has the capability for power amp breakup, which I was getting. Also, the feeling I was getting while playing the amp was relaxed, not at all stiff, and certainly not mushy or saggy feeling. It felt quite natural.
I played mostly on channel two and just backed off my volume pedal. For really clean parts or when a cleaner, slightly more Fendery tone was needed, I switched to channel one, but at full volume pedal, I was able to get a nice break up on that channel and still sound clean, but with a roar and slight edge that made the guitar feel alive, and certainly not sterile.
Channel three was used for heavier leads although the gain was never up past 1:30. It still had a LOT of power and richness behind the notes. I was getting controlled feedback whenever I desired, and out front, I was getting compliments from people all night, both nights.
I really love the sound of the Tone Tubby speakers. They take a while to really break in, but I thought they sounded better, brand new then my other speakers (V-30 Celestion and G12-H Celestions) did after they were already well broken in. No harshness at all, and full voice in bass, mids and treble. Extremely easy to listen too and play through.
While I did have the volume up on the Schmidt quite high, the amp sounded great in the room and never sounded less powerful or not as loud as I needed to be. I thought I was really loud, but I never got any requests from the band or the club owner to turn down. The amp was not mic'd and I played in the back near the drummer, with the cab sitting on the floor. Had I had the amp and speaker cab raised up off the floor, I know I would not need to be turned up so loud. Also, a trick I learned from Diezel when using a 2x12 stereo cab: if I wanted more volume then one 16 ohm speaker input was giving me, all I needed to do was use two speaker cables, each through an 8 ohm input to the speaker cab and the volume would come up louder by a very noticable amount. However, I did not need to do this.
The room had about 300 people in it and the amp could be heard everywhere in the room without being offensive sounding.
Stephen
