Some Uber Ultra action

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reilly said:
Sounds pretty mean! Did you ever have the uber rev blue ? (Thoughts between the two)
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It was too long ago to really be able to give any detailed insight. But I feel confident in saying this is tighter and more aggressive. The power section is very stout. This is not the amp for someone wanting that Bogner sag, the Ultra is tuned for aggression.

Huge transformers
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What speakers and cabinet?
What power tubes/model?

Is this all IR’S?
 
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Dino 939 said:
What speakers and cabinet?
What power tubes/model?

Is this all IR’S?
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This is the EL34 standard model. All through the suhr RL with Ownhammer Bogner v30.

There are 3 versions of the amp

1. EL34/KT88. Can take either tube or you can mix a pair of each (separate bias controls for each pair)
2. 6L6/5881
3. High Plate Voltage KT88. 150w. Considering how tight and aggressive the standard model is, cant imagine what this one sounds like. Probably overboard for my tastes but people into the coliseums would maybe be into it? Never been into the sound of super high powered amps
 
Sounds awesome! Very aggressive.

Lately you’ve reviewed this and the Mesa Mark VII, both amps are on my radar. Would you mind talking about how these amps compare?
 
Thanks for posting clips!

Personally I don’t prefer the tone. Way too much fizz for my preference and I feel the OG 5150’s cover a similar tonal pallet.

I’m glad to hear honest clips from a member here though that can dial one in.
 
I really liked just about every mode of Uber that I remember hearing there. Ultra was cool but probably more than I'd ever want. Clean was decent but then after hearing that crushing Uber tone the Crunch tones just sound smaller or something. But you buy an Uber for the brootz and that thing has it.
 
TheGreatGreen said:
Sounds awesome! Very aggressive.

Lately you’ve reviewed this and the Mesa Mark VII, both amps are on my radar. Would you mind talking about how these amps compare?
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Man I hate comparing amps in writing lol. It’s really difficult and honestly I’m not sure I’ve had enough time to really say. What makes it really difficult is that both amps are insanely tweakable and you can kinda drive yourself crazy trying to compare. If someone just doesn’t like Mark amps, then the VII likely won’t change their mind- even though it is a more modern, tighter take on the Mark thing.

I’ve always had a tough time comparing a mark amp to a “normal” amp - just two totally different approaches. That said, the Uber and VII are both big, aggressive, tight and able to handle just about anything so they are definitely a reasonable matchup. Who wins? Not sure I could really say. I haven’t had a ton of time with the Uber yet (10 month old son is where most of my time is going) but after some more time has gone by, I’ll try to revisit this question? I’m really itching to take both to band practice and see what’s up.
 
Thanks for writing some of those thoughts, @Bxlxaxkxe !

Yeah I get that it can be tough to compare amps like that directly, especially when each is so tweakable.

I suppose I’ve always thought of Mesa Marks as the quicker, tighter, more focused, more articulate and “agile” sounding amps of the high gain world while to me Uberschalls have always sounded bigger and wider, with more sub-low content and sizzly but not piercing upper harmonics, but they're a bit less tight and articulate, and I was just wondering if the newest versions of each still follow that trend or if there’s a lot more overlap between them now.
 
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Bxlxaxkxe said:
This is the EL34 standard model. All through the suhr RL with Ownhammer Bogner v30.

There are 3 versions of the amp

1. EL34/KT88. Can take either tube or you can mix a pair of each (separate bias controls for each pair)
2. 6L6/5881
3. High Plate Voltage KT88. 150w. Considering how tight and aggressive the standard model is, cant imagine what this one sounds like. Probably overboard for my tastes but people into the coliseums would maybe be into it? Never been into the sound of super high powered amps
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I wonder what it sounds like through a RL Bogner
4X12 with V30’s?

The reason I asked is because right outta’
the cannon I heard
“ Somebody fucked with
Lthe nasty Uber signature frequencies,
they choked it down before it came outta’
the speakers”.

Knowing that, I’ll take a Line 6 Flextone II
toggled in the Rectified notch through a
;physical) RL Bogner 4X12 with V30’s.
-Save HERDS of hundreds.
.

Once those IR’s enter, the last component
of human signal gets yanked right before it
becomes life.
 
Dino 939 said:
I wonder what it sounds like through a RL Bogner
4X12 with V30’s?

The reason I asked is because right outta’
the cannon I heard
“ Somebody fucked with
Lthe nasty Uber signature frequencies,
they choked it down before it came outta’
the speakers”.

Knowing that, I’ll take a Line 6 Flextone II
toggled in the Rectified notch through a
;physical) RL Bogner 4X12 with V30’s.
-Save HERDS of hundreds.
.

Once those IR’s enter, the last component
of human signal gets yanked right before it
becomes life.
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I trust IR recordings about as much as I trust Albert Fish running a daycare center.
 
IR's are fine. However they're only as good as the cabs, mics, rooms, and people who made them. If you compare them against the real rig that created them, you can't hear or feel a difference. Poorly made IR's are bad, and there are a lot of them, but the good ones are great. Personally I've been able to dial better tones with a good reactive load and IR's than I ever have been able to get with real cabs and mics.

Just because it's new technology, or even digital, doesn't mean it's categorically bad.
 
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