Getting The Tone With My Mesa |
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Getting The Tone With My Mesa |
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Feb 21 2009, 10:53 PM |
As some of you might know, I bought a Mesa Boogie Mark IV a few months ago.
I'm having a love/hate relationship with it as sometimes I hate the tone I get, other times I am in tone heaven... The beast is very complicated and I'm more of a plug and play kind of musician. Anyways, I know what the amp is capable of doing so I'll keep it. Now recording the amp is another issue. I could mic it, but it is so loud!!!! Just not gonna happen. I read about some isolation cabs and especially about the axetrak. Has anyone used them before? Any suggestions of gear you've used similar to that? -------------------- www.youtube.com/Wallimann
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Feb 21 2009, 11:56 PM |
This product sounds cool. Would it sucks tone? I've not heard of it at all
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Feb 22 2009, 12:41 AM |
If I remember well Randall has a couple of these aswell. Could be wrong though.
I also belive it's possible in the randall models to place the mike differently above (I belive it's facing upwards) the speaker inside. It'd be possible to build a soundproof box, expect it to be rather big though with all the isolating layers. The only connection with such a box's outer world would be the four feet it balance on. -------------------- My bands homepage
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Feb 22 2009, 02:11 AM |
Hmm, I'm not sure about isocabs, they tend to muffle the sound as I've red on the web. I haven't tried myself in practice tho. I agree that making a big isocab for your Mesa amp would be a good step, but only if you are DIY kind of guy and have powertools. Materials should not be too expensive, couple of hundreds probably.
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Feb 22 2009, 02:22 AM |
I heard of we can unplug the 2 poweramp tubes and 1 preamp tubes in the middle to cut the watt by half. Would tat help? I need some advise from the expert
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Feb 22 2009, 02:45 AM |
Hi David
If you're going for a isolation cabinet I would go for the Grendel Sound Dead Room LINK! I've spoken to people that have tried both and they claim the Grendel Sound Dead Room to be better.. It's bigger though, but it's supposed to be very good |
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Feb 22 2009, 03:05 PM |
Thanks man.
Yeah, I saw those too. I wish I could try one! -------------------- www.youtube.com/Wallimann
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Feb 22 2009, 04:19 PM |
They must be expensive! Anyone know the pricetag of Dead Rooms?
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Feb 22 2009, 06:40 PM |
When I asked them about it about half a year ago, they said it was 700$ incl. shipping to Norway, so it wasn't that bad (If I remember correctly that is..)
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Feb 22 2009, 06:48 PM |
Including shipping? That's a good price then, it's probably around 400-500$ in US then, if they are made there..
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Feb 22 2009, 08:15 PM |
Try one of these. Pretty cheap to experiment with, all the reviews say it works with no alteration in tone. Regardless of the title saying it's for Fender, it works the same for any amp with an effects loop.
Omnisonic Volume Box for Tube Amps I bought one but mine has not arrived yet so I can't review it myself. -------------------- "I dreamed a lot when I was younger.. I'm older now but still I hunger For some understanding. There's no understanding, now. Was there ever? ...Joe Puerta (Ambrosia)... Finally got a YouTube page going. |
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Feb 22 2009, 08:28 PM |
Try one of these. Pretty cheap to experiment with, all the reviews say it works with no alteration in tone. Regardless of the title saying it's for Fender, it works the same for any amp with an effects loop. Omnisonic Volume Box for Tube Amps I bought one but mine has not arrived yet so I can't review it myself. I've got one of these little gems and I really love it. You should have a serial effects loop if so this would work. You get so much better volume control verses using the amps master volume. tommyboy -------------------- Rock Hard or Not at ALL!!
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Feb 22 2009, 11:04 PM |
That's an interesting device, thanks for sharing, will check it out in more detail.
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